Anyone NATURAL ttc #1 for 2 years, zero BFP and all results good, no health issues?

[laustiredttc]

hey malamae i would agree hun it looks like you O on day 13. Good luck huni

Hey popchick. I think the recovery time for a lap depends whether you need anything removing, ie, endo. I had a bit of endo behind my left tube and it took me about two weeks to recover properly. About a week for the uncomfortable pain to go. Hope that helps hun?

 

[g_and_t]

Hi all... Just a quick update...

Currently day 13 and waiting to ov... I still haven't had a date for my lap!!!! I got fed up and called them and now im livid! They said the earliest they could do was early Feb!!! I specifically told the nurse at the pre op that i fly to south Africa on 11 March and you cant fly for a month after... So she agreed to put me on the cancellation list.....

Well turns out that not only did she make a note of my travel plans, she didn't put me on the cancellation list!!!!!! What's the point of having a freakin pre op if the stupid woman doesn't even listen to a thing i said?!?? Argh so the nurse on the phone says because im mid cycle now and now protecting ourselves when bding I'll have to wait til my next period to get any cancellations... Fine!

These people just don't realise they are messing with peoples lives here! Every damn day counts when youve been ttc for 2 years.... Wtf!!!

Anyway im just hoping last months acupuncture works on my little body this month and that we get some good bding in... Fingers crossed we won't even need them.....

Hope everyone else is doing ok...

Xxx

 

[laustiredttc]

ah hun thats terrible. I realy feel for you well i say what goes around comes around so maybe something will happen to her where she will have to wait for something that she really wants then maybe she will get a taste of her own medicine!

 

[popchick75]

I'm so sorry I always feel like i'm just a number at the doctors office. I think they care, but not enough to truly sit down and listen to your issues. I think part of their brain is always on 'how late am i running'.

Of all of the doctors I've seen, and there have been a lot, the acupuncturist is the one who listened the most.

AF started for me this morning. My cycles are so regular...I just don't understand why things don't work. I guess I'm just going to stick with acupuncture and vitex this month. I'm leaving for a 2 week vacation next month so I don't want to change things up too much.

 

[laustiredttc]

bless hun i'm sorry she got you. But i hope you have a wonderful vacation xx

 

[MalaMae]

I got my period totally out of the blue and it's only 24th day!!! My LP this month was only 11 days!!!
I'm losing hope

 

[popchick75]

I'm so sorry I wish i could say something to make it ok...

 

[MalaMae]

Thanks popchick!
We are all in the same boat. You ladies are the only ones that know how I feel now.

 

[laustiredttc]

oh huni i'm sooo sorry, kind of know how your feeling. I just know i'm out this month as well. Same as all the other months, its such a horrible journey. We're all here for you huni

 

[Anxiously]

Hello my fellow LTTC ladies

Was just browsing through the threads and chanced upon this one. I've been TTC for 2 years and went through all kinds of checks (various ultrasounds, HSG, bloodwork, etc) to try find the problem - short of having a lap as there wasn't any indication that one was required. All the results came back normal, including husband's SA.

Was religiously monitoring my cycles with BBT, upgraded to CBFM, took Vitex, never skip a day of multivitamins, hired a personal trainer to keep in shape, had acupuncture twice a week, preseed...I was at my wits' end when we finally turned to IUI. Though successful at the 2nd try, it was not meant to be.

We went through 14 months after the MMC (heartbeat stopped at 8 weeks) before finally deciding on IVF in Nov. We just thought, man, if IVF doesn't work, then maybe we're just not destined to have our own children. So we were all geared up for the IVF and in Oct, I went for a full health screening just to make sure everything's good to go. The report suggests that I may have subclinical hypothyroidism (meaning that it's not that serious but worth starting treatments) and recommended me to see an endocrinologist. I asked my GP for her opinion, and she said that my numbers were at the borderline and doesn't seem to be cause for concern.

I saw an endocrinologist anyway just to be sure. He did a more in-depth analysis of my prior TSH and free T4 test results and concluded that while I'm currently at the borderline, I seem to be headed towards hypothyroidism very soon. He's mentioned that my condition could be a cause of infertility as it can interfere with the proper production of other reproductive hormones, and may also have contributed to the MMC as sufficient thyroid hormones need to be present for fetal development. He also mentioned that hypothyroidism in ladies often go undiagnosed, because early symptoms are not apparent and many people don't go for regular health screening that includes thyroid tests.

So I was given thyroxine pills to take daily for about a month before the IVF. Today, I went for a follow up and was elated to find that my levels are now almost within normal range, and the endocrinologist has assured me that my condition is now unlikely to interfere with the IVF success rate.

It's uncanny that after 2 years of unexplained infertility, and performing a whole host of fertility tests that came back normal, I actually found a potential cause through a health screening (which was way overdue). And just 1 month before IVF. Is this fate?

 

[laustiredttc]

hey hun thank you for the info. I think i have a borderline thyroid condition. Its the one where my metabolism is sped up. My mum has this, only when the doctor mentioned it she said it was nothing to worry about. Is this the same thing that you had?

 

[Anxiously]

hey hun thank you for the info. I think i have a borderline thyroid condition. Its the one where my metabolism is sped up. My mum has this, only when the doctor mentioned it she said it was nothing to worry about. Is this the same thing that you had?

Hi laus, yours sounds like hyperthyroidism, which is the opposite of what I have. But since it's still a thyroid dysfunction, I think it can affect fertility too. You can find more info at https://www.thyroid-info.com/articles/fertilitythy.htm. Have you consulted an endocrinologist for this? I've had 3 doctors of different specialties telling me that there's nothing to worry about - a colorectal specialist (who ordered a thyroid test due to my chronic constipation), my ob/gyn, and my GP. But I'll take the word of a hormone specialist anytime!

The doc feared that my hypothyroidism is caused by antithyroid antibodies, which means I have to stay medicated for the rest of my life. But a blood test ruled that out, thank goodness. But at least I have more reassurance now that my condition is being monitored.

 

[MalaMae]

oh huni i'm sooo sorry, kind of know how your feeling. I just know i'm out this month as well. Same as all the other months, its such a horrible journey. We're all here for you huni

Thanks hun! Means a lot!

I'll never persuade myself again that "this is the month".

 

[laustiredttc]

hey anxiously thanks hun i looked it up and i should be ok :thumbsup:

 

[laustiredttc]

hey malamae, i know hun im petrified of getting my hopes up, better to think that i'm not then be happily surprised

 

[g_and_t]

hi ladies... sorry i've been off the radar a few weeks... ive had a really tough time (exams, car broke down (twice), work drama, and all this faffing around with the damn hospital) so I just sat back for a while and took time to not think about anything...

the hospital still hasnt called me with a date (cancellation OR scheduled date!!) so I have just given up that idea.... I know they will only call me now post xmas probably and then I wont have time to have the Lap as I fly to SA in March....

im due AF any day now so I will call the hospital when she arrives and remind them that I am on the cancellation list and confirm that I am def NOT pregnant and then DB and I can abstain or use protection.... i think when i called her last time and was mid cycle she was probably concerned about the risks of being preg so suspect thats why i wasnt called.....

anyway i dont want to get my hopes up this month but wouldnt it be great if AF didnt even arrive and i didnt have to worry about it......

ive not bothered charting or anything this month.... we just bd'd a lot around ov day and i have been getting DB to massage the pressure points the acupuncturist advised me about.... i see him again on 11th december for a 'top-up'...

hope you guys are all ok.... getting ready for xmas??

T xx

 

[laustiredttc]

hey hun, glad you have had time to chill i had my fs app last thurs. Was told that i dont qual for assited conception on the nhs due to e2 being 257. What a load of bull. Well we're moving soon and the e2 doesnt apply just the fsh so will have my results on those next week. Hopefully they will be fine and if they are i can apply under the east of england pct. fx hopefully otherwise its up to us to fund it and very expensive

 

[MalaMae]

WOW! I just saw my signature- 2 years and 6 months! That's loooong!

 

[laustiredttc]

oh sweetie, don worry, it will happen don get down and keep ya chin up chic

 

[MalaMae]

Thanks Laustiredttc. Nah, I'm ok, just realized how long is that and what have happened in these 2.5 years.
Nobody should go though years of ttc. Baby making should be fun, stressless and.. short