Hi ladies!!
Well Im sarah as you know haha and I am 35 next month. Im getting Married to my swedish fella in august and cant wait!
We started ttc in 2009. I had no idea what I was doing I thought if you had sex ater your period with no contraception chances are youd get knocked up. Imagine my shock to learn about opks and ovulation days and fertile windows!
Nothing happened for a while then in January 2011 (I had started temping here) I started to have a weird bleed. It wasnt AF level but was more than spotting. I tested and negative. At 17dpo I was still bleeding some and didnt feel right, tested again and boom bfp. So there my first ever two lines were. That started one of the darkest periods of my life. I had to go to the DR for blood tests with the bleeding and my levels came back as completely normal range for viable pregnancy. I was told it was just probably one of those things thats common with bleeding in pregnancy so I stopped worrying about it. I was finally pregnant! Then a week later the bleeding was beyond heavy and there was a lot of pain. They rushed me to A&E and off I was sent to EPU who said I was having a miscarriage, they couldnt detect anything on the scan. I went home and grieved for 2 days until I had a phonecall from EPU to say that my hcg was still doubling and that they thought there was a mistake and that it was just too early for the scan. So we were elated...still pregnant still happy! So off we went later that week for the viability scan. Only this time we were told the mass was in my right ovary and had to come out. The treatment wasnt very pleasant and I wasnt discharged till april. I still feel like I lost that pregnancy twice
By the end of 2011 I was referred to the fertility team. It was whilst I was there that they told me that I was not ovulating, at all. That I would need stimulation to try and kickstart it (clomid) and that I would need help to get pregnant. Then in May I had a chemical on a cycle they said I hadnt ovulated. I questioned this and they referred me for a HSG where they flush your uterus to check for blockages. That was when I found out I had problems with the right tube from the ectopic.
At this point I totally gave up...one more round of bloods..just another round of being told I am useless at getting pregnant. Had my bloods done at the beginning of cycle and after OV (I started to use opks when I get referred and found out I ovulated 5 days later than my temps alone said I did!!) was detected according to FF. Bloods again came back negative for ov...few days later boom bfp lol!
After Alex we just assumed that getting pregnant wasnt an easy feat for me. When he was 4 and a half months we stopped using contraception as we didnt think there was any point. Imagine my shock when 6wks later bfp.
The thing is...i know first hand the heartache of TTC. Of going from ttc to LTTC...to being part of groups where everyone graduates to pregnant and youre the last one standing. Feeling like the odd one out but trying to put a brave face on it all. I also know what its like to go cycle to cycle to feel like it will never happen. To think something is wrong with you. That envy of those you see on fb or out in the real world with babies and to have that ache in your heart for it to be you.
AND THATS WHY I AM HERE!!
Call me....Morale Bunny Sarah! Ive been where you ladies are and felt those pains and come out the other side. No matter what, never lose faith in your body. Never lose faith in your dream. Those babies are all coming ladies.
xx