Juicygirl's forever home but NOT forever mortgage diary!

lilly_of_the_valley_2

Hi Juicygirl

Hope you are resting well after your egg retrevial. How many did they get? I have been through IVF several times so know what you are going through at the minute. Good luck with the embies going back in, good idea to take a break. Enjoy the sun in the garden:)

Take care Lillyxx

juicygirl

Hi Lilly,

They got 13 eggs, 11 which where suitable for injection ( we need ICSI). Of those 7 have fertilised. We will know more about grades etc tomorrow.

Dare I ask, did either of you Froggy or Lilly have any success?

xxx

juicygirl

Hi again all!

A short update from me:

Had my egg transfer on Monday so currently just resting up. Trying to keep my mind occupied though so I have been spending a lot of time on here reading diaries etc. Currently on page 17/81 of financialbliss' diary :eek:!! Any other diaries you would recommend??? Anyway that led me to investigating my gas/electric tariff and from my couch bed this morning I have swapped suppliers saving me approx £160 :T

Spending has also been zilch since Sunday but I might venture out for the first time to the supermarket in a while.

Mr juicy has been good too, he has made our dinners and prepared his packed lunches. Normally if I wasn't prepared to do it he'd just say he'd buy something but he knows not to annoy me right now!

Thanks again for reading and for all your good wishes xxx

Froggy-G

juicygirl wrote: »

Hi Lilly,

They got 13 eggs, 11 which where suitable for injection ( we need ICSI). Of those 7 have fertilised. We will know more about grades etc tomorrow.

Dare I ask, did either of you Froggy or Lilly have any success?

xxx

Hi Juicy Girl

We had ICSI too 3 times, but had no success..

Still keeping my fingers crossed for you..

All the best

Froggy

juicygirl

All the very best to you Froggy, wherever you go from here x

juicygirl

Hi again,

AN update on a couple of fronts:

1. THE IVF WORKED- I am currently pregnant with baby no 1 :j :j :j . Obviously it's very early days so trying not to get too excited but it's hard not to!

2. I made my second overpayment today - another £250 :T

I now have to reassess all my options with the pregnancy in mind. Positives to overpaying:

- it will help us when interest rates inevitably go up, we will be used to paying more
- it might put us in a better position when we remortgage when our fixed rate is up next June ( when baby is due ( hopefully))
- my income will reduce greatly come next May for the forseeable future and overpaying then will be unrealistic for a while at least I think)

Negatives:

- we could really do with getting some substantial savings behind us for my maternity leave/ baby expenses/ time of reduced income.

Hmmm, lots to think about. Thoughts welcome!

In the meantime I have been

- doing my surveys
- preparing for Christmas inc homemade gifts
- bulk buying at Costco
- keeping my spending to a minimum.

Thanks for reading!

Froggy-G

juicygirl wrote: »

Hi again,

AN update on a couple of fronts:

1. THE IVF WORKED- I am currently pregnant with baby no 1 :j :j :j . Obviously it's very early days so trying not to get too excited but it's hard not to!

2. I made my second overpayment today - another £250 :T

I now have to reassess all my options with the pregnancy in mind. Positives to overpaying:

- it will help us when interest rates inevitably go up, we will be used to paying more
- it might put us in a better position when we remortgage when our fixed rate is up next June ( when baby is due ( hopefully))
- my income will reduce greatly come next May for the forseeable future and overpaying then will be unrealistic for a while at least I think)

Negatives:

- we could really do with getting some substantial savings behind us for my maternity leave/ baby expenses/ time of reduced income.

Hmmm, lots to think about. Thoughts welcome!

In the meantime I have been

- doing my surveys
- preparing for Christmas inc homemade gifts
- bulk buying at Costco
- keeping my spending to a minimum.

Thanks for reading!

Congratulations Juicygirl! Am so happy for you..

Froggy

Courgette

Such wonderful news! Congratulations!

Have a very happy, healthy 9 months :j

clearmydebts

Congrats! What wonderful news

juicygirl

Hi,

Another quick update. Called today to cancel a magazine subscription I have and asked hubby to to the same ( he pays for another magazine subsription for me for my Christmas). That should save us approx £50 a year. Not much but every little helps.

I kept a spending diary for the first time last month and what a shock!!! On food/household items ( cleaning products etc) for the two of us, we managed to spend a grand total of ..............wait for it............. £396.84!!!!!!! I think this was probably a particulary high month and can be partly attributed to starting to bulk buy in Costco, but still!!!! I am going to montitor this over the next few months and see what i can do to cut it right back!

What do others spend for a 2 adult household?