Anyone LTTTC Number One?

[ttcbaby117]

just checking in with all of you ladies! Good luck with your cycles and I cant wait to hear about your BFPs

 

[Tasha16]

Hello everyone I hope u are all well.

Lucy I am so sorry and am thinking of you xx

Operation congratulations xx

 

[fisher640]

I've put on some weight which I'm a bit disappointed with because the nice clothes I'd bought don't fit now. I was feeling really out of control of my emotional eating, especially with the clomid so that was another reason for the break. I'm not trying to lose weight at the moment, just get back in control and stay at the weight I am. I stayed the same last week and put on a pound this week but I'm on antibiotics which can apparently make you retain fluid so hopefully it'll come off next week.

One of the ladies at my weight management group has shingles and didn't come to the group but asked the counsellor to talk to me privately incase I'm pregnant and not telling anyone yet, which was very sweet of her. I'm not pregnant yet but does anyone know if it would it have any impact if I got pregnant this cycle?

Ickle- I assume you had the chicken pox as a child? Shingles is only really considered to be contagious to people who have never had the chicken pox or chicken pox vaccine. If you had either I wouldn't be very concerned. If someone had shingles they won't give you shingles they would give you chicken pox. Also we generally tell people of they keep their shingles rash covered it will minimize transmission as the virus particles with shingles are in the vesicle fluid themselves.

I still see patients with shingles in the ER fairly frequently, just this week even and it's no problem.

Fisher640, nurse practitioner

 

[sugarpi24]

Did my first injection tonight...wasn't bad insurance has been giving us hell though!! :/ but finally we got some things straight!

 

[ickle pand]

Thanks fisher. I did have chicken pox as a child so I'll be fine.

I did a little googling and found out that she more infectious since she's recently had cancer treatment which will be why she was worried, but since I've already been exposed its not an issue.

Glad you got your insurance sorted out sugarpi.

Afm - waiting for ov. CBFM is still only giving me highs so far though. DH is away all weekend but we manage to DTD before he left last night and hopefully well manage again tomorrow night when he gets home.

 

[ESwemba84]

Ickle, good luck!

Tomorrow is my first RE appointment! I'm going to write everything down about my medical history and what has been going on with my cycles before I go in there so I don't forget. I'm excited to get things moving in the right direction.

 

[ickle pand]

That's a good idea. Write down any questions you have too. Good luck!

 

[Teach2]

Hello ladies I hope you don't mind me joining. I am 29 and DH is 38 we were NTNP for 3 months and will have been actively TTC for a year next month. I recently moved and have joined a new doctors surgery. I want to make an appointment next month at the one year mark and just wondered what I should be asking for? I don't know what this doctor is like and don't want to be fobbed off.

A few months ago I discovered that I have a uterine prolapse and went to see a specialist. When she asked how I had realised something was wrong I told her that I was TTC and was more aware of the position of my cervix. After that she just kept telling me that it shouldn't affect TTC and that I wouldn't get any fertility treatment etc! I genuinely was not there for that and only mentioned TTC because of the question she asked. I now don't feel like I will be taken seriously at the GP and want to be able to hold my own in there.
Sorry for the long post.

 

[Feisty Fidget]

Hello lovelies, just stopping by to see how you're all doing

Still no news for us DH has no word of his op, so we are almost at the year mark where we had to stop TTC for medical reasons

I'm glad we had the break, my mind is constantly obsessing over TTC (sure that will change once we start again ) and I hope that this will have made me strong enough to cope with the next TTC saga - NHS has told us IVF is only option, but I'm not eligible for almost 3 years. They've advised egg donation privately to help bring down the cost. I want to eventually do this, but until we have our own family I'm not sure I could cope with the mental issues should we miscarry again. In my head I would believe the couple that received my egg were carrying to term whilst I'd miscarried - such an emotional roller coaster

Hello to all the newbies, congrats to those that have been lucky enough to escape ltttc

 

[Tasha16]

Hello FF good to see u back, I really hope it works naturally for u and u have a sticky bean xx

 

[sugarpi24]

Okay went for an u/s today on Cd 10.....I have 2@13 and 1@14 on my right side...and then 2@10 on my left side....so injections are working...they took blood from me today and if the level they are checking is high doctor will most likely decrease my dose for tonight and so on...and possibly go back in either tomorrow or Wednesday for another u/s! So at least I have more than one egg...they just don't want me to have to many...do hopefully we don't have to cancel this cycle...

Snowing like crazy here! Hope everyone has a wonderful day!!

 

[Feisty Fidget]

Tasha congratulations hun, that is awesome!

Can I ask if it was natural? x

 

[2 hope]

Hi Fesity Fidget
Not sure if you remember me but I told you my story a while back and we had a lot in common because we both lost 2 pregnancies at exactly the same number of weeks and days and we talked about being worried that something would always go wrong at that point again in the future.
Well I just wanted to give you a bit of reaasurance as that is not necessarily going to be the case as I am now 28 weeks pregnant. Had a 3D/4D scan yesterday and baby was perfect. If it can work third time lucky for me than it can for you too.
Hope this gives you some hope.

 

[Pnutsprincess]

Hello Ladies,
How is everyone doing? Well I got my test results, I am not infertile at all. My ERS is 16 which is excellent. My husband morph is 2%<- that is the issue. He produces a lot of sperm, normal count is 40,000,000, but he produces 356,000,000 for motile count. We are looking into doing IUI. Hopefully be able to do it in March.

 

[Feisty Fidget]

Hi Fesity Fidget
Not sure if you remember me but I told you my story a while back and we had a lot in common because we both lost 2 pregnancies at exactly the same number of weeks and days and we talked about being worried that something would always go wrong at that point again in the future.
Well I just wanted to give you a bit of reaasurance as that is not necessarily going to be the case as I am now 28 weeks pregnant. Had a 3D/4D scan yesterday and baby was perfect. If it can work third time lucky for me than it can for you too.
Hope this gives you some hope.

2hope - you have really made my day! I am used to lots of lovelies graduating on to a happy bump, but none that had a story that matched mine so closely! I just want to say a big thank you for popping in to tell me that. Wishing you lots of luck with mummyhood

pnutsprincess have they suggested you try anything before IUI? I know a lot of women whose partners have issues swear blind by a change in diet, vitamins and lifestyle HTH

 

[Pnutsprincess]

Hi Fesity Fidget
Not sure if you remember me but I told you my story a while back and we had a lot in common because we both lost 2 pregnancies at exactly the same number of weeks and days and we talked about being worried that something would always go wrong at that point again in the future.
Well I just wanted to give you a bit of reaasurance as that is not necessarily going to be the case as I am now 28 weeks pregnant. Had a 3D/4D scan yesterday and baby was perfect. If it can work third time lucky for me than it can for you too.
Hope this gives you some hope.

2hope - you have really made my day! I am used to lots of lovelies graduating on to a happy bump, but none that had a story that matched mine so closely! I just want to say a big thank you for popping in to tell me that. Wishing you lots of luck with mummyhood

pnutsprincess have they suggested you try anything before IUI? I know a lot of women whose partners have issues swear blind by a change in diet, vitamins and lifestyle HTH

I have tried clomid in the past, I am not the problem, my specialist said I am very healthy. We eat healthy for the most part and they recommend my husband take multivitamin, which he does, There is nothing that can really help, we have to keep doing what we do. First my husband has to get a referral for the insurance to cover half of the IUI. He is doing that this week.

 

[2 hope]

Thanks Feisty.
I look forward to the day you tell me that you are now in the same position. Hopefully I can keep in touch with you.
Take care.

 

[lucylou7]

Hi All,

Sorry ive been MIA ive really found it hard coming to terms with our recent failure

FF - Its really nice to see you pop by, im really hoping things work out for you and you dont have to wait 3 years hun xx

Tasha - Lovely to hear from you and glad things are going well hun x

Operation - Congratulations hun glad every thing is going well with you and your bump

Sugar - All sounds good hun

Ella - hope tests come back ok and you can move onto IUI

Wanna - Hope you and your bump are doing well

FIsher - how you doing? hope all is well with you x

2hope - Congratulations, and im glad that your scans have gone well x

Lacey - Glad you will be started IUI soon hopefully you will get your BFP

Taro - How you doing huni?

TTC - Hope your well, whats next for you hun?

Ikle - Hope your ok, its really hard on us at times this TTC business

Hope every one else is ok? Sorry to any one i have missed its such a big thread x

AFM - Had my appointment today and they havent really been able to tell us why both our cycles were so different, they advised us that the egg collected this time was GV so was very immature and last time they were GV and M1 (i think if M1 is immature), i asked again what my AMH is and its 9 which is boarderline low but nothig to worry about so i think the frustrating thing is the not knowing why ??

The doc has said that donor egg is our best option as to see what they did with me is rare and for this to happen twice is very rare but does happen, the only thing they have suggested is that we could try again on short protocol and with different drugs... we just dont know what to do, we are thinking of getting a second opinion though

 

[OperationBbyO]

My DH had issues. His morphology was 1% on both SA and he had low count and motility on one as well (was fine on the other one).

I did mucinex and preseed to give the swimmers lots of goo to live in and finally got a BFP without IUI. The other thing we did was abstain for 3 days before my fertile window to give DH time to build up the goods.

 

[wannabeprego]

@Pnut, Fingers crossed that the IUI does the trick and that you get your BFP!! My DH has a low sperm count and motility after his vasectomy reversal and we saw improvement with his count and motility after a few months on fertility vitamins for men. I would highly recommend these vitamins that I am listing the link below for in preperation of the IUI to give you guys the best chance for success. My DH took 3 a day instead of just the recommended 2 a day, and we saw improvement in about a month with his numbers. If you read the reviews for the vitamins you can see people think they work great. Good luck to you!!

https://www.amazon.com/Fertility-Blend-Mens-Formula-cap/dp/B0000X6GDM


@Lucy, I am sorry about your eggs. Big hugs to you hun!! If you would feel more comfortable with the donor egg choice after getting a second opinion than please do so hun. Talk it over with your OH and do your research and make sure it is the right choice for the two of you. I know alot of girls that have had beautiful children through the use of donor eggs, one example is Urchin, her little girl is gorgeous. Good luck to you Lucy with whatever you decide.