Eggcellent Egg Buddies; are you cycling in July/August/September??? Get in here!!!

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We swear! We have to start a new thread every week! But we are the most gorgeous bunch of ladies ever and will do anything to get a baybee in our tumtum.

Get nattering.....

It is indeed Brooker

Good luck tomorrow nomaybe !! X

Thanks so much Tame x

I predict 30+ eggs for nomaybe and nobeer combined xxx

Oh Wish, I feel so wretched for you. I think we've all had that 'sod it, I can't go on and I bloody well shouldn't have to' moment. I think Life has it just right when she says you don't have to be strong, if (and I'm totally inserting my own interpretation here) 'strong' implies being cheerful or stoic in the face of the utterly unfair. You feel how you feel and it isn't fair that you're in this situation, tbh. And you don't have to feel better or different about it on anyone else's timeline either - though of course I hope you will feel a bit less awful very soon.

I think IVF is so much about 'you should feel this' and 'you must do that' - and you spend so much emotional energy getting yourself through to always yet another new step or phase of it - that there are unexpected moments when you just fall over.

Like Life suddenly feeling emotionally empty after ET (not to mention being bloody ill into the bargain...).

We're all on this relentless conveyor belt of cycling or waiting to cycle, and being good little citizens because if we don't comply we'll regret it. We have almost no control of our bodies or our destinies so we sort of try to keep the emotions tamped down or react 'appropriately', or expect ourselves to be on a neat little timeline of emotion/expression/resolution. Sometimes the emotions just rear up on you unexpectedly and say they're the boss. It's primal stuff. The drugs don't exactly help either.

That's my theory anyway. Explains my own massive and inappropriate toy-thrown-from-pram routine in response to pretty humdrum daily stuff. Did I say theory? I meant excuse in my case...

Juicy, re. Trollope, actually I was coming over all old-school and meant anthony trollope, not joanna. He wrote big, thick Victorian doorstoppers. Bit of an acquired taste, but The Eustace Diamonds is the best fun.

lizzie excellent insight x

Nice post lizzie and makes total sense. I completely get the inappropriate tantrum thing. DH today 'I'm scared of your reaction to what I say 50% of the time' . I thought I was doing ok! It just goes to show how this whole thing affects you.

Catching up on the day's posts; Motor from earlier on, thanks so much. I"m keeping fingers and toes crossed for you. We all have some stories to tell!

Nokkie; my favourite terms for the lady garden are chuff, twat and gee. Actually, lady garden is my favourite one. Oh, and one that is kind of old fashioned and starts with a q? can't remember it just now. Oh, and minge. I love them all, really. And your still hot and humid love for the sechs is heartening. I'm getting to like it again, myself, now that it's become a purely recreational practice once more.

Thanks tame. There was something on the tip of my tongue to type to you from earlier, but I think I broke me brains in the meantime and can't remember it!

Oh Brooker, I've gotten into horrible bad habits of over-reactions and just general irritability with DH. I know exactly what you mean. The weird thing I have with all of this - and maybe in life more generally - is I tend to think I'm much more in control of my emotions than I am until I either explode or someone close points it out. They really do bear the brunt, don't they?

Now I must go as I said I'd be in bed in five minutes half an hour ago. Sleep well.

It's Quim Lizzie! I love it too!!

You speak total sense. This whole process it's such a massive upheaval.

Right Nobeer we have been set a challenge by Tame. Reckon we can crack it? shameless egg joke, James Martin style

Lizzie- I asked earlier what clinic you are with?? You said about them having poor admin and I am with nurture- they are notorious for bad admin apparently!

Night night all. Must get my 8 hours in..

30+ ladies. No less.

Quim???

Good luck maybe and beer. Ffs, do what The Duchess says and get 30+eggies or we're all in trouble.

lizzie your post was excellent. Really insightful and a great summary. And I don't just mean about the hundred different names for one's klopper.

Nighty night y'all. My pit is calling to me.

Noks xx

Maybe you're on! I will try to ask them how many when I come round from GA, and will update when I get home! Tame this is an insane challenge but I love it! It is 30 between us, isn't it? Not 30 each?!

Night night all!

I'll be thinking of you both, Nobeer and Maybe.

Where are you, NookNook? Did I miss you today? x

I'm here Juicy! Yes I am writing this at 3.30 in the morning (I may have taken my steriods a bit late).

I'm so sorry to have been so quiet yesterday. I have been reading the comments. Tame and Wish you are two awesome ladies. I can't say much more than has already been said. Tame you've been such a support to us all and I'm glad we can support you too when you need it. This whole situation is a pile of fucking kak. The others may have said it a bit better...

Hello Lizzie and Broker!

Good luck today Beer and Maybe!

AFM I feel I should explain my absence. We are actually moving house today and so I've been really sidetracked with that. I didn't say anything before because I thought it would out me but I've decided not to care.

Anyways, got the call yesterday to say that all three eggs were mature and all three fertilised! Twas a bit of a shock. We are going in today for ET as they want to stick whatever is left back in asap. That doesn't fill me with a great dwal of hope but frankly I'm happy to have gotten this far. This is definitely the last IVF we will do. I can't do the drugs and upheaval again.

So... up at 6.30 for removal men and at the hospital at 11 for ET and then homeless for a couple of hours. You couldn't make this shit up!

Big waves to everyone else. I'm going to do a bit more reading back now. X

Life congratulations on being PUPO. It sounds like you've been through the ringer though. I hope you're getting a good night's sleep. What a lovely idea to write to the embies and eggs.

Karb big hugs for you. I remember AF nearly finished me off last time! It really is the icing on a big fat turd cake, no?

I'm rather enjoying this stealth posting. No cross-posting and I'm not struggling to keep up with the crazy fast typers - yes I'm looking at you Tame and Juicy.

Ok last one - I'm so incredibly warmed by the fact that although it was an emotional and difficult day on the thread you all still managed to get some lady garden conversion in there.

Right I'm going to attempt to sleep now. Night night. X

Good luck Nobs, Maybs and Nooks today - big day for you all! Nook I don't know how you do it all - moving house at the same time???? Insane!!!!

Quim - highly underused but now possibly my new fave - quim quim quim - yes I think I like it!!

In other news I'm making the infamous borlotti bean (plus other stuff) stew tonight!! I may even make my own bread too...

Apols for the over active use of the !! In my defence it was bloody early...