Anyone LTTTC Number One?

[2 hope]

Thanks all for making me feel so welcome. Its amazing what an uplift some support from other women can give you.

Furure Mama1 - its been 3 years too since we started trying. Guess mine has just been broken up a bit by two miscarriages. Are you under a fertility specialist now?
I had tests done about year ago now and all came back clear. They were just about to refer me further but then I got pregnant. Since losing it I now don't qualify for any assisted conception. So frustrating.

Feisty Fidget- so sorry to hear that you have also had two miscarriages. So close for us- but yet still so far away.
Have you had any testing done?

 

[ickle pand]

TTCBaby where in the world are you? The US measure in ng/ml whereas in the UK we use nmol/l. I know in the UK my FS looks for 30nmol/l at 7DPO to confirm ov. Here's a link that has both scales on it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filerogesterone_during_menstrual_cycle.png

 

[smallstar]

Hope you don't mind me joining this thread too!!!

We have been trying to concieve our first baby for 2+ years!!

Neither of us have any "problems" as such, SA came back fine and i have all the tests done under the sun, and has resulted in unexplained infertility JOY!!!
I did have very erratic irregular cycles which meant possibly was not ovulating, so 6months of clomid and despite some positive signs of ovulating...not 1 BFP

Im now since January this year off all the meds and just taking folic acid and seeing if mother nature (aka the B**CH!!!) will bless us in due course.....6 months into the year my cycles are now showing a small glimmer or normalising (not holding my breath though!) and still no sign of ANY BFP

x

 

[2 hope]

hi smallstar- welcome

Well I am lucky enough to have normal cycles and blood tests show I do ovulate. It still took me about 13 months to get pregnant the first time and 16 months the second time. Think i'm trying to be taught the meaning of the word 'patience'!!!!!!

 

[smallstar]

I dont know what is more frustrating not ovulating or knowing that you do ovulate and still not being able to get pregnant!!! It just makes no sense at all

 

[2 hope]

I dont know what is more frustrating not ovulating or knowing that you do ovulate and still not being able to get pregnant!!! It just makes no sense at all

Tell me about it. When you know you are ovulating then you think what the heck is stopping it from working!!!!!
Plus I will be frightened to death anyway if I were to get another BFP- I would be on permanent 'knicker watch'.

 

[Feisty Fidget]

When I originally came off BC I had erratic cycles and tests confirmed I wasn't ovulating 6 months after. They put me on clomid - fell pregnant first cycle and sadly lost. Carried on taking clomid for 9 more months nothing - took a break for about 6 months, started clomid again and fell pregnant first round after break. I am beginning to think that I may have ovulation problems (even through according to OPK and BBT I ovulate without clomid now) as the only times I have fallen pregnant or on clomid. Sadly I only have one round left so saving it for November

Not sure what is worse not being able to fall pregnant or not being able to sustain a pregnancy No testing for me until I have another miscarriage as our local PCT sucks!

 

[2 hope]

When I originally came off BC I had erratic cycles and tests confirmed I wasn't ovulating 6 months after. They put me on clomid - fell pregnant first cycle and sadly lost. Carried on taking clomid for 9 more months nothing - took a break for about 6 months, started clomid again and fell pregnant first round after break. I am beginning to think that I may have ovulation problems (even through according to OPK and BBT I ovulate without clomid now) as the only times I have fallen pregnant or on clomid. Sadly I only have one round left so saving it for November

Not sure what is worse not being able to fall pregnant or not being able to sustain a pregnancy No testing for me until I have another miscarriage as our local PCT sucks!

I really moaned and graoned at my doctors and because he knew how long it took us to get pregnant each time he agreed to put me in for some basic testing.
Got testing for blood clotting and some other things which I didn't really understand!!! But hey i'm willing to try anything as long as it works.
Fingers crossed for November then.

 

[smallstar]

Feisty Fidget - Im so sorry for your loses
Its so awful not knowing what or why our bodies do what they do....

I have 3months of clomid pills left, i choose to stop after 6months in December last year, but dont want to use them yet, as i mentioned my cycles seem to be normalising so have asked docs to do a 21day progesterone test (on CD23 for me!) to see if i am ovulating for myself...if not we have decided to wait till August and start with clomid for the last 3 months....Fingers crossed for a BFP and a sticky one at that....

Really hope that November brings you good luck and good news x

 

[ttcbaby117]

Hi Ladies -

ickle - thanks for the chart....I live in the bahamas, but all my RE work is done in the US. My RE answered me back and she really liked my number so I feel good about it!

I do ovulate on my own but everytime I ovulate my progesterone is borderline which lead my RE to believe that even though I ovulating it was probably not such a great egg AND my body didnt make enough progesterone to keep my lining nice and thick for implantation. This is why she put me on progesterone after I ovulate...not sure if that helps but maybe those who are ovulating arent making enough progesterone.

 

[fisher640]

I dont know what is more frustrating not ovulating or knowing that you do ovulate and still not being able to get pregnant!!! It just makes no sense at all

SO true SO SO SO true!!!!!!
We're unexplained and I'm baffled each month when shows up regularly. Especially now with all our IUIs. W.. T... F.....

 

[lucylou7]

Hi All

Future Mamma - Welcome, sorry your not having a good time at the moment, but this group is very supportive...


Small star - Welcome to hun, i know how frustrating it is we are just waiting for our IVF appointment in august, nothing wrong with me but OH SA came back with only 2% morphology so swimmers are not making it to the target... So we have been advised that IVF is our best option... Were your OH numbers good then?

FF - welcome back on the train that no one wants to be on I think that 2012 is our year though for all us LTTTC peeps

Fisher - I agree with FF this could be a great birthday pressie Fx for you x

TTC - Im sorry i dont know much about progesterone sorry hun x

 

[Feisty Fidget]

I did think 2012 was our year but now after recent loss I know it won't be falling pregnant quickly doesn't see to be a possibility for us.

Spurring you all on though x

 

[FutureMama1]

Thanks all for making me feel so welcome. Its amazing what an uplift some support from other women can give you.

Furure Mama1 - its been 3 years too since we started trying. Guess mine has just been broken up a bit by two miscarriages. Are you under a fertility specialist now?
I had tests done about year ago now and all came back clear. They were just about to refer me further but then I got pregnant. Since losing it I now don't qualify for any assisted conception. So frustrating.

Feisty Fidget- so sorry to hear that you have also had two miscarriages. So close for us- but yet still so far away.
Have you had any testing done?

Yes we are attending Ninewells assisted conception unit. I dont ovulate and have irregular cycles. Im on my first month of Gonal F but things are moving very slowly my biggest follicle is only 12mm which is a bit disappointing.

Cant believe you no longer qualify for assisted conception, why is that?

 

[ickle pand]

FutureMama - You can't be too far away from me then. We're in Montrose so got the choice of Ninewells or Aberdeen, but I went with Aberdeen since I work there so it makes it easier for appointments.

I got my first CBFM peak today so I'll probably ov tomorrow. Trying to get DH in the mood to DTD without bugging him. TTC has made me a master of manipulation lol!

 

[FutureMama1]

FutureMama - You can't be too far away from me then. We're in Montrose so got the choice of Ninewells or Aberdeen, but I went with Aberdeen since I work there so it makes it easier for appointments.

I got my first CBFM peak today so I'll probably ov tomorrow. Trying to get DH in the mood to DTD without bugging him. TTC has made me a master of manipulation lol!

Haha yes my DH is the same! It is a shame, there is a lot of pressure on them to provide the goods

How are you finding the experience at Aberdeen? Dundee is fine but waiting lists are long! Im on Gonal which is good as you can start pretty much immediately. Are you on any meds?

 

[ickle pand]

Well the doctor I see is lovely but I've heard there is one who's not so great.

I'm not on any meds just now - my weight has been an issue for getting sort of treatment but I've lost the weight I need to and am still losing so when we go back in July we'll see what happens. We're currently on the waiting list for IVF but our place was conditional on me losing the weight.

We should be near the top of the list now, but we're hoping to be allowed to wait until January until we start because we recently found out that some medication I was on causes temporary infertility so we want to have a few more natural tries before we go for IVF.

 

[Tasha16]

Hello Ladies I hope you are all well, Sorry I haven't reah through all the postes as I haven't been on here for a couple of weeks and there was loads to read.

FF and Sticky how r u ladies doing now? xx

Welcome to all the newbies xx

 

[Sticky Beans]

Hi everyone,

I went to the hospital for my last blood test, hcg is now at 8.7 which is good so practically back to normal, over the last week my stomach has flattened back down, I was so bloated before.
Am feeling quite good, I am going to enjoy my month 1/2 of recreational BD'ing before jumping back into ttc with my new meds. I'm kinda looking forwards to a little break, this year has been so shitty this year so far on the baby front!

Happy birthday fisher for monday!

hope everyone enjoys the rest of the wkend!

xx

 

[fisher640]

Thanks!
Still waiting around here. No pos OPK today either. I kind of hope it's tomorrow so the IUI will be on my birthday.
My ICs have looked borderline positive since last night but still no smiley face and the test line is def not the same as the control--- so. Maybe. They want me to call either way tomorrow morning. So if it's negative I hope they do US & bloodwork Sunday so IUI can be Monday.

Can you believe some people just... Get pregnant? Like, just like that?