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It's great meeting everyone more formally since I am semi new. I want to post more but I haven't had time to get on a real computer last couple days, just my phone. So I've just been lurking. Wanted to pop in and say hi at least.
 
Hi ladies!!

O my, these intros make me feel like I didn't know anyone here, how did this happened??:winkwink:

Mowat: I had no idea u had a son already, where have I been. That got to be skit to learn about your body like that when in your heart you know you had 1 baby already. Do u think too many DNCs can do more harm to the body then good? My cousin is going through her 3 DNC and got to boys already but can't figure out what's going on. Thanks for sharing your story Mowat.

Left wondering: How exciting a gender scan coming up!!! I bet you're so anxious!!! What are y'all hoping for?

Ttcmoon: So glad you're here!! And wow your story is beautiful esp. About you and DH going against all odds. And how it worked out great!! And now ready to start a family, nothing is in yal way(except our confused body of course) I wish I could had that mindset to finish my career first but it couldn't get my mind off of my baby and now I'm trying for a career again. Ttc moon my Fingers and toes are crossed for you this coming up testing. Your story is amazing.

Eyemom: Thanks for stopping in to say to Hi!! Hope u get everything straightened out.

Hi to All the ladies here and far. :hi:

Ladies our stories are amazing Don't give up on your babies.

P.s.: yal ladies are not old! I'm just to darn young to be crying babies!
 
Cramping and a bad headache just like AF is coming, but she just won't show! I'm currently on CD 24, and you know for me that's a long cycle! I hope if I do get my period, it comes soon, so I'll feel better. And if I was lucky this cycle, I get a BFP soon, so at least I know I'm feeling horrible for a reason!
 
Es - sorry you're feeling poorly. I hope it's a sign that a bfp is coming. you've certainly waited long enough for it. I wish I could fairydust bfps for all my ttc ladies.
 
I left off my age in my intro. Sorry! I am 31 and Dh is 26. Started ttc at 31.
 
Hi ladies, been stalking just haven't had a chance to write.

Hope everyone is doing well!

As for my story... I am Tricia, 31 years old, DH is 39. We got married in August 2011 and got pregnant on our honeymoon, miscarried about 2 months later. We tried to get pregnant again for a year before seeking help, tried 6 months of Clomid with varying doses, was not ovulating, end of March was referred to a fertility specialist did a test to check for blocks then a hysterscopy where a couple polyps were removed. Finally started a combo of Clomid, follistim, and ovidrel in May, under close observation and using timed intercourse. Luckily it only took one try. ($800/month was pricey for those drugs) I am currently 17 weeks weeks pregnant with our lil angel. So far everything is looking good! Praying it is my sticky bean!

It was nice reading everyone's stories, I read your posts constantly and a little background is great! I pray for each and every one of you and hope you all get your sticky beans!
 
Welcome Doa672ug!! FX for you!!!

Tricia : nice to see you're still around! Glad to see you're still hanging in here with us.
 
Heyyyy Ladies! I'm back on a real computer. Whew! What a week. Feels good to just sit on my butt for a minute, lol. Okay, I didn't use the multi-quote feature so let's see if I can remember everything, oof.

ES- I'm bouncing on my seat wanting Monday to get here, is that when you said you'd test again? It'd be so great to see another BFP in here.

ttcmoon- beautiful story though it breaks my heart what you're going through! Hope you get your rainbow soon.

At the risk of being corny...ok yeah it's corny...but some of us from the USA and some of us from the UK, and now a new friend from India...it's horrible how we all ended up here, but sort of touching that our experiences can bring women together the world over. Hahaha was that too much? But really. <3

Kat- been thinking about you and your lil kitty. Hope you're both doing okay.

garfie- been thinking about you too, hope you're hanging in there. <3 I'm still feeling bad about being insensitive so I hope we're cool, I never had bad intentions.

Left- I don't know if I realized you were that far along! Weeee~ so exciting! So of the pg ladies here, are you next after pink?? :O

Tricia- been wondering how you were doing so thanks for the update! Glad to see things have been going well.

I'm afraid of missing someone. HI to everyone else! Rooting for you as always.

AFM, I still feel sorta new but I've been here maybe 3 months or so? I have enjoyed (enjoyed is probably the wrong word, but you know what I mean? I'm appreciating?) reading these intros because a lot of it I've just sort of gleaned over the last few weeks, but I still struggle to keep up sometimes.

Anyway, DH and I got married on New Year's Day, 2005. I was in optometry school until 2008, so we didn't plan to start trying until I finished school and I had been out a year or so. Plus when I purchased my own health insurance (self-employed, so I had to get my own until dh got a job), there was a waiting period before any maternity benefit would kick in. I sort of wondered in the back of my mind if there might be something wrong because, while I always had normal cycles, I wasn't on birth control for 5 years. So it's completely possible that we were just good at our system of both watching the calendar and withdrawal method...but I was always afraid perhaps there was more to it that I never got pregnant in that time. Anyway, after 8 cycles of trying, we conceived naturally and I had a super easy pregnancy with my baby girl who's now 2.5.

We wanted our kids 2-3 years apart, and my OB at the time recommended waiting a year after having my daughter before getting pregnant again. So we waited a year, then waited for some insurance things to get sorted, then started trying again. I got pregnant on just my second cycle and we were over the moon. My due date was just one day after dd's birthday, so it just seemed so perfect. They were going to be almost exactly 2 years apart. But then I had a complete miscarriage at 6 weeks.

After that, though we were crushed, we were ready to start trying again right away. We figured at least everything is working since I got pregnant so fast before. But that was not the case. We tried for 12 cycles and after that, we started looking into what could be wrong. I had to switch doctors at that time too, which crushed me because my old OB I LOVED her so much and she was also the fertility guru in her group. But the new doctor came highly recommended and I liked him when I met him. So we're pretty early in the fertility testing process I guess. When I had my yearly and talked to him about getting pregnant, they checked my TSH and prolactin and they were both good.

DH then had his SA and it was like...if squirting in a cup were an Olympic sport, he would have a gold medal, lol. We didn't really expect it to be male factor anyway.

I have my HSG on Tuesday morning, bright and early (ugh). Actually at that hour it might still be dark and early, haha. Getting nervous! I just began my 16th cycle (I'm pretty sure?) since the m/c.
 
Eyemom, yeah, I said Monday........it's sooooo tempting to do it tomorrow. My boobs hurt so bad, but the cramps are telling me AF is coming. I just wanna know!
 
Hi ladies,
How you all are going.I am glad to know that you all liked my story.It is really great to know each one of you in a new way.I loved all the stories.It is so much encouraging to see girls getting sticky beans!

Tricia - your story is amazing.I am keeping my fingers crossed for your sticky bean too.Fertility treament is really draining both mentally and financially.But do not lose hope.We are with you!Struggling for a baby.But I know we would definitely get what we deserve!

ES - How many days of cycle you have.CD24 sounds like too early.Did you track your ovulation this month?Your symptoms are quite promising.o hang on!

Eyemom - Thanks for your support.I love your profile pic.I am keeping fingers crossed for you.I am new to this thread but I am really amazed to see how we girls can relate to each other despite of the distance!I truely feel great to be here.(I can't say great...but yes its relieving).

Garfie - How are you doing dear?We all miss you...Just wanted to tell you whenever your need to vent and you feel lonely please remember we are here for you always.

Kat - How is your cat doing now?

mowat and anybody else whom I missed - How are you doing?

AFM - pretty busy day.Got some production issue had to logon and work.it is horrible to work on sundays.Today guests are supposed to visit us.Full busy busy day on cooking cleaning :)
 
Ttcmoon, yes I've been tracking my cycles for a long time. My cycles range anywhere from 21-25 days, so day 24 is promising, meaning my uterus didn't give up and start a new cycle yet. My progesterone has been low is the past, usually causing short cycles, and that was dependent on if I actually ovulated or not.

Today is day 25 and I didn't wake up to AF, and of course I caved and tested. BFN. Blah. At this point it doesn't make sense, lol. Like, everything else says pregnant but the tests. Or maybe I'm just not used to having a regular length luteal phase, and it seems like I've been having these symptoms forever because my body is working right for once! Who knows.....

I could say 'I'm not testing until a few days from now', but let's be honest......they made those dollar store tests so you don't have to wait! And I don't have the Will power. And I'm ok with that!:winkwink:
 
ES I think we are two peas in a pod hehe. :-) Sorry about the bfn though. :-( It might be good news in its own way if your cycles were lining themselves out?
 
ES - I'm sorry about the bfn. :( It would be a nice silver lining if this was the start of your cycles sorting out and getting ready to be healthy home for a sticky bean. And I don't blame you for wanting to test again. I think if I could find cheap pregnancy tests then I would be testing everyday too!
 
Tested today (16DPO) got BFN.Stopping progesterone.Lets see when AF gets me.Feeling a bit down but once AF comes we will plan another IUI.It is stressful to take injections daily and dealing with crappy side effects.Its draining me both mentally and financially.
Looking forward for next cycle IUI....
 
Hi ladies

Firstly - welcome to the new ladies - sorry I wasn't around - been in a dark place:cry:

Now I'm slowly crawling out from under my rock:happydance:

A bit about me - love the journey updates by the way:winkwink:

So I have two lovely boys 10 & 12 years old from a previous marriage - he was a monster so I left him when I was 3 months pregnant with my youngest, we were a happy unit even though I knew something was not quite right with my eldest:cry:

I was a single mum who worked part time and brought up my boys until I met my soul mate (when youngest was 5) - we was NTNP as we had 2 boys and decided if it was meant to be it would happen (it never did).

In 2010 we got married (I was so happy) and this time we decided that as I was getting older - it probably wouldn't happen - well it did, we were over the moon :happydance: I found out I had a BFP on my late father's Birthday (June 2011), sadly I lost it on Father's day - I had a natural m/c and had a few problems (admitted to hospital etc) but although I was sad I didn't really think to much about it just thought it was one of those things - so we carried on - as time went on I thought why haven't I got pregnant yet so I started to get to know my body a bit better temping.

I finally fell pregnant a year later :happydance: (2012) we were so excited and had moved into a new home - new home new baby I had a HCG tests all going well and scans :happydance: the sac was growing - then disaster - they couldn't see anything in the sac:cry: I was diagnosed with a blighted ovum ( the sac grows I carry on feeling pregnant but there is no baby):cry: this time I opted for a DNC as I couldn't put my family through a natural m/c again. I had one final scan before I made my decision - the sac was shrinking. I had a DNC - which was fine I recovered quite well physically anyway. Emotionally took a bit longer:cry: I then joined this thread in June 2012 (I think I'm one of the originals still left trying:cry:)

Myself and hubby had chats - about stopping just one more try we said - I got a BFP on rememberence Day - I didn't tell hubby I wanted to have some tests done first, to make sure everything would be ok - I lost it a week later at 3w4d (this was my 3rd m/c surely they would have to do something now???) I was sent to a fertility specialist - he carried out the standard NHS tests - fertility specialist my arse - he said it was my age (I also have endo) but that doesn't effect fertility oh and one more thing he said the fact hubby smokes has no effect - WHATEVER! I asked to be referred to a proper fertility specialist. I was referred to a recurrent m/c specialist.

I went to see the recurrent m/c specialist who said they would do testing on CD3 etc a HSG and ultrasounds to check ovaries - this was more like it:happydance: I fell pregnant that month and was unable to have the tests done - sadly I lost it again at 3w5d but now my hormones where out of whack and I had to wait a few months (I had short cycles so that was a few cycles wasted).

If we waited - hubby said lets just keep going and if it should happen it's meant to be the very next month I fell pregnant :happydance: this was different as soon as I announced my pregnancy I started to show - HCG was very high - a few people said sure it's not twins - Sac was growing (had that one before so didn't believe it) had a few scans there it was the sac, embryo, hb :happydance: we finally had our rainbow baby, had another scan a few days later baby doing fine so they said fortnightly scans - went back baby dead:cry: I couldn't understand this or even accept this so I asked for another DNC and the baby to be tested. I had a horrible DNC was in so much pain and had to stay in over night - emotionally/physically it took a long time to come to terms with:cry: I was told it was just bad luck and can try again:happydance:

It took 7 weeks for my cycle to come back and boy did she kick my arse I was so heavy (if I hadn't of been on holiday at the time) I would surely have been in hospital:cry: anyway we continued with our holiday - I even went para gliding for my 42nd (that's right) birthday:haha:

We came home and got on with life as you do - last week I got a phone call from the hospital asking me to come in for some results - it was the results of my last DNC - they told me I was carrying a boy who had trisomy 22 - a downs baby (I think the Dr told me that because at my age the risk is higher) of course I wanted to know what trisomy 22 was as I thought downs was trisomy 21??? - To keep it simple ladies imagine a perfect baby and then someone comes along with a rubber and starts rubbing out bits - perhaps the eyes, ears, mouth (and that is just on his little face) you get an idea of what a conflicting week it has been for me - sadness that the whole m/c has been brought up again. Guilt for thinking thank heavens my little boy didn't suffer. Sadness for feeling guilty. Guilty for feeling sadness.

So this is my story so far....................

:hugs:

X
 
garfie said:
Hi ladies

Firstly - welcome to the new ladies - sorry I wasn't around - been in a dark place:cry:

Now I'm slowly crawling out from under my rock:happydance:

A bit about me - love the journey updates by the way:winkwink:

So I have two lovely boys 10 & 12 years old from a previous marriage - he was a monster so I left him when I was 3 months pregnant with my youngest, we were a happy unit even though I knew something was not quite right with my eldest:cry:

I was a single mum who worked part time and brought up my boys until I met my soul mate (when youngest was 5) - we was NTNP as we had 2 boys and decided if it was meant to be it would happen (it never did).

In 2010 we got married (I was so happy) and this time we decided that as I was getting older - it probably wouldn't happen - well it did, we were over the moon :happydance: I found out I had a BFP on my late father's Birthday (June 2011), sadly I lost it on Father's day - I had a natural m/c and had a few problems (admitted to hospital etc) but although I was sad I didn't really think to much about it just thought it was one of those things - so we carried on - as time went on I thought why haven't I got pregnant yet so I started to get to know my body a bit better temping.

I finally fell pregnant a year later :happydance: (2012) we were so excited and had moved into a new home - new home new baby I had a HCG tests all going well and scans :happydance: the sac was growing - then disaster - they couldn't see anything in the sac:cry: I was diagnosed with a blighted ovum ( the sac grows I carry on feeling pregnant but there is no baby):cry: this time I opted for a DNC as I couldn't put my family through a natural m/c again. I had one final scan before I made my decision - the sac was shrinking. I had a DNC - which was fine I recovered quite well physically anyway. Emotionally took a bit longer:cry: I then joined this thread in June 2012 (I think I'm one of the originals still left trying:cry:)

Myself and hubby had chats - about stopping just one more try we said - I got a BFP on rememberence Day - I didn't tell hubby I wanted to have some tests done first, to make sure everything would be ok - I lost it a week later at 3w4d (this was my 3rd m/c surely they would have to do something now???) I was sent to a fertility specialist - he carried out the standard NHS tests - fertility specialist my arse - he said it was my age (I also have endo) but that doesn't effect fertility oh and one more thing he said the fact hubby smokes has no effect - WHATEVER! I asked to be referred to a proper fertility specialist. I was referred to a recurrent m/c specialist.

I went to see the recurrent m/c specialist who said they would do testing on CD3 etc a HSG and ultrasounds to check ovaries - this was more like it:happydance: I fell pregnant that month and was unable to have the tests done - sadly I lost it again at 3w5d but now my hormones where out of whack and I had to wait a few months (I had short cycles so that was a few cycles wasted).

If we waited - hubby said lets just keep going and if it should happen it's meant to be the very next month I fell pregnant :happydance: this was different as soon as I announced my pregnancy I started to show - HCG was very high - a few people said sure it's not twins - Sac was growing (had that one before so didn't believe it) had a few scans there it was the sac, embryo, hb :happydance: we finally had our rainbow baby, had another scan a few days later baby doing fine so they said fortnightly scans - went back baby dead:cry: I couldn't understand this or even accept this so I asked for another DNC and the baby to be tested. I had a horrible DNC was in so much pain and had to stay in over night - emotionally/physically it took a long time to come to terms with:cry: I was told it was just bad luck and can try again:happydance:

It took 7 weeks for my cycle to come back and boy did she kick my arse I was so heavy (if I hadn't of been on holiday at the time) I would surely have been in hospital:cry: anyway we continued with our holiday - I even went para gliding for my 42nd (that's right) birthday:haha:

We came home and got on with life as you do - last week I got a phone call from the hospital asking me to come in for some results - it was the results of my last DNC - they told me I was carrying a boy who had trisomy 22 - a downs baby (I think the Dr told me that because at my age the risk is higher) of course I wanted to know what trisomy 22 was as I thought downs was trisomy 21??? - To keep it simple ladies imagine a perfect baby and then someone comes along with a rubber and starts rubbing out bits - perhaps the eyes, ears, mouth (and that is just on his little face) you get an idea of what a conflicting week it has been for me - sadness that the whole m/c has been brought up again. Guilt for thinking thank heavens my little boy didn't suffer. Sadness for feeling guilty. Guilty for feeling sadness.

So this is my story so far....................

:hugs:

X
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Your story made me cry.I am so sorry to know the road has been so bumpy for you.May god bless you and your struggle ends soon.
Thanks for sharing your story
 
Oh Garfie :hugs: i know bits of your story but seeing it all written down like that well it did make me cry, you are so strong and brave, i know you probably dont feel it but to go through everything you have and still carry on, i think your super and dont you forget it girl!

Dont worry about needing to be under your rock now and again, it really takes it's toll we're all here for you xx

Moon, sorry about your BFN.

Tricia, glad youre still about and 17 weeks wow tha'ts flown by your approaching your gender scan, will you be finding out? hope it all goes well.

Everyone else ive forgotten hugs and kisses.

AFM still nothing to report im not doing much of anything just now so my life is pretty boring, the SPD is getting worse it's so painful, and now I find it hard to breathe, is that normal? my mum says it is because i have no space left i just cant seem to get a proper breath.
Im now trying to figure out whether i should go off sick again, I have 5 weeks left of work before my maternity leave but is it worth the stress and pain, really? apparently if im off sick again, my work can make me take Mat leave early but im trying to figure out how early to see if it's worth it.
Anyway id better go do some work......
 
Sorry about your BFN moon.....:hugs:

Garfie, glad to see you on here.

Eyemom, good luck with your HSG tomorrow.

I also got a BFN this morning. I thought I saw something when I took a picture of it and zoomed in, but I know I'm just grasping at straws. You'd think I'd be happy about making it to CD 26.....but I was just so sure I'd get a second line today. What's worse........as I sit here basking in the glory of my infertility and negative test, the Today Show decides they're going to show live births on TV this morning. :growlmad: WTF is that, universe? Some cruel mockery? Anyway, the first one caught me off guard and I lost it and cried. Had to change the channel to music, where the risk of being exposed to pregnancy or babies was minimal. Today would be about 12 DPO, so I'm losing faith quickly.
 
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