The BESH Republic Of Rulvakia

I thought I'd give them a go as they were only a fiver, and more sensitive than the ones I'd bought from Asda (and much, MUCH cheaper!), but they appear to be a bag of crap.

I think I'd never get to diffage if I went for the smiley faces - CGH might divorce me for spending a ridiculous amount on tests :P He's already warned me I can only pg test twice in a month :D

alwyn have you used the internet cheapy opks for a while? I never got on with them. Much prefer the smiley faces --even if they are squillions of quid. I believe MSB's words were how much?!

norf in a job like that it's going to be a steep learning curve! You'll get there...put your sexiest undies on for tomorrow night! Same goes for lems. It's like putting on war paint before going into battle!

lol @ norf

I'd just keep on doing the sechs and forget the parents :D Given I don't really know my cycle we're just doing it all the time anyway!

Nightmare afternoon at new job. Wondering whether to laugh or cry. In either case I shall supplement with gin, I think. Still, only one more day and I will have got through a whole week and AMNH will arrive in the evening and we can sechs rampantly. Or not, as we will be at my parents' house. Based on last cycle I will ovulate tomorrow or Saturday though, so we MUST do it.

cavey, you iz braaave, to laugh about it all. And you may pretend to joke about stallions, but we all know you are thinking about Frankel...

No sign of OV here :( Either I haven't yet (it is only CD14) or the internet cheapie sticks are pants.

Keeping myself busy sat watching the Italy-Croatia game on the tellybox. Rock and indeed roll.

Much better here too shreddie. Thanks. But a quick GRRR at your 11day bloody nightmare. Speaking of mares, well done cave for telling her and having a laugh too. Good you are feeling better too, faif hope things will improve properly SOON though!!

I am on CD14 and SB is back tonight. Based on my last ten cycles that is too late for any intent. But I missed him, so there will be sechsing all the same

Quick stroke for lurking bugs, really hope it all works out well next week!

Hello, yes I'm a bit better today with the stronger painkillers thanks shreddie. I am without car since MSB has gone swanning off to Devon again for the wedding - ie the wedding of the stag do he was at 2 weeks ago. I can't grumble about the car though since he drives a works van all the time and I have the car 99% of the time! My dad started his radiotherapy today and feels ok. I feel like at least he's being treated now.

bugs if you're lurking it's totally cool if you're quiet! You do what's right for you luffly.

Hope the spotting stops soon shreds so the sechsing can commence. I'm CD16 and futility fiend reckons based on my signs I'm about 4 dpo. Finally managed to work out how to change it so it knows I'm using opks rather than temping!

Glad you were able to tell your friend cavey and without any waterworks is impressive! You so need her support right now you cheeky mare :) see what I did there?!

Ooops, meant HWHNN, obviously.

Send them to the stallion! that's hilarious. Have you told AMWHNN that analogy?

How's everyone else doing? Feeling any better, nakedfaith? And any less grrrrr, lemons?

CD 7 here and I've still got the pesky spotting. This makes it 11 straight days of spotting / droid. I've had enough! Need to get back on with der sechs.

I'm back, friend was wonderful and I managed not to leak! She said I sound like a mare on the stud (she still works there) so we had a good laugh about it! She's right though, the follicle tracking is exactly what we do with the mares: scan for follicles, when one is big enough give them a quick shot of LH to make them ovulate and then send them to the stallion

Could you go off somewhere like a park to tell her? I think support and advice of a BF is important at times like these.
Yes I am doing by far my favourite task of my role, ringing people at home to see if they've had any more falls. Always nice when we've fixed them! Means I can sit at desk in quiet office too :)

I'm better. No spontaneous sobbing, though if I think too much on it I do well up. Being back at work is actually helpful as it is distracting me. I'm seeing my BF at lunchtime, not sure whether to tell her or not as I'll probably sob on her - never a good look in a public place!

Sorry you're feeling down too. Have you anything to do that can take you away from people for a bit? Sometimes working on something in peace and quiet helps.

Bugs, menkul is totally normal [strokes hair]

How do you feel psychically bugs? It's understandable you're menkulling...

How are people feeling this morning?

I am a bit and have no oomph for work since my gut response to every task/email is I don't really care!

My new strategy for pain management is t try alternating cups of tea with peppermint tea and I will purchase some cranberry juice. When I had course 3 of antibiotics I felt tonnes better and in retrospect I drank lots of cranberry juice at the time and wonder if it was that rather than the antibiotics that helped

Glad to hear it cavey :)

I'm feeling better thanks. Went and had a nap for a few hours, then HWHNN called to see how I was doing. Have demolished a large amount of chocolate, but hey ho!

YAY for lovely GPs, mine is old enough to be my dad and male, so no lesbian or other crush for me. Although he's been reasonably helpful so far.

I am feeling much better as I decided to call it a day early and went for a (short) run. Been going twice a week since the hols and it is making me feel good. Now I am starving so it is cook some tea with the contents of the fridge - and the left over trigger shot does not count.

I have a massive crush on my GP, faith. In fact, I named her my lesbian crush in the BESHtionnaire.

GP has given me prescription for the good codiene again :) yay and said to ring and chase my appointment which I will do tomorrow. I have a bit of a crush on her now for understanding :)

How are you feeling now cavey? lemmy?

Sorry for the wobble cave, let me add some more gin(& optional tonic) to the comfort mixture. I hate all calls with fertility types while at work, I try to make SB do as much of the phoning as possible, because they always reduce me to tears. Fingers crossed they find something that does work, though!!

Glad your GP and early scan are all helpful queenie and thanks for sharing the road to diffage!

Fingers crossed your good GP can sort you out, faith. It has been way too long.

GRRR at only getting counselling on the 25th euro. But good for you to go and get it. Much pre-IVF nerves sympathy. It is so difficult, especially with the not knowing why the hell it is taking so long and what is wrong... (Otherwise known as unexplainedness-sympathy!) I have been having a few days of teariness and not quite brave enough to talk to someone properly. I really miss SB at days like these (he's away for work) and not only because it should be shagweek...

An hiding in my own work loos, cavey, so can only be quick, but the quickness in no way diminishes the massive Rulvakian sympathy I am sending. Moving on is all very well and sensible, but when you have placed your faith in something, and thought "this is going to be the thing that diffs me", it is a horrid disillusionment and crash to accept that it isn't.

I've not taken any Clomid ths cycle due to the blood test cock up in my last cycle. I do have one lot of pills left and the nurse said if I want to take them when this cycle ends then I can, but they won't give me any more.
I guess there is still a bit of hope this cycle as I haven't ov'd yet, but who knows when that might happen!

Feeling less snotty now, I've been to the shop and bought 2 large Galaxy bars (buy one get one free!) and am back on the sofa watching my Sherlock DVD. It's not possible to be sad when watching the divine Mr Cumberbatch