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

[kittykat7210]

You learn something new everyday! I just never thought about it! Well happy Mother's Day to those who are celebrating it today XD

 

[Smille24]

Yay for CHs ladies!!!!

 

[beemeck]

Hi lovelies !!!

I won't be able to keep up properly but for now I'm jet lagged and can't sleep. I made the mistake of napping today because I really thought I was exhausted enough to sleep through the night. Ugh - oops.

Travel was lovely and easy. Weather sucks for now but was expecting that. Trying to keep up with my symptoms on ff at least. My god I was so nauseated this morning it was terrible. I was by the toilet ! I told dh I wish it was later in the tww because now it can't mean anything except lack of sleep and chugging wine on the flight in attempt to sleep better. Neither worked and I think I was just hungover lol!

Sending love to everyone ! Happy Mother's Day

 

[campn]

Bee we missed you! Thread has been quiet. Glad you guys made it safely but so sorry you're sick! When you guys go out and about I bet you'll feel much better. Also, photos optional

Love you!!

 

[mommyxofxone]

thanks for the mothers day wishes! it was lovely. went fishing in the am which is exactly what i wanted to do!!! i haven't done it properly in years. We have a local place that lets you catch and release which is even better. I got two bass and one blue gill. i love fishing!

rest of the day was spent with family

 

[squirrel.]

Bee: Nice to know you arrived safely. I hope that nausea and your jetlag go away soon so you can fully enjoy your trip!


How is everyone? Hope the bumps are behaving themselves and that charts are doing as they should for everyone else

Not much to report here. 4dpo. Excited to be in my luteal phase, but I want to fast forward ten days!!

 

[TexasRider]

My chart is not behaving lol it's above cover still but just barely.... I'm just telling myself that maybe next cycle will be better since all the B6 will be out of my system

 

[gina236]

Still waiting to O here. Think the stress from getting ready for vacation has delayed it seeing as I'm on CD 15. I always o either CD 12 or CD 14. So maybe I will end up making an italy baby if we aren't too jet lagged to dtd that is. Lol. I definitely won't be testing until after I get back now since if I O'd today I would only be 11 dpo at the end of my trip and I haven't even gotten a peak on my opk yet.

 

[squirrel.]

Texas: It could be a secondary oestrogen surge too causing the dip. It's peak is around 4/5dpo and then after it drops again, the effects of the progesterone in our systems kicks up a notch and your temp should jump up again. Fingers crossed it's that and not rogue vitamins messing with your mojo

Gina: Stress can definitely delay ovulation. An Italy baby would be so romantic You could give it an Italian name to honour its origins. I hope the rest of your preparations go smoothly.



Lots of people going on trips. Is this is a common time in the US to go abroad? Seen lots of women Stateside heading off to Europe in the last couple of days on these forums.

I miss the days where my husband and I would travel every time we got a holiday from School (like 6 times a year). It was magical! I obviously don't regret having kids or want to travel more than I want to be with them, but I do miss the thrill of exploring somewhere new. We go on two trips abroad on average now - once to either my dad's place in the South of France or my brother in Holland and the other to Gozo (Malta) where my parents-in-law have a villa. I feel very lucky that we have those opportunities as if we didn't, we could never afford to go anywhere. Everything is so expensive these days!

I know I am definitely in my luteal phase this evening; I feel like I'm running hot! My skin is so warm to the touch and I feel hot and bothered. I guess that's a good thing. Fingers crossed for a temp hike tomorrow!

 

[pompeyvix]

gina - I hope you enjoy Italy! We are right behind you and will be going in June. It's such a beautiful amazing country. Fingers crossed you ov over there and conceive a sticky one.

Texas - I was interested to read your experience with B6 and how it may be messing with your cycle. I hope your temp is back up to normal in the morning.

Bee - I hope the jet lag wears off soon!

squirrel - fingers crossed you have a little bean making its way down to your uterus as we speak , ready for that BFP! I have high hopes and am sending positive thoughts.

Congrats on becoming an Aunt, Blab!

Sorry I've been MIA. Been feeling very down. Just 7 DPO and had the temp drop of death this morning I haven't come on yet, but I have dull cramps, so assuming I will wake up to AF. So disappointing as it will mean my luteal phase has gotten worse not better! I've been taking B6 and B Complex for the past few months and they clearly have done nothing. I also took soy this month and although it could be a coincidence, but I ovulated two days later than normal and my lp has shortened.

So next cycle I have decided to take nothing but thyroxine, folic acid, vit c and a prenatal. I am cutting out B6 , complex and metformin. I need to know if I am ovulating without the metformin or whether I need it to ovulate. In the past few months I've gone from not ovulating at all , to ovulating every month (although it's probably a very poor quality egg seeing as it's so late) and I need to understand what is helping. I started thyroxine and metformin around the same time, so I want to know which one it is to see if I can narrow why I am not falling pregnant. I hope everything is all linked into my thyroid, that would give me the most satisfaction, but knowing my luck it isn't :/

 

[TexasRider]

Pompey- do you have PCOS? If so I read you weren't supposed to take soy. Also B6 works kinda like soy from what I read once I started having problems this cycle. I think it supresses your estrogen like soy does. So technically B6 doesn't lengthen your LP. What it does is suppressed estrogen so your body hopefully makes more and then when you O you make more progesterone. More estrogen=more progesterone. At least I think that's right?

Anyway I would maybe cut out everything you're supplementing with but continue to metformin and thyroid meds. Since the dr have them to you. But that's just my 2 cents. I am clearly no expert lol

 

[pompeyvix]

Pompey- do you have PCOS? If so I read you weren't supposed to take soy. Also B6 works kinda like soy from what I read once I started having problems this cycle. I think it supresses your estrogen like soy does. So technically B6 doesn't lengthen your LP. What it does is suppressed estrogen so your body hopefully makes more and then when you O you make more progesterone. More estrogen=more progesterone. At least I think that's right?

Anyway I would maybe cut out everything you're supplementing with but continue to metformin and thyroid meds. Since the dr have them to you. But that's just my 2 cents. I am clearly no expert lol

Thanks for the B6 and soy info. I wasn't aware of that.

I honestly don't know if I have PCOS or not. I know that sounds weird. a year ago I had irregular periods and my GP ran blood tests to see if I had PCOS. One blood test came back slightly elevated. My thyroid was also borderline. She prescribed a small dose of thyroxine and metformin. I started thyroxine in July 2015, but not the metformin. Within a couple of months my cycles returned to normal. In October last year, I had an ultrasound and I was told my ovaries are normal and healthy. However, in December I decided to start taking metformin.

When I had my final fertility appointment back in early April , I was told I no longer have PCOS and when I did have it , it was borderline at best.

I don't know really and feel confused. My current GP questioned why I was on metformin and seemed reluctant to keep me on it. So I wanted to try a cycle without it to see if it makes any difference. I will definitely keep on thyroxine because my thyroid doesn't function properly without it. I am convinced (or at least want to be!) the positive changes to my cycle are because of the thyroxine as opposed metformin. A year ago I was having 90+ day cycles with no ovulation, so in some ways I have come far. But I still feel so far away from actually getting pregnant.

 

[squirrel.]

Pompey: I'm really sorry to hear that you're having difficulties with your luteal phase. I'm not entirely sure about supplements, beyond the fact that I've heard soy and B6 can help, but clearly with you, they didn't. So you're no longer seeing fertility specialist? If you can get back to see one, maybe see if they can prescribe progesterone? That helps considerably with short luteal phases I've heard. I hope you find something that works soon.



So I'm not convinced I've ovulated I think my temp may be hovering where it is because of the progesterone and not because I actually ovulated. I don't know if that's even possible, as I had a 22mm follicle when I triggered... So I don't get why it wouldn't rupture... But I just have a weird feeling about this cycle. Why isn't my temp climbing?? Maybe I am having one hell of a secondary oestrogen surge that is keeping my temp down. Looking back at my cycles, there has only been one other cycle where my temp has stayed low (and also dropped a bit on 5dpo) and then risen again to its normal post-o level. So frustrated! If my temp goes up tomorrow, I am going to stop temping this cycle. It gives me such a headache.

 

[beemeck]

Aw squirrel just snuck on here and wanted to tell you that I think it's not possible for you to have NOT ovulated. I switched docs at my clinic and this one wanted to run a progesterone test a week after iui. I said I was leaving the country and couldn't and the nurse said that's fine since I took the trigger I 99.9% ovulated with that. She then said actually, with the trigger, you 100% will ovulate. So I think it's very safe to say that you did. I'm sorry that temps are being odd for you but maybe different is good! I've kinda hated not temping these past few days, mainly because it's typically the first way I rule myself out and now I can lead myself on with false hope thinking that maybe my temps are through the roof right now lol. But the good thing is that I do keep forgetting whAt dpo I am and I'm not obsessing. So do what you think will keep you from obsessing the most thinking of you and all of the ladies !

 

[Cookieb]

Hi everyone, sorry I've been away. No internet at home for past two days and work was CRAY-ZEE yesterday.

Squirrel, char is definitely not behaving. Temps have been everywhere this cycle (day 13). Chalking it up to bad sleep and this hot new comforter on my bed. I temp at 4am (early riser) but have woken up at 2 several times over the past three weeks and temped then since I wouldn't be getting three more hours. Also slept in (till 6 lol) one day this weekend. This morning I woke up at two with a sharp pain on the right side of my lower abs. Had to be ovary. Still feel a pain in that area now (5:30am), more dull though. Good thing we've been BD'ing every day. Just text the hubby and told him he should try and be home between me getting back from the gym and going to work (he works overnight...fx)

So interesting about B6 Texas. I started using it last month. It arrived mid AF so started it then. I have a shorter cycle, 25-26 days, and my LP was 11 days. Last month my cycle was 27 days and LP was 12 days, so that part was a win for me. We shall see how this month plays out!

Hope work is a little calmer today so I can jump on here for a bit later...

 

[beemeck]

Oh and squirrel - where in south of France is your dad? We will be heading to nice and Cannes (the film festival is going on) next week!

 

[mommyxofxone]

Squirrel i don't know anyone that starts going away til june, and everyone is all over the place june-august but not as much in spring. (not that we've really had a spring over here this year.)

 

[gina236]

I go away during may just because it's my anniversary. Last year we went on our delayed homeymoon. This year we just decided to take a trip.

Pompey, sorry about the temp drop hopefully it comes back up and was just a crazy implantation dip? It's a long shot but maybe..

Squirrel I can't imagine you wouldn't ovulate after a trigger. Hopefully you just have a slow rising temp. FX it shoots up soon

Bee get offline and go enjoy your trip!! Lol

 

[Smille24]

Squirrel- I'm sorry your temps are not cooperating. I definitely think you O'd. I know progesterone makes temps climb, but you had the rise b4 you took the progesterone.

Bee- I'm glad you arrived safely and put temping aside. I hope you're having a great time.

Pompey- I would stop the supplements too. I had trouble with late ovulation, but could never bring myself to take anything bc it'd probably mess things up. If your lp is only 7 days, I agree it's probably a progesterone imbalance. Definitely talk to your dr.

 

[Thorpedo11]

Pompey: I'm really sorry to hear that you're having difficulties with your luteal phase. I'm not entirely sure about supplements, beyond the fact that I've heard soy and B6 can help, but clearly with you, they didn't. So you're no longer seeing fertility specialist? If you can get back to see one, maybe see if they can prescribe progesterone? That helps considerably with short luteal phases I've heard. I hope you find something that works soon.



So I'm not convinced I've ovulated I think my temp may be hovering where it is because of the progesterone and not because I actually ovulated. I don't know if that's even possible, as I had a 22mm follicle when I triggered... So I don't get why it wouldn't rupture... But I just have a weird feeling about this cycle. Why isn't my temp climbing?? Maybe I am having one hell of a secondary oestrogen surge that is keeping my temp down. Looking back at my cycles, there has only been one other cycle where my temp has stayed low (and also dropped a bit on 5dpo) and then risen again to its normal post-o level. So frustrated! If my temp goes up tomorrow, I am going to stop temping this cycle. It gives me such a headache.

Squirrel- your temps look just like mine did when I caught this last month. FXed for you.