Pheonixes Rising

[jen babes]

Hi all

Judy will catch your questions on the other thread and try and relpy to them. to tell you the truth i am emotionally and physically tired toniht so may get back to you laetr in the week if thats ok....glad you had a good time away, and lovely to get some sun and shopping done
hoping and praying this next cycle will bring your dream into your arms x x

Nicki- sounds like you had a good day off today...what did you get up to ???
have you put another coat of aint on the kitchen yet? Is it finished? and what does it look like? Hw is bramble doing now? all better i hope.
and weight watchers still going well. thinkni my jin you as i have baby jelly belly and hips full of blubber to loose before x -mas so i can fit in my dress x x

Julie how are you doing? betcha cant wait to finish work. are they throwing you a baby shower? or is your leaving do all hush hush? I did ask you this before but cant remember if you answered it or not so forgive me for repeating myself x x x hope fridays midwife meet goes wellx x xand lazy boy gives her a kick or two x x hahah!!!

Kate- what are you up too???? are you planning hols yet?

Gail thanks hun for all you love and stuff from you and katie...sweetof you to post when such a busy mum x xx What does the little one want for Christmasnd what are you getting her??? probably need a new bedroom for all her gifts from everyone!!!!

Lucy we miss ya x x x

Lisa we miss ya and would love more hotos of MIA x xx

well i am doing ok...weent back to 15hr shift this week and have asked to stay on it until after Jan and next FET. I am only on a 12 hr this week but am not taking on any more clients for a while. as i want to look after myself and not burn mysel f out. Tears are slowly drying but sill have lots of cramps and bleed...dreampt lasst night i wass preg with triplets and woke up in sweats and tears to find out i was not. Acu yesterday did nhelp me get more grounded and hormomnes are better today...
taking it all a day at a time and focusing on the future in jan x x x

spaek to ya all later in the week
love jen
xxxxxxxxxx

[nicolamark]

Julie - 31wks




none at the moment








Lucy - Fresh Ivf Oct/Nov
judy-Donor egg pilot cycle Nov-Dec 07
Kate - IVF Jan/Feb 2008
Nicki- Taking time out from it all for the foreseeable future
jen- FET jan 2008
Souris- has left the boards but having an adoption review in Nov.







MLG - c/s baby girl - Margarida - Born 6th Dec 06
GAIL - c/s baby girl - Katie Hope - Born 29th March 07
LISA - c/s baby girl - Mia Alice - Born 23rd sept 07 at 10.38am



NOVEMBER



DECEMBER
6 - Baby MARGARIDA (MLG's daughter) is 1 YEAR OLD today
8 - NICKI-weekend in Newcastle
14 - JULIE - Finishes work!!!!!
24 - 27-- NICKI going to Edinbugh for a magical Christmas.....xx
25 - Santa Claus has been - Its Christmas!!
26 – Boxing day

JANUARY '08

Happy new year!!

10th - Julies baby due....Girl or Boy we will now kNOW!!!! so exciting!!

Approx 30th jan... Jen FET Hoping and Praying for BFP!!!


FEBRUARY

MARCH

14th JULIE n JUSTIN - 12th Wedd Anniv.
21-24 EASTER w/end
24th MARK 'n' NICKI - 7th Wedding Anniv.
29th Katie's 1st birthday!!

APRIL

[nicolamark]

had a fab day off, and yes kitchen all done!!!
We finished that last night xxx

Off out now, catch ya laters xxx

[jen babes]

Nicki good luck at weight watchers...why did you change your ticker??? is that another 2lbs lost if so well done...

hi to everyone else...

am okay but also in a sticky emotional place... doing ok 1 minute then not the next...hoping acu irons this out of me x x x
love to all
jen xxxxx

[nicolamark]

Jen, ive lost another 2lbs, thats why the ticker changed from 9lb to 11lb!!!!
So 11lb in total!!! wahooo!!! well chuft with that!!!

So you wanna lost 5kg, thats 11lb, its taken me 6 weeks to lost that, so if you base it on that you'll have lost 5kg by xmas... xxx wahooo!!!!

You can do it, Im now at my weight i was before IVF in april, but i still want to get to what i was before ttc......
After ttc the first yr, i kept eating and kepting say oh it doesnt matter, i'll be pregnant soon, and never happened!!! anyway, wont go about that now

Jen, huney i know you're struggling with recent events, and emotionally you're worn out!!!
It will get better, you have to take time to grieve, and go with your emotions, dont fight it, your'll be ok in jan, your'll get BFP and then be holding your baby in october xxx

I know i was totally worn out emotionally, after sept BFN, and thats why we didnt try again in oct, as we had planned to do back to back iuis but i was so worn out frm it and still suffereing frm the OHSS, and oh huney i know, its hard. youre not alone..... xxx I wish i could pop by and see you and cry with ya, you need a good hug!!! xx

I still cry now, i guess i always will, but i am stronger now than in sept, and you'll be strong again soon,
You said to me, once before about be strong, an focusing on outher things....
So love adam and broc parhaps jet off somewhere, anywhere!!! Our holiday to Scotland did me the world of good.

take care, xxxxx

[nicolamark]

[jen babes]

thanks to ya ...you are one fab support network you pheonixes

much love jenxxxxx

[jen babes]

thanks to ya ...you are one fab support network you pheonixes

much love jenxxxxx

[nicolamark]

You're welcome!!!

You helped me Jen, and i like to think i help you!!!
Same to everyone else xxx

[Julie2039]

Hi Girls

Just a quickie to wish you all a great weekend. I am out with girlies tonight and couples tomorrow night so will no doubt be whacked on Sunday!! Hope you all have fun whatever you do.

Nikki - Congrats on another 2lb!!! Way to go girl...nearly a whole stone x

Jen - Much love to you and big hugs xxxxxxx I finish work 4 weeks today and sorry, I ignored the first question re baby shower......, I have arranged a lunch for my last day at work and hope I get lots of gifts!!!!! x

Love to all xxxxxxxx

[Lis]

Hello Phoenixes!!

I have so missed all of you. I am glad to be (hopefully) back! My internet connection is very slow so any time I have had a spare half hour its taken me that long to get on line then Mia's needed fed, has cried, etc etc! Will talk more in a min...

I haven't yet looked through many pages sp please bare with me. I will try do personals as best I can.

Jen - glad to keep in contact with you via text. I hope the acu is helping with the pain and grieving. You are doing great by just taking it one step at a time. I am thinking of you everyday. xxx

Nicki - buddy! Not long til your break in Edinburgh. Hoping we can still try and meet up but know you will be short for time and will want to make the most of it. How is work going these days?? Look forward to hearing more about your business venture xxx


Julie - 31 weeks now, time flies! How are you feeling? Getting tired now? No wonder you can't wait til you finish. Will be lovely knowing that you don't have to go back to work after Christmas. Any more feelings whether you've a boy or girl in there? xxx

Gail - how is Katie? She must be getting so big now. Bet she'll get tonnes of Christmas pressies. Is she pulling herself up yet on the furniture? xxx

Hi to Judy xxx

Well motherhood is hard work that's for sure. Mia is feeding for Scotland and is now a whopping 11lb 13oz. She's been putting on about twice the average weight gain per week. Nights have been hard as she's always hungry so now givig her a bootle last thing at night as well as the boob

Stewart is totally smitten. I can honestly say he couldn't love Mia anymore if there was a genetic link - it just in't an issue, the whole donor thing. He loves her to bits and has taken to the Daddy role like a duck to water. As she's so dark a few people have asked where she gets her dark hair from but I'm originally brunette and all my family are dark so we jusr explain it that way. Also no one seems to think she looks like me so no one comments on that! Altho a few people have said they can see dh in her! I have missed being near my family dreadfully since Mia arrived and I would seriously consider moving back through to the West. Would love both sets of grandparents to be able to see there grandchild growing without the 100 mile round trip. Haven't run this one by dh yet but plan to plant the seed this weekend.

Well I'll sign off here and see if I can get anymore done before princess wakes up ..... she is having a nap in her cot - first time ever in her cot - has been sound since 1 30pm so loving this time to myself in the spare room with the pc!

Love to you all (sorry if I missed anyone) xxx

[Kate21]

Hi Girls!

Its finally Friday and I have a spare 5mins to check how everyone is doing!

Lisa - great to hear that motherhood suits you and that Mia is doing really well. It made me smile about the comments that people made about her looking like DH!! It just goes to show that the donor thing isn't anything to worry about!

Jen - how's you? Hope the pain is easing slightly, it will get better honestly!

Nickie - great news on the weight loss, you'll be a stick before you know it! It is difficult to loose the IVF weight tho.

Julie - hope you enjoy your social weekend, Sunday will definitely be a day of rest!

Judy - hope you are ok and getting through?

As for me, work is still manic! The senior management team have been given a serious talking to by the head so hopefully things might get better! To be honest they couldn't organise a p**s up in a brewery, so I won't hold my breath!!

Apart from work and getting back on the fitness regime I haven't done much. Enjoy your weekends, will catch up with you all later.

Kate

[nicolamark]

Hi girls!!!

Lisa, lovely to see youre posts!!!! and i know we keep in touch via tx, but still lovely to see ya back here!!! Made me smile!!! Wow, people think silly things huh?? about stew looking like mia! people see what they want to see, and honestly it doesnt matter, stwe is the daddy!!! not the donor.... hope the other years are just as easy!!!
Lots of babies have dark hair to start with, would love to see mre pics of mia..... xxx
Lovely you finally got me time!!! thats great, and parhaps the formula is helping mia better than breast milk..... i know they say breast is best!!! but not always!!! you just have to do whats better for you and mia!!!
Good luck planting the seed, i think its a great idea!!!! hope stew thinks so too, Aryshire isnt it??? Let me know how it goes!!!
Kate, hiya huney, work is too stressy huh, my management team could orgnaise a P*** up in a brweery either, totally fed up with work today, glad to get out, was so moody today just got and wlaked out at 5:10....... had enough, didnt every say bye to every1...... who cares!!!! arghhhh!!!
I'll left it there, can feel stress welling up again!!!!

Julie, enjoy ur w/e sounds very hectic, so make sure u schill on sunday!!!

Im working this w/e.... chilling on sunday!!!watching children in need 2night!!!! nothing exciting!!!

Jen, hows you huney!!! xxxx

Love to ya all xxxx

[Lis]

oh its good to be back. Nicki thanks for lovely welcome back message honey. Yes Ayrshire, well remembered! Txt u soon xxx

Just done on line shop and about to go to bed. Thought I'd say SORRY Kate for forgetting your personal. Hope you forgive me., your work sounds manic. Glad you are well hun. Any tips on how to get back into shape when you'v no time??!! LOL!

Nite all xx

[nicolamark]

Wow!! two posts in one w/end, Mia must be sleeping well.... xxx
Not sure how to get back into shape after baby weight...... how much weight to you need to budge???
If u havent much time how about getting a treadmill, bike rowing machine whatever for home and do it at home! Or Long walks with, Mia wrapped up in her pram!!!


I see your due some snow today, and tonight, just got weather on tv in back ground..... totally clear over est anglia though, amazing huh!! How was ur nights out this w/e?? Hope ur chilling today and looking after that little one inside!!! 4 weeks till break up!!! You timed that well, with xmas didnt you!!!?? xxx



Hows ur w/e?? Thx for txt.... did answer late last night, sorry didnt answer sooner was at wrk, and v.busy!!!



How r u?? hope the grey cloud is clearing and ur not feeling so 'scunnered'!! What hav you been up to this w/end?? Hows Broc??