Post-Coitel trouble

[Brambletess]

Hiya Girls

Anyone had trouble getting a positive post-coitel, This is my second month and yet again I think the timing is wrong as CM has gone white today. Last month it was too soon and was too acidic. My hospital only do them on Tuesdays and Fridays and my window is not massive plus my cycle varies from 28 - 32 days. Its so frustrating!?! DH sperm has a lot of abnormal ones so its important to see what they do in there. Anybody had problems with how the sperm perform in CM, is this a common problem?

Hope everybody has a good holiday season xxx

 

[Trying4ever]

hiya, what do you mean by positive post-coital?

 

[Brambletess]

By positive I mean where the mucas is the right consistancy and you can see the sperm swimming in as it should. I had my second one today and the mucas was too thick so it was too late in my cycle. They are going to give me estrogen for two weeks so it stimulates lots of mucas and we should see then.

 

[keerthy]

Hiya Girls

Anyone had trouble getting a positive post-coitel, This is my second month and yet again I think the timing is wrong as CM has gone white today. Last month it was too soon and was too acidic. My hospital only do them on Tuesdays and Fridays and my window is not massive plus my cycle varies from 28 - 32 days. Its so frustrating!?! DH sperm has a lot of abnormal ones so its important to see what they do in there. Anybody had problems with how the sperm perform in CM, is this a common problem?

Hope everybody has a good holiday season xxx

Hi honey, cant be of much help.But I have heard preseed helps women with CM problems.

And for ur DH... you can make him take multi-vitamins, Zinc and Co enzyme Q10.(which I am supplementing mu DH with) Have heard they improve the quality of spremies.

Good luck

 

[Brambletess]

I have ordered some pre-seed so hopefully that will help. Can't get Dh to take vitamins, they sit on the side and remain untouched even though i remind him every other day . He has been reading this book called 'Bad Science' and it said in there that vitamins don't make any difference to ones health. That may be so if you have a very well blanced diet on a daily basis but he doesn't. I also asked him to not sit with his laptop on his lap because of the heat, but he still does that everynight for long hours. He did cut back on drinking for a little while but thats back to normal. I guess you have to accept that just because you want something and are prepared to make changes, your partner is a seperate person and you cannot control them. If they want it they will make changes but if they don't, you are on your own...

The FS has told me for the next post-coitel they will give me estrogen for two weeks so the stuff is pouring out wehen I next go in - lovely. If we don't see some swimming then we never will!!

 

[dan-o]

Ha ha sounds just like mine! I cringe when he runs a boiling hot bath, or has a day at work with high temps. His multivits are also untouched, I think he takes them once a week! pmsl

I have a microscope here for other reasons, but curiosity got the better of me & did my own 'post coitial' of sorts (I just put a small sample on a slide & took a peek) gross I know, but I wanted to see if we have swimmers... well 'swimming' I guess.

The first time there were loads & very lively & I was happy, but the second time, when my CM was changing from EWCM to creamy there were plenty there but all dead as doornails.

I'm going to use pre-seed as often as possible this cycle & see if it helps

 

[dan-o]

Another thing, since I've been taking EPO i've noticed I have a lot more fertile CM & I have it for about a week now, rather than just a few days

 

[Trying4ever]

Lol my OH was exactly like that too...refusing to take multi-vits saying they are chemicals and he doesn't need them...then we went for a SA test and his count was great but the FS said that the spermies were not moving...she said he needed zinc to get them swimming.....personally I think they may have died/stopped moving cos i told him to keep the sample cool as opposed to warm...I got abit mixed up! lol

Well that dented his ego abit and he has started to take the multivits with minerals that I give him each night after dinner with his tea! (Not sure if you can take it with tea but at least he takes them now!) We are going to have another SA test next week so hopefully we will see a difference and I can say it was the vits!

Men only have to do ONE thing while us girls are doing god knows what with 100 blood tests every other day ....reminds me I have to get him to have one ......