Trying for a Baby Part 9

TeamLowe

Squirrel good luck, i'm sure you'll be fine, although i feel i must warn you you'll get an examination which isn't the most pleasant of things!

A perpetual question on these boards it seems - is it bright red blood or old black looking blood? (obviously not medically trained but been told...) bright red blood is nothing to worry about as that means it comes from your ahem, exit itself, it's old blood which is the worry as it may mean there's something further up x

squ1rrel5

Thank TL, thankfully my doc is lovely but I'm not looking forward to the exam part.:eek:

Yes its shockingly bright red - so I'm at least comforted by the fact that it doesn't seem to be something REALLY bad, however it's looks like a LOT (although I know just one drop on a tissue can look like a hell of a lot) but its been every day for the last 5 days - i think I'm just hoping for reassurance more than anything!!

Hopefully I can relax a little later

skintchick

Squirrel my oh had that and it was nothing. I think it is quite common although scary.

Kynthia

Squirrel - bright red blood is most likely a minor tear at the exit or piles. Definitely get checked out if you're worried but it's happened to me and was gone in a couple of days.

AFM my temp dropped this morning and I could cry!

Kalama

I stop reading for a few days and we get two fan-dabby-tastic BFP announcements

becca0417 - huge, huge congrats xxx Also, I will add my thanks to everyone else for doing the lists, and for all your help and advice :T. Here's to a happy and healthy 9 months

faithhope - massive congrats and a happy and healthy pregnancy to you also.

Aww - that really has cheered me right up.

code - pink and turquoise hair sounds fab. Mine used to be raspberry pink and copper.

loulou123 - I hope you gets some answers soon as to what is going on xx

AFM, we sent the furry monster on an airplane back to the UK last night. Managed to hold it together until they were loading her onto the lorry, at which point we both lost it. Arriving home tonight to no bouncy furball will be awful. At least she will be back with her forever family within the next couple of hours.

10 weeks till we move back to the UK. A weekend of list making and organising is in order. Let the crazy commence...

picklekin

Oooh Kalama that sounds intense, do you have a removals company doing a lot of he work or do you have to manage it yourself? I moved to and from Spain and tried it both ways, on the way out the company paid and we had lovely men come in and pack everything for us while we went out for the day, on the way back it was just us and a LOT of cardboard and bubblewrap!

claire16c

This my favourite report - says the only effect is that you are more likely to have a girl! .

http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/general/running-and-fertility-the-facts/2805.html

This one says lots of exercise is good

http://www.boston.com/dailydose/2013/02/04/more-exercise-less-may-boost-man-fertility-study-suggests/R4h9BVb4Q0eAqnmGlH80aJ/story.html

But then I found a journal that had a couple of studies in it that said the opposite. It did keep mentioning elite Atheletes though & DH isn't quite that yet

But maybe if I need to get him to do a SA I can use it as an excuse I.e I won't nag you to tone done the exercising if we know everything is ok!

claire16c

Squirrel my DH had that too was just piles! He was really worried too!

Oh no kynthia! I hate that.

Kalama are you looking forward to it?

Kalama

picklekin wrote: »

Oooh Kalama that sounds intense, do you have a removals company doing a lot of he work or do you have to manage it yourself? I moved to and from Spain and tried it both ways, on the way out the company paid and we had lovely men come in and pack everything for us while we went out for the day, on the way back it was just us and a LOT of cardboard and bubblewrap!

The actual packing bit is all done by an agent (this end - unpacking will be up to us after a lorry delivers about 300 boxes), and a lot of the logistics are managed by our employer so I am being a bit of a drama llama .

There is still an awful lot of organising to do though, as well as making sure that we have everything we need sorted in the UK. We've been away for 7 years so there is quite a lot to think about. We've also got our new jobs in the UK to sort stuff out for, as well as selling the car (don't think I can justify a huge landcruiser in the UK).

How on earth we will dispose of the cardboard and bubble wrap at the other end hasn't been thunk about yet. Some sort of special fort perhaps?!

Huge respect for managing the move back yourself - this is our third change of continent and I couldn't even imagine trying to do it without help.

Kalama

claire16c wrote: »

Kalama are you looking forward to it?

More than words can say It's been a fab 7 years, but I am so looking forward to being close to friends and family again. And Sainsburys. And John Lewis. And decent telly (seriously - I know people complain about the Beeb - but wait until you have tried African soap operas :eek:). And proper water supply - as great fun as it was not to be able to flush my loo, wash or clean anything for 36 hours yesterday and Tuesday.

Not to mention my first UK Christmas since 2005.