long cycles support thread :) the yelping vaginas club! (closed group)

[foquita]

hi ladies

not much going on with me, just waiting around. you know i think we spend so much time waiting....really!! well i am going to try to get into the doc's sometime soon, and have a talk about things. i started temping yesterday -- ff gave me the upgraded version for free for a few days except i haven't been on it so i didn't know...and now i have 1 day left..oh well, i am ready for this cycle don't think i will do anything different..well i was thinking that i will try not to bd so much before o but often when its coming on (does that make sense?) just to see if that helps some like conserving i guess...haha

the whole thing is just waiting, it's so bloody annoying has your OH had an SA? maybe you could try just doing it every second day so O-2 and O? worth a shot i guess!

Hi ladies! Hope everyone is doing well!

Rachel - Good luck today! I can't wait to hear how it went.

Dee and Bethany - Your charts are looking great! Fingers crossed for you!

Katya - That sucks about FF! I hope they get it fixed for you!

Raven - Hopefully your wait won't be that long but your plan sounds good!

Nat - I know! In any other thread people would be upset for AF to be here but for us it's like a party!

I had my appointment this morning to go over my injections. Seems pretty straight forward. I got to practice and I think that helped. I'll start the injections on Wednesday for 5 days. Fun fun fun! Call me the human pin cushion! I start my Femara tonight with 3 pills. I think that's 7mg? Not sure but I'm just hoping it works! Otherwise I'll be taking a break til October.

is it hard to inject yourself? is it like a wee pen type injection? you are the femara guinea pig here! we'll all be looking to you as the expert

Good luck Rachel!

Caroline - I REALLY hope these injections work for you! Are you doing the IUI too?

Raven - your BD plan sounds good FF gives me a free upgrade every once in a while too for a few days. I think it just makes me even more obsessed about symptom spotting though because I totally over-analyze all the color boxes to find patterns

So I'm 8DPO and not too much is going on down there from what I can tell. Wait...wait...wait...

your chart is still looking good, nice high temps! when did you plenty? i hope this is your cycle, it would be good to keep the BFPs rolling in close tgether!

Well I am back from my appt. The saline sono was not too bad. I had a little cramp when they blew up the balloon I think but other than that it was just like an uncomfortable pap smear.

They didn't see any fibroids or polyps and said my uterus looked good, so that was nice to hear. They did take a look at my ovaries and said there was tons of little follies so he said it looks like I have plenty of eggs which is good. But he did say it looks like I have PCO. I asked if there was a difference between PCO and PCOS and he said no it is the same thing. I always thought I had it but to finally get the diagnosis is a little depressing.

The dr. said I don't have the tell tale signs like being overweight or having excess facial hair but he said sometimes that is the case. Nat, I think you said you have neither of these symptoms as well, correct? I do get some acne but it isn't severe or anything.

I saw a different dr. today so he wasnt able to give me the bloodwork results he said I should schedule a follow up appt with my dr. to go over everything and next steps.

first of all congratulations on being polyp free! one more thing to tick off the list

i'm so sorry about your diagnosis though, no amount of expecting it makes it any easier i think there is a difference, you and caroline have PCO and i have PCOS - you both have polycystic ovaries but you don't have the hormonal imbalance that is the syndrome. it doesn't really matter though, that's splitting hairs because we have the same problems regardless of whether it's PCO or PCOS i have acne but it would be classed as (very)mild i reckon, though it doesn't feel very mild sometimes i don't have excess facial hair though, i do have a lot of hair on my legs etc but i have dark hair which doesn't help and for all i know that's normal! i'm slim and have always been slim, i've never had any weight issues - in fact i have had issues with accidentally losing weight before so i'm not a typical cyster even though my blood results and ultrasound showed i'm very polycystic! i'm sure i read somewhere that only 10% of women with PCOS actually fit into the stereotype and that 60% of women with PCOS are slim.... grr!

 

[foquita]

i really like this book rach:

https://www.amazon.com/PCOS-Womans-...?ie=UTF8&qid=1344361083&sr=8-29&keywords=pcos

 

[seabean]

I can't remember the symbols for +/- ovulation days, so here goes: We BD'd ovulation night CD22, also the night before CD21, (NONE the 2 nights before CD20), also 3 nights before CD19, and then every night CD13-18. We did not BD on 1DPO CD22 because we were sick of doing it then We've never done a sperm analysis, so hopefully we didn't do too much before O, but we skipped CD20 so hopefully that was enough to restock the soldiers!

 

[Rachel789]

Nat thanks I wil check it out. I will be doing a lot of research so I can fully understand the whole PCO thing. I don't know yet if I have the hormonal imbalance as I haven't gotten my bloodwork back yet. So I guess I will find out soon enough if I have that too

 

[Rachel789]

I am similar to you in the sense that I have darker hair, I do shave my arms because they were really hairy but I always figured it was due to my dark hair When I do have acne it is mild and I am and always have been slim. The dr. said a lot of women are under diagnosed with PCOS when they don't fit the standard symptoms. I think I read somewhere that femara worked better for women with PCOS than clomid. I really hope femara works well for me. And if that is true Caroline hopefully it will work well for you too!

 

[seabean]

Rachel - I have had 2 internal ultrasounds over the past few months and both times the ultrasound tech said I looked like I probably had PCOS b/c of all the semi-mature follicles on my ovaries, but the Dr never wanted to address it and when I asked she just said to not even worry about getting some diagnosis, that I should just focus on the goal to get pregnant instead. Well obviously I wanted to get pregnant, but having PCOS or not seemed somewhat relevent too! That was my OLD Dr that I left in frustration a few months ago. The approach to just do whatever to get pregnant seemed somewhat ideal at the time, but looking back, I wish they had actually cared about whether I even had PCOS or looked to see if I had some sort of other issue to resolve. That's what made me switch Drs in the end. So hopefully your new Dr gets to the bottom of everything AND works to get you pregnant with equal effort - I feel like both aspects are really important But that's just my 2 cents! Either way, PCOSers get pregnant ALL the time

 

[seabean]

I'm also thin but I do have mild acne. No dark hair though. I think most of my hormones were Ok, but I never got testosterone or any of the glucose measures done. I started ovulating on my own when I switched Drs so I haven't been in for testing with the new clinic yet...I have a feeling some of my hormones might be a little off though, although maybe they have resolved somewhat since my ovaries have been ovulating again

 

[bnporter81]

Rachel, I'm sorry about the diagnosisI know many women conceive while having it, though, so at least now maybe the docs can treat you properly and you can get the help you need

Dee, your chart continues to look wonderful! Wishing you lots of luck...I hope this is it for you

AFM, I'm getting less and less confident in my O. I'm going to try to start losing some weight. A couple of people have told me about that Visalus Vi-shape. Anyone heard of it? I ordered some and I guess I'll start on that sometime next week. I could probably stand to lose about 50 lbs.total to get me down to my ideal weight, but I think even if I lost about 15 or 20 it would help a lot.

Hope everyone is doing well...talk to you all later

 

[MommyDream]

Dee- your chart looks great! My fingers are crossed for you!!!

Bethany- good luck with the weight loss. I haven't heard of Visalus... What is it?

Rachel- sorry about the diagnosis, but like the other ladies say, I'm glad you're getting treatment AND pcosers get pregnant all the time. I'm living, walking proof! (I didn't have any symptoms such as extra hair or being overweight either... Go figure! I do think I could have been overweight if I wasn't on the BCP which regulated hormones and thus masked PCOS).

 

[MommyDream]

Caroline- good luck with the injections! You'll be a star!

Raven- Hooray for the upgraded FF!!

 

[Rachel789]

Lil-I didn't know you had PCOS that makes me feel better to know you got pregnant with it!

 

[Diddums]

Morning ladies

My temp jumped from 36.15ish to 36.41 this morning so I hope that it's the provera working its magic. I'm on day 4 out of 10. Ladies who have taken provera did it cause your temps to rise? Think I might remove the first 15 days of this cycle doin can see what the end looks like. Annoying not being able to see it all!

 

[mrsc81]

Rachel i have got pco/pcos, i have mulitple follicles, and excess hair, my blood work was normal. When i was overweight i was diagnosed as pcos but since i lost weight i was told pco.
And i got pregnant naturally so it does happen

 

[Diddums]

I contacted FF and they said I'm going to have to split the cycles and exclude from analysis. Oh well will do that tonight. Ideas on how to split?

 

[raventtc]

rachel

thanks ladies for just being here, i know i am not on often but when i do check in its always uplifting to see the relationships we have built here and tons of encouragment!! Things in my world are ok i guess, having to deal with my ex-husband is a nightmare and a reality all at the same time...but i have made a promise to myself to not let him rule my life anymore or run over top of me! i am going to stand strong and not let him get to me!! that being said for the past 2 days i have found one huge glop of ewcm but thats it...its like its there in the middle of the day and then nothing later?? i charted it -- and now i am back to normal free FF well i went for a morning run this am, wow it was harder than i planned -- it was a little foggy when i left home and then all of a sudden it just got worse i couldn't see anything....kinda scary so i cut my run short and headed home winded and all. but it felt good, something i am going to try and keep with

 

[cmwilson]

Katya - Yes on provera your temp does go up as a result of the progesterone. It stinks you have to split your cycle! Maybe split it where you had that mid-cycle spotting?

Raven - I'm glad you're not letting your ex get to you and stress you out. That's great! Just know that if you are stressed out, we're here for you.

Well ladies I'm heading out for the day with hubby to celebrate my birthday! The big 2-8! Where does the time go?

 

[Rachel789]

Happy Birthday Caroline!! Hope you have a great day

 

[seabean]

Happy Birthday!!!!

Katya - Sucks you have to split the charts! If you go to "DATA" along the top of the FF page, click on "SPLIT A CHART" which is under the cycle/chart management category, then you can just enter a date, and it will split your chart at that date. I guess it doesn't really matter when you split it since you will be starting a new one anyway after provera kicks in. BTW provera will raise your temps since it's a progesterone.

My temps have been a lot higher this cycle than they ever were last cycle. I can feel it too - I have felt super flushed and warm the past few days, and sweating like a pig on my walk to the train I can't believe I haven't caved and tested yet! I'm holding on to my 2 HPTs like they are gold!

 

[mrsc81]

Happy Birthday Caroline!

I got my scan date through today, 7th September

 

[MommyDream]

Kayta - Just by the nature of the progesterone hormone, you will experience elevated temperatures. When progesterone drops, your temperature drops.

Raven - I am glad you are standing strong despite your ex-husband! And great job on the morning run!! I'm so proud of you! It will feel better and better the more you do it!

Caroline - Happy Birthday!! I hope you have a great day!

Dee - FX crossed for you!!! When will you test?

Louise - hooray for your scan date!! Sept 7th is technically less than a month away now!