UK SMOG Wannabes - November (moved from PL)

[charlieispy]

survived 4 boys now feel CRAP lol and only heard from my sister to say she was still waiting 4hours and counting!

Yep my sensitive ICs were rubbish compared to FRER although they were more sensitive once they picked up a 2nd line as they got darker quicker than FRER if that make sense!

[littlemisswilko]

hope your sis is okay charlie, does she know you are pg yet or havent you told anyone yet

[charlieispy]

my family dont know - works does and my BF thats it i didnt want her to know i felt she needed to decide for herself x

[chocolate]

Hey everyone!
OMG I just cant keep up, god help me when it comes to swaying, I literally spend most evenings trying to keep up with a new online paperwork system and just cant fit in anything else!

So I have now stopped breastfeeding DS2 who turns 1 next week, kind of sad but he hasnt missed it, but still, it was kind of a sudden decision after suspecting a luteal phase defect and decided I needed to see what was happening.
Struggling to remember to take my temp too so thats not going to help, but now on metformin in the hope it helps me stabilise sugar levels which in turn would help my PCOS and give me the best chance of a normal cycle. Seeing the dr for a review in a month and will ask what my options are with how to best get cycles on track with regard to short luteal phase and body gearing up to ovulate and then not for a few days and if this is linked to lp defect.

So need to start stocking up on pills etc.! Scary!

Has anyone's OH's had any reactions to any of the tablets? My OH has a partuclarly sensitive stomach anyway so Im dreading him starting any. I think mid december we will start taking them and looking at PH, then from January do the diet, ttc from end of March.
Eeek!!!

[indigoviolet]

Charlie- thinking of your sis.

Goodnight all

[maybebabythree]

Babymad - poor you, sounds horrible. Why do we do this again??!!!

Charlie - your kids are scrummy!!! My boys only play outside if I go with them. They are scared of their own shaddows! FX your sister is going to be ok over the next few weeks.

Worked almost 50 hours this week! Pinga - sitting in front of a PC all day is a pain but my job really involves a lot of team working and working across all levels of staff. I love that bit of it. My team are so funny. I love working with men too. They are more honest and up front with you. No bitchyness and talking behind your back.

Petal - what can I say re being induced. Been there and done that. DS1 wasn't ready so it wasn't ideal. Would prefer not to do that again. I have only had a sweep when fully dilated and in labour with DS2. DS2 never engaged.

[GeCon]

What OPK's is everyone using? Can you recommend any? Any to keep away from?

[pinga]

Petal - oh dear... hope he doesn't keep waiting too long!! As babymad said... have you tried DTD? That got things moving with DS2. I was induced with DS2 and it was a fantastic labour. It was intense very quickly but all up my labour was 55 minutes. I felt amazing after... so inductions can be ok. That said... I felt really pressured to be induced. I wanted to wait... but they got me worried about bub. Doctors hey!!?? I didn't engaged with either of my boys until just before they came out. I had a midwife appointment the morning of the day I had DS1 and he wasn't engaged. Fx he behaves in time!!!!

maybebaby - there are things I miss about working in IT. There are some real characters - and you get real satisfaction when you've made something that looks good - I used to do a lot of web dev.. very satisfying!! But I think I like working in community roles I was considering teaching or nursing when deciding to jump out of IT.

Charlie - love the teepee and great little outfits!! I too hate all the plastic crap that we drown in. I often buy second hand toys and wrap them up. I got DS2 a dump truck made from 100% recycled plastic this year. Luckily DHs family are pretty into the wooden/sustainable presents so the boys get pretty good stuff.

AFM - went to the docs this morning to get blood results and organise my referral to my hospital of choice... going to the hospital they use for some of the outside shots from Neighbours It's where I had the boys... At the docs DS1 decided that he was going to have one of the those freak outs where they irrationally and hysterically scream for ages and nothing consoles them. Lovely!!

[Sunset]

Sunset - just read your status on FB how terrible for you! Pheumonia!!!!!!!!! you really seem to be suffering with all different illnesses with this pg. I really hope you are okay and get better very soon!!!!

really strange i must say! i've had this blooming cold for over 7 weeks which i know i've mentioned on here and then on friday, a week ago i woke up and my face felt like it was about to fall off, I was in so much pain! so i went to the local doctors who said i had a sinus infection, but they didn't do any testing to see if it was bacterial or viral, but just sent me home with some nosespray and cough medicine to see if it got better on its own. which i understand as 2/3 of all sinus infections are viral and not bacterial, but i wish they would have done their swabs and blood tests when i went the first time! so anyways, after 6 days (yesterday) i was still not feeling any better so i decided to go back and they did swabs and bloodtests and listened to my lungs and apparently i have pneumonia so i've been described antibiotics to take for a week. To be honest though, even though I feel poorly, I don't feel "that" poorly iyswim? more like i've got a really bad cold or flu so i would never have guessed pneumonia :S but at least it was caught early so fx for a speedy recovery

[Sunset]

Today is my last day in Sweden and then tomorrow we're going back on the ferry to England. I'm looking forward to catching up on your posts! i'm back staying at my mums for 2 nights so at least i've got access to wireless wooohoooo!! xx