Hello Lovely Broody Ladies

i have so much to catch up on but first i need to tell you....

The Bad News

we are home early from Turkey coz we had a big car crash in a rental car and i ended up with aa fractured collar-bone on my right side so has rendered me virtually useless and makes typing a challenge!
thsnk God my injury was the only vaguely serious one - hubby had a badly swollen and bruised finger but was otherwise ok. from the speed the other driver was going it's actually a miracle that we're alive (if we hadnt been wearing seatbelts i dont think we would be!!)
it all happened a week ago but we came home yesterday as soon as i felt able to make the journey

ok now for The Good News

When i was in the hospital hubby admitted that seeing me unconscious and then in the ambulance made him realize how devastated he would be if he never had the chance to have a family with me. he said he suddenly realized there was no good reason for putting it off and that...
...he wants to start TTC immediately!!! (as soon as i'm physically able of course)

i'm soooooooooooo happy - i know i said i would have to convince him but hadnt planned on having to break a bone to do it

anyway i start my LAST pack of pills on thursday so hopefully i will be just about fully healed and ready to get down to business in about a month i have a Drs appointment on Monday to check my collarbone so i'm gonna talk to him about TTC as well

so excited now - bring on August! woohoo

OMG!! Are you ok? Turkish drivers are terrible - which part were you in (so I can avoid it!)? Glad you are all put back together again, you must be relieved to be home safely. That's such an awful thing to happen

But YAY!! Great news about hubby's epiphany and ttc! I'm so pleased for you and it will give you extra incentive to get better soon.

(But make sure you take it easy and have hubby look after you for a bit first, hehe!!)

x

oh MrsG it was a totally doomed holiday
we stayeed in a little tiny hamlet near Olu Deniz - i love Turkey but would never go back to Olu Deniz. too touristy and v over-priced compared to other parts of the country.

basically we were turning off the main highway into a town called Gocek - we were on the roundabout and had right of way but the other driver just kept going and drove straight into us. his excuse was he thought we would go faster and get out of his way!

hubby is my absolute hero. he has looked after me so well and has even learnt how to put my hair in a half-decent ponytail :lol:
so many silly things are so hard when you cant use your right hand

Oh no, mrs Raf, hope you are feeling 'ok'... God what a crapy thing to happen on your holidays. So glad you an oh are both ok.

Oh and great news about ttc! Yey ;-) x

Bloody hell hun, how awful - you poor thing!! So glad you're feeling better. Crazy Turkish driver!!

Excellent news about ttc...i think life gets put into perspective when serious things happen...i'm so pleased for you. Sounds like hubby is doing a grand job of looking after you...take your time to get yourself well and the let the UPSI fun begin!!

Sorry your holiday ended badly. Glad youre ok tho and fab news about ttc (so jealous)!

Oh my god, im so glad you're both ok!! What a terrible thing to happen, sounds like you have a fab hubby tho to take care of you!

On the up side - woohoo!!! Things like this definitely put things into perspective - so pleased for you! Lots of luck!! xx

Ouch and awwww!!! It's amazing how a horrible experience can turn into such a positive!

Yay, yay, yay and you have lashing of baby dust chucked your way!!!

Get well soon MrsRaf!!!

Mrs A 9+0 or 8+2??? xxx

Omg what a holiday so glad it wasn't more serious but yay for bringing forward ttc xxx

my goodness! you poor thing! at least some ( very) good news has come out of this!!

we're starting next month as well!

my goodness! you poor thing! at least some ( very) good news has come out of this!!

we're starting next month as well!

triple post!

[Modified by: rubarb on July 04, 2009 10:28 PM]

thanks ladies :-)

rubarb i'll take your triple post to mean you are extra-excited for me

MrsA - can't believe you're 9 wks already!!

yes that triple posting baffled me as i only hit button once, honestly!!

but i am excited for you!!

I know! NOT enjoying early pregnancy much at the moment, just so exhausted and unable to sleep in the heat! I keep reminding myself that it would be worse at 30+ weeks in this heat!

Blimey, thank God you're both OK!! Great news about TTC though, yaay! xx

OMG MrsRaf, I hope you get well soon. Fab news on the tcc front, how exciting, xx

OMG Mrs Raf. Hope you are ok. Having a car accident in a foreign country must have been terrifying. Well donr to your hubby for being your knight in shining armour AND being able to put your hair in a ponytail! How is he at mascara lol!
Glad you're on the mend hon and I exect to hear of lots of UPSIing shenanigans when you're feeling better.
S xx

Snowcake it was really scary at the state hospital as they didnt speak english and loads of people around me who didnt seem to know what they were doing - plus hubby said later that it was filthy and blood still on the floors etc
luckily our travel rep had us moved immediately to a private hospital, which was fantastic
i actually think that hospital was better than any i have been to in the UK

cant believe we are finally going to start TTC - it's like getting the actual proposal + ring after talking about marriage for years

from the moment he said it in the hospital i've been desperate to come on here and tell you all!

PS no way would i let hubby near me with a mascara brush - he would probably poke my eyes out hehe

Bloody hell Mrs Raf! What a nightmare of a holiday, you poor things. How frightening. I had an operation on my right elbow last year and it rendered me useless too for about 3 weeks - hubby also learnt how to wash my hair etc etc, so I'm totally with you!! Bless them. Wishing you a speedy recovery.

FABULOUS NEWS ABOUT TTC!!!! I am SO, SO excited for you, you must be over the moon! I'm an August hopeful too, so we'll be starting that journey together, along with Minieggs.

Woo hoo!! Roll on August!! Took my last pill last week, but waiting to recover from my loop diathermy, so August is our starting point.

xxxxxxx

Glad hubby is doing a good job of looking after you - that's what you need at the moment! He sounds like a sweetie.
I've never been to Olu Deniz but h2b's parents live in Turkey and whenever we go to see them I am amazed how there are not more accidents. Not wanting to scare you but the Turkish driving test is to drive 100 metres in a straight line! And they tend not to worry about trivial things such as whether the traffic lights are on red or green.
Glad you are safe and getting better though.
x

Glad your ok hun

Fab news about TTC you lucky thing!

x

Hi MrsRaf,

Hope your ok, what a scary time you must have had, but as other posters have said, something wonderful has come out of it! Good luck when you start and hope you feel fully recovered very soon,

xxxx

bloody hell MrsRaf, what a "holiday". Hope you make a quick and speedy recovery and your hubby is still looking after you very well.

On the plus side - FAB news about bringing forward ttc, may you be fit and well for UPSI real soon

thanks ladies

just got back from the doctor and feeling a bit concerned

whenthe doctor saw my xray he pulled a really worried face and said i need to go to the fracture clinic for more xrays and that they might still want to operate :\(
really hope they dont

he said it'll take 8 weeks to heal so TTC might have to be pushed back to end of August - but it'll just have to depend on how i'm feeling

hubby is taking me to see Ice Age 3 this afternoon to cheer me up

Oh no, hate to say it but it's not uncommon for British doctors to have to un-do or re-do work that has been done abroad. Fingers crossed everything is ok for you though and healing as it should!

8 weeks is about when we'll be starting so we could be buddies!! xx

yay to being buddies

i had a feeling that we would start in september so i'm not worried if we have to wait til then

was gonna talk to the doctor about TTC but hubby was there so didnt wanna freak him out - plus i thought the doc might think i was jumping the gun a bit and warn me to heal my shoulder before any bedroom acrobatics

Awww MrsRaf! Hope you don't need an operation! At least you have the best reason ever to get yourself better!

September's a good month

I must admit i do try and keep the technical side of ttc from hubby as i know it would freak him out!! He once asked what we talk about on here and i said 'periods and ovulation' - think i put him off for life!! Fortunately for me he's more interested in the physical side of things!!

blimey that's scary stuff Mrs Raf - glad you're both on the mend!

how exciting about TTC though!!! xx

Oh hun, hope all is ok? Hopefully the Dr is just being extra cautious as you were injured abroad and wants to be 100% sure all is ok and healed. PMA to you hun! You may still be a due in June girl after all (see how determined i am to have you there with the rest of us!! )