Congratulations to M and A for their Big Fat Positive!

I just wanted to post this because I'm so happy for my friend, M. We got to know each other at the last company I worked at before I chucked it all to be a wife and mom-to-be. She's a great person, she's warm, she's funny, she's intelligent... and she'd been trying for so long to get pregnant.

I was one of the lucky ones. I stopped the Pill in Dec last year right after our wedding and found I was pregnant by March. I was disappointed that Aunt Flo made her monthly appearance in January but I found it easier to accept because mentally, I was prepared to try for at least six months before we sought any more medical help. Besides, I knew my body would need time to adjust, so I was prepared to wait.

But I could identify with M's longing to get pregnant and be a mother. I remembered thinking, "I gotta wait for my body to adjust??? Nono!!! I want to get pregnant NOW!" I can just imagine how she must have felt, having tried for years and not been successful despite numerous fertility treatments. It's not just physically exhausting, it also takes its toll on you emotionally. She told me once that she doubted her womanhood with every failure and I can just imagine what her hubby, A, must have felt as well.

Lately, she tried a different fertility treatment. I'll post more about this once I get more details on the procedure in case there's anyone out there who's trying and trying as well and would like to know more about it. To cut a long story short, she got her Big Fat Positive!!! WOOHOO!!!!

I'm so happy for you, M. May this be a sticky... looking forward to sharing mummyhood experiences with you!

For everyone else who's trying and is getting sick and tired... keep positive, don't give up hope. I believe that when the time is right, something will happen.

I got a BIG FAT POSITIVE today!!!

YES!!!! I never thought I'd get a BFP so quickly!!! I'm so excited and we're both so happy. See, I knew something was different with my body this month and like I said, my Aunt Flo's never late. I felt all different too and when I checked out the symptoms of pregnancy posted on the BabyCentre UK website, I had 4 of them. Still, I thought Nah... because we'd just started trying.
Bought the kits ytdy and what do you know? - they had a twin pack on sale at a way cheaper price, so I bought those in case I had to retest. Took the test this morning and I was so nervous! Haha! I couldn't believe it when it came out positive!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm dancing and singing with joy in my heart. COWABUNGA!!!!!!

I wish all my sisters out there who are TTC the same luck, hope to hear of more BFPs coming! Keep trying, don't give up, don't get tense and always believe!

Chicken with Rabbit loves her Top Monkey - what a wonderful Valentine's!

Thought I might start this blog with this post because I had such a wonderful time yesterday.

Okay, first I have to say I'm not one for Valentine's but it was lovely to have my husband sms me in the morning suggesting a romantic dinner for two. I knew he's not the sort to remember Valentine's so I was just surprised.

What he did that made me smile that day:
1. Cuddles, cuddles, cuddles in the morning.. ooh, we rated it 8 out of 10.
2. Sent me flowers. Sort of. He MMS-ed me a pic of a bouquet he saw somewhere. LOL!
3. Took me out to dinner at one of our fave restaurants, El Cerdo. We didn't book a place, but just showed up and ta-dah! Got a table! Dinner was excellent as usual (Great work, Werner and Andreas!)
4. Got me a heart-shaped balloon from the restaurant. Many thanks to the waitress who plucked it off the wall for me.
5. The laughter, hugs and kisses that we shared.

I'm lucky enough to have a husband who doesn't do the "I love you, baby" bit just on Valentine's but I have to admit his efforts yesterday were superlicious. It was our first married Valentine's and it was the most wonderful Valentine's I've had in my whole entire life.

The Chicken who has the Rabbit loves you always, Top Monkey.