The BESHes are now getting cross. Because it's taking ages. Now look, Universe, cut us some feckin slack.

[Ariesgirl]

Now also, in honour of the Rugby World Cup, we can also take our pick of the strapping, fine-thighed walking sperm banks who will be on display in New Zealand soon. I vote myself to be the tournament's physio and also we can judiciously place a few eager volunteers into the Pit for Gloom purposes. They are so incredibly tough that they are not likely to go the way of Daniel, Cap'n Jack and Mitchell.

Roll up, roll up....baggsy the first go on Jonny Wilkinson.

I gave up on pee sticks. I temped for 6 months but currently relying on shagging when we feel like it only ever used cheap pee sticks to be fair. No smiley faces in the faith household.
sunshine wine is the only thing that minimises the twitch in my eye since my job was in jeopardy. Cheers!

Hello all. My diet is making me mizz. But I weighed myself today ( wasn't going to- was going to do measurements instead, but caved) and my weight is making me more mizz. Droid due Monday. Wish it was here now. I hate everybody and I want to be aloooooone (apart from you lot, obviously).

Droid packs on the pounds, fact. It adds at least 3lb to me and increases my measurements by an inch. Reassess when the Droid has left town. In the mean time eat chocolate healthily. Don't get disheartened!

I agree with faith. Pre-driod is not the time to start weighing!

Oh you're all lovely

Boo listen to the BESH. I always feel like a hippo just before droid.

I have been bitten by some insect. My ankle now looks like an elephants leg. Completed my 20 miles though and am now lying on the sofa with a cup of tea. Bliss.

Just dropping in to say hi administer chinese burns as requested by moleface and tell boo she is gorgeous - throw the scales in the bin (TB is threatening to get ours out of the loft where they have been since before xmas, I am scared!)

Waves to newbies. Sorry have not caught up with whole of thread, but wanted to say we need more differs in the Deli, so yeah, that's an order. In the mean time please accept this bucket of pink gins with side order of twirls.

ps - kat I hope you now feel the time bomb has been defused after thursdays scan?

Got through another day of diet hell (grits teeth and knows it will all be worth it). So proud of myself though - no butter, choclolte, crisps or biscuits for 4 days so far. The worst thing has been realising just how much I have been depending on sugar for a boost

Hello Rocket

Boo you are a beauty but I've read your Fred about weight loss on the quest to win a baybee so I am right behind you & cheering for you all the way. Grit those teeth girl

My insect bite is vile. I have a headache. Are the 2 related?

Rie Mr Barlow looked hot on TXF! ( things I thought I'd never say #1)

Hey Boo - please ignore the scales. After the droid is the only time to weigh unless you want to know how much you really do carry around in fluid retention...

Welcome to all newbies, but in particular - please try not to worry too much WishingWell. My cycle was always short (23-25 days), and for a number of months after each of my two miscarriages it shortened even more (18-21 days). I am 37, and know where you're coming from with the fretting about early menopause, but I started taking my temps, had my hormones checked etc and all was well. It made a big difference to me to know that in fact 24 day cycles were fine for me and my body. Am now 21-weeks pregnant and am now mostly fretting about Something Else. It's a horrible place to be in I know - but with me, information helped. As did this motley crew. OPK's did NOT help.

Oh yeah... wedgies to everyone else.

Madameboo- tie true- weighing pre droid misleading due to fluid retention.
BrownB- congratulations on your pregnancy. Thanks for the much needed reassurance. What happened to your ovulation: early/late; how did you pinpoint it? How long was your luteal phase? what did you do differently to get lucky?? Oh and sorry for jumping down your throat? :-)

Poked by StarryStarryCunt to come amuse you all. I hope this is adequate: hardcore filth

Argh it won't load BB. Stoppid internets.

How was the wedding Cunty? Did you drown your droid in gin?

I have survived a funeral and a family party diet wise. I am proud. Starting to crave sugar less. Porridge this morning. Still no droid - there is no chance I'm diffed (unless God has decided to do another miracle), it just knows I want it to come so I can weigh loads less on the scales. BAH.

You are a sick lady BB.

WishingAway - I read TCOYF about this time last year and took my BBT for about 9 months before this pregnancy. This is my second pregnancy since I read the book come to think of it... I did try OPK's as well, but they were a bit hit and miss. The temperature chart was far more helpful. My LP was pretty consistent at about 12-13 days (although in the aftermath of my mc in January it shortened to 10-11 days for a couple of months). Of course I fretted that given my pre-ovulation phase was so short that I wan't releasing good quality eggs... there's always something.

As for what I did differently, precisely nothing I'm afraid. All the way through, I was taking antenatal vitamins, and drinking gin and wine to manage the head-fuckery that is TTC, and having loads of sex at the right time of the month. To give you a little context, my first pregnancy and mc were two years ago, and I spent 16 months TTC - during some of which I followed ALL THE RULES with nada result. After the second mc I was giving myself 6 months before I started bothering doctors etc once again.

SunnyD - hope your leg has come back down to a normal sort of size... but of course while you're incapacitated...

Pliz to accept this to look at while drinking gin and eating brownies for general distraction purposes.

Sunz I hate all manner of biting things ('sept MrBitey and TIS obviously) and have to deal with the evil that is otherwise known as mosquitoes on a daily basis

Boo Diets suck.

I think I drowneded myself in red wine.

Things not to do when bladdered

143# Practice a new dance move involving alot of bending and touching the floor. It will only come back to haunt you for the next few days in the form of extreme pain though pulled leg and arse muscles.

I Am Too Old to keep doing this- thank god no one else I know in the world is getting married ever.

Happy Birthday buggerlugs! Hope you've taken Manhatten, eaten baloney in coney and other such delightful stuff.

Am going to look at that link now bb- better be as vile as you promise or they'll be trouble.

*boo8 you're fantabulous- keep it up x (yeah?)

You know you look ruff when a colleague says 'have you been working nights? You look tired'.[Um, no, not for a year]. My ibs is super bad. I am grumpy.

boo stop torturing yourself. You met me when I was 5 weeks Diffed and I'm afraid to say I didn't get that fat during that pregnancy alone! There is more than one esh who is not (ahem) fit for catwalk work. And as one wise esh once told me 'your ovaries don't know how fat your arse is!'.

wishing like euro i have a slightly wonky cycle, 25 days firing off one side and 27 the other. Only ever got Diffed on the shorter side strangely enough although dildocam investigations revealed a follicle of appropriate size on the 'bad' side. Suspected I ov'd cd12 making lp 13 days. Shag dictator confirmed this, actually I liked shag dictator as it indicated my hormones were good. Never got a result from sticks. 2 of 3 diffments occurred the day I did a body balance class. Poncey yoga/tai chi shit. ;)

sunny when are your needles lady?

Both successful diffments I believe actual successful 'basting' occurred day 8, giving swimmers an epic 4 days to hit ancient papery fallopian tubes and dusty egg.

I am definitely not fit for catwalk work!
I want to get married so I can invite the ESH to the wedding and see starrycunts drunken dance moves! Sounds like you had fun!

All diffments I have had have resulted from shagging four times in a seven day period.

I will not be sashsaying down any catwalks either (5'4 and 13 stone)...
kat that's very scientific!

You're not married Kat? And you're pregnant? Get thee to a nunnery. :o

An ESH wedding sounds like the bizz. I'll be nagging MrKat to pop the question the minute you pop out that baybee.

Cunty Don't go changing.

I am still very happy with the old Rosemary Conley, ask Rocket. She and sprout surprised me with a visit and stayed for dinner. Ask her how I spurned homemade brownies for grapes with total applomb.

Macaroon pliz to find more of those rugby players? I'd like to be sandwiched between at least 3 of them. Purely to study muscle mass & learn Italian you understand.

Kat you heathen! Unmarried and pregnant. Daily Mail will be having a field day.

Cunty what dance were you doing?! < thinking some kind of complicated Girls Aloud routine>

Pone I have my needles every other week. She's really good for my IBS too littlefaith. I really notice it if I miss a session.

My insect bite is reducing. You can all stop worrying now.