Softcup Users: The Official 2010 Testing Thread!!

[HappyLady]

Lisaf I am so EXCITED for you and your!! I was just talking to you the other day about IVF!! I wish you the BEST OF LUCK!! I am so HAPPY for you!! SO EXCITING!!!

 

[CheriRose]

good luck! Just because I have a progesterone issue doesn't mean you do! Its just one of those things that can be hard to figure out and not all doctors even believe it an issue! Send me a PM anytime if you have questions about stuff, I'm happy to share whatever I've learned - I think I did a decent job in my journal of going through everything that happened...

Lisa did u see an obgyn or a fertility specialist ? I'm just wondering because an obgyn doctor that I had all he did was give me clomid.. NEVER. Even explained anything about it to me ( this was when I didn't kno everything I now kno.!) and told me if it didn't work hes sending me to fertility.! No blood work no nothing.!

 

[lisaf]

good luck! Just because I have a progesterone issue doesn't mean you do! Its just one of those things that can be hard to figure out and not all doctors even believe it an issue! Send me a PM anytime if you have questions about stuff, I'm happy to share whatever I've learned - I think I did a decent job in my journal of going through everything that happened...

Lisa did u see an obgyn or a fertility specialist ? I'm just wondering because an obgyn doctor that I had all he did was give me clomid.. NEVER. Even explained anything about it to me ( this was when I didn't kno everything I now kno.!) and told me if it didn't work hes sending me to fertility.! No blood work no nothing.!

First I saw a GYN who didn't want to give me anything and just wanted me to wait. Then I saw another GYN who put me on clomid, left me to chart and use OPKs to confirm ovulation. I had to ask for the progesterone blood test, not to confirm ov but jsut to confirm progesterone was high enough. He woudln't up the dose based on 1 low test, so I did another round, low again. So he wanted me to take a break and let my body recover and then try again but woudlnt up the dose. So I found a FS during my 'break' whose first step was to up the dose and it worked! I found an FS who isn't breaking my bank.. main reason I stayed away was the cost concerns! But a lot of things have been cheaper with him and I got full monitoring etc and my HSG this cycle. You have to push for the level of monitoring you want! And I do think its best to see an FS, GYNs are not experts at this and told me stupid stuff that just wasn't true! (like that the egg was still traveling down the tubes when you get a positive pregnancy test!!!)

 

[CheriRose]

Wow Lisa.. I'm glad you found the right doctor.. I hope I find the right doctor.. I'm going to see my primary doctor soon and have her recommend someone l.. Only because I dont kno of any around me and I prefer something to go through my health insurance.. I hope you have a healthy 9 month:!! I'm so happy for you.

 

[lisaf]

My insurance didn't cover me.. I checked prices at the 2 clinics in town, went for a consult at the cheaper one and checked his reputation with my acupuncturist (his success rate is almost unbelievably good). Everything he wanted to do sounded 'right', he was always willing to listen to my questions and even ask if I had more. His office is always super responsive, when I come in for appointments, my butt never even touches the chairs in the waiting room, they wisk me right in. Bloodwork is always back in on the same day and I ALWAYS get a call with the results.

My insurance doesn't cover anything that even has a whiff of infertility about it. I haven't even paid for anything but the consult and the HSG so far, he's been billing my insurance under PCOS and we're waiting to see what they'll pay for.

 

[CheriRose]

Ooo wow.!! I should see about that.! I need to first find a clinic in my area...! I'm trying to give it till December.. And if nothing than start seeing specialists.. Gives me and dh time to save money for the specialist.. I'm very hopeful tho now.. I want to see if my doctor will try the clomid again because of how I was never told nothing about it before.. I plan on calling Monday morning to make an appointment to see her..

 

[luckyme225]

You can put me down for September 13th

 

[redrose27]

I am new to soft cups but wanted to know how long I should leave them in for.

 

[sarlar]

few hours - 12 hours. i usually leave mine in about 6 hours or so unless i bd before bed then i leave it in until i wake up in the am. 12 is the max though!

 

[sarlar]

still waiting for af. she is due today i believe!

 

[lisaf]

hope she stays away sarlar!!

I did my softcups exactly like sarlar.. if close enough to bed, left in overnight for a max of 12 hours... otherwise I left it in all evening until bed.. usually about 5-6 hours.

 

[redrose27]

thanks ladies.

 

[mushypea]

Hey Lisaf - how are your hpts coming along? Line getting darker? Have you had any more bloods done? xxx I am nosey!

 

[HappyLady]

I must be nosey too!! I would love to know too Lisaf

 

[lisaf]

Hey Lisaf - how are your hpts coming along? Line getting darker? Have you had any more bloods done? xxx I am nosey!

Hehe, so I got my first proper line on a 20miu this morning.. SUUUUUPER faint still... like I might have doubted it if I didn't know from bloodtests that something was definitely going on.
Getting more bloodwork done today. I'll update my journal with the figures, dont' want to gab TOO much about pregnancy on the TTC threads,... I remember what it felt like when AF was just showing and someone who was due for AF around the same time as you has all these pregnancy updates.

 

[mushypea]

Oh keep us updated Lisaf! Glad the lines are still coming! If you were one of these 'OMG I am pregnant after ttc for 1 month!' girls, gabbing on about it, then sure - I would be upset. But you have been trying for a long time, with obstacles in your way - I for one am just delighted for you and excited about your progress. That is my personal opinion, anyway xxx

 

[mushypea]

Oh OK - just realised you had a journal! I shall stalk you on that now

 

[luckyme225]

Ok ladies I'm sure I sound silly but I want to make sure I'm using them right. So I tried one last night because I wanted to know what I was doing before actually DTD. It was easy to put in and pretty easy to take out (which of course makes me think I did it wrong).So I put it in vertically and it sits vertically against the wall the my cervix is on, does that sounds right? I would say the top part of the cup hooked around my cervix (it was med-high). Also, do you find that some of the semen gets left out of the cup when putting it in? That part makes me nervous!! Thanks ladies

 

[HappyLady]

Well that's exactly how I put in it....So if you are doing it wrong, then I guess I am doing it wrong too!! LOL!! And yes I did have a little sperm leak out when I first put it in....But not as much that leaks out when I didn't use a softcup

 

[honeybee28]

OMG Lisaf!!! congrats!!! fx. I know you've been trying for a while, do you mind me asking how long? and how many of those cycles you used softcups for?