33yr ttc#2 - buddies needed!!!

[ricschick]

Sorry af came pg good luck for this cycle xx

Welcome peonies sorry it's hard for you! Do you no why? Xx

Welcome momtastic I hope you get your bfp!

Hope everyone else is ok!!

Still no af here cd45!! Could be anywhere between 5dpo-15dpo this is so Annoying!! Been having on off cramps and yesterday I had what was like snot like cm ? I'm hoping that might be a good sign

 

[happycupcake]

Rics how bizarre! Did you do anything different this time? I can't remember. I hope you see a blatantly obvious positive test soon.

I'm on CD5 and haven't had any bleeding since CD3. Spotting but this was gone by yesterday afternoon and now I don't have anything, which is weird. It was similar last time as well. Usually I'm lucky if af has finished by today. I didn't remember to temp today, I got out of bed and remembered but didn't do it as it wouldn't be accurate.
I will be asking for my bloods to be redone when it's the right time. They have acknowledged my complaint and I'm awaiting a response. I can't believe they screwed that up, or that a nurse could misread the form like that. I'm disgusted at how they have been dealing with things recently there.
I want ovulation to hurry up so I can start using the cream because it was helping my anxiety. Still wary of the pessaries because mentally I didn't feel fabulous once I stopped using the cream and I can only imagine what it would be like having to stop using something of a higher dose

 

[ricschick]

Yeah cupcake I took soy isoflavones!! Which I won't be taking again as it has screwed up my cycle big time!! It's made it far longer! I should of just left well alone!! 😡 But it is what it is. Il just test each day I think.

 

[happycupcake]

Rics did you have an unusually short lp before? If so, maybe, as frustrating as this is, the length of this cycle is helping? If it's extending your lp. Excessively long maybe, but perhaps if you use it in future you could temp as well so you can confirm ovulation and know your lp is a good length? Temping would help lessen all this confusion at the least. I hope you have some answers soon!

I received an email back from practice manager about my complaint and even she is as incompetent because she's assumed I am complaining about the doctor I complained about before, which I wasn't! She clearly hasn't read my email properly as if she had, she wouldn't have assumed this as it's blatantly obvious I haven't complained about him. I haven't a single time mentioned his name, the only people mentioned being the receptionists and the nurse. I don't know who messed my bloods up (I can guess) but it hadn't anything to do with the doctor so I have had to email her again to make sure she calls him back and tells him I haven't complained about him as she's told him to write to me. Idiot. There are a number of doctors and nurses there and there's only a single doctor and nurse I trust out of all of them and the practice manager is rubbish at her job if she can't be bothered to read an email properly

 

[PG5K]

That's rubbish cupcake! It's scary how often this kind of thing happens too.
I hope they get it sorted this time

 

[Momtastic101]

Soy isoflavones messed up my reproductive system for a while too, I tried it for two cycles and for months after I would get really bad pains during ovulation which I never had before, turns out it gave me a cycst and when it popped I had left over fluid in my uterus. Thankfully it wasn't a severe or permanent damage but I learned my lesson.

 

[ladders]

Welcome momtastic and peonies! We've had alot of bfps on this thread so hopefully you'll get yours soon!

Cupcake that's a joke with the reply it's so frustrating when people don't take the time to read properly and just assume. No wonder mistakes have been made when they act like that!

Guys I'm so sorry that the soy has caused you problems but I'm so glad you've said it because iv been looking at taking it to see if would have with my short luteal phase, I'll definitely be keeping clear now! I ovulate regularly so I don't want to mess up the only good thing I have going! Think ill go back on the 100mg b6 complex instead. Spoken to dh and he's going to take the mucinex again this cycle so I'm feeling more positive about this cycle. I'm CD 6 today and off to the seaside tomorrow so that's will at least take my mind off things while waiting for ovulation to come around

 

[ricschick]

Cupcake what a nightmare your gp practice seems to be!! Unbelievable! Hopefully they get it right this month and all ends well!! Xx

Ladders definitely steer clear!! I think it works best for those who don't ovulate! Good luck tho and have a lovely time I've spent most of the summer down the coast. Xx

Momtastic I wish I'd never taken it!! But I did so will have to wait it out I just hope that I did ovulate the 3rd time my body tried and luckily we did bed so fx.

I'm anywhere between 7-17dpo I think lol so hoping I have an answer either way by next week.

Kids back to school this week !! Woohoo lol I love em home but I do like getting back to a routine! My 2nd daughter starts high school and our littlest starts nursery! 😱 Gonna miss her!

 

[happycupcake]

I can't believe their incompetence. Why would I request a qualitative blood test at 7dpo?!? It isn't logical. And if I wanted to complain about someone specific I would have named them, but I don't know if it was the receptionist or nurse, or both.

Ladders I thought the mucinex was meant for you? To encourage fertile cm?
I'm sure there are other ways of lengthening lp. A short lp I think indicates lack of progesterone? So adding things to your diet to encourage it could help, acupuncture could help, taking prenatal multivitamins should help. Brazil nuts are meant to be helpful in encouraging progesterone production, usually 1-2 each day is plenty to give us our RDA of selenium but I have read people recommending 5-6 daily during lp. It's important to make sure you don't overdo it with those though since they are so high in selenium, as too many can be toxic.

Rics, it's scary they grow up so fast don't they?!? We homeschool ours but we have applied for schools for our eldest daughter as we think she would prefer it there and get along better there. Our youngest children don't attend nursery or school due to their autism, we feel they would do better at home where they're comfortable. It's going to be a challenge now I have my own degree coursework to do which recently arrived. I don't officially start until October but I'm getting a head start instead of waiting

 

[ricschick]

Hats off for homeschooling! Not sure I could do that! I'm not smart enough lol! What degree are you doing? Xx

 

[happycupcake]

Smart and intelligence haven't a definition - you may be amazing at maths but struggle with geography, I may be excellent at geography (I'm actually crap at geography lol) but suck hugely at maths.
Homeschooling is quite different from regular schooling. You don't have the same rules, you don't have to stick to national curriculum so it has much more freedom which allows your children to focus on their interests as well as what you know to be important. It isn't by any means easy that's for sure! But it is rewarding, and it can be a good alternative if your children aren't getting along at school. We have three autistic children, my eldest is high functioning (Asperger's, same as myself), so it's a little different with him but the youngest two are further onto the spectrum and struggle more - they don't understand things like danger and their communication isn't quite there yet although our five year old is getting there. It makes more sense to me to help them learn in their own environment especially where meltdowns are concerned.
I already did social science and am currently doing psychology with a view to moving onto forensic psychology, maybe criminology and possibly creative writing. I have a tiny obsession with humans, their minds and crime and would love to write my own books x x

 

[Sander]

Welcome to the new ladies!

About cd17 today, will wait for O for another week or so. I sometimes feel so jealous of you ladies who have shorter cycles. Feel like 38-40 day cycles last forever.

Sorry Rics everything got messed up this cycle. Hope things clear up soon.

Cupcake I've heard great things about homeschooling, I'm sure it works for your kiddos

Anyways, hoping O will come early even though I know it won't -_- TTC sucks

 

[happycupcake]

Sander that's quite a long cycle, I can imagine it must be frustrating. I know shorter cycles seem favourable but sometimes they have their own problems. Is there anything you can do to try to shorten your cycle a little?
Homeschooling is both fab and stressful lol! I think the hardest thing is finding what fits for your children and you with having to incorporate your usual routine things. The best thing about it is when your children are struggling with a certain subject and you find a way that clicks for them

 

[curiousowl]

So sorry Sander. My cycles were so long before DD. The cycle I conceived her I O'd cd28. I know how much it sucks. I'd get so jealous having 2 cycles when other people were having one.

 

[Sander]

Thanks guys.

No cupcake - I haven't looked into it too much. I've heard about soy but am kind of afraid to mess things up since I am ovulating regularly, and want to keep it that way. I haven't heard of any other ways?

 

[ricschick]

I took soy and now I'm on cd48!! So I wouldn't if I was you! It has made my cycle longer! I no how you feel sander I'm in limbo land! 😒

 

[happycupcake]

I can see why you would want to avoid using it. I'm sure there has to be some other ways to encourage things earlier though. If I remember I will have a Google

 

[Sander]

Did you guys hear that Kate Middleton is pregnant again? Jeez that lady must have super eggs.

 

[curiousowl]

Did you guys hear that Kate Middleton is pregnant again? Jeez that lady must have super eggs.

I cried. Charlotte was born 2 weeks before my DD.

 

[ricschick]

I no!! Can't lie that I'm jealous lol but I hear she has a rough time so I'm grateful that I don't get that.

Cd50 today!!!! 😫 I just hope I no either way by the end if the week!!!