Hi ladies
I'm loving all the excitement, sharing special moments and holiday feelings you've got going round on here!
Sadly I've got 3 BFNs in a row over the last 3 mornings. AF is due tomorrow and I think she's gonna come a-knocking on my door, the nasty and selfish witch.
On a more positive note, my Doctor agreed yesterday to refer me and my OH for tests at my local hospital's fertility clinic. At first he said we hadn't been trying for long enough and then I got really upset and eventually he agreed to it. When he got the form out to make the referral he said to me, "So, you've been trying for 2 years then" even though I'd just said it was a year (it's actually 11 months but I thought a year sounded better!) - so I just said yes and he wrote that down on the form! So, we feel a lot better just knowing we can get everything checked out. (especially since I'm 38 and my OH is 46).
Also, we've got an extra Bank Holiday in the UK on 29th April when Prince William gets married. How fantastic is that? I'm not normally a big supporter of the Royal Family (nothing much against them but just think it's unfair they've got so much when there's a lot of poverty in this country) - but today I'm pretty happy that they can give us an extra day's holiday just like that!
Also, I went to see a nutritionist last week and she gave me lots of good tips. Apparently it's good to eat food with lots of Vitamin D in it because it's considered there's sometimes a link between a lack of Vit D and fertility problems. So I'm doing some research on this but it seems like oily fish are good for this. Also she said to eat lots of yellow and orange fruit and veg as these are good for healthy ovaries - so yellow peppers, carrots, butternut squash etc - and to eat lots of greens like sprouts, cabbage, broccoli, rocket etc. And she recommended starflower as a supplement instead of EPO, and to take EPA for the 2WW - this is what you get from fish oils. And she said to cut down on the Maca - to go from 4 a day to 2 a day.
So, if the dreaded AF comes tomorrow then I'm off to the health food shop to stock up on all of the above. I hope some of this is handy info for those of you TTC - and I'm hoping for some more BFPs on here soon. I'd love it to be mine, but I think I'm out this month and maybe I'll have a lucky Xmas cycle!!
Baby dust and hugs all round xx
