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The BESH Factor. We're not on a journey or finding ourselves. We just want to win!

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InTheSunshine · 19/11/2011 23:57

Join us. Not just Saturday nights but every night for fun filled 30 something TTC. Drumroll pliz. Bring out some sexy dancers. We're ready to sing for a win.

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AriesWithBellsOn · 07/12/2011 21:50

I think everyone has said enough, but there's one thing I want to add. Sorry if it's hard. Please don't let balloons off as a memorial to someone. Please. Read this and think of all the lovely other ways you can remember your loss.

baublelugs82 · 07/12/2011 21:56

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AriesWithBellsOn · 07/12/2011 21:58

How about a nice plant or bush? That's what BarbiesBeaver did :)

Caz, where is my message?

AriesWithBellsOn · 07/12/2011 21:58

PS Weeping at Attenborough. Do you think this is his farewell?

blondechristmas · 07/12/2011 22:05

Very sad to see the ESH in disagreement. buggerbaubles I didn't think you sounded bitter, just honest. If we can't be that here where can we?

It's a linear thread that takes in happy and sad news and somehow makes it work. One of the facts acknowledged is that happiness and sadness for ourselves and others can co-exist all too easily.

I love hearing all your stories, news and randomness and sometimes 'offload' myself. It would be a shame if people felt paranoid about being able to do that.

Sending unmumsnetty/BESHy warm squidgy feelings on this cold night.

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blondechristmas · 07/12/2011 22:14

It goes in a line, ie can't branch off so several types of conversation all happen at the same time.

ps FP was brilliant except I dozed off on the sofa by accident

FrostytheSunshine · 07/12/2011 22:15

Blonde I agree with you. I don't want people to not offload, that's one of this places primary functions and I've had a fair few rants here! But it's about balance.

Now I'm off to bed. Better days tomorrow everyone.

AriesWithBellsOn · 07/12/2011 22:21

Night night GorgeousSunnyDFrostyPerson

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Medee · 07/12/2011 22:40

right, Blonde, I owe you a post.

After 10 years on the pill, I came off in June 2010 (took the last one the day before Take That at Hampden!) Expected maybe a couple of months of settling down, especially as pre-pill my cycle was usually in the low 30s but never exactly the same. Anyway, it went more and more haywire, with the highlight being the 51 day cycle - really got my hopes up. Eventually got a CBFM to understand what was going on, and around then they settled to being about 42 days, with ovulation around day 26, so period turning up the requisite 14 days later. As we reached a year of TTC, took us off to the docs who referred us for JIAP for MrM, the CD21 blood tests for me and a scan in case of PCOS.

As I knew they would the CD21 bloods were repeated a few days later, which did confirm I was in fact ovulation - good news. My referral came through (I discovered I was covered privately so it came quickly) and on the day before I was due to go for my dildoscan appointment, got my BFP! Got a v v early scan photo. Negative for PCOS.

So, it looks like an ironi-diff though was really just my cycle settling down (albeit to a 42 day cycle) and us knowing exactly when to go for it. We did it each of the three days we had an egg on the CBFM so one of them worked. Hope my story helps in some way. I did go through an awful lot of CBFM sticks till it understood I wasn't going to be ovulating around day 14!

Medee · 07/12/2011 22:41

PS, I think it was my third CBFM cycle that we finally struck lucky.

AriesWithBellsOn · 07/12/2011 22:48

Three days with an egg? You greedy beyatch Meds. I never have more than two.

blondechristmas · 07/12/2011 23:00

Thank you, Medee. Great, positive story. Will go and see doc in next few days to talk about results & hopefully move forward in new year.

Night Frosty, Mole, Aries, Bubbles, Jan et al

eurochick · 07/12/2011 23:04

Gosh, it's all got a pinched on here tonight.

Cos no one can be mis if there is glitter, right? Right?

Medee · 07/12/2011 23:33

Maybe it was just the two eggs and the third shag was for luck! I shall check my diary of the time and tell you.

I charted too but that was more useful for confirming what the cbfm told me and did get a bit obsessive.

MadameBoo · 08/12/2011 00:17

I went OUT! On a SCHOOL NIGHT! IT WAS ACE!

I am gald you have chatted and things have been resolved and that Cass think she loves me. IS it like one of those moments when I took off my glasses and you realised I had fab hair a great tits and you had no idea that you'd been in love with me since, like, forever, like ina film? No?

MadameBoo · 08/12/2011 00:18

(I know there a typos and I only had a few glasses of cava so am not pissed but am pissed enough to not care).

blondechristmas · 08/12/2011 01:08

Hello Boo, happy Cava, happy Christmas, happy school night shenanigans.

HaveYourselfAFaithyChristmas · 08/12/2011 07:01

think it is a good job I went to bed early after talking to my RL friend last night
baubs I missed frozen planet too but don't worry, it's repeated at the weekend Xmas Smile we can see it then. Must ask my sister to set her Tivo to record Glee....
boobles that sounds like a brilliant night. Glad you had fun.
Who is up to what today?

AlpinePony · 08/12/2011 07:55

medee Shirley 2009 you came off the pill, not 2010?

I can only speak for myself, but I felt much more 'normal' when the bleeding stopped, it closed that chapter. It was very hard over the course of the next few droids as I kept expecting one of those 'elevated hormone' wins, so the lack of was a kick in the teeth every month. When I went on to get a subsequent bfp 5 cycles later I made the conscious decision to embrace each and every day. I could not control the outcome of my pregnancy, but I could choose to celebrate my happiness and excitement until someone in a white coat would tell me otherwise. I didn't want to live 8 months in fear and terror and scared of lying down in the shower. ;) now perhaps that makes me deluded, but it was the way I chose to be.

I hope things can settle down quickly in here. Life can be really hard, take faith's week for example, this is probably not the time to tell her I went 'mad' at benefit in sephora the other week or that yesterday I took delivery of a giant make-up case... ;) - as I meant, life is hard and sometimes discretion is the better part of valour, nobody goes around giving high-5's at this misfortune of others. Charlotte's mc in SATC series five is imo particularly poignant, when she paints on her happy face and goes to support Carrie.

There was a difficult period in the palais when 4 of us got bfp's in one week and there was some anger and resentment and the group unfortunately felt some division. Thankfully things are better now, but nobody gets a bfp to spite someone else.

Keep BESH bitterness directed at the morons who ask if it's possible they're pregnant given the unprotected sex and then ask 'omg, how did this happen?'. That's justifiable bitterness, their children will go to school with yours!

HaveYourselfAFaithyChristmas · 08/12/2011 08:18

And yet I'd like to know what Benefit makeup you chose...I shall wait for all my insurance cash to come through then replace all my luffly Benefit makeup. I used benefit for our wedding. I especially liked Some Kind of Gorgeous foundation. And I bought one of those eye kits...and I had that moon shine stuff that makes your cheek bones glimmer. One time I spent £70 on Benefit all in one go! And £30 on a jumper in Mexx. That was an expensive day but I had just failed my degree, that's retail therapy
How about watching this I think it fits the BESH bill...cheesy song but some of the hunkiest chaps I've seen in a while!

AlpinePony · 08/12/2011 08:29

faith because you asked ;) , a 'finding Mr bright' set containing all the highlighting stuff as I wanted to try before buying big stuff - and a small 'set' with eyes, Mascara, blush, more highlighter and lip gloss. Found receipt yesterday and it was originally 70+ euros but was 25% off due to purchase of two items. Also collected airmiles so was practically free right? Right? ;) do you recommend their foundation? I am such a foundation who're and had a strip at the counter in a posh shop on sat which culminated my sending a rant mail to estee lauder.