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Afternoon all. I ave today braved the soft play - twice in one week! - because we are supervising DNephew while Sis and BIL are at a non-kiddie wedding. He has blown off lots of steam :) and we're chilling on the sofa watching Peppa Pig. Might take him to the park later (when MSB wakes up from his nap. Bless him, he's so tired from so many weekends on the trot and he's not sleeping well due to stress :( ).

I'm glad it's over lem. I'm so sorry you had to got through this. Tonight treat yourself to a large .

Frankers that spotting is a bit odd! Have you mentioned it to the clinic? Enjoy the time with your luffly friend.

Hope it's good news norf.

Blimey you lot went quiet overnight! I know bugs was drinking her body weight....what was everyone else up to?

DNephew slept til 7.15 when we got a little Faith/MSB I fink it's morning! The sky is very bright! hollering from the bedroom. We've been watching Ben and Holly and Peppa. He always sleeps past 7 with us. I've been lulled into false sense of security haven't I?!

And what were your numbers, norf? I am keeping everything crossed - which is making typing challenging

Well done for much soft-play and having a lovely alarm clock faif.

I went quiet because exhaustion overtook me. I guess it is only natural after the weeks I've had. So I am going to just potter on the internet, read my book and drinks cups of tea today.

It is two cycles off including the current one, if and when we move from miscarrying to cycling again. And the reason they give is that most people's cycles go a bit mental for the next few after miscarriage, mainly due to residual hcg for the first one and general hormonal upheaval for the second one. They don't like you to inject for much more time than you usually would. And since I had quite a few side effects, I am happy to go with that. Also SB and I have a bit of leave booked in November, which is probably when the cycle after this one will be, so we can go away, charge the batteries and drink our body weight in nice wine :)

Sounds lovely driz. Well, as lovely as the aftermath could be I suppose. And very sensible thinking on your part. Have a as a well done.

I'm keeping a low profile due to work and general miz-ness. Just fed up. Cd 80 today. Feel bloated and crap. No intrest in sech. I blame the hormones. Ghj, sensibly, but not that I'd tell him has said I was fine for yrs after coming off the pill. Didn't have a period for a year or more. So it prob is all in my head, but, meh.

Not helped my my searching for my ivf unit waiting times. Futility friends has a fred where women who had tests after me are getting appointment dates. I rang last week, got told off for pestering, then told they couldn't find my paperwork/results and that they were probably on their way to the sec to make an appointment. Maybe.

Meh.

Glad weekend been fun faife. When are you next hitting any exciting milestones?

How's everyone else?

Meh. I am cracking on to the half bottle of red left from Friday though. It seemed like the only sensible thing to do.

Oh sinky how rubbish for you. Can you contact PALS and ask them for help to get things moving? Or ask your GP to chase? To sound more official like? I'm not surprised you're feeling low and not wanting to do the sechs.

drizz I guess what they propose is quite practical. Letting things settle down before injecting all those hormones again. The R&R plan sounds excellent.

I'm ok sinky, much better since I had abd finished the antibiotics. Just counting down the time til my 12 week scan (17th October).

My GP has no power over them. the service has been reconfigured for "efficiency" [hollow laugh smiley]. That's wht I had 3 appointments cancelled at the start because she sent me to the wrong subdepartment. Not that I blame her. I don't think the unit knows what it's bloody doing.

I ring from work (this is my bloody hospital). I think this is why they're so arsey with me. Internal ring tone, they don't expect to get a pissed of patient. And I've taken to using my "official title" which probably doesn't make them warm to me either.

Will ring again tomorrow. I've given them 2 weeks to find my bloody form.

Err. Not my hospital. I don't own it. But i do work there. Joy.

Sinky it's the waiting that is so frustrating isn't it? It drove me to complete distraction. I hope you get it sorted soon.

Yup jethro. Proper mental here at the mo. And meant to be writing a presentation just now, hence the manic posting. Finish soon and watch Masterchef Australia. Love it.

Flying visit to say that hcg was a very encouraging 67% drop down to 426. So sounds like all is now under control and I can stop stressing about having to have more methotrexate or surgery.

Good news Norf. Well not good news, but you know what I mean.

sinky the waiting is just shite. I was totting up, in the almost 2 years since we were referred to the specialist I've only actually had 8 appointments to go through treatment/options, etc. That's a lot of waiting inbetween.

That's encouraging news, Norf, and a bit of a relief given all the recent shitness.

Waiting, waiting, waiting......apparently I don't have to wait as long because of my ancient powdered eggs, though that does mean that some other poor people might have to wait even long because of me. Great. Guilt is now being added to the equation, plus the PMT. Not a happy combination.

Well. I got told off for pestering the clinic. And still no date.

The fuckers :(

Don't feel guilty, aries. Probably half of those are those cheating liers who pretend to have been trying for a year just to get on the list.

The same lot who are causing the rest of us to have to wait two years... On which note, sympathy to sinky and frankel.

Ah, well if I look at it like that....

I am in a revoltingly self pitying mood today, I'm afraid. Why am I barren, why why why? Etc.

On the plus side, there's cake in the house.

By the way, obviously the revolting self pity extends to all BESH of course.

"We are the BESH" like in "We are the Borg".

We are legion. Etc etc.

Pity party in the world of BESH. All welcome (unless you're a smug inta-dif, trying for a matter of minutes, or ask how to guarantee a girl/boy)

I had a lovely wallow earlier, reading a thread in the Christmas topic, all about how barrenness feels worse at Christmas. Good point, I thought, and desponded extravagantly.

Might it be time to resurrect the Pit? We usually keep someone nice down there to cheer us up and some enticing food and beverages.

I nominate Oscar Pistorius.

Woss the pit?

The Pit of Despair. It kind of fell out of use. It's where BESH retreat to if it all gets too shit. People throw cake and gin down to them and forgive them for anything unpleasant they may say. In the past we have also had an array of tempting young men on offer to take our minds of our ongoing barreness, such as Mitchell from Being Human (yes that's how long I have been around here), Lucas from Spooks, and Cap'n Jack.

You've got to add the Cumberbatch to the Pit

I had a wallow on Saturday, bit of a cry on HWHNN after seeing BF. I was feeling jealous and then bad for feeling jealous and it was a whole circle if snot and tears [attractive]

I don't tend to cry. I always just get utterly uncommunicative and morose. I grunt at people and stuff. In fact I turn into a teenage boy.