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.

So the Drucks have arrived. Considering whether to freak out, though I think I got all that out of my system yesterday when I threw a fit in Tesco's car park

Deep breaths Rie, you'll be fine.

Well folks, my body is definitely playing silly buggers this cycle. Last night I started spotting (CD 19) which has continued off and on this morning. My scan earlier today showed my endometrium had shrunk slightly and my follicle has shrunk by 2.5mm since Monday Nurse thinks the odds are they will cancel this cycle

:(

Stooopid endometrium.

Sorry Norf.

Hi, I was pulled into this thread by the title, being both an Austen lover and in possession of a ticking biological clock. Can I just ask - what is a 'differ'?

A preggo.

There is a lot of such jargon. You are welcome to come and find out what it all means if a) you are over 30 b) you are slightly bitter and ill humoured yet have a heart of gold c) you seek and find and fill in the BESHtionnaire so we can peruse your credentials

A "differ" is someone who gets pregnant quickly and with no drama.

You are welcome to join our merry group on the proviso that you are TTC your first child and experiencing difficulties, everyone in here has been hard at it (fnar fnar) for at least a year without success, many of us longer.

If you are interested in joining, seek out the BESHtionnaire from a previous BESH thread and let us see your answers

X-posts with Rie.

BTW lovely, you did it again - you called me Norf

Ah ok, thanks Ariel. I fulfil your first two criteria for sure :) What's the BESHtionnaire then?

X-post, thanks Frankelly

FUCKIT! I'm so sorry

I'll just repeat, I mix up people's names in RL, it's nothing personal and I definitely know the difference between you. Waaaaaaaah!

Today I have been looking at videos of laparoscopic procedures - forewarned is forearmed, etc. Do you think if I ask they'll let me see my own video? Or is that proper weird? I'm rather fascinated by the whole thing. Also, bets on what my dermoid cyst is made of? If there aren't teeth I will feel short changed...

Also, how delightful to have a new acquaintance! I look forward to examining your credentials, svan :)

Oooh I love looking at screens of my innards!

When I was in NZ and had an abscess on my leg lanced, I watched the whole thing! until I passed out

This is the problem with general anaesthetic, though - I won't be able to see!

rie tell us about the Tesco car park freak out....

Frank how disappointing. Does it mean they got the drug dose wrong this time?

Svan the BESHtionnaire is a list of questions of which nobody can remember the relevance that you are required to answer so we can judge get to know you.

Motherfuck this hurts today. I think I am developing tourettes. I've taken codeine for the first time in my life and it has taken the edge off but not completely beaten it into submission. I've been to acu, picked up my laptop from the office and am now at home with chocolate and a hot water bottle.

Glad you're going home, Euro. My mum told me at when I was about 12 after I'd seen someone in a soap apparently having a mc that she had miscarried at about 14 weeks before any of us were born. I asked "did it hurt?" She laughed grimly and said "You're too young to know." Look after yourself and keep quaffing the drugs.

Well, inspired by the bra fitting MN ladies, I went to M&S to pick up some nice pretty ones. I've always had issues with body hatred, but thought this time it would be different. Anyway I picked out the sizes they had suggested and tripped off to the fitting rooms and was aghast. The lighting! The 360 degree mirrors! I saw my horrid wonky asymmetric back for the first time in years and realised how hideous I looked. And the bras, needless to state, looked awful, fitted awfully, didn't do anything for me etc etc etc. So I went and got some different sizes. They looked shit as well. So I didn't buy anything.

I walked back to Tesco's car park getting more and more wound up about how crap my life is and how rubbish and ugly and pointless I am and saw MrRie waiting at the car and of course he thought I was being stupid so I exploded into a fit of rage and self pity and tears.

The End.

Changing room lighting and 360 mirrors are fucking awful. I don't get why shops don't understand that we will buy more if they put some flattering lighting in the changing rooms. It's stupidly counterproductive to put ugly strip lighting in there that makes everyone look awful.

on your behalf Rie. I share your bra-pain, it can be a nightmare to find decent bras for, er, less ample cleavages. I'm more and more of the opinion that its better to spend more money on fewer items and get stuff that fits properly.

If its any comfort, I've always found M&S on the crap side for bra measuring.

Euro, the nurse said it probably was the drop in drucks that did for me. I'm guessing that my "lovely endometrium" got fed up of waiting around for an egglet and has started to disintegrate.

And....(and I don't want to offend anyone here)...in the last few years, along with vanity sizing have come vanity mirrors. Someone in retail told me this. They make the mirrors to make bigger people look slimmer. Of course, this leaves the skinny people looking skeletal and looking aghast at their Belsen-like physique from which clothes (vanity sized) are just gaping and swimming off. It drives me wild with fury. M&S and Monsoon are the worst culprits - I tried on a strapless size 8 in Monsoon for my sisters wedding and, firstly the mirror emphasised all the bony bits and secondly the "size 8" just slipped straight down off my pitiful supposedly womanly curves. It made me cry that time as well :(.

No wonder I live in jeans and hoodies.

Frank (Norf ), oh I wasn't being measured. I couldn't bear the humiliation!

Clinic just called, oestrogen levels have fallen through the floor so they're cancelling the cycle. I've got to wait for droid to show up of its own accord then we'll restart cycle 3 (take 2).

I hadn't noticed the vanity mirrors.

I'm told it's a Thing.

Frank, that IS vexatious in the extreme :(

evil and Euro thank you, but I found the BESHtionnaire and I don't fit your criteria I'm afraid. I am most definitely a BESH but quite happy about it (atm anyway!)

I am 3 stone heavier than I was in my early 20s yet I am still a size 14.

I'm so sorry you're suffering with the physical euro. Have you considered adding ibuprofen to the mix? I hope the needles/rest/hot water ease your symptoms.

Sorry to hear of your endometrial woes Frank. I imagine its incredibly frustrating.

Hope you get on ok with the drucks rierie.