LTTTC while feeling left behind Room - Welcome

[Pookabear]

Aw thanks a bunch Kryst I really hope it does the trick for me!! The dr. Is suggesting no medication and 2 tries at iui and if it doesn't work he suggests not spending anymore on it...but he said the chance is def. Better than sex or he wouldn't offer it to us...so that is a plus

I am so excited to see your bfp as well, and anxious to hear all about your iui cycle also!! I hope my zpack made me more fertile, it just always seems to slow down my ovulation process, but I figure what the heck maybe it is preparing better in there is why its taking longer lol

I am not sure what day my iui is just yet...I will get a positive opk then go in the next morning at 9am for the procedure, but hubs will have to drop his sample at 7:30am so that they will have time to do the wash..even though hubs has a super low count the f/s still says he has seen it happen many times so he def. Doesn't think its a waste at this point which is great

Will your iui be medicated?

 

[LekkerSlaap]

YAY ASh! Have fun in Mexico! Get bunches of fertility statues and send me one haha

Pook I really hope you get your O so you can get your IUI done. You know your body is waiting on me to have surgery so we can get prego together haha

Krys I'm sorry about your temps starting to drop. I seriously thought this was it for you!

AFM I'm still not going to try even after the surgery. I'm throwing caution to the wind and just letting it fly. Although we are starting to try out Maca root. We will see what happens with that but I'm not putting too much effort into anything. My friend who tried to commit suicide is doing a lot better and he's at home. He's still got a lot of breathing issues and he's lost a lot of weight but I guess that's part of it all. I'm just so thankful he's alive. He still looks depressed and it bothers me that his wife and kids still bring up "Monday" and how things all changed. But I think that everything will work out for him. I want to still kind of keep an eye on him and offer a shoulder if he ever needs anything. I know I take on a lot but I love this guy to death and it hurts me to think that he's feeling so depressed.

 

[GdaneMom4now]

Talk to you guys next Wednesday!! I better come back to lots of bfp's!! I will prob check back when our Chicago flight lands..

 

[Pookabear]

Guess who got a smiley this morning........ME!!!!!!

IuI first thing tomorrow 9am please please please keep your fingers crossed for me!!!

Have a great time Ash
ill type more later im on my phone, but so excited

 

[here_we_r]

Hurry back girl!!! I"m going to so miss you. Be careful and have fun!!!

 

[here_we_r]

Guess who got a smiley this morning........ME!!!!!!

IuI first thing tomorrow 9am please please please keep your fingers crossed for me!!!

Have a great time Ash
ill type more later im on my phone, but so excited

POOKA!!! Go get this done girl. I'm excited for you. I hope this will do it for you. We need to keep these bfp's going. FX'd for you girly.

 

[krystinab]

Gdane, Have a safe trip and drink a lot for me

Pook, go get those spermies girl. yes my IUI will be medicated..I am supposed to be doing injectibles...did you say yours was non-medicated?

Leeker, why are you saying you wont try after your procedure?

Here, whats up with AF? Im 15DPO too...are you going to breakdown and test? I dont want to but my girls from another thread think I should...LOL

 

[LekkerSlaap]

POOK YAYAYAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYA

Krys because I'm tired of TTC. If it happens it happens but I'm sick of putting effort into it and nothing happening. I need a break

 

[here_we_r]

Lekker...I know right. Its just so hardening ...time after time. Hopefully throwing caution to the wind will work for you.

Krst...I see you started over too. Rats!!!

Pooka....

Scerena??????? where are you????

Sizzles?????? where are you too????

 

[krystinab]

Lekker...I know right. Its just so hardening ...time after time. Hopefully throwing caution to the wind will work for you.

Krst...I see you started over too. Rats!!!

Pooka....

Scerena??????? where are you????

Sizzles?????? where are you too????

I wish I started over...BFN today...and no sign of af..

 

[Pookabear]

Ugh so sorry Kryst....that really stinks!! Big hugs girlie!

I got my iui today...hoping for the best, hubs count wasn't good but hey, it only takes one...but the dr. Did say that looks like it was perfect timing based on cm and cp etc.

 

[here_we_r]

Kryst..what? Now that's jacked up. I hate that. You weren't taking Progesterone or anything were you. If I remember right you were all natural. I don't know what else to say but maybe she won't show. I know we get sick of hearing that cliche' ..but something needs to happen either the witch or a bfp.

Pooka..congrats on your IUI. I hope the magic one hits the magic egg. You are so right..all it needs is one. Will be a long 2WW...hopefully with a positive test at the end of it.

 

[DBZ34]

Hi ladies...Can I join you? This seems like such a great, supportive thread....

My name is Ella, I'm 28 and I'm on cycle 19/20 of TTC #1.

I was once a young misguided TTCer, who thought that it was going to happen immediately when we started trying. My friends all seemed to be able to predict when they were going to get pregnant and give birth, so I figured it would be the same for me. I mean, I literally had a friend say, Oh we're going to get pregnant in June, so we can have a Mar/Apr baby. And it happened just like she said. Crazy.

I'm feeling really left behind at the moment, since I've become the last of my sisters without a baby in my family. Even my SIL has a baby....an oops baby, but a precious little oops baby. The pressure is immense. I also have 14 facebook friends who are pg at the moment and a bunch more with newborns. I'm so very happy for them, but I really can't wait until it's my turn....

 

[krystinab]

DBZ, of course you are welcome! Sorry about the long tww and trust me we all know where your coming from!! Good luck & FX this is your month!

Here, I was totally natural...but I do have irregular periods. I was hoping since my last few cyles were normal that would be my new thing...LOL guess I was wrong..

Pook...yeaa!! I just know its going to do the trick...did you have a good fat juicy egg??

AFM, just waiting for you know who...on to cycle 20...

 

[here_we_r]

DBZ: Welcome lady!!! So glad to have you here. I'm very sorry that this has been rough on you but as Krys said we certainly know how you feel. So we're here for you. As well some of the girls are on vacation and some are taking a small break but please come by and lets rely on each other.

Krys:

 

[LekkerSlaap]

pook have you thought about getting hubby to try Maca? That's been known to boost the boys! I really hope that IUI was successful for you!

Welcome Ella!

AFM Surgery is at 6am on Monday!!!!!!

 

[Sizzles]

Hi everyone! Thanks and 'hello' to those who have asked after me. It's been a busy week and I haven't been on since Monday, so I've just caught up with all the goings on.

Lekker - great news to hear the surgery is going ahead; I'll be thinking of you! I really think you should reconsider 'trying' post op though as it could make all the difference. Still, only you know the best way for you to proceed.
I'm so pleased your friend is doing so much better.

Gdane - I hope you're currently have a fabulous time in Mexico! V jealous!

Here - Hiya! I'm doing ok thanks (will update below my responses to you guys!) Anything planned for the holidays? Well OH's family will all be descending for the main event, so there will be 12 of us to feed and sleep, which means quite a bit of work in the run up, so that will keep me busy. We also have friends coming tonight for a pre-Christmas get to together; nothing fancy, just an informal meal and socialising (and cuddling their nearly 5 month old). How's about you? Did af arrive in the end (sorry if I missed that post, but I remember reading you were waiting, then I don't remember beyond that.)? Great news for the IVF appointment! Is it just a chat to find out about the procedure or more than that?

Krys - sorry about af. Still, try to stay positive, as you say, on to the next cycle and there's always the chance that it will be 'the one'!

Scerena - hope you're doing ok?

Pook - YAY!!! I'm so excited for you and have everything crossed that this works!!! We could do with some good news on here.

Ella - welcome! This TTC lark can be a rough ride, but we can support each other along the way. It's always hard when you feel you're being left behind in the baby stakes; I've seens several friends and colleagues become pg and have their babies since we've been trying.

My week:
Well af arrived this morning, but that's kind of an aside now, because this month marks 3 years of being off the pill (I nearly put 3 months then - that could have been part of the problem! ) Soooo, on Thursday I rang the fertility nurse to start the ball rolling for our IVF referral. It was much more straight forward than I'd expected, but then we have had all the tests done, have met with her and a consultant, so it was all going to come down to time-scales. With the NHS you have to have been trying for 3 years; well we actually started trying in the April, but because we were NTNP from the December, we can use that date. She just checked which clinic we wanted to be referred to, confirmed my age and that we were both non-smokers and that was that. I asked about time-scales and she said it's 2-3 months until treatment. I guess with Christmas holidays and post (don't know if they send the referral electronically or by post??) we might not get into the system this side of Christmas, but that puts us at about March for IVF. As a friend pointed out, this could mean I'm a mummy by next Christmas! However, I actually just feel a bit flat about the whole thing, as it still just seems unreal and a bit of a pipe-dream - not that it's been my dream to have assisted conception, but to think that the end goal might be in sight doesn't seem real - plus the fact that it might not work.
Any way, that's where we're at. Definite progress being made. Plus I still have my cervical exam booked for Christmas Eve; I had been a bit worried she wouldn't process the referral whilst checks were pending, but she didn't mention it, so neither did I!

Phew! Sorry for the mammoth post!

to everyone!

 

[shaslove]

I will introduce myself:

I'm Shannon. We have been trying since 7/7/2009. I had a lap in June of 2012. I'm currently on our first round of Clomid (50 mg), day 27.

 

[DBZ34]

Thanks for the warm welcome, ladies! I'm so glad I found this thread.

Lekker- Good luck with your surgery tomorrow!

I just found out that one of my best friends here is 10 weeks preg. She got married in June and now she's already having a baby. I knew it was coming, though, so I was slightly prepared. It still stings a bit. But I'm much happier for her than I thought I would be. I'm actually feeling pretty positive at the moment...we'll see how I'm feeling on Wednesday when AF is due.

Hey Sizzles, are you from the UK? I noticed you mentioned the NHS...How long did you have to wait to get all your testing done? My GP is absolutely refusing to refer us or start testing until 2 years or 24 cycles. Did you have to wait that long or did you get to start after a year?

 

[Sizzles]

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Hey Sizzles, are you from the UK? I noticed you mentioned the NHS...How long did you have to wait to get all your testing done? My GP is absolutely refusing to refer us or start testing until 2 years or 24 cycles. Did you have to wait that long or did you get to start after a year?

Yes, I'm in the UK. My GP was really good. I actually went along to him after we'd been trying for 9 months, at which point I was 32. He said that I wasn't that old, but obviously time could be an issue, so he was happy to start tests straight away. Initially I had some blood tests done and they all came back fine, but the next step was to get OH to do a SA. Unfortunately, they wouldn't progress with any further investigations with me until he'd done this. And also unfortunately, my OH dragged his heels! It was only last Christmas that he did his SA, by which point we'd been trying for about a year and 9 months. This came back fine, so I was referred. It was 2 years to the month since we'd started ttc that I had my first hospital appointment and then it progressed from there. I can answer more Qs about further investigations at that point, but don't want to bore you! The answer to the original question was that I had tests after 9 months of ttc. You could always ask to see a different doctor, who might be more sympathetic??