2012 TTC chat

[Sunshine7125]

Hehe well maybe that was the cause Has it completely gone today?

I am feeling very AF-y today...achy and crampy. My temp went really high this morning too, but that might be because I really snuggled in under the duvet last night! I had acupuncture today and told him I def ov'd on day 33 and he was nearly as disappointed as me

Spotting is all gone I am anxious for Monday now to see if I really ovulated... That is good that ovulated though right??

 

[Smiler82]

Ooh yes, fingers crossed for Monday. What is a good number to get back from a progesterone check? I have no idea, here they just say "yes you ovulated" or "no you didn't" and don't give you any numbers. At least I didn't get any, anyway.

Yeah it is good I ovulated at least, but we're trying to get it down to a more normal time frame...I ov around day 36 on my own anyway, so is annoying to be going to all these sessions and it not make much of a difference! Last cycle I was really happy as it happened on day 24 so was hoping for it to get better each cycle. Maybe next time will be better

 

[Sunshine7125]

Ooh yes, fingers crossed for Monday. What is a good number to get back from a progesterone check? I have no idea, here they just say "yes you ovulated" or "no you didn't" and don't give you any numbers. At least I didn't get any, anyway.

Yeah it is good I ovulated at least, but we're trying to get it down to a more normal time frame...I ov around day 36 on my own anyway, so is annoying to be going to all these sessions and it not make much of a difference! Last cycle I was really happy as it happened on day 24 so was hoping for it to get better each cycle. Maybe next time will be better

Oh ok I see. Yeah I guess that is a little bit late huh? How long are your cycles normally? Is there anything they can put you on to shorten them? Mine are about 30 days long. I ovulate usually day 17-18. They like to see the progesterone over a 10. On a medicated cycle, it is even better to see it over a 15. My last three readings were a 17.2, 15.2, and a 5 from last month boo!!!

 

[Smiler82]

Ooh yes, fingers crossed for Monday. What is a good number to get back from a progesterone check? I have no idea, here they just say "yes you ovulated" or "no you didn't" and don't give you any numbers. At least I didn't get any, anyway.

Yeah it is good I ovulated at least, but we're trying to get it down to a more normal time frame...I ov around day 36 on my own anyway, so is annoying to be going to all these sessions and it not make much of a difference! Last cycle I was really happy as it happened on day 24 so was hoping for it to get better each cycle. Maybe next time will be better

Oh ok I see. Yeah I guess that is a little bit late huh? How long are your cycles normally? Is there anything they can put you on to shorten them? Mine are about 30 days long. I ovulate usually day 17-18. They like to see the progesterone over a 10. On a medicated cycle, it is even better to see it over a 15. My last three readings were a 17.2, 15.2, and a 5 from last month boo!!!

They are often around 50 days long. The only thing I've been offered is clomid to make me ovulate earlier - I don't know if that guarantees you a 'normal' ov time or just some general improvement. Still not sure I'm ready for that yet, like I said before about all the horrid side-effects you can get, plus the drying up of cm and the thinning of the womb lining...femara sounds way better!

Hopefully was just the HCG that stopped you ovulating before. Though it is mad that they won't test you later when you know you ov on day 17/18. I don't see how it's any skin off their noses to test you on CD 25 instead of CD 21, surely if anything it's better because it means their records will be more accurate! Sounds like your other readings were good though, especially if they were taken a few days early

 

[Sunshine7125]

Ooh yes, fingers crossed for Monday. What is a good number to get back from a progesterone check? I have no idea, here they just say "yes you ovulated" or "no you didn't" and don't give you any numbers. At least I didn't get any, anyway.

Yeah it is good I ovulated at least, but we're trying to get it down to a more normal time frame...I ov around day 36 on my own anyway, so is annoying to be going to all these sessions and it not make much of a difference! Last cycle I was really happy as it happened on day 24 so was hoping for it to get better each cycle. Maybe next time will be better

Oh ok I see. Yeah I guess that is a little bit late huh? How long are your cycles normally? Is there anything they can put you on to shorten them? Mine are about 30 days long. I ovulate usually day 17-18. They like to see the progesterone over a 10. On a medicated cycle, it is even better to see it over a 15. My last three readings were a 17.2, 15.2, and a 5 from last month boo!!!

They are often around 50 days long. The only thing I've been offered is clomid to make me ovulate earlier - I don't know if that guarantees you a 'normal' ov time or just some general improvement. Still not sure I'm ready for that yet, like I said before about all the horrid side-effects you can get, plus the drying up of cm and the thinning of the womb lining...femara sounds way better!

Hopefully was just the HCG that stopped you ovulating before. Though it is mad that they won't test you later when you know you ov on day 17/18. I don't see how it's any skin off their noses to test you on CD 25 instead of CD 21, surely if anything it's better because it means their records will be more accurate! Sounds like your other readings were good though, especially if they were taken a few days early

When I first started having problems, my cycles would go about 45-60 days. The metformin helped shorten my cycle since I have PCOS. I have never tried Clomid but I do like the Femara and I have never had side effects besides a headache here and there. My Dr's office seems a little crazy I am afraid. They don't even check my follies or anything. They just give me the meds and do my progesterone checks.

 

[Smiler82]

When I first started having problems, my cycles would go about 45-60 days. The metformin helped shorten my cycle since I have PCOS. I have never tried Clomid but I do like the Femara and I have never had side effects besides a headache here and there. My Dr's office seems a little crazy I am afraid. They don't even check my follies or anything. They just give me the meds and do my progesterone checks.

Yeah I would've really liked to try metformin. My GP said if she were able to prescribe it, she'd have given it to me straight away, but you have to get it from a fertility specialist at the hospital. When I went for my appointment he refused me metformin, he said he only gave it to people who were drastically overweight. Annoying, as I'd heard a lot of good things from women who were similar weights to me.

Should you be having follicle checks? Can you change doctors?

 

[Sunshine7125]

When I first started having problems, my cycles would go about 45-60 days. The metformin helped shorten my cycle since I have PCOS. I have never tried Clomid but I do like the Femara and I have never had side effects besides a headache here and there. My Dr's office seems a little crazy I am afraid. They don't even check my follies or anything. They just give me the meds and do my progesterone checks.

Yeah I would've really liked to try metformin. My GP said if she were able to prescribe it, she'd have given it to me straight away, but you have to get it from a fertility specialist at the hospital. When I went for my appointment he refused me metformin, he said he only gave it to people who were drastically overweight. Annoying, as I'd heard a lot of good things from women who were similar weights to me.

Should you be having follicle checks? Can you change doctors?

I think I really need a fertility specialist. She is just a normal OB. I was overweight when I started taking it but not obese. Just about 20lbs overweight. Now I am average weight and have kept it off so far. I think the Metformin would really be helpful, I wish you could get it.

 

[Smiler82]

When I first started having problems, my cycles would go about 45-60 days. The metformin helped shorten my cycle since I have PCOS. I have never tried Clomid but I do like the Femara and I have never had side effects besides a headache here and there. My Dr's office seems a little crazy I am afraid. They don't even check my follies or anything. They just give me the meds and do my progesterone checks.

Yeah I would've really liked to try metformin. My GP said if she were able to prescribe it, she'd have given it to me straight away, but you have to get it from a fertility specialist at the hospital. When I went for my appointment he refused me metformin, he said he only gave it to people who were drastically overweight. Annoying, as I'd heard a lot of good things from women who were similar weights to me.

Should you be having follicle checks? Can you change doctors?

I think I really need a fertility specialist. She is just a normal OB. I was overweight when I started taking it but not obese. Just about 20lbs overweight. Now I am average weight and have kept it off so far. I think the Metformin would really be helpful, I wish you could get it.

That's about the same as me, I think that's about 1 1/2 stone (sorry I can't think in pounds!!) which I could do with losing, hence joining the gym recently! But he said he'd only give it to really, really overweight people which is annoying because PCOS is to do with insulin problems and you don't have to be obese to have the insulin issues.

Yeah if you can speak to someone who specialises I reckon that would help. I can never get to see the same GP and I hear different things every time about the PCOS. They just have no idea. Once I got to see a specialist she knew far more and even though I didn't take the clomid prescription, it was just really reassuring to have her confirm a lot of the things I'd read, which the GPs had told me were wrong!

 

[Sunshine7125]

When I first started having problems, my cycles would go about 45-60 days. The metformin helped shorten my cycle since I have PCOS. I have never tried Clomid but I do like the Femara and I have never had side effects besides a headache here and there. My Dr's office seems a little crazy I am afraid. They don't even check my follies or anything. They just give me the meds and do my progesterone checks.

Yeah I would've really liked to try metformin. My GP said if she were able to prescribe it, she'd have given it to me straight away, but you have to get it from a fertility specialist at the hospital. When I went for my appointment he refused me metformin, he said he only gave it to people who were drastically overweight. Annoying, as I'd heard a lot of good things from women who were similar weights to me.

Should you be having follicle checks? Can you change doctors?

I think I really need a fertility specialist. She is just a normal OB. I was overweight when I started taking it but not obese. Just about 20lbs overweight. Now I am average weight and have kept it off so far. I think the Metformin would really be helpful, I wish you could get it.

That's about the same as me, I think that's about 1 1/2 stone (sorry I can't think in pounds!!) which I could do with losing, hence joining the gym recently! But he said he'd only give it to really, really overweight people which is annoying because PCOS is to do with insulin problems and you don't have to be obese to have the insulin issues.

Yeah if you can speak to someone who specialises I reckon that would help. I can never get to see the same GP and I hear different things every time about the PCOS. They just have no idea. Once I got to see a specialist she knew far more and even though I didn't take the clomid prescription, it was just really reassuring to have her confirm a lot of the things I'd read, which the GPs had told me were wrong!

I got curious and wanted to learn myself and I found that 1 stone = 14 pounds. I weigh about 10.7 stone, I think?? I weigh 150 pounds. I would like to weigh about 130 pounds. Well I am glad she reassured you on some things. You are absolutely right on the insulin issues because even when I was at my smallest, 144 pounds, I could not get pregnant on my own and still had the insulin problems.

 

[Smiler82]

Yeah, that sounds about right, and sounds fairly similar to me. I put on a lot of weight these last 18 months as I just turned to food after the miscarriages :/ Last time I weighed myself I was about 11 stone, which must be around 155-160 pounds. I'd like to get to below 10 stone but not going to worry too much as I'm doing weight-training now and muscle weighs more than fat! Apparently muscle helps you to metabolise insulin better so hopefully it will help DH's cousin also has PCOS and she is just tiny, and also had lots of problems conceiving. How long did it take for you to get pg with your son?

How's the spotting, hope there hasn't been any more! I am feeling so, so crampy today it's quite sore

 

[Sunshine7125]

Yeah, that sounds about right, and sounds fairly similar to me. I put on a lot of weight these last 18 months as I just turned to food after the miscarriages :/ Last time I weighed myself I was about 11 stone, which must be around 155-160 pounds. I'd like to get to below 10 stone but not going to worry too much as I'm doing weight-training now and muscle weighs more than fat! Apparently muscle helps you to metabolise insulin better so hopefully it will help DH's cousin also has PCOS and she is just tiny, and also had lots of problems conceiving. How long did it take for you to get pg with your son?

How's the spotting, hope there hasn't been any more! I am feeling so, so crampy today it's quite sore

I am so sorry about the miscarriages. I wasn't aware of that. I see you have a journal, maybe it would help if I read it It took me 17 months to conceive my son but I conceived on the first round of Femara. Before that I was only on metformin. They finally did a progesterone check on me and realized that my levels were only about a 7. This is now round 4 of Femara and no baby yet I am still not spotting!! yay! For whatever reason I had that pink spotting, it was odd. But very glad it is gone and hasn't been back!! Since you ovulated late in the cycle, can you still get pregnant? I am not familiar with that part of it because when my cycles were so long I never ovulated at all.

 

[Mmleo]

Yeah, that sounds about right, and sounds fairly similar to me. I put on a lot of weight these last 18 months as I just turned to food after the miscarriages :/ Last time I weighed myself I was about 11 stone, which must be around 155-160 pounds. I'd like to get to below 10 stone but not going to worry too much as I'm doing weight-training now and muscle weighs more than fat! Apparently muscle helps you to metabolise insulin better so hopefully it will help DH's cousin also has PCOS and she is just tiny, and also had lots of problems conceiving. How long did it take for you to get pg with your son?

How's the spotting, hope there hasn't been any more! I am feeling so, so crampy today it's quite sore

I am so sorry about the miscarriages. I wasn't aware of that. I see you have a journal, maybe it would help if I read it It took me 17 months to conceive my son but I conceived on the first round of Femara. Before that I was only on metformin. They finally did a progesterone check on me and realized that my levels were only about a 7. This is now round 4 of Femara and no baby yet I am still not spotting!! yay! For whatever reason I had that pink spotting, it was odd. But very glad it is gone and hasn't been back!! Since you ovulated late in the cycle, can you still get pregnant? I am not familiar with that part of it because when my cycles were so long I never ovulated at all.

Hello ladies.again i'v bn busy NOT baby making!The pills messed up my skin,i changed to something similar that i've use b4,let's c how it goes.
sunshine-that sounds exactly like what they call Ov spotting.I hope something sticks.
AF yet smiler?me..mood swings that i dint even hv when pg,am hving then on bcpills.sucks!!

 

[Sunshine7125]

Yeah, that sounds about right, and sounds fairly similar to me. I put on a lot of weight these last 18 months as I just turned to food after the miscarriages :/ Last time I weighed myself I was about 11 stone, which must be around 155-160 pounds. I'd like to get to below 10 stone but not going to worry too much as I'm doing weight-training now and muscle weighs more than fat! Apparently muscle helps you to metabolise insulin better so hopefully it will help DH's cousin also has PCOS and she is just tiny, and also had lots of problems conceiving. How long did it take for you to get pg with your son?

How's the spotting, hope there hasn't been any more! I am feeling so, so crampy today it's quite sore

I am so sorry about the miscarriages. I wasn't aware of that. I see you have a journal, maybe it would help if I read it It took me 17 months to conceive my son but I conceived on the first round of Femara. Before that I was only on metformin. They finally did a progesterone check on me and realized that my levels were only about a 7. This is now round 4 of Femara and no baby yet I am still not spotting!! yay! For whatever reason I had that pink spotting, it was odd. But very glad it is gone and hasn't been back!! Since you ovulated late in the cycle, can you still get pregnant? I am not familiar with that part of it because when my cycles were so long I never ovulated at all.

Hello ladies.again i'v bn busy NOT baby making!The pills messed up my skin,i changed to something similar that i've use b4,let's c how it goes.
sunshine-that sounds exactly like what they call Ov spotting.I hope something sticks.
AF yet smiler?me..mood swings that i dint even hv when pg,am hving then on bcpills.sucks!!

What pills do they have you on??

 

[Mmleo]

Yeah, that sounds about right, and sounds fairly similar to me. I put on a lot of weight these last 18 months as I just turned to food after the miscarriages :/ Last time I weighed myself I was about 11 stone, which must be around 155-160 pounds. I'd like to get to below 10 stone but not going to worry too much as I'm doing weight-training now and muscle weighs more than fat! Apparently muscle helps you to metabolise insulin better so hopefully it will help DH's cousin also has PCOS and she is just tiny, and also had lots of problems conceiving. How long did it take for you to get pg with your son?

How's the spotting, hope there hasn't been any more! I am feeling so, so crampy today it's quite sore

I am so sorry about the miscarriages. I wasn't aware of that. I see you have a journal, maybe it would help if I read it It took me 17 months to conceive my son but I conceived on the first round of Femara. Before that I was only on metformin. They finally did a progesterone check on me and realized that my levels were only about a 7. This is now round 4 of Femara and no baby yet I am still not spotting!! yay! For whatever reason I had that pink spotting, it was odd. But very glad it is gone and hasn't been back!! Since you ovulated late in the cycle, can you still get pregnant? I am not familiar with that part of it because when my cycles were so long I never ovulated at all.

Hello ladies.again i'v bn busy NOT baby making!The pills messed up my skin,i changed to something similar that i've use b4,let's c how it goes.
sunshine-that sounds exactly like what they call Ov spotting.I hope something sticks.
AF yet smiler?me..mood swings that i dint even hv when pg,am hving then on bcpills.sucks!!

What pills do they have you on??

microgynon.i've taken it in the past,went well n gave me a nice skin,took another microgynon in a different country n my skin went crazy...is that possible??

 

[Sunshine7125]

So is that birth control? How come they have you on that

 

[Smiler82]

Yeah, that sounds about right, and sounds fairly similar to me. I put on a lot of weight these last 18 months as I just turned to food after the miscarriages :/ Last time I weighed myself I was about 11 stone, which must be around 155-160 pounds. I'd like to get to below 10 stone but not going to worry too much as I'm doing weight-training now and muscle weighs more than fat! Apparently muscle helps you to metabolise insulin better so hopefully it will help DH's cousin also has PCOS and she is just tiny, and also had lots of problems conceiving. How long did it take for you to get pg with your son?

How's the spotting, hope there hasn't been any more! I am feeling so, so crampy today it's quite sore

I am so sorry about the miscarriages. I wasn't aware of that. I see you have a journal, maybe it would help if I read it It took me 17 months to conceive my son but I conceived on the first round of Femara. Before that I was only on metformin. They finally did a progesterone check on me and realized that my levels were only about a 7. This is now round 4 of Femara and no baby yet I am still not spotting!! yay! For whatever reason I had that pink spotting, it was odd. But very glad it is gone and hasn't been back!! Since you ovulated late in the cycle, can you still get pregnant? I am not familiar with that part of it because when my cycles were so long I never ovulated at all.

Aw thanks hun. My journal is pretty long!! I can't quite seem to keep the entries to a reasonable length; don't really expect anyone to read it but it's good to get stuff off your chest Yeah I can still get pg when I ovulate late - both pregnancies I conceived around day 34 - 36. We realised this cycle that we did dtd the day of and the morning after ov so I was hopeful but as time goes on I am losing that hope AF is due on Weds, and I'm going on holiday on Thurs. Fabulous!!!

Really pleased the spotting is def gone Sunshine, that's great Let us know how you get on on Monday, how long did you say you usually have to wait for a response?

Hello again Mmleo! What other country did you take microgynon in, weird you had a diff reaction. Was it a long time ago you took it, maybe you reacted differently just because your body has changed since you last took it. How come you're on it now, are you having a break or is it to help with the over stimulation?

 

[Sunshine7125]

Yeah, that sounds about right, and sounds fairly similar to me. I put on a lot of weight these last 18 months as I just turned to food after the miscarriages :/ Last time I weighed myself I was about 11 stone, which must be around 155-160 pounds. I'd like to get to below 10 stone but not going to worry too much as I'm doing weight-training now and muscle weighs more than fat! Apparently muscle helps you to metabolise insulin better so hopefully it will help DH's cousin also has PCOS and she is just tiny, and also had lots of problems conceiving. How long did it take for you to get pg with your son?

How's the spotting, hope there hasn't been any more! I am feeling so, so crampy today it's quite sore

I am so sorry about the miscarriages. I wasn't aware of that. I see you have a journal, maybe it would help if I read it It took me 17 months to conceive my son but I conceived on the first round of Femara. Before that I was only on metformin. They finally did a progesterone check on me and realized that my levels were only about a 7. This is now round 4 of Femara and no baby yet I am still not spotting!! yay! For whatever reason I had that pink spotting, it was odd. But very glad it is gone and hasn't been back!! Since you ovulated late in the cycle, can you still get pregnant? I am not familiar with that part of it because when my cycles were so long I never ovulated at all.

Aw thanks hun. My journal is pretty long!! I can't quite seem to keep the entries to a reasonable length; don't really expect anyone to read it but it's good to get stuff off your chest Yeah I can still get pg when I ovulate late - both pregnancies I conceived around day 34 - 36. We realised this cycle that we did dtd the day of and the morning after ov so I was hopeful but as time goes on I am losing that hope AF is due on Weds, and I'm going on holiday on Thurs. Fabulous!!!

Really pleased the spotting is def gone Sunshine, that's great Let us know how you get on on Monday, how long did you say you usually have to wait for a response?

Hello again Mmleo! What other country did you take microgynon in, weird you had a diff reaction. Was it a long time ago you took it, maybe you reacted differently just because your body has changed since you last took it. How come you're on it now, are you having a break or is it to help with the over stimulation?

I sure hope you get your BFP!! I will be anxious to see if your AF shows up! I will get my results the same day. I should know something by Monday afternoon. I am not feeling too confident about this month. I think I did ovulate but I really don't think it was very high....

 

[Sunshine7125]

edit - I usually feel bad when my levels get high and feel just fine. Not sure if that matters or not but certainly makes me doubtful

 

[Mmleo]

So is that birth control? How come they have you on that

bcpills r also used to help with cyst..but ofcoz i hv to c it to believe it.How r u ladies?

 

[Mmleo]

I live in East Africa,i used to take microgynon for bad AF cramps n it worked well + my skin was really smooth,went to the uk(in 2003) for some time n asked for the same but ofcoz it was made by different company n within a week my skin was showing the changes.This time i couldnt find the usual so i assumed things will be just fine but it wasnt.I've bn really gassy,tired all the time,mood swings as i mentioned..+ stomach aches tday as if am Ov'ing which i crazy coz tday is day 12 on the pill.Maybe i sh'd just try BD just in case there is an egg lol