Hi guys
mrsd you sound so amazingly together and calm. Good for you for making a plan, and for what it's worth I think it's the right decision. You should feel bloody proud of yourself for being so courageous about all this. The 15th is just around the corner.
rabbit I am hating being back at work too. Boo hiss to being a grown up again, and yah boo sucks to child-related FB status updates. I was thinking last night that so much of FB is fake. I know there are wonderful things about it - I love keeping in touch with the people I care about - but it's also a real forum for people who are unhappy to display things that aren't reflective of their real lives, IYSWIM.
euro and gin, I am now a staunch proponent of being porkier - I reckon that combined with feeling generally happier about living abroad, it's the key to my returned cycle. But I am not a fan of my jeans being tighter so I do feel your pain. I suppose I'll have to just go shopping 
for a super flattering pair.
joy oh poor you. If your dry skin is all over your body, a really lovely face cream isn't going to do the trick - I'd add in the E45 bath oil that you can get at Boots, or Oilatum, which is the same sort of thing, plus maybe some sort of fish oil capsule, avocados, mackerel, nuts, that sort of thing, to get some oils in your diet. Also, I would avoid soap and have a nice wallow in the tub instead. I was the BMI girl, yes - I think it's putting on a couple of pounds, cutting back on exercise and generally feeling less homesick in the US that has all helped bring my periods back.
viv OHSS is ovarian hyper stimulation syndrome - meant to be painful and in some cases quite dangerous - basically your ovaries get really swollen and overstimulated. It's more common in women under 35 and PCOSers, apparently.
buzzy that's exciting that you're thinking of going back to NZ - gosh, a big move for you. I had two weddings 
a wedding in the US and a big party in the UK. At the party there were lots of kids and they screamed blue murder through the speeches but I must say that they did look very cute in the photos.
madness I have been meaning to send you a link to this blog - the girl was downregging for years due to severe endo. She now has two beautiful twin girls. She's an amazing photographer whose blog I used to read all the time when I was engaged four years ago.
lemon are you doing another IUI round this month?
frozen I love your bridesmaid dress story! 
thatso The west country is gorgeous, and how nice to live so close to a beach! I would just keep your grandfather's ring as it is, and not have it melted down, especially if it is engraved inside. You could wear it on a (very strong) chain around your neck, or sew it (very very very securely) into a little pocket inside your wedding dress for the day of the ceremony.
Hurrah that it is the weekend! We are having friends over for dinner instead of going out, all part of 'Project Scrooge', our annual post-Christmas economy drive. I will be cracking open the duty free Baileys after dinner and browbeating them into playing Bananagrams with me. Hope you've all got lovely things planned.