Ski Sunday music ready, the BESH are Bobsleighing their way through the icy slopes of hope and despair to win their medals

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If you’re over 30, ttc over 12 months and wearing nipple tassels under your snowsuit then this just might be the thread for you - if you can prove yourself bitter and evil enough. We’ll be the judge of that. Don your snowsuit , cowbell ready - fill in the BESHtionnaire and prepare to meet our icy glare. This is a marathon, not a sprint.

Now then Bugs, it's far too early for that kind of thing.

The possible ectopic not the menkul...

I made a pecan pie today. Anyone fancy a slice?

It's just your ovaries sorting themselves out after being stabbed stupid by the consultant. Honest. I've had this loads on both my right side and my left side, sometimes taking it in turns, sometimes just one side for a day then the other side takes over. Worst was just after EC, first thing in the morning I stretched and I honestly thought I'd twanged a tube, it was that stabby. It does get better. Promise.

PS - fizz - vits on empty stomach - bad idea!

I wish I had an embryoscope pic. I don't even know if my clinic have one. Being NHS funded this cycle, my clinic haven't bothered to tell me about any of the available extras. I only found out about the embryoglue because I found a leaflet lying around! That's a point, I'm still waiting for the bill for that...

x-posted - yes please fab, haven't had that in yeeeeaaaars I tell you.

FUCK YEAH!

(that's to the pecan pie offer)

As for feeling a failure, you have put your body through an awful lot. Why should it bounce back? You're not off work because of the ovary pain are you? Bugger other women.

Mmmm, pecan pie.

bugs I was one of "those women" but I didn't have OHSS. Stop being so hard on yourself.

I had lots of weird twinges. It's to be expected - everything in there has been swollen with drugs, stuck with a needle or rearranged with a speculum! I've just looked back and the first real notice I had that something was happening in there was cramps at 8-10dpo. They were quite strong - like bad period pains.

Warm with cream or lashings of custard. Takes yer pick.

Bugs - have a jolly good roll in that octopus and then sit down for a rest pliz. You've had a procedure, you've got hormones driving your head and body potty, your ovaries have been violated and your womble molested. Time to give yourself and break and eat my goddamn pie!

bugs exactly what the others have said. I didn't have OHSS this time, and I didn't have a bunch of thrombosed Percies having an interstellar party around Uranus this time either, but I still had the week off work and I'm very glad I did. Please don't begrudge yourself a little time off.

Cheers for the costs. My clinic can take up to a fortnight to send out their invoices so I'm not out of the woods yet. It's easy to pay though - just log on, enter the the invoice ref no and make your credit card squeal like a piiiiig! I was quoted around £50 for my embyglue but then I only had one emby to worry about. I guess maybe you pay per emby? The embycam costs sound very reasonable. I really need to get hold of a pricelist breakdown for my clinic so I can consider my next step, financially.

Warm with cream please fab.

What is embryoglue? Should I ask for some?

Starting to brick it. Hold my hand!

hest embryoglue - it doesn't exactly stick them into place, but contains a chemical that is important in promoting implantation.

hest I'll hold your hand! Tis natural to be anxious but this time tomorrow you'll be through it.

bugs have this slap with a squid. Rest, water and giving yourself an easy time are what's needed.

Oh and embryo glue isn't proven enough for NHS funding - my clinic offer it as a paid extra. You need to tell them before EC so that they put the eggs in the right solution iirc.

I'm NHS. I don't know if you can top up. I'll ask.

Cross posts!

MrH is wondering whether it's in the glue aisle at B&Q for cheaper. Such a bloody skinflint.

Licks fingers sticky from cake and proffers hand holding for Hest.