30s TTC - We Started TTC When the LAST Coalition Government Was In Power

[Muser]

BESH is BACK for Spring. Come in, admire the cocktail bar stylings I have created for you. It's all lowlights and smooth sounds, and there's a rehearsal room in back for the GLEE practice.

The barman are beautiful, the Pit has been well stocked with beanbags and gin. So roll up all you 30-something BESHies who stopped counting cycles sometime in the last century, and grab a martini.

How cute is this? Disclaimer: the author is a mate of mine. But bless!

Cassie, don't go away. Here, have a nice boiled sweet. I completely heart you and would love nothing more than being diff-partners. Thanks for sticking up for me, even though it was already fine from my perspective anyway. 'Preciate it lots

Evening all.

I think I might have triggered a bit of a discussion. My "bah" at the doctors was really just at having to go to the doctors, ie because I am not yet pregnant, rather than being stressed about going to the doctors.

Drom really pleased you've got your appointments set. I'm seeing my GP on the 15th, so a bit of a wait, but it was that or do the daily phone call thing so thought I would just get booked what I could.

Cass please don't go away, you're witty and perceptive and I don't think anyone was really dissing anyone else.

Scorpio my love, gently tummy strokes for the yellow bruises - doesn't yellow mean it is healing?

And, yes, Muse it damn well is Pimms O'Clock, seeing as I have my period, and there is no baybee in there after a fortnight on Appletiser, plus might have cocked up the work thing (an internal interview) this morning.

Scorps we're going to have to agree to disagree on this one I'm afraid cos we iz just not getting each other, ma shizzle. But that's life sometimes, it's ok.

Thanks for niceness and handcuff action from others. Bit of handcuff action always brightens up a Friday afternoon, especially when you've just had to clean shit off a slide like I have You might want to disinfect those cuffs tho Muzzler Perfecto really like your friend's trailer, well done her! Is she published, can I, like, buy it fo real?

Muser - but is there a KFC cake?

Good, you've come back.

Why is mumsnet pretending I don't know how to do bolds and italics? Bastids

Cass has cleaned shit off a slide? Do you work for Michael Barrymore?

at the baby cake. How macabre.

v Cute humpalot, have you read it yet?

Head, that was the funniest thing I've read in ages!

Cass, shall we ask one of the other BESHes to knock our heads together and mutter something about 'six of one, half a dozen of the other'?

Cam, that trailer is ace. You sho have some incredible pals

Medea, glad you've got a Doc app booked, even if it's a ridiculously long time away (are you going to my GPs?!). Getting the ball rolling (and keeping it rolling) gave me back a sense of control over TTC. Not saying it'll help everyone like that, but hopefully it will. My big yellow tummy says it will Hey, would it be wrong to walk outside with my belly exposed shouting 'Who wants to know if they like butter?' and offering to shove it under people's chins? I really am THAT bored

Am writing a dull blog too, so might post link later if I finish it. What's that y'all say about me not having done my journo course homework yet? Lalala, I can't hear you!

Mmm, KFC cake I think I've gone up a dress size just trying to imagine what it'd be made of. Would it have coleslaw instead of buttercream? I'm seeing it as a ring cake with a supersized Pepsi stuck in the hole for you to slurp at. Obesity-tastic!

Apparently, they are "short-staffed" - they are running a drop-in clinic on Monday am (obv I am working) or could call up every day for newly available appointments. Decided just to go with what they had, even if it is 2 weeks away.

MrM is probably going to come too - did anyone else take their other half along to the first visit. We figured we might as well, seeing as it takes two to make a baby (and he's a bit worried about his swimmers - I'm sure it is all me)

Isn't it odd the way women always alight on thinking first that it probably is them rather than their fella who has the ishoo?

Is that just a woman-guilt thing do we think? A pre-prgrammed thing?

Actually, I have never seen a GP in person; have only spoken to them via phone consults and bloods were taken by nurses. I think it will be good for you both to go - firstly, less nerve-wracking, secondly, you will clearly look serious about the issue and the Doc can see that you're both 'on the same page' and thirdly, one of you might remember something said that the other has forgotten and vice versa. They might ask you if you ever have sex in the foofoo but they won't dismiss your concerns. Good for you for taking the first step to winning that baybee quicker (That's the way to look at it, I think]

definitely, aries, though in my case because of the stoopid cycles it really probably is.

thanks scorps.

Yes, sorry Meds, forgot to add that you both going is sensible and right. I will be dragging MrAries in by the nadjers when/if the time comes. Or maybe the hair seeing as the nadjers are needed.

Aries - I think it's also cos the medical profession has always 'put the blame' on the woman. Even when 17 yr old girls were married off to 50 year old Obese men with gout, it'd still be their fault if they couldn't get pregnant or produce a son. And there's still a tendency to see failure to conceive as somehow the woman's issue, even though the reasons for infertility are usually 1/3 female, 1/3 male or 1/3 combined/unexplained/unusual circumstances. When my Aunt was TTC, she used to get wound up because the Docs and nurses pussyfooted around the issue of potential male problems because they didn't want to 'dent male pride' and were worried that men would refuse to submit to anything that potentially threatened their sense of masculinity. Still think that continues a bit in medicine and in some men. And we all know how bad men are for not seeing a Dr if they're ill ("I know my leg's just fallen off but all I need is an Elastoplast") so I think Docs concentrate on wimminz cos we're not twatty in that way. Plus, we do carry Teh Baybees and have more potential ishoos to look for, so that's also a big factor.

Basically, it's all society's fault, Right down for creating a mode of gender performativity that expects women to feel guilty and blame themselves over everything.

(I'm twatty in that way remember!)

Tonight Matthew, I'm going to make Sausage and Mash! (with veg too of course. Organic)

I'm having Pizza Express pizza and McCain oven chips - classy I am, my body is a temple!

I'm making TYF go out and get me CHIPPY CHIPS! Can't wait!

Oh God. Too. Many. Chips. Nobody offer me a 'waffer' thin meeent...

I have eaten the most ridiculous amount. I should be ashamed, but God help me, I'm not: I'm not . . . Oh and FYI East Londoners-alfonso/honey mangoes are in season. Blisstastic. I'm not going to eat anything else for like, the next fortnight.

God, second that...I've just eaten so much crap today, though enough orange juice to turn my wee dayglo! Had to give a ssample this morning, and I produced it like Ali Baba...SHAAZAMMM!!!

Scorps...the portion sizes in our local chip shop are about 1kg per portion...I jest not. The most recent weighed 1.1kg...we weighed it...and thankfully we only bought one portion between 3 of us and still threw some away. Whence the great big British obesity pandemic.

Is it really lame to really like Bruce Almighty? . One of the best quotes is "Behind every great man there's a woman rolling her eyes". MrA thinks it sums up him and me perfectly.

God, I wish I hadn't posted that!

Yeah, I could only eat half the portion of chips and commented to TYF that now we know why there's so many porkers around here.

Gary Coleman is dead . Or, as TYF insists on calling him, Gary Oldman (it's an old joke).

Aries, you enjoy whatever you want. I spent the avo watching Pride & Prejudice for the bazillionth time