Canadian and I know it

[Sabster]

Our little town does have a health clinic but the Manitoba government keeps making cuts to rural health care so we have lost our emergency room. Now the nearest one is 40 minutes away. And the outlying towns have to drive up to an hour. There is still a walk-in clinic but no permanent doctors at the moment. No one wants to live in a one-horse town, I guess. lol

I'm not sure yet but I think I'm headed for an 18 day cycle. I've gotten at least one after all of my other losses so it would make sense to get one this time too. After my first loss I had three 18-day cycles in a row but I bled for 10 days each time so that was awful. After my last loss I had a regular cycle then an 18 day cycle and then the next regular cycle I conceived. Right now I'm feeling bloated and crampy even though it's only CD12. It could be hyper hormones post the m/c but I have to be on the lookout for the already.

Starry night, I think that you definetly need to be your own advocate when it comes to your health, especially if you are in situation that you've had multiple miscarriages without a proper diagnosis... and they can do something about it to help you carry a full term pregnancy best of luck and fight for your rights to good health care!!

 

[Sabster]

I am finally a bit back to normal, now I really know that I was pregnant for sure and I am still digesting the fact that I had a miscarriage. Everyone that knows tells me that at least now I know I CAN get pregnant and that I have to get back on the "bandwagon" and blablablablabla. Anyways, I have been feeling great, I am charting and I dunno if I will ovulate, or what's going to happen with having a family and all. Some days I am discouraged to the point of tears, which is exactly where I didnt want to be to begin with, and some days I am totally fine.

I don't know what will happen, maybe one day i'll have a baby, maybe we won't I really dont know anymore. I dont think I have the energy to actively TTC anymore. I dont even know why I am charting... I guess I will try until sept. and then we'll see...This whole experience has been by far the most grueling emotionally, and I hope everything works out the best way for us.

we have our second appointment with the fertility specialist but I dont know if I can do the hormone tests because of the miscarriage, so Im going to call on monday an figure it out... hopefully the SA comes back better than last time and well... I don't know what to do from there... I have some serious ethical concerns with assisted conception, so I really don't know if we would go down that road... GRRR.

Anyways i hope you all have a lovely weekend and enjoy the good weather!!

 

[Sunnyleah]

Starry night- that sucks about the doctor situation in your town . Hopefully you can get sorted out without too much trouble...

Kasey... That's similar to us.... 15 months with one mc @ 13 weeks and one chemical. Actively ttc for 9 or 10 cycles... Hence why our doctor isn't concerned at this point.... Taking the summer off then to the clinic...

Sabaster- I'm glad you're feeling better. When it comes to ttc you have to do what's right for you..... Have you considered adoption instead of assisted conception?

 

[Starry Night]

We've been TTC#2 for nearly 15 months now. Gosh, seems so long when I think about it. I forget how long it's been as I've been pregnant twice in that time. I didn't even want to TTC#2 because I was afraid this would happen.

At least now I have things set in motion in regards to health care. It's just with the doctor shortages that I have to wait super long. When I was in Ontario I didn't have to wait 2 1/2 months just to see a GP. *sighs*

 

[Sabster]

Starry night- that sucks about the doctor situation in your town . Hopefully you can get sorted out without too much trouble...

Kasey... That's similar to us.... 15 months with one mc @ 13 weeks and one chemical. Actively ttc for 9 or 10 cycles... Hence why our doctor isn't concerned at this point.... Taking the summer off then to the clinic...

Sabaster- I'm glad you're feeling better. When it comes to ttc you have to do what's right for you..... Have you considered adoption instead of assisted conception?

I dunno about adoption.... maybe? Dont know.

 

[Starry Night]

Hoping everyone is doing well this week. Nothing really new to report on my end.

 

[Kasey84]

I'm feeling good this week OH comes home from up north tomorrow! I'm on cd 7 right now. I'm still temping and will also be checking cm, but I've decided against using opks. Using them last cycle just stressed me out, especially when I never got a positive. After reading that some people just never get a positive, I know it will be more stressful then helpful. I'm just going to bd every other day...maybe every day when I start seeing fertile cm.

 

[Sunnyleah]

Good luck Kasey!! This summer DH and I are focusing on being healthier and just bd-ing every other day (during mid cycle & fertile cm).... We will see what happens

 

[Starry Night]

That's essentially what we do. Charting has always seemed so confusing to me and OPKs definitely stress me out though sometimes I'd like to be able to pinpoint exactly when I ovulate. I can only guesstimate within a period of several days. I do also like to BD once or twice after fertile signs because sometimes the signs can happen before ovulation. I'm pretty sure that happened the time I conceived my son.

Good luck, Kasey. I hope it works for you!

 

[Sunny skies]

Hello ladies, haven't been here in a while, Hope everyone is doing well. The witch got me a few days ago. I've been a little down and decided to take a break this month with the fertility treatments. Now that I know IVF is likely my only chance it's been tough accepting it.

 

[Starry Night]

Sunny, so sorry you weren't able to get your rainbow the way you wanted. I hope the break recharges your battery and that IVF is as stress-free as possible and that it works right away.

afm - I plan on taking a hpt on Tuesday. Got a faint line on Saturday but it was so faint it could possibly be an evap or indent so I didn't count it even though it was a FRER. I'm nervous but feeling hopeful.

 

[Sunnyleah]

Starry fingers crossed its your BFP

Afm we are not heading into IVF. We will be starting testing to determine if we even have a problem. In the past 15 months we got a BFP in our 4 th cycle. Mmc at 3 months (13 weeks) took 2 months to heal due to late discovery of lost heartbeat & d&c. And trying again for 7 cycles with one chemical in cycle 5. Family doctor thinks we are still within normal but I feel that my luteal phase is too short / low progesterone making it difficult to conceive & carry past first 10 weeks. She has agreed to begin testing simply because I am 33 and DH is 36 and we wish to have 3 children.

Fingers crossed that my thoughts are correct as a short lp is very easy to correct with medication

 

[Sunny skies]

Starry, good luck, keep us posted.

Sunnyleah, hope medication does the trick and you get your rainbow baby soon.

 

[Kasey84]

Sunny skies- I'm so sorry that its been such a struggle. I really hope a little break helps and that you get your rainbow one way or another

Sunnyleah- I'm glad to hear that your doctor has agreed to move forward with testing. I hope you get some answers soon and that it gets your well on your way to a rainbow.

Starry night- Good luck with your hpt tomorrow! I sure hope its a BFP!

AFM- I'm in the tww...currently cd 19. FF says I ovulated on cd 13, which is a little earlier then I expected, but with my irregular cycles, who knows. I BD'd on cd 10, 11, and 13 so hoping for a BFP!

Has anyone ever heard of a corpus luteum dip? I had a temp dip at 5dpo and did some research, which lead me to read about a CL dip. The dip went slightly below my coverline, but started rising again the next am. Anyone else experience this before?

 

[Starry Night]

sunnyleah - I am glad your doctor isn't make you wait a full year of no new pregnancies to go for testing. That would be so hard. I hope the testing shows something that can help you get your sticky bean.

Kasey - I don't chart so don't really know about that. It does sound like you had some really good timing with BD'ing. I really hope this is your month!

 

[Sunnyleah]

Kasey I used to have that all the time!! It seems to have stopped in the past few months though.

 

[Sabster]

Hola ladies! its good to see that theres new posting on this thread. Ive been really laying low and trying to move forward. I thought tempng would help me get back into the baby making beat, but I stopped a few days ago because my temps were ALL over the place, I dont know if I ovulated and Ive been fighting a lot with my DH.

Anyways, i can't get discouraged and I have to move forward so I wanna see some BFPs here!!!!! hehehe

My friend had 2 miscarriages and she was able to get pregnant but like u said Sunnyleah, she wasnt able to carry the pregnancies past 10 weeks. She is now 3 months pregnant but started taking progesterone as soon as she found out and shes doing super well! she had to take a few weeks off work, but totally worth it!!!

 

[Starry Night]

Got a bfn on Tuesday. Still feeling really bummed. This whole cycle has been so off that it's the first time I wished I was temping and charting. Oh well. I'm just going to keep testing every 3 to 4 days or so until AF shows. And once AF shows I may wait for testing after all.

 

[Sabster]

I was trying to chart this month and with the huge heat wave my temperatures were all over the place... I also think it added some stress and I dont wanna stress out about having a baby anymore. Ive done all I can do and I hope mother nature hears our desires. So for now, lots of love and support and focusing on helping others and well, I hope to get a period soon !! Ive been napping like crazy and Im on CD31 now... so we'll seee..... I have no PMS symptoms but My period could be completly out of whack for all I know. I just want a sense of closure , get my period and keep going forward.

hows everyone else doing?

 

[Kasey84]

Sabster- I've only been charting for a couple of cycles. The first cycle, my temps were all over the place as well and I used opks but never got a positive. It was all really discouraging! This cycle, temping has gone much better...I guess I just needed to get the hang of it! I didn't, however, use opks this time around, as it was too stressful.

Did AF show yet? Good luck!!

Starry night- Sorry about the bfn. It always bums me out! Any updates? Has AF shown up?

I'm on cd 26 now. According to Fertility Friend, I ovulated on cd 13 and AF is due on cd 28. I may test tomorrow morning...or just wait and see if AF arrives...