30 something and TTC #1 for a year

[aleja]

Hi mk anything is worth a shot really. Mind you I haven't really altered my food intake too much I've just cut back on caffeine and alcohol and increased leafy greens , eggs, nuts etc (good for healthy eggs) and trying hard to curb my sweet tooth of course. But then I think of all the women I know who have fallen preggers who eat junk food, smokes cigarettes and drink excessively ???!!! ( like my overweight cousin who is due in November) No fair at all ...

Brassy how come you are on progesterone ? Is it oral or pessaries?

 

[aleja]

Oh and Samantha is a fine name but I see what you mean about being a bit out of fash.

I have a few names I like up my sleeve but it's hard to imagine having a chance to use them. I do like Charlie for a boy but this has become very popular

 

[brassy]

Hi gals!
MK, I had looked into that a few months ago. It is so interesting. I know that I don't have coeliac disease. A few months ago I had a gastroscopy because of my gerd where they also take a look of your upper small intestine. That looked fine which isn't the case in coeliac sufferers. However, they suspect that in people who don't have the extreme of this disease even a glucose intolerance can cause issues. I tried to go gluten free but didn't manage to. DH also hated the gluten free bread I was making. I will try to go wheat free this time. Some people also say that it's not just the gluten in wheat but wheat itself causing the problems. Gluten in other grains, such as dinkel, is better tolerated by gluten intolerate people.

We went to the dr today. I got my biopsy results which just confirmed the polyp (it was a relief). Dr says the polyp was in the opening of my right tube, right is my dominant ovary. He want us to try for two months au naturel and then if nothing I will be prescribed clomid. But he seemed very optimistic.

Aleja, I take some pills. Half of them are estrogen and the other half progesterone, 21 in total. They usually prescribe it in women with cycle issues, but not only. In my case the estrogen are meant to strengthen the endometrium, and the progesterone to delay slightly my period. ...But he said it's ok to omit some of the progesterone pills...

I hope everyone is doing well...

 

[MrsPTTC]

MK that's interesting. DH & I have followed a low gluten diet for about a year now & definitely feel better for it, in fact bread makes DH feel awful now. It was supposed to be a glue free diet but found it impossible to follow, I love my gluten & have craved it in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy!

Brassy, Ada is a lovely name. Ava (similar) is very popular in the UK. Woohoo on your polyp results! I'd bet money that's been preventing your BFP! GL hun!

Aleja, I love Charlie but our friends named their little girl that a few months back so its a no no for us now.

How are my PUPO girls doing??

How's everyone else?

x

 

[snowflakes120]

I am in shock. IUI #1 was a go. Beta was 63 today and Progesterone was 30. I can't believe it. I still have to go back on Wed. to make sure the #'s are doubling.

 

[GettingBroody]

Ohmigod Snowflake!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Am so totally and utterly thrilled for you!! When will you be due?! So exciting!!!

 

[snowflakes120]

Thanks so much Broody! I love all your smilies!! FF says I'm due May 29, 2013.

 

[MrsPTTC]

Eeeek snowflake!! Well done chick! So happy for you x

 

[mk8]

Ohhhhh wow! Well done Snowflake. More good news on this site- I love it!

Congratulations to you and mister flake! I do hope you cont to stop by to say hi!

Femara and ovidrel worked a treat for you- yay!

 

[brassy]

That's soooo great! Wonderful news snowflakes. Eventually the timing was very right!!!
H&H 9 months to you!!! I hope more bfps follow in this thread really soon!!!

 

[MrsG2010]

Snowflake! Congratulations!! Looks like the timing worked out for you afterall... wonderful news!

So I have now convinced myself, with the help of google, that I have endo. Im going to bring it up to the doctor. I have many of the symptoms and Im sitting here 23 months later because of something.... I dont want to spend more money on IUIs if theyre not going to work. !?!?! This whole thing is stressing me out! Of course, I've read, you can't be diagnosed w/ endo without surgery. This seems so crazy.

Mk - Gluten free diet... Doesnt sound like a bad idea. Ill look into it.

I hope everyone's doing well.

 

[snowflakes120]

Aweee thanks girls! I totally plan on sticking around!

 

[cupcakesarah]

Yey Snowflake that's fab!!! Congratulations!

 

[aleja]

Oh Snowflakes !!!!!!!!!!! OMG it worked!!!!!! well done!!!! How about that ?? First attempt was a winner , you lucky girl !!!
I hope the next 9 months are boring and non eventful for you xxx

MrsG I was thinking the same thing about me having Endo.. Just a self diagnosis of course!

PUPO is going ok.. Just the progesterone symptoms but not much to report to be honest. I have a slight urge to test but will wait to at least Saturday .... It is usually 1 week after the ET that I start feeling the AF-like symptoms so that will be the telling sign for me whether there is any hope

 

[MrsG2010]

Aleja and everyone I need help, thoughts and advice. As I mentioned earlier im now worried about endo. Reading online it seems the only way to diagnose endo is a lap. I read about the procedure. And oh my goodness it sounds awful.

I have to go in and do my annual anyway. I'm thinking about going to my regular doctor and asking about endo. Other option. I think better option. I think I'm going to call my FS nurse and ask her what I should do. Anyway I was just wondering your thoughts about endo and laps. Which is basically exploratory surgery. But if I keep doing iuis and they don't work maybe it's a waste of time/money if a lap could diagnose and fix a problem.

 

[mk8]

Hi mrs g- what makes you think you have endo?

I don't think laps are routinely done and whilst they can help with fertility (removing the endo) it can also cause infertility by creating scar tissue etc.

I know what you mean about being unexplained. It's frustrating and you feel like there has to be something wrong. I think speaking to your doc and fs is key- hopefully they will be able to shed some light on the suspected endo. You have tried iui once right hun? It was on clomid wasn't it? Perhaps it's worth speaking to docs to see if you can try other meds like injectables? I really hope that the docs provide you with some useful info. Keep us posted on what they say.

 

[aleja]

Hi mrsG what endo symptoms do you have ? It's worth asking the FS or GP about it but as MK said it might just be a numbers game with the IUI ( our most hated excuse !!!)
One of my friends had a lap and they found Endo including in her bowels . She had day surgery but had about 2 weeks of work to recover. She was very lucky as the clean out worked and she fell pregnant within a couple of months .
I think she had very painful AF, short cycles and low AMH .. So sometimes these invasive methods work

I think there is an exam you can have before a lap to see if Endo is present. A hysterocopy??

 

[brassy]

Hello ladies!

MrsG and Aleja, at times I have wondered if I have endo myself, again self diagnosis. I, too, have very painful periods, but my mother did, too, and she never had endo. None of the doctors that I have visited suspected something like that, though. I think there is a blood tests that might suggest so if you do have it. Not sure how reliable it is, though.

 

[mk8]

Heya, I think there's the blood test ca125- not at all conclusive but it can suggest endo if abnormal. Someone said retroverted uterus can suggest endo too. What else... Painful periods. Though some people have no symptoms right? So confusing

 

[mk8]

Heya, I think there's the blood test ca125- not at all conclusive but it can suggest endo if abnormal. Someone said retroverted uterus can suggest endo too. What else... Painful periods. Though some people have no symptoms right? So confusing