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Harry Potter and the rise of the BESH: Instadiffers, baby dusters and huns will be subject to the spell Evanesco!!.

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RaspberrySnowCone · 25/08/2013 14:01

Expecto Patronum

If you are you over 30 and have been ttc for over 12 months, are witch like or even better a complete hag and willing to abuse your powers of wizardry to conjure up gin by the bucket load, then fill out the Beshionnaire and join us if you dare in our battle against BESH curse.

Instadiffers and baby dusters will be turned into frogs and used in a potion.

Peskipiksi Pesternomi!!!

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holls2000 · 26/08/2013 21:53

Ooh Tom selleck - I saw him in some cheap made for tv lim the other day and AREN'T HIS EYES TWINKLY?

holls2000 · 26/08/2013 21:54

Lim? Film. Damn this app and my fat infers. Fingers.

eurochick · 26/08/2013 21:58

Despite your surprise baybee, you'll do.

rasp the contemplation of it is much worse than actually doing it.

eurochick · 26/08/2013 22:06

How long have you been trying Toastiegirl?

evilgiraffe · 26/08/2013 22:43

I thought everyone fancied Tom Selleck? Like Hol, I am a sucker for a man with twinkly eyes

You sound dangerously close to an instadiffer, Brev, but looks like you're in :) I'm draf, HOTB (him on the bike) and I are 30, a little over three and a half years TTC, and are a week into our first cycle of IVF. I have one tube and recently-diagnosed stage IV endometriosis, so the chances of a natural diff are pretty slim.

You will be fine, rasp. It's a bit of a headfuck, but a means to an end and all that.

evilgiraffe · 26/08/2013 22:47

The "end" being a chance to have a diff, of course, not the actual diff itself and certainly not a baybee. I am so grateful we now have a chance to even give it a half-decent try.

FizzyFeet · 26/08/2013 23:00

Welcome toastie. Your name is making me crave carbohydrate.

If we're doing introductions - I'm Fizzy, GFBW (Green Fingered Book Worm) and I have been ttc since Nov 2010. 1 mmc, 2 ectopics, no tubes, endometriosis and on the count down to ivf in October.

If you've been trying for over a year, I would go to the doctor to get yourself referred for some tests. With one tube you can expect things to take a little longer, but they will still investigate you given how long it's been. I never tried opks, though temping was useful for confirming that I do ovulate despite my consultant pouring scorn on the idea What was the cause of the abcess that cost you your tube?

FizzyFeet · 26/08/2013 23:02

Oh, and yes to Tom Selleck. I have just been watching LOTR, though, and it's still Aragorn for me every time.

Is it bad that my phone didn't try to autocorrect Aragorn?

Bearfacedchic · 26/08/2013 23:17

Hello Toastie. Sorry to hear about your trubbles.

I'm Bear. I'm on cycle #25 of Ttc with GS (Gruffalo soldier). We're both 34. I came off the pill in August 2011 and not a sniff of a BFP. GS has low everything on the old sperm factor and nothing yet diagnosed for me but I'm probably fcked too. We're at the early stages of investigations. I agree with Fizz*- get yourself into the system as soon as you can because Everything. Moves. Slowly. Or at least it is doing so for me. Still hoping we can get a FUFC diff naturally though.

Oh Fizz- when Aragorn comes tearing through that door with his cloak swishing round him

Bearfacedchic · 26/08/2013 23:25

Btw I never knew the back story about why BESH are named as such Rasp. Thanks for filling us in. What vile, despicable things to say. (Journo, not you Rasp)

BrevilleTron · 27/08/2013 05:34

Hello all.
Shall book appt with docs. My name comes from when me and KBTB saw transformers and he jokingly asked me to transform into the kitchen and make him a sandwich [sceptic] and the cat is GruberPrime

No idea what caused the abscess but I was 12 hrs away from death from septicaemia.

Shall give temping a try.
Now off to work but thanks for replies

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eurochick · 27/08/2013 10:25

bugs that's good. You know me - I like a plan of action.

I caved and tested this morning: BFN. I kind of knew. I had loads of really strong symptoms up to Saturday night but nothing for the past 2 days. I think it tried but didn't make it (again).

This one has hit us both pretty hard. We seem to make embryos that get to blast and try to implant but fail to stick. And it was my last chance to be pregnant on my due date from my miscarriage from the first round. Today is not a good day.

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evilgiraffe · 27/08/2013 10:50

Oh euro :( Be gentle with yourselves today Flowers

Sounds good, bugs. Any idea when the appt will be?

I woke up in the night with roiling guts, arrrrgh. Finally was sick an hour ago, but I'm still in my dressing gown feeling sorry for myself and cautiously drinking mint tea.

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JethroTull · 27/08/2013 11:53

Oh Euro. I'm sorry. Sending you lots of love.

evilgiraffe · 27/08/2013 12:02

I dunno, bugs. I have the weakest stomach known to man in any case, so it could be anything. I'm feeling okay now, just a bit wiped out! I doubt it was the drugs to be honest; three months of the zoladex implant didn't make me feel sick, and I haven't done during this first week of stabbing either, so it's probably just coincidence. Practice for morning sickness, maybe?

Good to hear the appointment is pretty quick - I get so used to fertility appointments being "in six months" that I get proper confused when things happen quickly!

cherrycoconut · 27/08/2013 13:35

Thats proper shite news euro, I'm so sorry to hear it. I hope you're being kind to yourself today Flowers I don't want to clutch at straws but could it be too early to test?

bugs I think that's a fab idea, good on you for getting it sorted. Just letting it all out should do wonders.

draf sorry to hear you're feeling bleugh. Normally anything FC realted takes yonks right?!

Argh, not a good few days for the BESH, huddles in and offers round the cod of comfort.

RaspberrySnowCone · 27/08/2013 13:45

So sorry Euro :(

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eurochick · 27/08/2013 13:52

Thanks hags.

I will test again (of course - how could I resist) just in case it was too early, but even if I got a BFP now, I wouldn't be optimistic. On my second cycle I got a negative at 11dpEC (which is what I am today) and a very faint positive at 13dpEC and of course that was a chem preg.

It's odd. Something was definitely going on Friday (cramps all day) and Saturday (nausea all day) but then it just stopped.

evilgiraffe · 27/08/2013 14:12

Heard today that two my old schoolfriends are diffed. It's fine, I'm pleased for them. It's so weird, with friends I cope quite well, but family or casual acquaintance diffments give me the rage Confused

Fancies40Winks · 27/08/2013 14:19

Oh fucking hell euro, that is just so shite. Again I won't go in for any positive thinking, you know that's against my beliefs. Instead I will promise to pour vast quantities of alcohol down your throat at some point in the future if you want.

Ick to your poorly stomach draf, I hope you feel better soon.

bugs well done for making the appointment. I hope it helps.