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Round up your ghosties and ghoulies and long legged beasties, the BESH are going to scare out the BFPs!

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sinkyroselee · 01/10/2012 08:55

Its true, NGCECOAWT, so the BESH move on.

Join us in spooky October, for a different sort of Pagen fun. Sod the lentil weaving and organic bean bags, we're channelling pointy black hats, green tinged foundation and probably a bit of Harry Potter.

Join us for cursing of the insta-diffs, moments of pure love and the horrors of the cam of the fanjo - post the Beshtionnaire and the coven will judge you.

This is not a woo thread (TINAWT)

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WinklyFriedChicken · 07/10/2012 09:30

Poas now?

ThisWitchSinks · 07/10/2012 09:35
WinklyFriedChicken · 07/10/2012 09:36

Posted too soon

One step at a time witchy though your gulping is understandable

lovesLemonDrizzleCake · 07/10/2012 10:43

Oh witchy thinking of you and keeping everything crossed. Pee tomorrow and take it from there. You know, it may be okay, I certainly hope so.

As to fish, I have some sea bass skin on offer for slapping, we ate the contents last night, was good :)

And go for a run euro, I've been for my first one since diffage (ie halfway through August) because my boobs got so hurty I didn't manage to run even double bra-ed. And it was lovely. Just three miles in the sunshine. Just under half an hour, which is okay speed for me. Unless of course you could do something else outdoorsy exercise wise. Do you cycle? I luff it.

Poor winkly with the 'erbs. The sound VILE. I could not do that to myself, but then I am anti-woo.

Draff we always take a note book in when we have appointments, because I hate the feeling of standing outside thinking, oops, I should have asked this or that.

I also tend to ask about stats,
what are the results of IVF for you age bracket, and your time of TTC in general?
how does this clinic measure up?
same for clomid
how do they deal with side effects?
how do they determine dosing decisions?
what tests could you do still?
are they useful?
etc

Norf the homework was less bad than anticipated. I cried all the way through, but I was expecting that. And it turns out my emotional mind is quite simple. I am apparently quite head up whether this MC happened because the "thing" thought it wasn't welcome or loved. My sensible head thinks this is STUPID, but it does bother me a lot emotionally. So how we resolve that I am not sure, but it was interesting to acknowledge that it bothers me. I did need to go outside immediately afterwards to return to my Victorian self and I am not keen on repeating the exercise. But it is done and I am proud.

Right, on that happy note, I am going to meet a friend for coffee and have a lovely Sunday. And I can have cake, cos I burned lots of calories already :)

raspberrytipple · 07/10/2012 11:19

Sorry Northy just saw your question - I'm turning 30 in 10 weeks! I didn't stick around to see the impending love in on that 'moment of pure love' thread. Puke fest indeed :)

eurochick · 07/10/2012 12:28

Well I went for the run but the knee pain that I have had on and off for 12 years reared its ugly head and I had to walk back. :( I am going to have to see a physio.

alwyn · 07/10/2012 12:51

raspberry 12 weeks for me

FrankelSaysRelax · 07/10/2012 17:33

Hello all, I'm back! Everyone survived the wedding and there were no dramas - phew!

Still confused as to what is going on with my body, the spotting has continued, off and on, and this morning I got something resembling EWCM Confused God knows what is going on!

Oh yes, nice to see the Frolicker invasion Grin

raspberrytipple · 07/10/2012 18:53

Blimey I'm in fertility overdrive today, I must have spent about 3 hrs in total scouring pregnancy/fertility stuff thinking about this next appointment. I've just been trying to find out where I might be referred to, how long the waiting lists are (I've just seen a newspaper article stating that the waiting lists have increased anything from 18-32 months??!!) and am just about ready to have a little meltdown. Why I can't just wait for the appointment I don't know

In other news I've sorted my tupperware, made some soup, watched quite a lot of Dog the Bounty hunter (bets he's someones shameful crush??) and had a roast beef dinner courtesy of MATV.

Well done surviving the wedding Frankel! Im all out of weddings now having had three this year. none next year now though :( Im not that bothered, I actually dont like weddings which is kinda why we put our own off for such a long time (11 years to be exact!)

Alwyn do you have any nice plans for your 30? I did mention a party t o MATV and he groaned and said he thought about a surprise party but didn't think I'd like it. he's kind of right but something would be nice.

Poor knee Euro :( I always knew running was evil. I tried it once this summer, 8.5k in an hr - I thought I was going to die and I got a blister on my foot!

evilgiraffe · 07/10/2012 19:03

I am also in the "turning 30 before Christmas" club, as is HOTB! However, as I recently gave up work (horrendous issues at previous job so taking a few months off to sort my head out) there is no money to spare, really. Especially as we have nine family birthdays and one close friend's birthday before Christmas too! I think we'll just go out for dinner, or some such thing.

I rode 31 miles today and am feeling (a) exhausted, and (b) pleased with myself. This is good effort for the IVF-criteria weightloss drive :)

ThisWitchSinks · 07/10/2012 19:09

Well done with all the activity peeps. After my run yesterday, managed to get out again today. In a similar vein to Euro, my shoulder is fecked and when it's bad I can't really run as it dislocates really easily and hurts. But marathon in 6 months and counting!

Am now going home to a chippy tea. With gravy obvs.

Well done on surviving the wedding Frankle- rather you than me..

Oh, and winkly saw in a post elsewhere that the shower really wasn't fun. Also well done on surviving.

FizzyFeet · 07/10/2012 19:25

Evening all!

Welcome newbies - good to have some fresh meat. I approve of Eddie Izzard as a crush of shame too. Any anyone who would take Clarkson over Paxman needs their head examining

I have been away on hols and decided to come on mn less in an effort to make some mental space for other things. I was at a wedding yesterday and managed to answer the 'so when are you having kids' question without actually wanting to rip their face off, so maybe it's working.

evilgiraffe · 07/10/2012 19:41

Hey! I resemble that remark! Wink

WinklyFriedChicken · 07/10/2012 19:49

sinky the shower was beyond awful. Really. And it didn't help that I was thinking "I had a positive test, of sorts, this day last week".

Today has been a much better day. Did circuits for an hour, didn't think I would survive it but did :) and then went to friend's house, played with lovely twins and got fed Sunday lunch, happy days.

Northey · 08/10/2012 08:38

Any news on the stick/droid front, bugs?

FrankelSaysRelax · 08/10/2012 10:38

I am bored! It's supposed to be my week off but I've had to come in to work as they're interviewing for my boss' replacement this afternoon. I would rather be anywhere but here!

FutilityFiend has reverted back to the "Nope: you haven't ovulated" option so feck knows what is going on. If I don't get any clear indicators I will pee on something on Friday.

Northey · 08/10/2012 11:00
eurochick · 08/10/2012 11:07

Morning hags.

I have been to see needles woo lady this morning. I like her. She doesn't think I have enough blood (or something). Several years of being veggie in the past plus monster heavy periods have depleted my blood or something. I might not be anaemic by western standards, but something is not right by chinese medicine standards. So she stuck some needles in me and a heater under me to try to warm me up. It was quite a nice start to the week.

But my knee is still banjaxed .

Northey · 08/10/2012 12:48

I hope you are planning an evening of steak and spinach and red wine. Take that, pesky almost-naemia!

Hospital just called to say that HCG disappearance has slowed like a faulty broomstick. Bah. Back in next weekend then...

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eurochick · 08/10/2012 13:36

I ackshooally had steak last night, norfy. But I can definitely manage the red wine. :)

How can the HCG not keep dropping now you have had the nasty drugs???

How do you namechange Bugs?

Northey · 08/10/2012 16:07

Because my HCG is evil and unruly and just wants to upset me. I'm quite glad I'm banned from ttc-ing for 3 months anyway, because of the methotrexate, otherwise I would be getting really agitated about the delay.

I want steak!

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