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

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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)

I have Menopur waiting in the fridge for me [joy] I'm sure I'll screw up the mixing or summat [klutz]

norfy it is a bit weird, sticking a needle through your own skin, but you just have to go for it. TBH, it hurt me less than plucking an eyebrow hair. The needles are very fine.

Some people get their OHs to do it, so they don't have to deal with that mental barrier. But I just took a deep breath and went for it.

I love plucking hairs out of myself (and anyone else who stands still long enough) so that bodes well.

Massive sigh at the strong assumption that I'll end up at that point.

Anyone got a menkul to share?

I too love plucking hairs.

Norf, we'll be fine!

What is a menkul?

Of course you will be fine!

"What is a menkul?"

We have to begin at the beginning! . A menkul is just a mental phase usually brought about by PMT and involves incessant, probably-hopeless symptom spotting e.g womble aches and pains MUST be implantation pains, onset of droid is SURELY implantation bleeding, sore boobs are DEFINITEY preggo-boobs etc etc etc. That's the TTC menkul at least.

General BESH menkul is anything you get vaguely mad about e.g two weeks ago I cried for more or less two days on hearing that my SIL was pregnant again and was totting up the number of ways that my life was generally crap and how I was generally a rubbish, awful, useless person. Again PMT inspired. There will shortly be amongst the BESH (I imagine) all kinds of needle-inspired menkul, whether that's Jethro's Akchool IVF, or my IUI (again involving hormones, needles and probably murdered husbands).

Basically it's anything mad which is usually hormone inspired.

Feel free to add....

Bugger. Strike out fail. I blame the bracket.

And probably murdered husbands.

Ah, so my reading of a fluffy, adorable story complete with happy ever after ending and ending up all swimmy with tears is a menkul, then? I'm due at the weekend

Yes, rie sums it up excellently - my menkulling included tiredness, erratic crying, wanting to be violent towards MSB, spotting, nausea (especially on waking) and actually vomiting!
Month I got my BFP, I wasn't even really aware of when the droid was due. 'twas only that I had a hypo at 11dpo and vomited at 12 that made me think I just wonder. Weird, yes? I was tired and had sore buzzwams but put all symptoms down to PMS.

When do you start rierie?

Dunno yet Faithy. Sometime in 2018 I should imagine

We are doing Teh Sechs at the moment though it does feel a little futile.

Ah! Yes I am very familiar with the concept, if not the title

Iz you on a waiting list rie?

Yar. Apparently I am being fast tracked due to my extreme decreptitude and ancient powdered eggs. could have fooled me

Ah, the menkul. I am about to enter my menkul phase - the 2ww. I think egg laying is imminent.

Ladies I bring exciting news. Well for me at least. Tonight - I managed to do the splits on BOTH sides. I should explain as I'm throwing this at you cold - I am a bit obessessed with stretching and getting splits, its taken me months and months to get it and tonight I got right down to the floor and could sit back. This was after an hr of exercise. Im now fully cooled down a few hrs later and tried again and managed it again. This makes me VERY happy! sad I know but I had to share

Hope everyone having to get stabby is getting on ok. I've been thinking about the whole IVF thing quite a bit today, think I'm starting to get a bit panicky about the appointment next week and DH doesn't really know what to say so I'm just quietly stewing in my own hysteria.

faith what was your story in the end? I remember you from days of old and hadn't realised you were diffed! congratulation . Who else is diffed around here too?

I'm sort of semi Menkulling. I've had very to slightly sore boobs for over a week now but it's going off slowly. Very tired, a bit over emotional and clingy and feeling a bit sicky. However, I did have some PMT type cramps this morning.

Oh no dont judge me - MATV not DH!!! Ggaaaarrrrgghhh like I say it's hard being new!

raspberry 'twas male factor infertility. He had a thing making the wrong hormones. One tablet each week corrects the problem. It took nearly a year of testing to get the diagnosis. That was also the week our house caught fire yes, 2011 was an eventful year! Anyway, 8 months after he started treatment, I lost some weight, we decided to stop TTC til we were on the IVF waiting list, lo and behold, BFP! I am 12 weeks tomorrow, scan is on Wednesday. I'm excited to see the bean and tell everyone that I haven't already told!

Other differs or PESH are dor, laurapalmer, cakey, blonder, queenie, camel and fertilityFTW. We have a thread in ante-natal clubs here, it's where the ESH when we get BFPs and actually believe them

Congratulations on the splits!

Thanks for sharing Faith! So glad you got your BFP and hope all goes well for the scan, will be amazing to see your little bean wriggling around. Awful about your house though? Must have been horrendous. My nan & grampy's house burnt to the ground many years ago, I remember my dad (at work at the time on shifts) ringing in early hrs to say it had happened. Was all very quick and their three dogs didn't make it out :(

My nephew calls my Dad Grampy :)
The fire was awful, words can't describe really. Fire damage was limited to the kitchen but smoke damage affected the whole bungalow. It took 6 months to do the repairs. Fortunately we were fully insured and the place is now better than it was before! It could have been much worse to be honest but we did lose a lot of stuff. We moved home in June and it feels like home again now. Just waiting for the dining table (long saga about quality control problems!) but we should get that by the end of the month! Finally feels like things are on the up! :)

It will be all perfect for when you bring the LO home in six or so months then :)

Congratulations on your flexible witch toad legs, bananasplit. And boo to hysterical lonely stewing.

Does anyone here have a chap who ever knows what to say? Even in the depths of despair I have to lead AMNH through his half of the conversation by the hand.

Morning hags!

Right, I was going to reassure people about stabbing, but then lovely faif got me right between the eyes. Congrats on making 12-weeks and it should have been ours on Sunday, I managed to not think about that much but count since MC, a month tomorrow, but than one hit home Anyhow, you know you deserve it, and I am happy for you, I am just a bit scared about more diffage surrounding out due date to be announced in the next few weeks.

Re: menkulling, fish slaps anyone? Please? It is a month since MC, just over 3 weeks since checkins scan which showed no embryo but some junk still in place. But my body claimed egg laying activities on our lovely weekend away, nearly two weeks ago. I feel no different, except for waves of exhaustion. This could easily be because I have been sleeping worse and working lots. BUT I am menkulling like a mad thing... Next counselling sesh next week, she believes in fortnightly, which is fine by me, and especially fine by my wallet, norf

As for stabbing, I have done trigger-shots (3x) and menopur (1 course of 8 days). And in my opinion the actual stabbing is fine, do get a nurse to show you, and do it once in their presence, so you know you can do it. I found the mental thing easy. BUT I found the mixing of menopur mega-traumatic. I was completely convinced I did things wrong, didn't get the right amount in, etc, etc (speaking as a lab-trained person, this is concerning). But it was all fine, and produced the desired for result, two egglets in my case. I now thing the needle-menkul was partially a side effect of the menopur.

We have a snaky rasberry in the house. Well impressed.

Btw I have been missing you but have been exercising and entertaining non-diffed, non-sprogged friends, it was good. And I already can tell the difference in fatness in my smart tight dress. I have stuff I need to go to this afternoon, which once again I need to prep at home. So I'll be in an out.

How are school things, al?

Apologies for no effort at name checking

thank you my luffly. I'll be 12+5 at my scan so most people due around our original due date will be declaring in the next week or so. Did you see the Rooneys have announced her diffment yet she's not due til May? Must have had an early scan?!

I'm not sure the menkulling ever goes away but it's good that your body is gearing up to lay eggs again. Well done on the exercising :)

Yeah - I saw that announcement and thought she was mad to go public so early (and did think she must be getting porky really quickly to need to tell people now and evil cackle). And yeah, another week or two with scary announcements to survive. And then, it will be ok.

Btw apologies for my complete inability to spell.

My twelve week checkpoint was earlier this week. Ho hum. convulsive sob I too dread diff announcements