The BESH Eurovision Song Contest eva

[eurochick]

Asseyez-vous mes amies and ready yourselves for the BESH Eurovision contest ever. Get ready with your Central European fashion, transvestites and inability to sing anything in tune. Get ready to rip your skirts off and leave your other halves no option but to make their mind up (do you see what I did there?) to get down to some swi and do your best not to think of Terry Wogan at any point in the proceedings. Finally, get ready to yell ?nul points? at the evil Droid should it dare to make an appearance.

Newbies, approach in high euro-camp mode, find and complete the BESHtionnaire to let us judge whether you are cynical and menkul enough to join us.

Grr for spotting Faith. I think you are well within your rights to say something to your friend.

I have a well rehearsed speech for when it, inevitably, happens to me (BF aside):
I'm very happy for you but wanted you to know that, if I seem uninterested/distant it is nothing personal. We are experiencing fertility issues of our own and I hope you can understand that I may be sensitive about the topic at times.

Sorry to hear that Faithy. What do you folks think is the most sensitive way of making The Announcement? I have lots of friends e.g. from previous workplaces etc who I will want to let know but if anyone else on my fb is experiencing problems, I don't want to rub it in.

I told one of my closest friends by showing her my scan picture and it turned out she'd just had a mc. I still feel awful about that. She knew how long we'd been trying so she was still happy for me but I just felt like I'd fucked up badly.

Blonde, why not send personal messages via Facebook/email instead of a status announcement?

I think it was like my friend last week - contacting me privately to say 'I know this is hard for you to hear, wanted you to hear from me first before it went public. If you don't contact me for a while, I'll understand'. For her, I could be happy.

That's what I meant really, would you rather hear that news via private message or just in passing? I do go on fb a lot but I don't put much personal stuff up (I'm not even 'married to...' TBI) so I wouldn't go in for a full-on gushing status update even if I weren't thinking about the other side of things.

But in a way I'd rather see a status that I can choose to Like or ignore than a personal message I feel I have to reply to when I'm feeling quite sensitive, especially if it's from an old friend or acquaintance I don't really see.

Either way, I want to let people know in a happy and positive way but somehow acknowledging that it hasn't been an easy ride for us and we're aware that may be the case for others. I don't suppose there's a perfect answer though.

There are a couple of people I know who are struggling to conceive, including my cousin and his wife. I have made the decision that I will email them first before I make it public. It's what I wish people had done with me.

I don't think it matters too much as long as its direct. I'd say a message does give you time to compose yourself and time to react privately in a way that directly being told doesn't...so for that reason I'd chose the message. Like tonight, I could read the message, sob privately, tell MSB and get a hug, and think about replying in my own time. I'd really struggle with a face to face telling actually, now that I think about it.

Absolutely, anyone I knew to be struggling I'd obviously send a personal and hopefully sensitive message to.

With my close friend, we'd talked about me ttc so much that ironically she didn't tell me she was pg as she didn't want to upset me - she'd said she was going to start trying for dc2 later in the year so I had no clue. She's been brilliant and we've had dinner since but of course I still feel like a heel.

Third Clomid pill taken! (sorry, I promise I will stop being excited and needing to share this by next cycle. Just humour me in the meantime)

Did a HPT as instructed this morning, negative. Not that I was expecting it to say anything else of course. I will do another one in the morning, just to be sure and then pop my last round of Clomid pills.

Ok blondie don't beat yourself up. You didn't know, she's let it go!
Norf we're here for you while you get excited/freak out about taking the clomid for as long as you need!
cavey what a weird cycle! So essentially they think you've ov'd one week or the other round the blood test but didn't bleed?
As for me, droid has arrived in full force. Any idea of considering it as just spotting is out the window. Yet temp is still above the coverline . So, since we'll be on holiday I'm going to abandon the charting this cycle but MSB is keen to try OPKs well not himself, although I wouldn't put it past him, he's a bit like Chandler at times! So since I've never had much joy with the cheapies, advice on which ones to buy pliz? Should I get te CB with smiley faces?
I'm trying to see the positives: when I have the oomph I will get a giant bar of chocolate; I at least have a new wheat bag; my cycle being that much later means I won't be laying an egg til after the weekend so we may have a chance to have a win - we're going away with all my family so MSB is a tad uncomfortable about having the sechs around them! That's a pretty thin silver lining but have to hold on to some hope!

Blimey, are we all synching?? If tomorrow's test is negative [laughs ironically at "if"] then I will be joining you on CD2 as I pop my first pill.

I've splashed out on a digital test, just do that there can be no squinting, holding it up to the light and saying "Hmm, is that a faint line?"

Here's hoping cavey. All this hope in the last few weeks but nada as yet :(
Well how's this bugs, I recently yelled Shut up bitch! at the tv and switched channels. Guess which advert?!
Yes we do seem to have synced up! Weird huh?!
I have just blitzed the oven, not even on my to do list for today but I'm pleased with the results. Used up some angry energy :)
bugs I think the plan was to do the BESH Republic of Rulvakia? If people still want to?!

Yes, Rulvakia. Cunts. (that was for you, bugs).

Heading home from baseline scan laughing wryly and not at all disappointedly at my secret hope that she would have taken one look at my uterus, paused, then asked meaningfully whether I had POASed recently. But no. It was the usual old boring empty womb. Fucksticks. (that was for you as well, bugs.)

Bollocks to it all norf. I'm thoroughly pissed off today!

You whiny old fucker.

It's nice to get the swears out again.

What are you pissed off about? Have you done too much and exhausted yourself?

I'm pissed off that I'm not diffed. I'm also pissed off about getting my hopes up. I'm pissed off that that email arrived just as the fecking droid did. I'm pissed off that it's been so long and that she probably got diffed really quickly.
However, I have chocolate and a frijj milkshake. Actually today has bedn ok, slept in, getting stuff I'd left sorted finally. If it wasn't for the Battle of the Somme downstairs I'd have enjoyed it

Yes, even people who really suffered to win a baybee can fuck right off today.

My scan was in a different hospital from usual. This one makes you walk through rooms of adorable infants before you get to the ultrasound room. :(

Though I do appreciate that the parents of those children would rather not be taking them to hospital. But even so.

Steady norf don't want to upset the PESH!
I hate that the 'trying to win a baybee' clinics Re with the diffed clinics. Practical yes, but so disheartening.
I am being a desperate housewife and making lasagne.

I am heating up some sainsbury's sweet potato bhajia. Yum.

Ooh that sounds nice! It took me over an hour to make that ruddy thing, hope it tastes nice! Tis currently in the oven

Yes I have no idea how she survived either bugs. She'll never survive much longer. She hasn't got a clue!
The lasagne was so yummy MSB had a second portion :)