To TTC or not to TTC, that is one of the many questions...

Nowt really. However, now listening to the words.

Weird.

Back shortly, post analysing....

Oooo, what are we reading into the text from S??? Anything?? Nothing?? Tell me!

I'd like to thinjk so, HP SP ;-)

ROFL at Drunky Drunkerson over there are her cross post with mine....GOOD LUKC?? Feffing brilliant! You are a total star, C.

xx

Fuckin ell.
Text from S re that John Lewis ad. He said the words ring true.

More wine, vicar?

Hurrah for LST and her six eggs! Im so glad the procedure was ok in the end, there was never any doubt in my mind, and fingers are now double double crossed for fertilisation and some good strong growers. I like to think of it as those six represent the creme de la creme, the healthiest and fittest double yolkers. Dont forget to take it easy and look after yourself, or better yet, get Mr LST to look after you.

(And of course science is magic, in days of yore SueRock and I would have been called witches and burned at the stake!)

YTD - any news, petal?

Right, Im off too bed soon, its been a long week. Make sure you are all locked up, C, and if all else fails, my mam used to keep a meat tenderiser (sp?) under her pillow. Just for info, of course, Im not for a moment suggesting you use it on scumbags and toerags....

Bit drunk so will be brief.

Glad it went well - GOOD LUKC

back tomorrow xxxx

Glad to hear you're ok - not that I ever thought you wouldn't be!

PS. The procedure itself was a breeze - sheepishly so glad I went for a general! Most restful thing I've done all week!

Hi folks,

Well, egg collection over.

I didn't tell my parents in the end - thanks for all your wise words on that score. And all the support. I'm really touched by your concern, YTD but I do feel well supported (not least by you all [wipes away tear]) - I've talked to my sisters and DH is being very good in general, especially given his own position. I also thought a) that the risk was small enough that it would be like calling them before I crossed the road (encouraged by our resident scientists to put that one in perspective!), and b) they've got enough on their plate at the moment. My dad is ok, confused, but was in this week for a pre-op health check before more investigation in May, my mother had a big meeting with an eye specialist today about her failing sight, and my grandmother, whom they are looking after from a distance [though I do help a bit, I hasten to add] is in hospital after a 'small' coronary (which is anything but at her age).

There was good news and bad news today for me - 6 eggs, so really not too bad given the way things have been. On the downside, that's likely to be borderline for trying blastocyst (growing the embryos outside the womb for longer), which has the best result of success. (This is all assuming any have fertilized when I ring tomorrow.) So it may be just bunging one back in on Sunday and hoping for the best... I know I should be pleased that I got any at all, but was a bit disappointed that it's still a poorish result (though don't know what I was expecting, for heaven's sake [gives self a stern look].

So (Suerock) - either embryo transfer on Sunday, or blastocyst transfer (hopefully) on Wednesday. If science works its magic (that's what science is, right?!) tonight...

Hope all that extra security makes you feel a bit better about the whole thing, confused. Sounds like you'll be safe as houses, so to speak, with all of that. (Makes me wonder about our draughty doors and windows, and my blithe habit of leaving a key under a conspicuous flowerpot in the front garden - should probably think about the 'burgle me' messages we're sending.)

How are you feeling, YTD? Did the sickness depart for good? And do let us know if there is any scan news. Hope you're feeling full of energy now (though realize that's probably a bit of a myth?). How's the kitchen?

Drop in again, Agent hp, when your secret report is finished and you're back to saving humanity in the lab by day, and on the mean streets by night...

Hi All,
Couldn't post last night as we had a friend of DH's here.

Thanks for you support re the attempted burglary. While I could not give two shits about things like the telly being nicked the idea of someone in the house does fill me with horror. It seemed far more horrid in the middle of the night too, and more like a rubbish attempt at burglary in the day time. My neighbour thinks they'll come back in 6 weeks when the insurance has paid out. I am not sure, but we now have extra locks on the windows and a man from the police has come to check the security. He has added a thing over the letterbox so they cannot get anything through, fitted a spy hole in the front door and fitted a new massive lock. DH has also put wood strips on the top of the sash window's so the window's cannot be pushed up even if the locks did give way, which is very unlikely. Also, we have secondary glazing which would be a massive inconvenience to getting in too, even in the unlikely event of them getting through the locks etc.

As for wacking them - I laid in bed after the event thinking of what I could chuck at them from the upstairs window. Bleach was a hot contender, and my neighbour was having similar scenarios in his head involving boling oil!

Onto more important things, LST. Sorry I have not read the recent posts and managed to reply before you've gone in for the egg op. I really hope it goes well and am so pleased for you about the follicle increase. If anyone deserves a BFP it's you, matey!

As for telling you parents about the IVF / GA (though bit late to give my two penneth about the GA) I'd not tell them about the GA as the risk is practically zero. However, as for the IVF in general, I guess it depends on your relationship with them - would they really show their disapointment if it, god forbid, didn't work out? I think, if that was the case, it's the last thing you need. But, if they didn know, would they actually be a fantastic support at a tricky time? If that is the case it may well be worth letting them know.

Lastly, if they are worriers I think I'd keep quiet for now due to the situation with your dad - how's he doing, by the way?

Hope you're back home and feeling okay now, and your DH is tending to your every whim! Hopefully hear from you soon.

HP good luck with the report and hope it's finished soon!

YTD did you have your scan yesterday? Am dying to know how it all went!

Still writing report, am bored and want to finish asap!

Forgive brevity....

LST, great news about the 100% increase in follicles! Please, please dont give any thought-space to the idea of anything bad happening tomorrow, it just wont. My, er, friend wasn't even knocked out - it was twilight sleep or something. Tell your parents only if you want to, if you want their support. I know what you mean about the pressure though, added to what you are feeling it may be overwhelming.

C - OMG, someone tried to break into your house?!? The northern in me rears its head in these situations...whack 'em, and whack 'em hard. Hope they catch the evil little toerags asap and throw the book at them.

Just a quick twopenn'th from me LST - firstly HURRAH for more eggs, and I'm sending all my best wishes and good vibes for a successful op and some really good eggs among the ones they collect. Will be thinking of you - let us know when you're through. Can I ask what happens next?

Since you asked.... In your position I probably wouldn't tell my parents right now. The chance of anything going awry is vanishingly small - and if anything did go wrong, I don't think the fact that they didn't know their son/daughter was going for an operation would be top of a parent's worries. Maybe best to tell them, as you say, when you have some more definite news.

In the library so also briefly, but wanted to say how horrible, confused, and really hope you're feeling ok (though it must be very unsettling). At least they were clearly the type to scarper at the first sign of occupation. Hoping they catch them (or it's the same people as stole the petrol).

How's the report, hp? Hope it's going well. Well, hope it's finished, which would be ideal!

I'm doing fine now, sorry for the middle of the night dramas. In fact the most recent scan was better, follicles up to 8, and I'm having egg collection tomorrow! It's still not a great showing, and there almost certainly won't be 8 healthy eggs, but it's a bit better at least. Keep your fingers crossed that there is something there. I have a dilemma, actually, that I was wondering about asking you lovely people about. I haven't told my mum about the IVF, as I've probably said to you, as I didn't want my parents waiting expectantly, and to have to disappoint them if it didn't work (as the odds are relatively poor). But I'm having a general anaesthetic tomorrow, and DH raised the issue of whether I should tell them, given there is the theoretical possibility of something going wrong and me dying on the operating table (to put it brutally!). It's the mildest type of GA so this possibility is absolutely minuscule (I hope!) but they would be rather shocked and probably upset if anything did happen and I'd kept this from them. On the other hand, it's such a small possibility, and I would still rather keep them in the dark until I have some real news. Any thoughts?

Anyway, sorry to be so self-absorbed - will be the other side of this process one way or another soon.

You have my sympathies confused and I know exactly how you feel cos some nobheads did the same to us a few months ago. The police were great though, and took it really seriously even though they didn't get in.

Can't write more - illicit work post.

This is all going vaguely kinky!

Sorry not to have posted further last night. The computer was SO slow it was too tedious to stay on it, so I turned it off. DH says's it's because it's scanning so hopefully it won't be like this forever.

I am utterly exhausted today as some fuckers individuals tried to break into our house. Our neighbours got burgled last week so it was at the back of our, well DH's, mind and DH got up at 2.30 for a wee and heard some tapping noises. Turns out, when he looked out the window, it was two yoofs with a crowbar. When they saw him looking from the upstairs window they scarpered and we heard a car screech.

We called the police who turned up about 20 mins later and saw that the window's are damaged along the bottom. The policeman said they'd just picked someone up for stealing petrol and were going to take him back to the station - they have fingerprints from next door's burglary and are coming to take them off our house today.

Needless to say, we were both very angry as well as a bit unnerved. I went back to bed about 3.30 but couldn't sleep at all (fantasies involving thwarting any burgling attempts in both disgusting and disfiguring ways).

Bastards.

Yes miss.

Actually, I've given up for now, it's an early night in a comfy bed for me! Night!

HoneyPetal get on with that report this minute, young lady!

Evening. Am working again, final report for my course (thank goodness). Has to be in after the bank holiday so need to crack on so Im not working all over the long weekend.

(Also, AC, I forgot to say the other day, it wasnt me with the recent 'scare', I think it was Seagreen, no scares in my house for many a long year ).

Hope LST is ok after her middle of the night postings. I did mean in RL, I just thought if we were local to eachother and your head was exploding, I am around. Just putting it out there, in case.

Right...make me write this boring report.....

Just waiting for DH to come home with our pizzas (four weeks without an oven tomorrow, does our landlord win a prize?)

BroodyRhi the scary books are the perfect antidote to broodiness. My Naomi Woof one is very well thumbed though, so obviously the effects are not long term!

Confused I completely agree!

"I don't wan't to tell Linzi what to do... (so I've writen an article spelling out exactly what I think she should do in the Daily Mail)... but my hope is to nudge(!) her in a certain direction."

Anyone around? Am posting in bits and bats as my computer has gone agonisingly slow (ten minutes minimum to load a page) so there may be delays!

How is everyone?

BroodyRhi maybe you need to order one of these scary books (the Naomi Wolf one for example) to help stave off the broodyness. I haven't even got mine yet but I am strongly suspecting from what everyone was saying last night it would be the literary equivalent of a jug full of iced water!

Feeling a bit better now as had some toast. Here is some absolute bollocks from the Daily Mail I read today (at work so was bored - that's my excuse!)