honeybee2
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Hiya Ladies,
Some of you might know me from TTC, well Im new in this forum!
Ive been suffering from a prolactinoma since I was young- which stops you from ovulating and making fertility difficult https://endocrine.niddk.nih.gov/pubs/prolact/prolact.htm . I was put on drugs to help cure & shrink the tumor, but was told to use contreceptives if having sex because it makes you ovulate randomly and makes you very fertile.
I stopped using this drug when the doctor accidently overdosed me (and put me in hospital as a result with a heart attack)... that was a year ago.
Now my OH and I are not using any contreceptives in hope of conceiving, this is our 6th cycle and nada as yet.
It has just occured to me that of course, my tumour could be whats preventing me from conceiving, so Im back on the Cabergoline (but a safe dose hahaha!) and this is my first cycle using it without contreception, although I only took it a day before I was meant to ovulate (if I do at all- I get the pains and ewcm at least!!!) so Im not sure it will have worked in time...nevertheless, if it is possible that it makes you ovulate at random times, then Im sure regular sex will be the answer!
I'm not sure if this is assisted conception? I assume so because Im taking drugs to cure my illness which causes infertility???
I wonder if anyone else suffers from this??? Id be happy to buddy up with people :-D
I am also aware of another problem.... My vaginal pH is TOO acidic, killing the sperm as they enter me, so Im using bicarbonate soda & bubble baths to neautralise me before we do the deed- I was advised to douche from certain people, but I know this is dangerous. However, I also know a woman who cant have bubble baths because it gives her thrush - so therefore having a bubble bath is sure to neautralise some of the acid so douching doesnt have to take place (so dangerous!!).
Hope I havnt bored you all, my illness is difficult to explain haha!
Some of you might know me from TTC, well Im new in this forum!
Ive been suffering from a prolactinoma since I was young- which stops you from ovulating and making fertility difficult https://endocrine.niddk.nih.gov/pubs/prolact/prolact.htm . I was put on drugs to help cure & shrink the tumor, but was told to use contreceptives if having sex because it makes you ovulate randomly and makes you very fertile.
I stopped using this drug when the doctor accidently overdosed me (and put me in hospital as a result with a heart attack)... that was a year ago.
Now my OH and I are not using any contreceptives in hope of conceiving, this is our 6th cycle and nada as yet.
It has just occured to me that of course, my tumour could be whats preventing me from conceiving, so Im back on the Cabergoline (but a safe dose hahaha!) and this is my first cycle using it without contreception, although I only took it a day before I was meant to ovulate (if I do at all- I get the pains and ewcm at least!!!) so Im not sure it will have worked in time...nevertheless, if it is possible that it makes you ovulate at random times, then Im sure regular sex will be the answer!
I'm not sure if this is assisted conception? I assume so because Im taking drugs to cure my illness which causes infertility???
I wonder if anyone else suffers from this??? Id be happy to buddy up with people :-D
I am also aware of another problem.... My vaginal pH is TOO acidic, killing the sperm as they enter me, so Im using bicarbonate soda & bubble baths to neautralise me before we do the deed- I was advised to douche from certain people, but I know this is dangerous. However, I also know a woman who cant have bubble baths because it gives her thrush - so therefore having a bubble bath is sure to neautralise some of the acid so douching doesnt have to take place (so dangerous!!).
Hope I havnt bored you all, my illness is difficult to explain haha!
Hope the meds help you get that beautiful bfp!
at the right times (i used OPKs to make sure) absolute nada, so Im hoping now I started taking it again, it might make a difference!
. Finally (!!) it was diagnosed and put on Cabergoline. However, gynae said there was evidence that the contraceptive pill actually makes these tumors larger and so I would have to use some other kind of contraception if we did not want to get pregnant. Anyway, since then, 8 years on, I'm finally embarking on IUI soon (having been messed around a lot by healthcare professionals). I have been told to come off the Cabergoline which I came off last September 2008 (was scheduled for IUI last year but when I went for my baseline scan they found I was riddled with endometriosis, which I had been telling them I had all along and has put me back a year in fertility treatment
) because they are not sure about the effects of Cabergoline on the foetus.
