Roll up, roll up, come enjoy the BESH funfair!

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Come to the BESH funfair - we have a coconut shy, apple bobbing, dodgems and much much more. The prizes? Shiny new BFPs, of course. You can only go on the rides if you're a barren 30plus-er, the entrance fee is one completed BESHtionairre.

Yes I'm afraid admission decisions are postponed until we have male and female sleb crushes :)

fizz I may have been extrapolating based on the contents of my own fridge hides evidence of secret fridge bugging operation

Ooo, a newbie. Just as we need fresh meat to replace all the differs!

KFZK does know about the impending EDD and he says he's ok about it (bestie has offered to take me out and pour copious amounts of wine down me, so I thought I had better check he was ok being left home alone). But he seems a bit melon collie at the mo.

As flattery shall get me nowhere, the crushes:
Alan Hansen
Tilda Swinton

I rank JOURNEY close to BABY DUST, though IT WOULD MEAN THE WORLD TO ME and I would JOURNEY to BabyDust [TM] if need be.

Actually our journey is short: Neither of us have children. I'm 35, the Dude's 32. I have never been pregnant, never a sniff of a pregnancy. I came off birth control pills January 2012, but kept my legs crossed at opportune times for a few months to prevent getting pregnant for job reasons. Then, there were about six months, when I was travelling a lot, often for two or three weeks at a time, so really it was just scheduling which prevented pregnancy, right? My period s-l-o-w-e-d one month, stopped completely for two months, and off I went to the GP. An initial high reading of prolactin vanished a few weeks later and periods came back. Now, January 2013, now 'it' would happen. Except of course it did not. Months of shagging, periods arriving month after month. So in August, I went back to the GP who kindly sent me off for another set of blood tests at CD3 and CD21. An FSH of 12.3 [argh], and then later a progesterone somewhere around 13.5 [double argh]. Whereas The Dude passed the sperm test with flying colours and interesting observations on test conditions. So, the GP suggested re-testing the FSH, but thought the progesterone with the normal ranges. It rather obviously wasn't but she had also agreed to refer us to the hospital for a consultation and was open about knowing little about fertility so why belabour the point? So, I went in for a blood test on Monday and heard the second FSH result this morning: 14.

I have this vision that this is just all stress-related, or scheduling, or maybe I have some mental block looming in my unconscious - and that I will wake up in a few weeks with a re-regulated hormonal household, but in the meantime... we really have not had the IVF discussion yet. Next steps: ultrasound and a HSG with the NHS to check if at least my structural elements are in working orders. And then another meeting with the consultant in about two months.

Alan Hansen? ALAN HANSEN?!? Oh, you are so in. That's got to be worse than mine, right?

And welcome to the Great Machine that is the NHS. It takes a long time to churn you through, but it gets there in the end. When's your dildocamming appointment? Will it be your first?

Welcome to headfuckery land BESHer!

Alan Hansen eh? It's those eyelined sparkly eyes isn't it!

Draf what was yours??

Liked the beshtionaire and approve of not testing! After an IVF-chem diffment in August, I have managed not to pee on a stick, and it's 7 weeks tomorrow... I did get a blood test, but if you were lurking you know all that!

Btw sorry about the shittest of days. Fingers crossed the cogs will turn fast for you!

Hurrah for starting, fizz! Mixed feelings are v normal! I still go from it'll all end in tears to OMGIVFTWINZ, despite having only had one put back...

I say without sarcasm, the NHS cogs are lovely. It is a fantastic resource. The system creaks, because it was not quite made for 21st-century bio-medicine and is chronically underfunded. I do wish it was easier to get GYN care.

draf dildo-cam sometime in the next few weeks, I guess. I await the letter with bated breath. I am sure it will be a learning experience.

Yo hags, very tickled by the fridge contents chat, another who can identify with that. g'luck on the intrepid fizz.

Arm rubs to euro on the impending EDD. Tis shit and a little melon collie might be expected. Be good to yourselves.

Welcome to the new blood, with such a presumptuous name how could we refuse?! You're branding's all right, you like gin, it's good with me.

I'm Cherry, 34, married to ROCH, Rock of Coconut Household and I also have FSH ishooos. Mine have been consistently plus 100 so in May this year they confirmed premature ovarian failure, POF. Again, you probably know all that, but I just wanted to say I feel your pain. I know what a shock hearing that feels and it fucking sucks. No-one our age thinks of menopause approaching and robbing our youth.

Don't get me wrong, 14's not all bad, still a kick in the guts I bet? but have hope, there are clinics who do OE IVF at that level. It's definitely not over for you yet and sounds like you're at the right place.

Morning all. Day 3 of the sniffing going ok so far! I am particularly pleased that my clinic have banned me from the gym so am using that as an excuse to sloth about in bed/ on sofas. Mwahhahahhah.

BESHer hope you're feeling a bit brighter today. My SIL had v high fsh and had successful OE IVF - she had to get a second opinion but the second clinic had no quibbles. Are you eligible for NHS funding for IVF where you live? If not I'd seriously consider skipping the NHS bits and going straight to a clinic (once you've got your head around if, obv).

cherry how are you? How's your sis doing?

Oh, if we are doing histories, here's mine: aged 32 (for a couple more weeks), married to GFBW - Green Fingered Book Worm. Ttc since Nov 2010. One MMC, two ectopics, no tubes, iffy-looking antral follicle count, endometriosis, just starting IVF #1.