46 BFPS and Counting -TTC Lucky Support Thread - newbies welcome!

[Conundrum]

Texas well thats good to hear. I wouldnt stress too much on the doctor maybe he assumed you needed to hear it? Either way really happy the exam went well and he looked over your charts.

 

[TexasRider]

Soooo 12 DPO and no AF. Looks like either im pregnant or my LP is going to be longer this month. Probably the longer LP. Guess the B6 is working. Still going to wait till Saturday to test. Chart still looks good. Down a bit from yesterday but not much and still way above coverline

 

[squirrel.]

You chart is still looking great Texas! And it's good that your AF is late. Is this your first cycle taking the B6?

Called for my husband's results and he was told to call back at 3 as they don't give out results until 3pm or later (seems like a silly beurocratic thing, as they've had his results for a while, but he was away till late last night and this is the first time he could call for them). That was at 10am, been on tenterhooks since!! Now it's only 15 minutes away. Don't know why I'm so nervous!

Was looking at the cost of private IUI with a medicated cycle and found it to be (with consultations and a test to check my Fallopian tubes are open) to be around £1500. I was expecting it to be way more, so was quite pleased by that price. We are going to see how long it takes to get referred to a fertility specialist and if it's a long waiting list, we've agreed to go private.

 

[TexasRider]

Squirrel. Yes it's my first cycle taking B6 so hopefully it working. So im not really sure I am late. My cycle before the crazy time in October-December were 28 days long so im not going to say I'm late till after 28 days lol

Oh and I hope everything turns out great for the SA. Stupid rule about no test results till 3. Glad to know IUI isnt as expensive as you thought. Fingers crossed!

 

[squirrel.]

Thanks Texas.

So SA came back normal. Phew! But at the same time alarming, as if it's not something structural (though it could still be my tubes), I'm ovulating and my bloods showed everything they can check for is good then why are we still not pregnant a year later? I mean have we just been spectacularly unlucky?? It's so frustrating!! But obviously I am relieved my husband's sperm count was normal. Going to book an appointment with GP in the morning to see about being referred. Almost hoping for a long wait as then we can justify the expenditure of going privately, which will mean a lot quicker treatment and (hopefully) more say in what we want. Would love to go see a private fertility specialist tomorrow, ask for a HCS to check my tubes and then request an IUI with medicated cycle for next cycle (1 week away) too demanding? Me? Never! Fingers crossed we might be able to start something for the cycle after next though.

 

[Trr]

Hello everyone, just here lurking in the background.

Don't have time for an update but just wanted to stick my head in and say hi and that I'm thinking of all of you. I'll be checking in tomorrow because it's my day off.

 

[blablamana]

I'm glad everything came back normal Squirrel, and I hope you get answers (well, rather a BFP ) soon

 

[Smille24]

Squirrel- I'd definitely look into getting a referral. Yes, the IUI is the most cost effective procedure if there isn't any serious health problems. It was about $1,300 for us by the time you pay for meds and the monitoring. I am very happy to hear that the SA came back normal. That's a huge relief.

 

[beemeck]

happy birthday gina! hope you can set aside some time to do something special

squirrell - I totally get it. I've all of a sudden decided that I'm absolutely sick and tired and waiting any longer and once I get my foot in the door with the HSG, I'm not letting them off the hook. I want answers, I want a specialist, I want a baby. I was actually just trying to justify these demands this morning by telling myself that I have no kids yet and want a big family. In doing this, I realized that it needs no justification and when a woman decides that she wants a baby and it isn't happening, that she should be listened to no matter what! So I'm totally on board. Glad everything is coming back normal though I totally understand the concern about "then what?". I'm still nervous to hear that too.

texas - so happy things are still looking good for you. really hoping for that bfp but if not, you have a nice, lengthy lp for implantation to occur! I was so oddly excited about my last cycle with barely any spotting even though AF came.

drum - glad everything is okay. Have you had a kidney stone before? I really hope it's not that! (I've heard some women get them while taking prenatals because of the high calcium levels if they are already getting a lot of calcium in their diets)

trr - good to see you trucking along! hope all is well

 

[gina236]

My cheapie opk was close to positive last night. Took a cb advanced ovulation test this morning and got a low. But look at the stick. Is it just me or does that look more like a high? I know for it to be peak the test line has to be darker than the control but those look pretty close to the same. I'm wondering if my thing is broken. I have 3 tests left to this box so it's not like I'm using a test analyzer from an old kit or anything. What do you think? (Kinda a bad pic but it's the best I could get as I was rushing to get ready lol)

 

[Smille24]

Texas- I'm stalking your chart. Your temp went up! I really think you'll see a bfp.

 

[TexasRider]

Gina- it does look like it should be at least high. Maybe it was on the threshold of being high instead of low so it just said low? My fertility
Monitor sticks did this last month. Only got highs and no peak but it looked close to peak and then got my temp shift. This month I only got 1 day of high before my peak. And then temp shift the day after first peak.

Smile- I hope you're right. Last night and so far this morning I have felt a little off. Kinda queasy to my stomach and smells are awful strong. I'm sure it's probably my mind getting to me but my chart does look pretty good. Tmrw will be more telling. If AF is coming my temp should drop

 

[beemeck]

hmm gina, it does look pretty dark. I know nothing about fertility monitors though so I can't help too much there. just BD in case and keep testing!

texas - FX so tightly for you!!!

AFM - FF changed my CH to day 17 which I was thinking seemed more likely with the opks. However, I can't say that I'm 100% sure that it wasn't day 15 since every other sign pointed to that day. I guess it's just making for a obsessive-free TWW cause I have no idea what's really going on lol. just sitting tight for now

 

[campn]

Gina- it looks pretty dark to me and I say it'll be turning positive pretty fast so be on BDing just in case! Happy birthday sweetie!

Bee- You know my BFP cycle I had no idea when I ovulated, I never got a rise in fact my temp went down instead! If you ovulate CD15 or CD17 you're still set with the BDing either way! I do think you O CD17 too!

 

[squirrel.]

Gina: That OPK does look really close! I'm not sure on the clearblue advance monitor, but I've heard plenty of people on here saying it's a little unreliable. I'd trust your OPK test.

Texas: Eek! Your chart is still looking amazing! And you have some great signs too. I can't wait to see what your test says tomorrow. You have amazing willpower. Once I start testing, I can't stop, but you've not wavered since 10dpo, that's brilliant!

Bee: I'm with FF on this one, just because of your +OPKs. As campn said, you're good with your bding that anywhere between CD15-CD18 would have amazing timing. I find cycles where I'm not sure on dpo a lot less stressful! Here's hoping your TWW flies by and ends in a beautiful BFP! And as for your post yesterday, you totally get it! I kind of feel like I just don't want to rest now. I need to get the ball rolling and get something sorted out as soon as possible; be it a HSG (never get it right, is that the tubes check?) or an appointment with a consultant or just anything really! We will still be trying our damned hardest this next cycle, but I feel it's all a bit useless. I've got my mind set on getting some help now, I'm not sure why.


Got a doctor's appointment at 4:20 to ask about being referred. Fingers crossed they either have a super short waiting time or a super long one (so we can justify going private). I'm pretty impressed with my surgery, it's usually really hard to book an appointment and you have to call at 8am on the dot. It's then always engaged and you have to keep redialling till you get through. I did that on Monday to see them about my recurring thrush and kept redialling till I got through at 8:04am and I got one of their last available appointments. It really is a crazy system. Well anyway, I called to discuss getting a referral around lunch time and was able to get an appointment this afternoon! Crazy! But very grateful. Wow, that was a mundane anecdote if I ever did see one apologies!

 

[beemeck]

LOL squirrell! so glad you got in so quickly! can't wait to hear how everything goes but it looks like either way you guys are going to make sure that things start happening soon. I feel myself getting so excited for you!

 

[TexasRider]

Squirrel- im going to try and wait till Saturday to test. That would be cd 29 and when AF is due if I have a 28 day cycle this month.. So fingers crossed my temps stay high but if not at least I had a good healthy cycle this month

Edit to add good luck at your appointment squirrel. Either way I hope you get in with a fertility specialist right away!

 

[Smille24]

Squirrel- Wishing you the best of luck at your appt. The fertility specialist will most likely do a series of tests including a hsg to have a clear idea of what plan works best. I would not take no for an answer bc you've been trying for a year.

Bee- I definitely think you Od on cd17. That must be a fluky temp on 3dpo. That happened to me one cycle and I thought I didn't O, but af showed right on time. You have a great chance this cycle. Fxd for a bfp!

Gina- that is so close to positive that I'd bd. Those monitors have a mind of their own sometimes. Happy birthday hun.

 

[campn]

Squirrel- I REALLY feel like your BFP is right around the corner!

 

[squirrel.]

Thanks ladies.

So I'm going crazy here browsing the web. This is my 'day off' in that my husband has the kids all day as thanks for being away and me being on my own for two weeks. What have I done with my time? Researched IUI and IVF. I am so obsessed, I'm sure it's not healthy anymore!!

So now I'm wondering if we should try to go for IVF instead of IUI. IVF for my age-range has 50-60% success rate (judging from the stats on the leading London clinic pages), whereas IUI only has a 15-30% success rate for my age range - that's only a little better than natural conception chances. IVF is obviously way more expensive (like three times more expensive!), but would have a much higher chance of success. IVF is also obviously a lot more intrusive, but if it gives us better chances.... ugh! I don't know! I need to talk to my husband after I've had my doctor's appointment. What if an IUI wasn't successful and we had to pay for another round or two? It would end up being the same cost anyway... For IVF there's no option with NHS vs private as after two kids we wouldn't get IVF on the NHS (quite rightly), so we'd have to pay for it ourselves.

Okay, mind officially gone round the twist! I'm sorry ladies, I feel like I'm floundering here. I guess having a month off is not a good thing when you've been TTC for a while as it makes you obsess about other TTC things. I'm 9dpo today and where usually I might be obsessed with symptom spotting and testing soon, now instead I'm freaking out about what procedures we might have when I haven't even seen a doctor about a referral yet. TTC is not good for one's mental health!