Have any of you lovelies tried donor egg IVF? My husband and I are doing DE this round. Im praying this is will bring my husband his first and our first child together.
Prayer and blessings,
Angie

Spoomie - lovely to hear all about your accent back to the real world! Very heartening. Such a hard journey. I think turning my back on ttc feels like it's close now - just the other side of a door right next to me now. I just can't quite put my hand on that handle and step through. A year ago, i couldn't even see the door! Does that make sense? Well done with your running - it's an inspiration.

PDMCD - sorry to hear about your BFN Doctors will casually say that it's common for a woman to miss a period occasionally - no biggie. However when you're ttc'ing it is a big deal! It's feels like 2 precious cycles are sort of mucked up and puts you through the mill emotionally. Here's hoping AF shows up for you soon so you can get on with your March try. You're so brave preparing for DH go for his v

Pippi - wow it's all coming together now. Keep us posted. Everything crossed for you here

Maxi - what an emotional roller coaster Cant advise as i chickened out of going down the intervention route, as i have talked about here before. DH and i wouldn't have survived it i don't think. Take care of each other

Butterfly, Maddy + Nevertoolate and everyone -

AFM - bit all over the place this time. No definate temp rise yet. I keep getting sharp ov pains, but it's switched sides! Had a bit of boob pain. Not bothering with OPKs. Trying to DTD more or less at the right time. I just hate hate hate having to do it on schedule. DH is barely aware of my cycle - he has put ttc in the lap of the gods now. It's his way of coping. It's ok but i means i cant really talk about ovulation and the need to do it NOW! lol

Love to all xx

Never...wishing you every success. It's a route we have definately considered but we are going to try with my own eggs until I hit 42yo and then....maybe DE. It's just so hard to access in Australia so we would have to go overseas....and to be honest I'm not sure I'm that committed to the cause... Looking forward to hearing your updates.

I completely understand! Best wishes.

Hey pd and misty. I recall you two are but a couple of paces behind me on this journey (no pun intended!!!) and I hoped that sharing where my life is at today would not sound like me blowing my trumpet about my exploits (heaven knows I'd rather be much much slower and chasing after my 18 month old LO) or to cause others to lose heart that i have given up rhe dream (trust me, I was maniacal in my OCD zeal) but rather to demonstrate that life on the other side is not all terrible. Of course I wish that things had turned out differently but I have been forced to find my happy ending elsewhere and just wanted to show that that's not necessarily as bad as we imagine while we are so weighed down with the exhausting business of ttc. I still pray for a different happy ending for the two of you. Take courage dear friends xx

Misty, your door analogy makes perfect sense. Just feel proud of yourself that you, like I, started the journey on a different continent, let alone the other side of the room xxx

Spoomie no words

Spoomie big hugs
Loved the pace comment made me laugh

Off to see the inlaws for the weekend in the snow belt theau have double the snow we have. im hoping for a quiet weekend wher mil doesn't constantly discuss the pregnant dil ( the one I dislike)

I talked to dh about my fears but I'm still anxious about it), he said he'd be supportive just hoping he is.

Have a good weekend everyone

Oooh i hope you have a good weekend PDMCD. I hope 'the bump' isn't the main topic of conversation. At least your DH is aware

May i be cheeky and invite everyone to chart stalk me if you have a minute, and have a stab at saying what CD i ov'd? (no prizes to give out i'm afraid )

The boob pain and the ov pain recordings are accurate. I've recorded watery CM on day 14 and eggwhite CM on day 16 which is true, but there may have been EWCM on the other days around then too. (I'm not good at coming to a conclusion about CM ) I was getting ready to say i was anovulatory this cycle - but today my temp has lifted.

Hmm I would say anywhere from cd15 to 17 (good job there are no prizes!). I was watching a crime program yesterday and they said they found semen in the victim but then on further investigation they found it to be CM. anyway, point is it seems that they are easily mistaken so if you BD'd the night before, well...