10 dpo - wishful thinking..

[Bevziibubble]

Good luck with the FRER

 

[DiviniumLiv]

Well, there's not gonna be a happy ending this month either. Frer is negative and I've started spotting, like I always do around 13 dpo..

 

[Pookied8476]

Well, there's not gonna be a happy ending this month either. Frer is negative and I've started spotting, like I always do around 13 dpo..

I see something on the frer

 

[happycupcake]

Yeah I see something too, but I don't see colour. I hope it isn't the start of af

 

[StarryEyed88]

I def see a line on FRER! I have my fingers crossed for you. Hope it’s just implant bleeding

 

[DiviniumLiv]

It would be nothing short but a miracle if it goes well. This is how it always ends for me - super faint positive turns negative, spotting around 13 dpo and then af arrives right on time.

 

[happycupcake]

Do you know why? Have you had any checks done?

 

[DiviniumLiv]

Do you know why? Have you had any checks done?

At this moment I have no idea why. A few months ago I called the fertility specialist and we have waited for a date to see them. The first appointment are on monday and I'm guessing we will talk about period length, how often we have sex and so on. Going to discuss why this could be happening to me. If it could be as simple as a progesterone deficiency, or something with my immune system (I have fibromyalgia).

We did a check when we were ttc with our son, since it took us over a year. All my tests were fine, including the scan and a check of the fellopian tubes. My husband had a lower % of motility on his little swimmers, but on the other hand he had tripple the amount. In total it took 17 months before we got pregnant. But we never had any problems with chemical pregnancies.

 

[happycupcake]

In my own experience, our chemicals seemed to be due to thin lining. I'm pretty sure my hormones weren't quite as balanced as my bloods showed, because I had many symptoms of imbalances, so we worked on that and to thicken my lining. I had also had a polyp which came away on its own, which wouldn't have helped.
Have you tried anything yourself, as in gentle things which shouldn't mess with your cycle but improve anything that could be wrong?

 

[DiviniumLiv]

In my own experience, our chemicals seemed to be due to thin lining. I'm pretty sure my hormones weren't quite as balanced as my bloods showed, because I had many symptoms of imbalances, so we worked on that and to thicken my lining. I had also had a polyp which came away on its own, which wouldn't have helped.
Have you tried anything yourself, as in gentle things which shouldn't mess with your cycle but improve anything that could be wrong?

I have tried using evening primrose oil for a few cycles now. Also uses progesterone cream and have tried baby aspirin. No luck so far and I don't notice anything different from those cycles where I didn't use it.

Before we started ttc I had an IUD and the doctor had a hard time removing it, since the threads had starting to grow into the uterine lining. The person I spoke to at the fertility clinic didn't think that would be causing anything. But I still can't shake the feeling that the removal could have caused some sort of scar tissue. Probably just my mind trying to find a reason to why it won't stick.

 

[happycupcake]

I found progesterone pessaries (prescribed) best over the cream, the cream just stopped working for me after a few cycles.
Also this time I didn't use EPO, whereas I had before, but I did use fertility tea and pomegranate juice. I also used soy iso for a stronger healthier egg, but it can mess your cycle up so I only took a really low dose. Not saying do that, but those are the things we did different this cycle, or some of them anyway, and it worked so perhaps trying something different will help

 

[DiviniumLiv]

Yeah, I'm hoping that they will prescribe progesterone and hopefully something more. My immune system could also be responsible for all my chemicals.

Af showed her ugly face this morning, so now I'm looking forward to our appointment on monday. At least i will be om cd 3 on monday, so ideal for the bloodwork.

This cycle af is expected right around my 30th birthday and edd would be around christmas. That would be the perfect birthday and christmas present!

 

[happycupcake]

fingers crossed for some answers and a Christmas baby

 

[Bevziibubble]

Sorry af arrived

 

[DiviniumLiv]

I'm not at all happy with how the appointment went last monday (19th) with the fertility clinic. First of all she told me that they don't deal with "misscarriages", that is apparently another clinic's job. I told her that I was very clear about my problem when I contacted them a few months ago, so the nurse should have told me that then.

Anyway, she did an ultrasound to check on my uterus and ovaries - it all looked ok, no polyps or anything. Did some bloodwork and one of the tubes will be sent for chromosome analysis. I'm glad about the ultrasound and the bloodwork, but not how she treated me. I have never felt so belittled in my entire life. She didn't think that many chemicals was unnormal and that next time I shouldn't call just because I got positives that only lasted a few days. She continued to tell me that if the bloodwork didn't show anything, we would have to continue ttc without any help. "You are both young and have time, there will be a pregnancy sooner or later" (I'm almost 30 and my husband 33).

I have gotten the results back on some of the tests, and although the levels seems be within the normal range, my TSH are suddenly higher. My dr checked it both in april and in september 2017 (when diagnosing my fibromyalgia), and at both times it was at 1.4. Now it's at 2.0. No idea if this has any part in causing all my chemicals.

My bbt was a bit weird at the beginning of this cycle. It normally drops the day af shows and then goes down a bit until ovulation. Now I'm cd 11 and it isn't until now it has dropped to a level I am used to.

Expecting ov to occur at the end of the week and then it's on to the two week wait again.

 

[DiviniumLiv]

I think I am about 4 dpo today, but FF still hasn't given me crosshairs yet. Looks like it's a slow rise, which I'm not use to. It normally goes up the day after ov. But my temp was weird in the beginning of this cycle as well, so I shouldn't be surprised. Been having a feeling of heaviness in the uterus area ever since ov, and are bloated.

Have set my test date to April 15th. I would love to take a test at April 14th since it's my 30th birthday, but I will be away all day writing our version of the SAT..

 

[happycupcake]

Your chart is looking good so far. I'm sorry that the nurse was such an utter bellend, I think it's unkind and rather stupid and unprofessional to dismiss chemical pregnancies. They were still pregnancies. They just didn't manage to cling on as long as some other losses. I don't like the term to be honest, it makes it so clinical

 

[Brightxeyes]

God some people are just so insensitive sorry they treated you that way!

I have all of my fingers crossed for you for this cycle!

 

[DiviniumLiv]

My plan to not test until the 15th was a bust, my curiosity got the better of me.. The first two photos are 7 dpo and the last two are 8 dpo (today). I think I have a bad case of line eyes. Thinking of buying two FRER and take one later today.

 

[DiviniumLiv]

Realised that the last two were not zoomed in enough.