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Greetings sisters [puts flowers in hair]

Bring your very best woo & let's see if we can magick up a few baybees (insta-differs not allowed).

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Of course it does, euro! You will have retained water from the cabin pressure or something.

You know, like how feet/ankles can swell up when flying. Like that, but your whole body.

It's either that or I somehow managed to eat the plane.

I have NEVER struggled with my weight in my life. I have a face like a slapped @rse but I always had a nicish bod. This is miserable.

But surely it will come back off again now you are no longer on evil drugs?

Norfy bizarrely most of it came on AFTER I had stopped the evil drugs. Having read around, it seems they can affect your thyroid. I am now almost a stone heavier than when I stopped the IVF two months ago. I have never weighed this much in my life.

I'm going to get my thyroid tested when I have my medical in a couple of weeks.

And you definitely haven't been eating more? I know I am piling weight on because of stressed overeating of crap at the moment.

Fucking Baby Fucking Centre. Email them back and tell them to FUCK OFF.

I hate fucking Christmas. And it's expensive and I need the money to spend on myself not pointless plastic crap for other people's brats

I'm sorry to hear its so rough for some of you right now. luff you all.

OMG bugs so sorry about ff-ing babycentre. I second ariel they should just fuck off.

Agreed about the worries for Xmas. Thankfully SB is worried too, so we'll probably escape happy family get togethers and run off somewhere together.

Graps faif's ample bosom and snuggles up.

Arsing babycentre! Is there a"fuck off!" "unsubscribe" option?

I am gripped with awful anxiety today about the return to work on Monday. I know I've been really lucky to have such a long time off and I'm sure I'll be fine when I get there, but but but... Also, I have put so much weight on I don't think I will fit into any work clothes. Apart from a single wool wrap dress. I might have to go on a charity shop trawl this afternoon to find a couple of things I can wear for a month and then discard as slenderness returns. Which it will definitely do. (She says, firmly, whilst grating cacao to make a chocolate cake)

Quick hug about work clothes, norf. A quick trawl may be the best. And you will be fine working. And you will return to slenderness in no time at all (once you don't spend all your time baking and eating cake).

My cooking incidentally went horribly wrong last night, so SB and I went out for pizza :) it was nice!

Also, we're off for the weekend after work tonight. So massive good luck for Monday (cos it is a long weekend) and will be thinking of the BESHies and fuming on your behalf if and when necessary.

We went out for pizza last night too! It was quite shameful really. We were standing in the ready meal aisle of the supermarket before deciding we couldn't even be arsed to cook a ready meal. So we strolled next door to Pizza Express.

Norfy I have had 4 weeks of hotel living in the past 6 weeks. BUT I have been exercising rather a lot. And I am one of those annoying people for whom overindulging usually only means putting on a pound or two, not a stone. Or at least, I used to be.

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In other news, my temp fell off a cliff this morning, so I am pretty sure Droid is imminent. And I am so jetlagged I feel like I am on drugs. Everything is a bit spacey. I am not sure today is going to be very productive.

Oh, and I need to do my tax return this weekend.

And KFZK found out last night that BIL and SIL are going away for Xmas. When it is their turn to have the mad Irish MIL. Last Xmas was extremely stressful and she stayed with us for a week (some of you may remember the wailing and nashing of teeth that caused). Apparently they have decided to go away because SIL is a bit stressed. As I pointed out to KFZK last night, we haven't exactly sailed through this year on a little fluffy cloud of loveliness. Grrrrr!

'lo

Sorry to see how down and stressed everyone is

Afraid there's no joy from my corner; I have had a shite-tactic 2 weeks leading to lots of dealings with the pleece as a "customer", and finding out my car which I park near the pleece station where I work has been scratched into, marking it as a coppers car so it's gonna be smashed up (again) or have sugar poured into the tank soon - waaah - And my boobs hurt so much hearlding imminent arrival of the droid

Big sympathy to everyone. Christmas is hard work. euro that is rubbish of your inlaws - can you find where they're going and book mil to go too?!

Or book to go away yourself? Pretend you didn't know ILs had already done so, because of course you expected them to be at home with MIL this year.

Clothes shopping was a disaster. I bought one top and three packets of foam bananas. I can't think how I've ended up this fat.

And hospital phoned to cancel my HSG because it apparently needs to be four months from ectopic, even though the consultant specifically said two months. But they were immovable.

Foam bananas = fruit + air = healthy innit?

Bloody inconsistent hospitals and consultants :(

Can I join in the sweary ranting too? Bugs definitely send Euro's fantastic picture to them. The fucking fuckers.

Rie how are things progressing with Christmas? Have you had any more conversations about it?

Northey foam bananas are 100% 1 of your 5 a day. Going back to work sounds like a bad idea. Just stay at home (Oh, if only it was that easy?!)

I am on a train on the way back from a meeting in London. My feet are killing me and I was so cold this morning I was forced into had to buy a cardigan from LK Bennett. Really can't afford it but it is v beautiful.

I am 36 next week. I want to drown my sorrows by drinking cocktails but am on an alcohol ban pre IVF so will have to be content with herbal tea. The excitement is killing me. What's everyone else up to this weekend?

Was it some irritating admin bod norf? Twas one of them who wouldn't let me get my bloods/Fanjocam booked until I'd had a period, despite my letter explicitly saying if periods are more than 6weeks apart, the tests are done randomly.

Am home after 'popping' into work on my day off. And no food in. Hungry.

Euro, I think same as the ever wise Norf. Book (or pretend to book) to go away. Because, of course, it's not your turn. Unless mil is actually not that bad and you'd feel bad about her potentially being on her own. (not that you should, but I can see that that would be what would happen to me)

Hello WFC. Naice to see you again. Sorry car misery is in full force. My car got its windows smashed in on a Manchester derby night a while back. Apparently it was thought to be a city fans car (or vice versa possibly). Can you get the paintwork sorted somehow?

Hi jethro. Sorry about the feet. I've been wearing in some new shoes is week and one heel is killing me where the skin's all scuffed up.

I'm going for a run tomorrow am, then mainly going to sleep. It's going to be epic. Ghj is away as a drunken uni reunion thing so will be enjoying the peace.

sinky it wasn't the paintwork it was the glass in the electric window :(

Good effort on the run, might do the same. Working all weekend, boo.

Happy herbal birthday for next week jeffro , herbal birthday tea is fairly lentil weavey at least.

Oh, and anyone remember me moaning about the nurse at work who's pregnant with twins? I complained because it lead to lots of people asking when I would be having a baby.

She lost both of them this morning. About24 weeks. So so horrible. And now she has to be induced.

Brings my whole sorry story into perspective. I think I'd rather never get pregnant than have to go through that.

Oh bloody hell that really is dreadful. That poor woman.