For the Reproductively Challenged xxxxx

[cazd]

oh no! you've been waiting forever already!
but then temps rarely lie...

 

[Kelly9]

Well I hope it works out for you Mrs N!

I am still studying, so close to being done this hurtle... final exam tues and midterm wed then off to worry about the next midterm on the 15th. Eek! I don't think it's going to slow down till christmas break in december. So another 2 months to make it though. I can't wait to get into the hospital!

 

[wannabeamom]

hi all!!

mrs n !!!!

kelly hope the work sttles down soon! when you go on the wards what are the shifts like over there? we have to do 12.5 hour shifts here and it kills me cos you are on your feet the whole time!

im still waiting for the to show!

x

 

[Mrs_N]

i got another shadow
my temp went up today

 

[wannabeamom]

hmm its soundidn good mrs n but i bet you must just wanna know for sure!!

fingers crossed its !!! keep us updated!!

still waiting for the keep thinking she is here but shes not

xx

 

[Kelly9]

I don't know how long they will be yet, won't find out much till the beginning of nov like a week before I go in. I think they are 8 to 10 hours shifts. I couldn't do 12. I would be so anxious buy the end of the day!

Well back to studying for me,

mrs n go buy a pack of frers dammit!

 

[cazd]

yup - that's got to be a

 

[cazd]

ladies - I need a bit of your superior knowledge...!

I've just got my CD3 blood test results back and the nurse said they're fine (*quick sigh of relief*) but I'm curious to find out what 'normal' levels are..
My results were...
FSH = 6.5
LH = 4.4

Any ideas?

 

[Mrs_N]

well caz the values do vary depending on your lab, but when mine came back I noted down the normal ranges - I'll have a look see if I can find them now.

not testing again yet, going to wait until the end of the week. still no sign of af yet though, not even spotting or tinged cm

 

[cazd]

wow - how do you feel?

do you have the "I just feel pregnant" feeling?

oooohhhh!!!!!

 

[Mrs_N]

no, i don't have that feeling, but I don't feel 'unpregnant' either
my nips do feel like someone has been at them with cheesegraters other than that nothing!
I just find it hard to believe there's even a possibility. I'm trying to disbelieve it so the comedown isn't too hard a bump if af arrives.

 

[cazd]

well I know how you feel there - I started TTC in January too and its felt like forever!
I'm more than used to the cycles just starting over and over again....

 

[Mrs_N]

yeah, it grinds you down doesn't it month after month...
I naively thought we wouldn't have any problems when we started back then, and that I'd have a big 3rd tri bump by now!

 

[cazd]

yeah - isn't that the worst part!
I wrote in my journal's first entry - best start a TTC journal - hopefully I won't be here too long

PAH - sucker! I'm just glad OH didnt get his way and wait 'till January 2010 to start trying!!!

 

[Kelly9]

I thought I would have had a baby in my arms by now! 15 months!!!!! It sucks. It's depressing and painful.. never seen those 2 lines. I am getting somewhere, starting ICSI in another couple of months hopefully but it seems like all I do is wait for this.

I think Jen should test sooner then end of the week, with a FRER this time....

 

[grneyednurse]

Hello cazd,

I was stalking around and seems like we both have DHs with low sperm count. I have only done the home sperm tests and both were <20 million...so we have to do the official SA soon too. I started on my tests and checks, but my doc is a quack and sloooooooooooowww to do tests. I am depressed at this point-this will be our ninth month of trying (really 11 if you count some of the unprotected months before we lived together and with each other daily) and I don't know how to keep going on. I read like the first 50 pages of your journal-good thing you live in the UK where you can at least have everything paid for though you may have to wait a bit should you need it (hope I am not being naiive). Anyhow, I will keep stalking and hope we all get miracle BFPs soon!

 

[wannabeamom]

hi guys...

9 days till my fs app and guess what i got yesterday..........

and again today...ok so they are faint but im still counting them!!!


mrs n again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

xxx

 

[peekaboo]

Woah, congratulations wannabeamom - hope this is really it for you! Keep us posted!!

I just thought I'd pop in to let you all know how my HSG went, as I know that some people might have to have the same thing.

I had been a bit worried about it and expected it to be quite painful, but it was actually fine. The doctor was really good and put me at ease, so maybe that helped as I was quite relaaxed, but he just inserted a clamp thing (like what they use for a smear), which was fine, then told me he was inserting the tube into my womb. I felt like a tiny tiny cramping for a split second and that was all. The nurse then told me that if that bit had felt ok then I'd be fine as that was the worst bit over. The doc then told me the fluid was going in (its the tiniest amount they use, which I was surprised about - I thought it would be about a pint of the stuff!!) and he then talked me through the images on the screen. It was really weird to see my insides and everything looked so tiny! The fluid went into both tubes fine so the doctor said there was nothing to worry about and no apparent problems. And that was it - over!!

I kept getting a slight twinge for a couple of hours after, and felt like loads of liquid gushed out at one point, but it was actually only a little bit (and I was wearing the pad they gave me so that was ok). And the best thing?? I don't know whether it's related or not but I got lots of EWCM at night!! I have been taking 2000mg of EPO up until the day of the test and also drinking grapefruit juice, so not sure which one of them caused it, but I was so excited as I never usually get it! The doc had told me that I might get a little bit of bleeding as he'd entered the womb, but that it shouldn't cause me any problem and we could go back to normal the next day (I'm pretty sure he meant BD wise!), but because I had lots of EWCM and no pain or anything we decided to go for it that night. Hey if my womb has a better opening than usual, than I'm not going to miss that chance!!

So, now here's to waiting. The next step is to go back to the consultant who will summarise all the results we've had and see where we go from there. Hoping to get a cancellation as don't want to have to wait months for this! x

 

[Kelly9]

Hello!

My DH has low sperm count to. Between 12 mil and 23 mil over three SA's. We've been ttc for 15 months now, its hard. Waiting to start ICSI at the local clinic. Hanging in somehow.

Good news peekaboo, I wish mine was as easy as that it was so painful for me.

 

[grneyednurse]

Anyone know what percentage does a low sperm count lower conception chances every month of trying?