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

[sinkyroselee]

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)

Girls re little wafty hairs - I have some insider knowledge on these bloody things as I have a stupid genetic condition that stops all the little wafty hairs in my body working (they are also in your lungs/guts and nose). Apparently, the little wafty hairs do not play a massive role although there is a lot of mixed science about that. I have spoken to a few consultants about it now and they all seem to think that if the hairs dont work it shouldn't make too much difference as the tubes get the egg to where it should be by contracting or moving anyway. However, as I have not diffed in three years I am blaming wafty hairs.

When I had my HSG I assumed my tubes would be blocked as essentially what the hairs do is keep the path they line clean but they were not blocked at all so I dont know what's going on in there

What about the hairs which grab the egg when you've laid it?

apparently it pops out then down into the tube so the hairs in the tubes are necessarily needed. I have to confess that I'm not an expert but I have been assured that they shouldn't affect fertility but again, as I say, having had no success I'm not sure how right they are about the whole thing

I wanna cat too. I have a thing about British shorthairs
I think they are gorgeous. The whiskas cats are the tabby variety but I would love a plain blue one.

Rie and draf KFZK is the opposite - low numbers but good at swimming, apparently. I am certain they are just getting lost though. KFZK has a terrible sense of direction and they are part of him.

I was looking at MATV's two results last night as we're seeing the consultant tomorrow so I had a look through the letters we've had and can honestly say I've no idea what they mean. Apparently his second lot were better but the first lot had more volume 5.8ml and 26 million per mil, and the first lot had 4mls with 36 million per ml. The improvement was in the second lot of 8% normal forms, 30% progressive motility and 36% total motility. Can anyone translate?

I love Maine Coons. I am looking forward to getting kittenz almost as much as getting a house and baby. That's sad innit?

I'll have a go raspberry but it has been a while since I looked at this.

Volume is good. I think over 2ml is normal (this is where KFZK falls down - it's always under 1ml).

Count is decent. I think anything over 15 or 20 million per ml is considered normal. So he's at the low end of normal, but normal (like KFZK).

8% normal is good. I think anything over 4% is considered normal. Basically, men produce an awful lot of sh1t sperm.

Total motility is the one parameter I think looks below normal there. I think 30% progressive motility is okish, but total motility should be over 50%.

HOTB was bang on 2ml for his test - you'd think they'd make him do it again in case that's abnormally large volume for him, but apparently not.

What's the different between progressive and total motility? Is total the number of moving sperm and progressive the number of moving sperm that are actually getting anywhere? In which case total is irrelevant if progressive is high? Or is progressive a percentage OF the total moving?

Nah, Dot, kittens are awesome. I'd have one if OldCat could cope with it, but she's a bit angry and way too doddery to deal with a kitten charging around.

Frankel - I have emailed MIL with questions :)

Thanks Euro! Well, we've improved diet and exercise since it was last done and he now takes a multivitamin too so hopefully that helps. It's all to complicated for me.... its frustrating too because the first time he had it done the GP said the results came back normal and the consultant then said it was low!

Actually I boobed - that was the first results, the second were: 5.8ml 26 million per ml, 38% progressive, 48% total and 8% normal forms. So I'm guessing he has a low sperm count but the ones that are there aren't too unhealthy?

Yep, total motility misses the normal parameter by a whisker, but the others look pretty good.

Howdy BESHes.

How is all? Am cooing over all your cats- I like the British shorthair- what I really want is the whiskers cat. He's so fluffy! (said in style of small child from despicable me)

Ghj has scary good sperm. But don't hate me folks, cause I'm obviously fecked up enough for us both. Yay me.

Rang hospital today... Apparently an appointment is in the post... I suspect by that they meant it is now going in the post after being forgotten about...

Ooh! HCG is 16.7 (massive 80 % drop from 80 last week) and they don't need me to come back in again! I am freeeee. Well, free of weekly blood tests, anyway. Obviously there are plenty more occasions a hospital might like to shove something up my fanjo in future. But for now I am free.

I'm not sure about British shorthairs, it's the squished faces that freak me out.

Yay! Excellent HCG clearing Norf

sinky, what is this appointment for?

Well done on the drop Norf.

Injection No 1 = done. Needle is still pretty darn big (bout half an inch) but I sucked it up and got on with it . I have to go back for a rescan next Monday to see if the drugs are doing their job, so I have plenty of opportunities to get better at the stabbing. TBH, I found the drawing up the syringe one-handed the faffiest bit.

Well done Norf and Frankel :)

Yay! Excellent potion-mixing and stabbing! Is HWHNN there too? Why did you have to do the sucking up bit one-handed?

Lots of things for the CVs there ladies, HCG clearing, needle stabbing, er, SA amature analysis...

Dunno really what appointment is for. It's the one after my repeat bloods, repeat Fanjocam and ghj's traumatic repeat SA. Hopefully they might tell me what treatment I'm going to get. Injectable ov induction, IUI, IVF...

But not getting too excited (not sure that's really the word for it..) as not got the letter yet, just a promise of it..

No HWHNN is in Brussels today. I had to stab the needle into the vial, then turn it round so the vial was on top, IYSWIM, and draw the syringe downwards. I was trying to hold onto the vial with one hand and draw the syringe with the other. I'm sure there is a knack to it.

Good news about the appointment Sinks, keep chasing them about it. I find if you make a nuisance of yourself they'll give in eventually

You'll be a dab hand at it soon, fsr. How many days do you do it for?

I keep going till they tell me to stop. Next scan is booked for next Monday, if it all looks good I may only need a few more. If I'm not responding I'll have to keep going.

Are you feeling any side effects yet? Are there any to look out for?