Deck your halls & dress your trees, the BESH are gifting BFPs

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Doff your top hats, lean on your canes, 'tis a Victorian Christmas for the BESH. Baste those turkeys in Victoria & Albert style, and maintain a stiff upper lip when you fill in the BESHtionnaire to see if you are cynical stoic enough to win a Baybee.

Five and the case of the sperm that swim in circles.

Less Than Five On the AMH scale?

I was going to come on here to say I was having a break from MN but reading this made me laugh so much that I'm staying. Sorry!

I'm having a complete wobble about this whole IVF thing. I feel totally alone. Am I a freak?

Bugs have a drink.

jeff! How do you feel alone, lovely? You know there are lots of ivf-ers, or almost ivf-ers around at the moment. Though I know that loneliness doesn't necessarily go away just because there are other people around. Is your man being a bit remote about things?

I am literally lolling too at Five Don't Get In Trouble! Brilliant.

I had my consent appointment at Create today. It was all fine (apart from the bit where they required me to hand over my credit card, of course - that hurt!). Next step is to call them when Droid arrives to arrange a scan on day 6.

Are you doing short protocol? Or is natural
Ivf even shorter than short? What do you do next??

Also, when is droid due?

Thanks Norf. I think I feel alone because my RL friends are being a bit shit. My mum is tiptoeing around me. SSG is lovely but he is acting like we are definitely going to have a baby. Aggghhh. I just feel entirely responsible all of a sudden.

Euro my clinic has really good success rates for natural cycles. Tell us more? What happens? Are there any drugs involved?

I hate that feeling of responsibility. Like it's all on my shoulders. Including responsibility for everyone's feelings if their hopes fail. I want someone to be ready to be responsible for mine.

That's IT Northey! Who is responsible for how I feel?

BTW, hags, another thread has just reminded me that there is a programme about IVF on BBC4 at 9, if anyone is interested.

It's natural, so basically the same time frame as short, Norf. The idea is that they take the eggs a day or two before you would ov.

Droid is due around 16/17th, so EC late Jan hopefully!

Drugs are minimal - possibly Ovitrille to make the eggs mature speedily, possibly endromethicine (sp?) which is an anti-inflammatory that can be used to try to block ov if it might happen before EC. ET probably at 2 days, apparently. I guess with only one egg in play they want to get it back in its natural habitat asap. And then progesterone pesseries after ET (if we get that far)

Aww, Jeff, sorry you're feeling down :(

I have an appointment with the GP on Thursday - receptionist helpful for once! I am wavering between cheerful and completely pessimistic. And this appt will almost certainly just be to get a referral to the gynae, not anything particularly invasive/new...

We are ready to look after your feelings, jeff.

Five Are Responsible For Each Other's Emotional Health And Wellbeing.

For some reason Enid's publishers weren't so keen on that one.

I'm watching that programme Euro, it's amazing!

Good luck with the doctors Draf.

I really wanted to watch that programme, but am with my parents so was too embarrassed. Will catch it secretly on iplayer later.

Good luck with referral, spottyone.

Please admire me, BESH! I've just been very brave and mentioned diffidently to my mother that I'd like to store some drugs in the fridge please, and that they are for ivf. Ugh. She was very nice and straightforward about it all. I still feel all grubby though.

bugs, any news from the fiver this morning?

Well done Norf

Well done norfy, am proud of you!

Well I'm in hospital on the wrong side....had some upper right sided abdo pain and since it can be a sign of preeclampsia I went to OOH to get checked out. Not preeclampsia but they flipping admitted me! They reckon its inflamed gallbladder. Think they're being cautious cos I'm diffed. Tis a nightmare - so flipping noisy. Desparately hoping they'll scan where it's sore and then discharge me!

Bugs is 14dpo today and has fivers to burn :)

faify, are you ok?! Good that they are being cautious an checking you out properly, even though it's a boring faff for you now. How are you feeling?

Honestly I'm fine! Pain is still there, am a little sore but nothing compared to the pain I had in March! Just sleep deprived. Bit annoyed - I had my GTT booked for this morning. I'll need to rearrange it now.

Silly old fusspot hospital. Hopefully they will let you go soon.

Worst thing is (despite me specifically saying I take it at home) the doc didn't prescribe me codiene! Now I need to take that or my abdo pain will flare up. I have some in my bag....naughty thoughts of just taking it cross my mind! Agency nurse looking after me too. Oh what fun!

Oh poor Faithy . In all seriousness, take it easy

What would be the worst that could happen if you did just take the codeine, faith?