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)

After the weekend's vanishing line disaster I decided to lay of the leg of toad and eye of newt and also try to become more helfy, in an attempt to make my innards more hospitable. Result - caffeine withdrawal headache, IBS flare up leading to belly ironically looking like I am about 7 months diffed it's so swollen, and a row with Husband because he was being too flippant about the proposed dietary changes. Top results all round. Caffeine headache helped immensely by a trip to Mamas and Papas for a gift for insta-differ friend's baby shower this weekend.

I did think about inventing some other weird crush, but figured I might as well be honest. I can't explain it rationally AT ALL.

Still haven't thought of a name for H.

Lay them aside

I quite fancy reflexology. I have a great love for having my feet rubbed.

Oh oh oh! I have it. H shall henceforth be known as HOTB (Him On The Bike). This amuses me for a number of reasons

I got on fine with Clomid, bugsy. Hot flushes at night for a few of the five days you take the tablets, which made me a bit sleepless, but I think that was it. And it gave me normal predictable cycles. Bfp on third cycle of it, I think.

Yes yes draf. And for this fred it can stand for Him On The Broom.

I like it draf!

I luff having reflexology. Leaves you feeling all warm and floaty :)

Hello new giraffe person. I am another ex-BESH who likes to keep an eye on things here. I always feel a bit of a fraud as I ttc for a year with no sign of ovulation, then suddenly the ovulation started and my body worked out what it was meant to do. Baybee due to be induced in 3 weeks. Well, 2w 6d.

I like very much the fact that you formatted your questionnaire so beautifully with all bolding and that. I am a big fan of that sort of thing. I am slightly concerned about the absence of Plymouth Gin in your ratings, however I'm assuming that's because its perfection lifts it higher than the others can reach.

Welcome and enjoy the witchery.

Good acronym draff

Sooo, fsr, low GI... That would be brown stuff and bananas, right? Slow releasing to stop those pesky sugar highs?

Can you tell I've never done diets?

That's the one sinky. There's a book called "PCOS for Dummies", it has some tasty recipes in it - sweet potatoe soup, a healthy carbonara, etc.

Low GI is the key. Bananas are actually one of the most high GI fruits, if I remember rightly. Carrots are also bizarrely high GI. There are loads of lists on t'internet. Basically, you need to make sure you are eating mostly low GI stuff and if you do have high GI stuff, eat it with something low GI to balance out the insulin your body needs to produce to deal with the meal/snack.

So dried fruit would prompt your body to produce loads of insulin. Half the fruit and the rest substituted with nuts would be better. Carrots are fine as a side dish to a roast but less good to munch as a snack on their own. That sort of thing.

The idea behind a low GI diet is to make your blood sugar a gentle wavey line rather than a roller coaster of ups and downs caused by high GI food -> blood sugar spike ->huge production of insuln -> blood sugar plummets, causing you to crave something sugary/carby. I do feel better when I eat lowish GI tbh. But I also like chocolate. A lot.

This is a very serious post. I need to balance that.

Good morning foul hags.

I went to the doctor yesterday and was diagnosed with being A Bit Miz. Because after about two seconds of controlled professionalism I cried all over her like a massive pansy. Anyway, I've been given some nice magic pills and also a sick note for another fortnight, along with instructions to go back to Wales and Have A Big Cry and stop trying to be all stiff and English. I need to tell work this morning and am really quite scared of doing so. I've only just got back. What on earth do I say?

;(

Northey I am not surprised you are officially A Bit Miz. You've had a brimming bucket of shit to deal with. I second the doctors advice on Having a Big Cry and a rest.

But what do I say to work? I feel really stuck about this. Do I go into details? What do I say?

Please someone write me an email?

When will you know if IVF is this cycle or next, JethrosonAirplane?

Oh Norf I'm sorry. Of course you are A Bit Miz, you've had an utterly rotten time lately. Screw work and what they might think - you've got a sick note. Have you told your boss what happened? I'm sure he/she would be understanding if you explained (in part) the situation.

Yes, I told him everything and he was lovely.

I've just flicked on my blackberry and there are some emails which I already want to deal with, in quite a positive way. And it has been nice to be back, the last couple of days. But at the same time my heart is racing, and if I do go in I won't be able to go to Wales for Crying and Talking, which I think is actually what I need. But I feel I can't say to work it's an emotional reaction, so I have to go all coy and call it "further complications", which sounds like I'm just avoiding work.

Should I go in? And just try to get by on the beta blockers? Or is that stupid, when what I really need is to grieve and stop suppressing everything like a blasted Victorian paterfamilias?

Survey says - stupid. GO BACK TO WALES WOMAN!!!

"Further complications" is a perfectly acceptable reason, you can always give more details later.

I am just so bloody tense!

Which is why you need to take the time & the rest. Goodness.knows you've been through the ringer.

God, now I sound like a weak and feeble loon here as well, when ideally I would seem like a polished and capable bizniz traveller sort of person .

I don't like people knowing I am in a tiz. Either here or at work. Is what it comes down to.

Norf, complications sounds fine. Do not try and get by on the beta blockers.

You don't need to be more specific other than to say 'the doctor has signed me off for a further two weeks.'

Job done :) Well, other than going back to Wales that is.

Have emailed. And been to bed and cried. I am really quite embarrassed by all this.

Going to stay here till Sat morning blood test and then head straight on to Wales. Am even wondering about calling hospital and asking if I can have it on Friday instead.