Sculpture by the Sea

The results are in

I haven't slept well at all this week so I finally caved and called the fertility clinic begging them to do my pregnancy test a day early. I didn't even tell Rob I had arranged it - I wanted to save him from the agonising clock watching between taking the test and getting the result.

After 18 months and 7 attempts we are finally pregnant.  We are so thrilled there are no words satisfactory to express it.  It means so much more to us after having fought so bloody hard to get here.  I'm only 4 weeks so we are still going to be on tenterhooks for a while but right now it's all positive.  Our first scan will be in about 4 weeks and then we will find out if there is one heartbeat or two!!

Happy St Patrick's Day everyone - thank god for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

Tick Tock Tick Tock

We are almost there.  Friday is the day we find out if our latest round of IVF has worked.  The 2 week wait for the pregnancy test is torture.  Every minute goes by so slowly and where normally the weeks fly by they are dragging on.  On Friday my blood test is at 7.30am then I have to wait until 2.30pm to get the results - I will be watching the clock closely that day.

I don't know how I feel this time - I'm quietly confident but you just never know.

See you on Friday.

Lent

Today is Ash Wednesday which is the start of Lent.  I have often toyed with the concept of Lent but not taken it very seriously.  When I was in my early 20's a girlfriend and I would nominate something to give up that we never really had anyway - a cheats way to make a sacrifice for Jesus.  Today when I told my husband and Father-in-law that it was Lent my FIL joked that he's going to 'give up giving up things'.

This year I am taking a challenge inspired by Memories on Clover Lane a gorgeous blog you should definitely check out.  This house proud mum is purging 40 bags in 40 days.

When I told a friend that today she was a bit taken aback - 40 bags is a lot.  I still think I can do it.

I'm going to use plastic shopping bags which are smaller than say a regular garbage bag.  I have recently done a great deal of spring cleaning but I am convinced there is still 40 bags of excess stuff in our lives.  I haven't planned it out exactly but I do plan on targeting every room and I also plan to discard some 'cyber' rubbish'.  Let's just say my computer filing system is not pretty and my desktop is a disaster.

As I've been sick over the last week today Noah and I are going to start with a bit of a cheats bag and rake up all the bougainvillea debris in the yard.  Easy on the brain and I think I can convince Noah to do most of the work.

Why don't you join me it'll be fun and imagine how organised your house will be come that lovely 5 day Easter break.  One bag a day is pretty manageable.

Housekeeping

Just a little housekeeping note that the commenting system has changed.  I have been getting some abusive comments from some people that I thought my little blog could do without so from now on all comments will come to me first for moderation before they appear on the comment page.  Please still leave comments because I love them and after all that is part of the fun of blogging.

Siblings

Daddy hasn't posted in eons, but I'm just feeling so positive about our IVF transfer this morning that I'm declaring that these are Noah's new siblings. Go little guys,  keep dividing, stay strong, and transform into beautiful little babies... you couldn't wish for a better mummy XXX