mid term ttc!

[BizyBee]

Sorry Toptack...

Leila, hope this is your month so you don't have to worry about the next one...

and Aussie, don't give up yet!

 

[mrsmcnamara]

We are trying for our 1st as well...I wish she'd (because I know it's going to be a girl) would hurry up and come to us already! LOL...and I just realized that I'm probably way off the mark since you ladies covered this topic like 2 days ago. hAHA. Sorry for the delay!

Good luck! I can't wait to see who else gets their BFP's this month! Congratulations MOOMOO- have a H&H 9 months

 

[aneageraussie]

thank you ladies... i will just pray stays far far away...

 

[Mrs G]

We're ttc our first too. Keep having these horrible "how do I even know I can have a baby" moments.. I don't suppose it's any easier whether you're trying for your 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc but I do worry, having never been pg, no scares, mc, nothing...

Sorry to hear your news toptak.

Keep up the pma girlies!!

 

[bobobaby]

Good morning girls! (we'll at least its morning here on the West coast of the good ol' USA )

Mrs G I totally have those moments way too often! Yesterday I started freaking out and worrying about my hubby's sperm! I just can't imagine him wanting to go get tested if we ever got to that point, so it freaked me out even though I have no real reason to believe there is something wrong. Its just all the What if's that get to me sometimes.

 

[Toptack]

Oh god, don't mention the sperm thing. I have to get my hubby to produce a sample when he gets back off exercise (he's in the army). He's been avoiding it for the last few months but he has got to do it before we see the specialist... he's really not keen...

Mrs G, how much B50 are you taking? I'm only on 50mg at the mo but thinking of going up to 100mg. I just want to feel like I'm doing something, you know?

 

[Leila Fae]

I've already suggested to DH that it could be worth getting him checked out and he seems to be ok about it. If only to rule it out.

I'll have to buy the test kit for him though!

 

[Toptack]

DH has asked me to take his sample into the hospital... said he didn't mind 'producing', but didn't like the idea of the lab technician being able to put a face to the sperm!!

 

[Mrs G]

DH has asked me to take his sample into the hospital... said he didn't mind 'producing', but didn't like the idea of the lab technician being able to put a face to the sperm!!

My dh went suprisingly willingly. Still waiting for results, nhs can take up to a month!! ridiculous when you think they have to do the tests within a couple of hours of the sample being produced!! In the Zita West book it says that no man, regardless of health or history, should go for more than 6 months of ttc without having a test..... use this info as ammo girls, I did!

toptack - I'm taking 50mg of bvits. It lengthened lp by 3 days last month. Have ov'd really late this time so still waiting to see what lp will do. Have you read the thread in ttc products? Loads info and people's experiences there. I know some girls have said 100mg messed up their cycles a bit.

 

[Toptack]

Hmm, maybe I'll stick on 50mg of B6 for time being then. Lets hope you get your BFP before you even have a chance to find out what it's done to your cycle this month! Am thinking of going to see a private specialist, as the local NHS clinic seems particularly crap... Dread to think what private clinics charge though.

 

[claire99991]

DH has asked me to take his sample into the hospital... said he didn't mind 'producing', but didn't like the idea of the lab technician being able to put a face to the sperm!!

this must be a man thing my OH said exaclty the same thing he has to do sperm sample next week and we have to have it at the lab within the hour and the hosp they sending us to is half hour away lol

 

[bobobaby]

Toptack- I take B-50 and it has done just fine lengthening my LP up to 13 or 14 days. I would take as little as needed to do the trick.

 

[cutie4evr01]

Hi girls, sorry I'm so behind. Toptack, I'm sorry the got you this cycle. And Leila it's not over this cycle until she shows!

Great advice about telling the doc the book recommends 6 months. I was thinking of going ahead to have my DH tested (although he is hesitant), but I wasn't sure what I could come up with to get them to do it before the year was up. But it's been 8 months for us, and my gyno knows that, so maybe I can go ahead and get him tested a little early if it doesn't work out for us this cycle.

We are also trying for our first baby. My sister has 3 kids and my brother has 2 and a 3rd on the way; neither of them tried longer than a month or two for all of them, so I thought we'd have no problem. My greatest fear is that I won't be able to have children, but if I get really down about it, I just look at adoption sites, and that seems to help me to know that there are always kids that will need loving homes. But when I'm thinking rationally and with a clear head, I know that it's WAY too early for us to be thinking we can't get pregnant, so try to keep up the PMA and we will all have our chance soon enough!

 

[Leila Fae]

Another one bites the dust. My temp is down again and I've started spotting.

will be showing her face any minute. Sigh.


I can't send DH to any hospital or clinic because he's never at home so I was thinking of getting one of the test kits you can buy on the internet to get him checked out. Don't know how accurate they are though.

My LP was 11 days this time - 12 has been the longest I've had. I think the B vits have helped a bit but to be honest it does worry me that it's so short. I don't know whether that's the problem, or I'm not actually ovulating, or if it's simply that we haven't got the timings right. Because DH isn't around all the time it's very difficult - for example I have no hope at all next cycle because he's going to be travelling from the Isle of Man to Scotland when I ovulate and I'm in Kent! It is really starting to feel like this will never happen. Even if both of us are tip top physically he's going to be working all over the place until December.

*goes off to find diary to see if she can chase him round the UK at ovulation time*

 

[Mrs G]

Hun, have you been to your doctor about ov? If you take your charts and explain you've been tracking ov and you're not sure it's happening I'm sure they'd do some investigations. I think you have 2 blood tests, one around cd3 and one around cd21. It might also give you something to focus on while oh is away. I know that when dh agreed to go for sa, I felt like we were actually doing something positive about it.

Also remember that although this is really crappy to hear, there is only a 20% chance of getting pg each month. Even if everything is working fine and in the right place at the right time (!) the odds are still low. I think that those of us who take a while to get pg go a bit unnoticed and its only ever those women who fall quickly that we hear about. That's what makes us feel like we're not normal, when actually we are normal, they were just bloddy lucky!!!

 

[aneageraussie]

wow i missed so much.. this thread grows so fast.. so i went out with my friends tonite and really wanted to drink but i stayed far.. tho i had 2 cups of coffee for the day..
As for symptomps.. nothing today and yesterday... boobs are sore bt only when u touch them..
I went out and whrever i went i saw so many girls with babies or pregnant ones... i really wanna be one of them

 

[BizyBee]

It's funny you girls were talking about the sperm analysis b/c my OH and I were just discussing it. He's been advised to abstain 4-7 days before, so we're waiting until AF arrives before he does it (since I can Ov any time, we can't waste any precious time & baby juice during my cycle). I recently offered to take it for him and he was pleasantly surprised. He said it went from being a "task" to "fun". We were discussing how it has to stay warm and he suggested that I stick it between my boobs! Hehe... can you imagine if I got in a car accident or pulled over? That would be an interesting predicament!

 

[claire99991]

My OH was meant to do SA this week but i said no chance i need the sperm this week for myself so he is going next week instead. I have my CD21 tests next friday (although cos i have ovulated today instead of yesterday im worried the results will be in accurate) but they dont do blood tests on a weekend so not a lot i can do about it. Also i have to go for tests when my period is here but she didnt say what day like is it 1st day of your period? Mrg G u said cd3 that would be better for me cos im due to bleed on a saterday. Anyway i have ovulated today so as of tomorow im in the 2WW. X

 

[BizyBee]

I was also told CD3. I don't know how the CD21 bloodwork will work for me since I don't ovulate regularly. I think I Ov'ed on CD40 or so. After my/OH's tests this next cycle, I am pretty sure my Dr. will start me on Clomid. If I'm not lucky enough to get a (not looking likely), then I just wish would get here so I can move on with my testing!

 

[claire99991]

bizy bee i think they use cd21 as a rough guide i think its 7 days after you ovulate your progestrong will peak and they can tell from that if you have ovulated or not so if u know when you ovulate its possible to get bloodwork done 7 days later and they can confirm weather ovulation took place or not xx