Candle smugglers of the world unite! The Berries have loaded up the charabanc and have Barry on repeat. Destination BFP (via the pouch of Douglas)

That's wonderful news Beaky! Delighted for you and Nolly is so right to highlight how far you have come.

Welcome Antonia and as the others said, may your stay be short.

I'm back in the UK and back at work.

Hi Antonia! Welcome to Berryland. May your stay be short, but I hope we can keep you sane in the meantime.
As you can see from the runners and riders list, we've got fairly extensive fertility clinic experience between us, so shoot with any questions you have, but I'm afraid you do have to pass a small initiation ceremony first.

Ready?

Ok, repeat after me...

I confirm that a Berry I am
And 'transvaginal ultrasound' is henceforth DILDOCAM

(sorry everyone else. I honestly think I'm losing my marbles with this waiting game)

woo yay beaky! Look how far you've come compared with your fears earlier this month. THIS IS GREAT.

hiya antonia, welcome aboard. you've been trying for ages, I'd have gone completely insane. Or maybe that's what you're hinting with the lime uterus... ;)

Swarthy sons of toil are (A) not toiling and (b) singing colombian songs very loudly. WTF.

Beaky congrats! Two on board the beaky train. I thought they were day 5 blasts though, but I bow down to Gill's 3 day comment as she always has the latest stats to hand.

Welcome Antonia. But I think the phrase is that we hope not to have you in here for long... (If you see what we mean )

Tests are best when they reveal something in my opinion. Being 'unexplained' is so frustrating. Not quite sure what they could do with a lime jelly womb though...

Yay to being PUPO Beaky! So glad the little beaklets made it to day 3 and are now in their rightful place. Make sure you get looked after and I hope you're not going into work tomorrow!

Great news beaky now I can stop frantically checking for updates! Take it easy and look after yourself and the beaklets!

Haha love the pic spare that's us!

Come on in Antonia there's always room. Lots of knowledge about all things fertility related too.

Thank you berries, the support is much appreciated. Spare love the pic

So I now have 2 beaklet embies on board, one is good, one is a little fragmented but fine. The consultant said he was really pleased with this given that my response was so poor. I got to see them on the screen too, if nothing else my clinic nurses are so lovely, they keep saying Ooo, and lovely, etc! Haha. I have a terrible cold and really bad cough though so I'm petrified that I'll cough them out

Eek crossing everything I have for this.

Antonia welcome, the berries are an amazing source of support and also, hilarious (as you may have seen if you've read any of the thread). About the tests, firstly good luck for the results and remember a lot of things can be overcome with the right treatment. I've been having alsorts of weird dreams - mainly due to stress! A lime gelatine womb though!

Spare how are you holding up?

Hello, is there room for another one?

I'm 36, TTC#1 for almost 7 years. We have no children. First 6 years was off the pill no monitoring, then 10 months using the clearblue ov tests.

Went to to the docs January this year and had the D1 and D21 blood tests, triple swab test and fiancé has had his sperm tested. All tests came back normal. We're referred to the fertility clinic.

One (surprisingly large) vial of blood taken, transvaginal ultrasound and HSG all done this month. Results of these will be revealed 9th June when we're back at the clinic.

I'll admit, I'm a bit scared but only because I have absolutely no clue what the results are, what the next steps will be. The dreams I've been having about the results... One where the gynaecologist tells me that he's sorry but my uterus is made of gelatine which is no environment for a baby to grow in, especially as it's lime flavoured gelatine!

Good luck today Beakster.

Go beaky, go beaky

Good luck for ET Beaky!

Thanks nolly. I have copies of most of that at home - will photocopy at the weekend and make an appointment for next week. Oh and I'm feeling ok, thanks. A bit flat but holding it together.

tiger i asked my northern FC for print outs of everything - all test results, all letters, etc. ditto GP - then i took all the docs to the new GP and handed them over asking for expedited referral, esp given our lengthy wait (around 2 years already by that point). She was really pleased, as it meant a lot less chasing for her, and also meant we got seen within about a month.

Good luck today beaky. Thinking of you and busting out all the moves for ET.

Cheers gill hope you're doing well.

Ah nolly just the person. When you moved down south, how did you transfer to another FC? I'm registering with new GP but presumably I'll need to ask them to refer me on to a local FC to continue my treatment.

Hi gil - how are things going? how was holiday?

tiger how do you feel today? Mr t being sad must be so difficult, on the one hand feel so responsible, on the other so helpless.

COME ON BEAKLETS

Come on you mini Beak embies! I hope you're excited to be snuggling into your new home very soon.

Hand holds for HB and Spare during this very stressful time.

Hugs for Tiger too (and nods in appreciation at the eloquent way she made her points on the IVF funding thread).

It's definitely worth doing beaky, they are lovely people and so helpful.

Tiger, grrrr don't think I could look at that thread, would get too annoyed!

Thanks Gill I'll make sure I'll be able to get out with the dog first thing then!

Tiger the people who say this kind of thing should be refused treatment on the NHS. Grrrr.

Thanks lucie I'll think I'll do that to see what else they would recommend, if anything.

Oh and beaky look after yourself love .

Spare it is hell isn't it. Everything crossed for you.

If you want to rage look at the active thread around north Essex IVF funding. Some fuckwit just described IVF as a luxury. Fuming!

No beaky you don't have to pay for the questionnaire. It's worth doing as they really know their stuff and are very helpful. It's good to have another perspective on your treatment.

I've just sent off my sample for the hidden tests. I was undecided about it but a lot of people rave about it and have said they got their bfps after doing it so thought I would give it a go and it's another thing crossed off the list.

Beaky - I had a small cold for ET. Look after yourself today. If you're up to it, try and get a brisk walk in tomorrow before transfer to get the blood flowing. Maybe if your body is fighting an infection, it won't have time to react negatively to an embryo? Every time I sneezed I was convinced I was doing to dislodge them and still do

Spare, perfectly understandable. I've just spent half an hour googling does having a cold and sore throat prevent implantation. I've had to come home from work I'm so ill. Keeping my fx for up for this weekend though. Yes the man passed out, she had brought her mam too. They just sedate us at my FC

Thanks Nolly and Minx no further news, so keeping fx all is ok for tomorrow's et.

minx moving is a nightmare, I hate packing! Good luck though, it's totally worth it when you're in!

Tiger great plan, I hope you get your extra NHS round with the new GP. Greece will be so lovely too.

Interesting info lucie, do you have to pay for the questionnaire bit with serum do you know?

How's everyone else doing?