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The BESH Eurovision Song Contest eva

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eurochick · 13/04/2012 13:56

Asseyez-vous mes amies and ready yourselves for the BESH Eurovision contest ever. Get ready with your Central European fashion, transvestites and inability to sing anything in tune. Get ready to rip your skirts off and leave your other halves no option but to make their mind up (do you see what I did there?) to get down to some swi and do your best not to think of Terry Wogan at any point in the proceedings. Finally, get ready to yell ?nul points? at the evil Droid should it dare to make an appearance.

Newbies, approach in high euro-camp mode, find and complete the BESHtionnaire to let us judge whether you are cynical and menkul enough to join us.

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lovesLemonDrizzleCake · 22/04/2012 16:57

You had me confused there, cave, it made me think about post-sechsing peeing as a cystitis-precaution or something... But jump the man, it is not like you are not single-handedly leading for the sechsing-with-a-mission award this month!

Fanks for the strokes norf - it is by self injection indeed and I did it in full view of SB who failed to notice and then distracted me, so I pulled the needle out too soon, hence the drops missed (and the nice bruise on my leg). It was all a complicated plea for sympathy, but became a bit of a disaster. Next month I shall be hiding again...

I have finished a decent draft of my assignment and will be finishing it off tomorrow morning (when SB does his part at hideously early o'clock).

PS Your charts are WAY prettier than mine were even though I am clearly ovulatory.

CaveMum · 22/04/2012 16:34

How embarrassing Blush

"pre a urinary" = precautionary Blush

CaveMum · 22/04/2012 16:33

Nurse said to leave it for 2 weeks after my blood test - not gonna happen! If there is no sign of droid by next weekend I'll probably test then.

Strange thing is I've been getting lots of CM for the last day or so. I may jump on HWHNN for a pre a urinary shag, but surely the blood test can't be wrong??? Confused

Northey · 22/04/2012 16:28

What a lovely chart you have, faithy. And you, euro Envy.

Hair stroke for hormonal lemon. How do you do the triggering? Is it self injection?

lovesLemonDrizzleCake · 22/04/2012 14:01

Mesdames, messieurs, bonjour!

It is a triggered lemon, although I managed to spill about three drops of it (and menkulled about that a lot last night.) But I am revising the did I actually trigger panic, considering I just felt the need to complain about the rudeness one of the check-out girls to her supervisor, which must mean I am feeling the pg-hormones in full force. I also nearly cried on the way home. Still an assignment to do and no SB at home. Not sure how I'll cope, although possibly better he does not see me this mental until I am actually diffed. I did manage to go for a run though, and seeing your plaintive chat about runs, I am pleased. My clinic obviously does not feel the need to warn people off exercise, and I think I really could do with it...

Very pretty chart, faith. And in agreement about the need to go back to the docs, it has been too much pain for way too long.

Enjoy sff euro and keeping stuff crossed. Really hope the IUI will bring you a win. What is the back-up plan? Another round? Medicated or not?

Well done on the well-timed sechsing cavy. Any idea on when to test, if the droid stays away nicely?

Re: jobs and children and male environments, I don't envy you euro and sinking. My job is majorly flexible and I love working from home. But it ends in the autumn and I won't have a child by that point. So not sure what is going to happen then...

eurochick · 22/04/2012 13:59

The chart's looking good faithy. Mine's doing what it should too (but then it always does, apart from the BFP part at the end!).

www.fertilityfriend.com/home/343af6

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HaveALittleFaithBaby · 22/04/2012 13:40

Go for it euro! Wink
FF now reckons I'm 7dpo my chart is rather pleasing to the eye so far! :)

eurochick · 22/04/2012 11:43

It's similar for me, Sinking. At the upper levels it is pretty male-dominated, mostly by men with non-working spouses. I have an additional "challenge" to the long hours - the travel. This last year hasn't been too bad (thankfully, because I think being away during my fertile time while we were desperately trying would have added to the stress) but there can be quite a lot of it, and at short notice too. The only real way to manage is to have the most flexible (and expensive) childcare possible, i.e. a nanny.

The good thing about all the travel is that we are pretty well set up for working remotely, so there should no reason why I couldn't arrange to do a couple of days a week from home, which would at least mean that I would get the commute time with any kids we manage to have.

It's 6dpo here and all is quiet. I might even have sff later! Crikey.

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sinkingflameofhilarity · 22/04/2012 10:59

I'm in the same position euro. Am shattered as moved to a new unit 2 weeks ago, and while settling in, plus getting the work done have been doing long hours. I expect to come in early and leave late, but everyday, 12hrs is killing me. (and it didn't help on thurs I had to lock myself away to have a cry about ineffectual juniors, in what turned out to be pre droidal menkulness)

Do you worry about what you do with baby/child in tow? I love my job, but it's competitive, and I honestly don't think I could progress/continue if I worked normal hours. It doesn't help that my specialist area is mainly men, who all appear to have a little lady at home to keep life ticking over while they do their 12hr days. But... Such is life.

eurochick · 22/04/2012 10:41

I don't get the time back - evenings and weekends are just part of the job for us.

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CaveMum · 22/04/2012 10:00

Morning all. Had a lovely day out at Newbury Racecourse yesterday as the guest of a company we work with.
Faithy, glad that the house is progressing well, having pictures up always makes a place feel more like you have put your stamp on it.

Norf, hope the clinic goes well tomorrow: just keep repeating your mantra!

To fuel the menkul I have been doing some workings out: providing droid stays away until at least Tuesday it means ov took place while we were having lots of the sechs. I don't feel like droid is imminent - usually get a couple of days of cramping in advance - so you never know!

[tries to be optimistic]

HaveALittleFaithBaby · 22/04/2012 09:55

I'm coming to that conclusion myself euro, apparently this morning I am white as a sheet.
Glad to hear you can at least work from.home today. Do you get that time back or is it just expected that you'll do what you have to to get the job done?
I'm really missing running/exercising. When I see people running where I ran it makes me quite sad :( I'm still making sure I get out and walk every day though. We're off on holiday to the Lakes in 2 weeks, we usually do lots of hill climbing, last year we climbed Helvellyn! Somehow I think I'll only manage short walks.

eurochick · 22/04/2012 09:39

I think your family are right, Faithy. You shouldn't have been in pain for this long.

It's a lovely day here. I'm watching a bit of London mazza coverage. If I didn't have work to do I'd go and watch as it's just up the road from me. In fact, I'm surprised I wasn't woken up by the media helicopters this morning. I usually am on mazza day. I wish I were out there running (not a marathon, 5k would do!) - after the IUI session I was told not to take any strenuous exercise this cycle. Harrumph. No exercise + steroids = lardy @rse.

Anyway I need to spend the day working on a pleading about some obscure East European law. At least I can do it from home though. I was in the office all day yesterday.

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HaveALittleFaithBaby · 21/04/2012 21:41

Tis a good start with the pics though. MSB reckons house will probably be ready in about 2-3 weeks. Things left to do are: finish fitting and tile the kitchen, change all the light fittings, put all the socket plates back and give the place a ruddy good clean! happily that's paid for to be done by professionals!
Have you been practising your speech for the clinic? I'm not leaving without the clomid!
We've had a nice evening, had curry round my sister's house. We both do a homemade curry and we call it curry club! Sadly had to come home early because my pain has flared up. Almost didn't get there at all but I'm fed up of this stopping me having a life. My family are pushing me to go back to the docs early this week if it continues :(

Northey · 21/04/2012 21:15

Yes, only five more to go! But I couldn't think where I wanted them so we gave up and had sechs instead. For the zillionth time this cycle. Fertility clinic on Monday though.

How long till you can get back to your place?

HaveALittleFaithBaby · 21/04/2012 16:23

Wooooohooooooo! AMNH has hung the paintings! That's phenomenal news norf. Doesn't make the house seem more like home? One of the reasons I hate being in this rented house, no hanging anything on the wall. White walls too. Very clinical :( Ah well, not long til we get home.
Yes MSB has hung his dartboard and has played for a while. I don't mind too much actually, gives him something to focus on and he's talking about joining a pub team locally which I think would be good for him.

Northey · 21/04/2012 15:00

Nul points and a technical disqualification for sinky's droid (are there disqualifications in Eurovision?). But douze points and a bunch of groupies for faif's replaced jooooooolery. Did MSB get his silly dartboard?

AMNH has drilled SIX holes in the wall and hung SIX paintings (well, posters and photos and shit too) for me. Hurrah!

HaveALittleFaithBaby · 21/04/2012 14:52

Yes I'm really pleased they still sell it. I washed the bag in a pot-fire tizz and a lot that we'd lost in the fire can't be replaced :( so it's great. I'd also lost/broken all the chains I had so I haven't been wearing any necklaces in the last few months! All my pendants have a nice lease of life!

sinkingflameofhilarity · 21/04/2012 14:32

V naice. Glad you could replace- I'm still mourning one of earings I lost while drunk and fiddling with it in taxi

HaveALittleFaithBaby · 21/04/2012 14:15

Try that again! here

HaveALittleFaithBaby · 21/04/2012 14:14

I have a Pandora bracelet that my sister go me for my birthday and it's all I really wear on my wrist. But bracelets are still good in my mind!
I'll try to link the necklace [[http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/2195676/Trail/searchtext%3EWHITE+GOLD+NECKLACE.htm Here] for you to see. MSB bought it for my birthday for few years ago!

sinkingflameofhilarity · 21/04/2012 13:59

The boy is off playing sports. Have said I might go and watch the match later with my fingers crossed behind my back, maybe He did make the bacon sandwiches and me a cup of tea earlier so am not too neglected.

What's necklace like? Going to a wedding next month and have decided I need a bracelet to go with my outfit (not sure where this whim has come from. Do people even wear bracelets any more?). I could do with inspiration.

HaveALittleFaithBaby · 21/04/2012 13:48

Shopping was from Argos round ze corner so done in short time. Am pleased to have necklace again, cried when I realised it was in a bag that went through the washing machine it was lost!
Can't Mr Sinky get you supplied?!

sinkingflameofhilarity · 21/04/2012 13:34

Now faife, are you v efficient and have already done the shopping, or do you need to get of interweb and go buy shiny things?!

Have no food in house (well, have fruit and yogurt, but nothing fun) so may have to get off my bum to fully wallow in cd1. Rats.

HaveALittleFaithBaby · 21/04/2012 12:59

Wow sinky running on cd1 is somewhere between impressive and insane. Shorter cycle is definitely the silver lining on the Droidal cloud. I definitely recommend a sofa afternoon with chocolate!

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