It is a fact universally acknowledged that a woman in her thirties in possession of a ticking biological clock MUST be in want of a baybee.

[ArielThePiraticalMermaid]

The former thread proved full of sadness and most vexatious disappointments, wherefore we know not :(. Therefore the BESH will be donning their empire dresses and enlisting the assistance of Captain Wentworth and his admirable breeches and Mr Darcy smouldering damply in his transparent white shirt both of whom with their pleasing countenances and sound judgements and enormous fortunes, in short both of whom are everything a young man ought to be in the expectation that happier times may be ahead for the BESH.

The FC. My Bloke. The Fat Controller.

I thought you were referring to a Fertility Clinic!

Yeah. That used to happen a lot. Thing was, he was always the FC, even before I was an ESH. It was his job title once too.

FriendofDorothy have you thought about setting up a group for just family & close friends? I've done that, and I post lots of my tedious to anyone but me pictures in there.

No I haven't thought about that.

Ahh I thought you meant fertility clinic too :) he had a job as a Fat Controller? :) amazing, I always wanted to work on Thomas the tank engine serving tea to passengers.

Yo FC!111!!!1! Lovely if you to pop in!!1!1! Blimey. Thank you for your kind words. Weird to think a lot of you lurk from time to time. It's even nicer when you post xxx

I always thought your name stood for Mrs Father Christmas!

BESH I have been struck down with a fever and have suffered most awfully during the night. Please send for the doctor immediately. Bring also some towels to mop my sweaty feverish brow cuz I'm sweating like a bitch. Urghhhh, got so much to do at work, there is just no way I can get in :(

Oh yuk, rasp.

I shall send for the physician immediately.

Has she reached the crisis yet? Shall we bleed her? Send for the leeches!

My Drucks Bucket is arriving today.

I wonder if you will get a natty little purple carrier like I did, Rie. I'm not sure where mine is. It is still in hiding after my freak out when it arrived....

I'm too tired to freak out I think.

Buckets with drucks! How exciting I love that whenever IVF gets mentioned around me people's response is 'how exciting'. Hmmmm really friggin exciting. Traumatic, invasive, emotional procedure that might not even work. Yes it's very exciting.

I am still ill and as a result even bitterererer. One consolation is that my boss seems to have been struck down with the same bug and is off sick too so I don't feel quite so guilty :)

I too lurk from time to time to see how the lovely ESH are getting on. But I tend not to post anything as lots of you I don't know and it is hard to think of something to say that doesn't just sound patronising and shit, or platitudey

Ariel, I am bursting with positive thoughts for your big score of drucks. And I am shaking a fist at the Internet for continued shitness being handed to Euro and other fine ESH. It is so fucking unfair.

Also, loving the Austen theme. Can I remind you all that the best Austen adaptation to ever hit the big screen is Clueless. Truth.

muser are you daring to suggest that the Colin Firth P&P is not the superior adaptation?

If you would like to stay out of the shubbery, find and complete the BESHtionnaire and join us....

Big screen! Firth is small screen and clearly wins for that medium, this I cannot argue.

Muse doesn't need to join us from what I've heard. Hello old bean . Or should l say "Like! HeLLO????"

Ah, is Muse an old skool ESH?

She is wel old skool innit.

I am old skool, my Beshtionairre will be gathering cobwebs somewhere round here.

First appointment after referral has been and gone. Consultant was very pleasant, student doctor was adorable and like a rabbit in the headlights (I feel so old). I have been referred for a laparoscopy to check out and possibly remove the cyst and dilated tube, which should hopefully happen in mid June. Waiting list for IVF after that is a couple of months, so it's all slowly coming together...

In that case I am terribly sorry to have imposed, m'lady.

Draf that all sounds promising. And the time frame is reasonable.

WHERE ARE MY FUKCING DRUGS?

I was up early speshally. 7 to 12.30 they said, with almost all deliveries being "on the early side".

Snow related delay? But not so much round your way, where are they coming from?