Brooking No Argument that we'll get BFPs from our Easter Eggs

Well Geek I hate to say it but currently it seems that whenever AF visits you, another brooker gets a BFP. Of course, being a short visit it could be implantation... :o

Oh ladies I do love to hear your men/ttc-misconceptions stories, it really does reassure me about MrG! sparks I am just at the idea of MrS thinking you could wait a whole week before testing!!!

I'm a bit late to the party, but beedle I did tell me previous (lovely) boss what procedure I would be having, but then he went and left the company My new boss (dink) I have just told it's a minor procedure (or in the case of the lap & dye, minor abdominal surgery). He's getting nothing more from me than that. I have given him high level info that there will be drugs for me to take beforehand and that I'll possibly feel up and down for a couple of weeks after the procedure and have negotiated working from home when I need to during that time.

cups well done on starting candy crush. It's one of the best things you can do to make time fly by. Can I also recommend farm buddies (I think it's called that, I'll check tonight). It's very similar to candy crush but it's crops and ducklings and things - very cute! PS I need at least three friends playing it to get onto the next stage, like with candy crush, so if anyone else wants to play I can send an invite

scarlett and maybe sooooo lovely to see you both bath (((hugs)))

scarlett I'm so sorry to hear about your latest letter/results, that's just pants. But at least they have a course of action for when the time comes, it's not a showstopper. And it will come for you my lovely.

my laptop died this morning! Please brook that the laptop hospital will be able to fix it :) In other news, AF has been here just three days and is already showing signs of wanting to pack her bags. Yay!

Just say you have time off. I agree, nothing to be ashamed off, good old mrBeedle. It's more the expectations. I'd think he'll know enough about what it is not to ask... Men.

Oooh 'minor procedure, nothing to worry about' usually works with nosey colleagues.
Mind you I just told them my sister was coming to stay for a few days.

But you are now throwing swedish into your posts

I talked him through the procees very topline and quite vague, concentraing on when i'd need scans & short notice holiday etc, no need to go throught the details!

Our HR manager was fascinated by the whole thing though and asked me to take him through the whole process, we were sat down together chatting about it for an hour

Sweetie, congratulations!!
Your news has made my day xx

beedle I have told my boss everything and that has really taken the pressure off at work not having to lie & sneak about. Depends on your relationship with your boss though...

Re-update I'm 36, on cycle 28, 1 tube [R removed in 1999 following ectopic], AMH 4.22, FSH 12, diagnosis of DOR [Diminished Ovarian reserve. Whoop. Mind you at least I have a diagnosis]. I had 1 abandoned IVF last year [I only had 1 follicle and a hideous reaction to the down reg drugs]. Tried again last month, got as far as ICSI, got 3 eggs, but they fertilised abnormally so abandoned before ET. IUI is the remaining funded option. We get 3 gos but they will abandon if dominant follie on R side due to lack of tube so could be on the IUI wagon for the next 6 months..

cups We decided that we would go ahead this month as planned but not make any lifestyle changes, it just kind of happens alongside normal life iykwim which has definitely taken the pressure off.

CD1 was yesterday so start the clomid today and 1st scan on Thursday, don't know if they'll be able to tell then which side is going to dominate?

Oh and I got a letter on Friday saying my last swab showed I'm a carrier of Group B Strepsomething, obsessive googling has shown an un-confirmed link to MC & stillbirth, confirmed links to meningitis in new borns so if I ever do actually get to labour I will need to be on IV antibiotics from the point my waters break. Never simple is it.

I actually don't think the universe wants me to have a normal life - I must've been a right shit in a previous life!

cups it'll be the next one. I'm Brooking No Argument.

beedle its a tough one about whether to tell your boss. I can't remember what you do, but if its a rigid job I think you'll need to, as you'll have scans etc. If flexible I think you could get away with it, and just say a minor gynae op for EC. I was fine the day after EC, but if you can take sick leave you may as well. I was told to take it easy for 3-4 days after ET, no walking up stairs (!) lifting etc. I think that's when the embryo would have implanted, but mine was a 5 day transfer. Don't take too much leave, I think sweetie thought the full tww was too much for ivf1.

Kitty we are at 2 & a half years. We are unexplained although DHs last SA was a bit rubbish. We are waiting to start ICSI either on next AF or the one after depending on when the clinic can fit us in.

Thanks Sweetie, Solars and Geek I'm feeling a bit better today. I guess I've accepted that I need to be more patient! I've started playing candy crush which is helping as I'm becoming obsessed by that instead of ttc

It's so nice to see so many of the Brookers back on here. Maybe how are you doing my dear? Scarlett did you make a decision about putting off the IUI?

Mr B was the same Sweetie, because the first test was a faint line he didn't think it was real until I did the digital test just wouldn't accept a line was a line.

Munxx I really appreciate the attempted routine

kitty we have been ttc 2 years too. Did first ivf in sept which showed I had very low egg reserve. So we just had egg donor ivf.

I have braved the office today as believe it or not i am feeling quite chipper I haven't done any more tests. Dh says tomorrow we should test again as he has read online that 14 days afrer EC would be a true result. They dont know a thing men

We were just under two years kitty. We had sperm morphology issues at the beginning but though these righted themselves we still didn't conceive. So at the end we were unexplained. We did two cycles of iui, but then decided to move to ivf, which worked first time. Some people suggest ivf is using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, as the issue could have been minor, just not found. But who cares, it works! Doesn't it sweetie.

Unexplained is really hard. They say almost everyone would conceive naturally eventually, but that wasn't good enough for us.

We are brooking for your iui.

We'll always brook for you kitty, that's what we do

boo that really is inspiring to me. Maybe theres hope yet!

Please keep brooking for me guys. xxxx

Fab news sweetie

sweetie! Amazing news.

Please allow me to do a poor imitation of imp's routine....

So pleased. Just brilliant.