Stopping BCP to TTC***Updates & Progress/Noted Changes Since Stopping BCP***24BFPs***

[CrazyCharlie2]

Turtle - Thank you! it was nice to spend time together doing nothing but having fun. Usually we are working on the house.

cdex- Try a probiotic. They are safe and help you get back to a normal BM cycle. that could be what the cramping is from. OR You finally O'd and caught the little eggie. I'm hoping its the eggie.

Curious- How are you doing??

afm I am waiting for a week to see if AF shows up or not, (CD43 looks like i'm headed for another endless cycle) Then I will be calling the dr and making an appointment to discuss other options. I'm really glad that my Dr is willing to start doing things now though because while it has been 10 months, it's still not been an entire year of trying and I know a lot of drs wont even look at other options until it has been over a year. I've also been wallowing in self pitty over here, but I went and bought myself a bunch of flowers for the house (inside and out) so I'm feeling a lot more cheerful now. Thank goodness, I was getting on my own nerves! haha.

 

[patienceiav]

Hey girls

How's everyone going? I missed you! I tried having a break from BnB but just turned into my typical 2ww crazy person

This cycle was a chemical so that's 3 down to take to the specialist! We're finally at the official year mark so me and hubby are booked in for 25th August, right when I'll ov again, typical hope you don't mind me coming back, I'm so nervous about what's coming next I don't even know what to expect

What have I missed? Sounds like you're still havikg a crap time of it Charlie, sorry I'm glad your Dr is taking things seriously though, nothing worse than them disagreeing with your pleas for help!

 

[twinkie2]

Patience-do you usually spot before you get full flow? Are you certain it's a chemical? I'm assuming you took a test and got a positive and are assuming chemical by the spotting. Some ladies do spot, so you aren't totally out until the flow starts. I am so sorry though, but glad you are finally to the one year mark, and of course, you are always welcome here!!!!!!

 

[patienceiav]

I got a faint pos sat eve + sun morning, bfn today after 2 temp drops and woke up cramping, still nauseus with sore boobs though (not as bad as previous days sadly which is normally a huge sign of af), so my body doesn't know what's what I'm keeping up with the cream till I know for sure but + to -, temp crash + spotting surely means bad things i had a 1 day flow last month so I'm actually scared of not even having a proper period

 

[Turtle0630]

Good morning, ladies!

Cdex, any changes yet? I sure hope you see SOMETHING soon!

Charlie, I love that you bought yourself flowers to help cheer yourself up! That's awesome! Also glad that it worked somewhat. Any changes for you yet?

Patience, welcome back! I know I wasn't on here before when you were but I read all of the pages so I feel like I know you already. Ugh, I'm so sorry that it's been another rough cycle for you this go around! I am happy for you though that you're finally able to start the testing and hopefully get some answers soon! I bet the 25th can't come soon enough for you!

Twinkie, how have you been feeling?

 

[curiousowl]

Aw, patience, so sorry I'm keeping you in my thoughts! 1 CP was hard, I can't even fathom more.

Thanks for asking Charlie! I had a fake-out LH surge this weekend with a OPK line as dark as I'd only ever seen the day before a positive. That and my chart convinced me I was finally going to O on a semi-normal schedule but it apparently wasn't meant to be. Yesterday was rough (lots of moaning to DH about how bcp's ruined my life) but I drank a couple glasses of wine last night and feeling much better today. Just going to try to stay positive!

 

[twinkie2]

Sorry patience! I was hoping that just maybe this one could be different for you. Glad you can finally get in!

Turtle-all is well here. We saw baby on Friday at 8+6, he/she was measuring exactly 9 wks, so all looks to be spot on. We still haven't heard the hb, but we've seen it on the ultrasound. As far as MS, I've been pretty luck so far (fx'd!) no vomiting, just random nausea usually caused by needing to eat or drink. Otherwise, my breasts are still very sore and I'm exhausted basically all the time, but I've had it better off so far than any of my 3 sisters, so counting my blessings for the time being and hoping I can skate through the next 4 weeks or so without too many hangups. Next appointment is at 12+6 and we can hopefully end the progesterone then. The tech found a small tear when baby implanted which is likely the cause of my spotting issues, so continued pelvic rest for the time being. Dr said mc risk is low, the tear is pretty small, but we are still playing things out cautiously just to be safe. And that is enough about me how are you?

Hoping everyone is well! I can't wait to add some more bfps to the front page. Good luck ladies, thinking of you all often!! Sorry I don't post as much. I do follow along, I just don't want to offend anyone as I know exactly what it's like to continue trying and feel frustrated when others are pregnant. Lots of to all you lovelies and prayers for bfps and answers soon for so many of you!

 

[patienceiav]

Hey turtle, a new face! :waves: sounds very funny you knowing all about me what a long read you have had!

Thanks curiousowl, it was a relief I could get preggers at first, now it's "oh why can't I be pregnant for more than 5 minutes!"

Twinkie I shall hold the tiniest glimmer of hope while I'm still spotting so pathetically and feeling kinda symptomy, weirder things have happened to me than getting a bfp then bfn then bfp again guess tomorrow's temp will seal the deal assuming I don't get af before then!

 

[Turtle0630]

Hey turtle, a new face! :waves: sounds very funny you knowing all about me what a long read you have had!

Thanks curiousowl, it was a relief I could get preggers at first, now it's "oh why can't I be pregnant for more than 5 minutes!"

Twinkie I shall hold the tiniest glimmer of hope while I'm still spotting so pathetically and feeling kinda symptomy, weirder things have happened to me than getting a bfp then bfn then bfp again guess tomorrow's temp will seal the deal assuming I don't get af before then!

Haha, that probably makes me sound like a stalker! I swear I'm not! Just wanted to get caught up on the thread before joining in. It was quite a read for sure! It was kind of fun for me though, as I could see the tickers now for people who have conceived and match it up sometimes with their posts as they were getting ready to test; almost like reading a novel where you already know the ending!

Don't lose hope yet though, like you said, at least you CAN get pregnant! That right there is half the battle! I really hope you can get your answers when you go in for your testing! Or better yet, I hope it's like Twinkie said and you really are now and just spotting from it!

Twinkie, I'm so glad to hear that everything is measuring as it should be and that you're feeling (relatively) well! And at least now you know with the tear, and it can explain the spotting!

I'm doing good, thanks! I *think* I ovulated yesterday, I've just had a lot of confusion with the opk's. I'm still testing to try to figure it out for sure but if I put them into FF as positives, it has me as ovulating yesterday. Which would fit with the cramping I was having so until I know differently, I'm going with that. Now begins the long wait.

 

[CrazyCharlie2]

Welcome back Patience! We have missed you! So sorry about the possible chemical I really hope it's not!

Curious- I hate the LH fake outs! Glad you're feeling better though. I have a decorative kitchen towel that says "wine is to women what duct tape is to men, it fixes everything. " it's one of my favorite things lol

Twinkie-so glad everything is measuring right on track! Hopefully you'll get to hear that little heartbeat soon! ♡

Cdex- how is everything?

 

[CrazyCharlie2]

Turtle I hope you O'd! Keeping my FX for you! !

 

[cdex67]

Charlie: Im glad the flowers helped, and im really glad your doctor is willing to work with you moving forward

Patience: Im glad youre back and fxed for you that it isnt a chemical!

AFM-not much has changed. Still a little crampy. Yesterday I caught a horrible smell from the roast beef at work that threw me into a major wave of nausea but the other girl I was working with couldnt smell it...tested this morning on a dollar test with smu BFN. havent had a chance to make a dr appt yet but still only CD62 so probably pointless anyway.

 

[cdex67]

Oh also thinking about starting opks again just for kicks.

 

[CrazyCharlie2]

Cdex- I know you think it's pointless to try to talk to the dr. But I really think you should. You never know maybe your Dr wants you to come in for some blood testing or she will give you provera to start a new cycle. Is worth a phone call.

 

[patienceiav]

Hehe no worries turtle, it must have been one hell of a read! it's good to be back

Cdex that sounds like a rough ride :/ it can't hurt to ask, it's for a good cause that you tell them you mean business!

The first specialist appt didn't really fill me with hope in june (she said she could do a progesterone check at any time in my cycle but prefer right after af) so that was a terrible start, anyone think of anything I should ask her/defend my right to get checked/help? It seems so many specialists don't believe in progesterone issues and luteal phase problems

 

[Mintastic]

Patience - welcome back - so sorry if you are having a "chemical" but glad you can get to see the specialist - I am sorry I am still only a few months in so I don't have specialist advice for you but I am sure other ladies on here will. Maybe make a thread if no one in here has any advice?

Cdex - I agree with Charlie - no harm can come of phoning your doctor early so you may as well try.

Curious - I feel the same about BC - mostly though I feel betrayed by my gyn whom I thought was the greatest up until now. I am having trouble letting go of the anger I feel towards her for not telling me to get off BC sooner when I first told her we were WTT.

 

[patienceiav]

I will check with the LTTTC ladies maybe they have some tips I'm not sure if I should go in guns blazing and be like "i think this is wrong and this is what I want you to do about it" or just wait and see what she does? I think she hates me anyway but maybe she'll be nicer now we're at 1 year..

How dare Robin Williams die today, I'm not particularly upset about af any more but I'm obviously still emotional, silly hormones, I tear up every time I see something about him, he was in so many of my childhood films RIP

 

[Turtle0630]

Curious, so sorry about your LH surge fake-out! Hoping you get to O soon.

Curious and Mint, I get ya on the bcp thing. Honestly it's been relatively easy (so far, I'm only on month 2) for me coming off the pill compared to what some of you have gone through. Even with that though, it amazes me the side effects, even the mild ones, that you can have coming off of them! It really makes you realize how much they were jacking with your body that whole time, and that can't be good. I really don't know as though I ever want to go back on them.

Mint, I'm sorry that you're having so much anger towards your gyno about them, and not advising you to come off them sooner. I really hope you can find some peace with that, however that needs to happen (even if that means bitching her out! Haha!)

And I agree, wine can cure many ails. Charlie, I love that dishtowel! Ha! And thank you! I'm fairly certain now that I did either on Sunday or Monday, so now I guess we just wait and see!

Cdex, I really agree with the other ladies, I think you should just try with your dr even though you don't think they'll do anything. You never know, and it can't hurt to ask. All dr's are different. I see most people posting on here that their dr's won't do anything for them until it's been a year of ttc, whereas mine told me when I first mentioned trying that if nothing has happened by 6 months, to come back then and they'd start testing. I know I'm really lucky with that. I'm 33 so part of it might be the age but I'm still in the window where it's not considered infertile until 1 year so it's probably just more that I have an awesome dr. Anyways, point being that not all dr's handle things the same, and it definitely can't hurt to ask! I really hope you get SOMETHING soon!

Patience, I'm sorry that I don't have any specialist advice for you either. I do really hope that she's nicer to you though now that it's been a full year! (although I find it ridiculous that she wasn't nice to you before!) If she's not any nicer this go around, can you get a second opinion? Or are you locked into seeing her?

I know, I was so sad about Robin Williams dying! And really more shocked than anything! So tragic. So many friends started listing movie after movie of his (on fb) and it really reminded me of just how many he was in that I had forgotten about. So much talent.

 

[CrazyCharlie2]

What's everyone's opinion on clomid?

 

[jessica716]

Twinkie lovely scan, glad to hear all measuring well
Have you got a doppler at all?

Patience - we've missed you, sorry to hear about the chemical huni, big hugs xx