BESH Cassidy and the Nekkid-dance Kid - walk like John Wayne into our Wild West saloon.

[Northey]

TTC on the frontier of polite society . Shoot outs compulsory.

New joiners will be welcomed after completing the Beshtionnaire and showing us their blazing saddle.

He refuses to go for a proper naice meal on the grounds it's too expensive :( and his precious Man U kick off at 8 so aftr tantrums on both sides we have agreed to eat earlier and go to the pub. Don't get me wrong I like football but I hate man u and especially all the bloody European stuff!
In diagnosis, I am now wondering if plenty of sechsing and not enough water could have = uti hence the weepiness and feeling like crap. I'm trying to flush my system with water and got some cranberry juice. I suppose I'll see over the weekend. Can always go to walk in clinic on weekend if I do think it's a uti.
Have decided I'll swim rather than run because it's very breezy - might get blown out to sea!- and it'll give my foot another day to heal. Blister is looking much better :)
Any news on the job front northey? How are you feeling euro? Have you been in touch with the clinic about your next step? Or are you hibernating for now?
see my attempt at not being mememe?

Not a good moment to ask me about jobs, feef. Just had an email saying I havent got an interview for something I quite wanted. Oh well. It would have been lots of shuttling back and forth to Brussels, which would be a pain in the arse with sechs-timing.

I'm sorry you've had a crappy down patch. And I share your pain with fecking football overload. If AMCH checks his Chelsea app post sechs one more time...

Oh and ARGH, just realised that another friend is pregnant again. It is not fair, and, dear though she is, I am highly tempted to trample her under Buttercup's raging hooves right now.

Ah poo northus. That's just sucky :(
I've been for a swim and drunk lots of water and am feeling a bit better. Flush it out of my system!

Water is brilliant for chasing away blues (both for drinking and frolicking in). Glad you feel better.

Only 70 posts to decide on a new theme...

How about a water theme? Ooh can we have a pirate theme?! Can we?!

Ooh arrrr. Yo ho ho and a sample pot of... ?

Works for me, if everyone else likes it, and it hasn't been done before.

I vote "Arrrr" for Pirate theme

Sorry for all the infections/inconsiderate pregnancies/general shitness. Life, as they say in dodgy 90s teen flicks can suck the big one.

We need a emoticon. And a for that matter.

Oooooarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr I can do a Pirate theme. I was thinking of a camping theme but didn't want to alienate all the BESH!

Shiver me ovaries. Fifteen men on a BESHie's chest. And no mournful brooding on the fact that wind-filled sails look like bumps.

Garrrrah! Pirate theme!

May I introduce my parrot, Paul? He may look friendly, but he'll steal your booty in the blink of an eye

If we're going with the pirate theme for the new fred, I'd like to warn you all now that I get very sea sick, so will be spending a lot of time in my cabin with captain jack sparrow

Oh, and in more serious news, should I recap my story? Only did it at the start of this thread! Short story, 30, TTC #1 since feb 2010. PCOS so no droid for 18 months. Ov drilling and clomid seems to have got me regular-ish, but round 6 done and have 3 more. Not a sniff of diffedness. Ran away and joined the BESH circus after offending a few overly stressed TTC-er on their 1st/2nd cycle on a different site. Ho hum.

Glad you're feeling a bit better fee. And sorry things a bit shit northey and euro

cavey you cheeky monkey!
I'm rather excited about the pirate theme! Argh! We did a pirate theme for my sister's hen do. It was awesome. I even had a sword!l
We did have a luffly Italian meal in the end. I had risotto, yum :) and we managed to find a nice pub to watch the first half of the match in and have retreated to the hotel for the second half.
Yes indeed, I've seen OliviaMumsnet lurking tonight she is watching I highly agree we should petition or ask nicely for and emotions.
Ps northey got a post deleted. She's such a rebel! I've only ever been accused of being a troll. I've never actually had a post deleted!

Not a problem cavey. Not a fan of the eye liner. Am a fan of the rum though. Much better then whiskey.

Tis a favourite phrase adapted in our house: why has the gin gone?

Oh why is it about 3 days before the droid is due I want to start an am I pregnant?' Fred in conception? I'm tempted tonight, along the lines of place you bets now, is this a uti or an upcoming BFP?^
I know, that yes, I had unprotected sex around the right time and I could be pregnant. It's just a game at this point really....

Do it!!!!

Oh and I think I could be pregnant. I am due on in a day or two and I shagged around the right time of the month. Inevitably I am not though. Should probably have tested at day 6, and 7, and 8 etc etc.... just in case!

fee thanks for asking but I'm still feeling crap. Our IVF drugs are supposed to be delivered in the morning. I have spent the evening crying and we are considering cancelling them (if we can) until after I can get counselling because my head is just not in the right place. I know the sensible thing to do is to do it, but I just don't want to. The emotional irrational part of my brain seems to be winning at the moment.

My story for the newbies: I'm 36 (eek, how did that happen?). Been trying properly since December 2010 to no avail and I'm at the start of cycle 17. Didn't use contraception for a couple of years before that and think I had a chem preg in March 2010. Hormones normal, tubes open, spaff normal. I do have high NK cells but I have been on treatment for those for the past few months. Tried Letrozole to give ovulation a boost with no results. We are due to start IVF this cycle but I have severely cold feet.

What is particularly giving you cold feet euro?

My friend was in a similar position to you euro and she chose to wait before the ivf/next step. She said after 3 years ttc and 6 months of clomid she just needed some head space. So maybe delaying for a bit would be wise. You shouldn't feel pressured into doing it immediately. You've been through hell to get where you are. Counselling actually sounds like a great idea.

euro, you poor thing. I think it's absolutely natural to be overwhelmed at starting something like ivf. I think I would be reacting the way you are as well, and, like faith says, it would be perfectly reasonable to hang on and catch your breath a bit - after all, they moved you onto ivf so fast, so you haven't had the processing time while going through the other treatments you might have been expecting

On the other hand, having had a huge cry and storm last night you might be feeling calm and more able to get on with things again today.

Did you sleep ok? Do you know what you are going to do?

Thanks ladies. I did finally get a decent night's sleep last night. I don't know what I will do yet. I don't want the drugs in the house really. We're off on holiday soon, but I am going to call up and make an appointment with the counselling service for when we are back. I'm also seeing my friend who has 3 IVF children tonight to see if she can talk some sense into me.

Dor everything really. I hate taking drugs and messing with my body and it involves a LOT of drugs. I hate the thought of my embryos in a distant lab because they are the little tiny beginnings of people. I hate the thought of my children being created by men/women in lab coats and latex gloves rather than in the traditional way. I worry about the guilt if my children had birth defects or the health problems like asthma that are statistically more common in IVF children. I worry about the increased risks to me (things like ovarian cancer down the line). I feel like it is cheating (and I have this longstanding thing about not understanding how people can enjoy the things they didn't win fair and square). Like I say, everything.

Sorry for the serious post.