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to everyone xx
Hello ladies hows everyone getting on? i feel like im not meant to be here anymore due to being told not to get pregnant so im not sure where im supposed to hang out now lol
Hope everyones ok
Hello ladies hows everyone getting on? i feel like im not meant to be here anymore due to being told not to get pregnant so im not sure where im supposed to hang out now lol
Hope everyones ok
Of course you should hang out here still, what would we do without you?!
im just not sure what im supposed to be doing lol, fella is in a funk and is doing the self pity party so im having to go over to my aunts house to have chit chats because hes in too much of a funk, i keep getting told Who is sick here? hes making it about him and im trying to get back to normal until it all happens but he keeps putting me back in this funk 
oh well i have my aunty and you lovies to keep me sane, who needs fella's aye lol
Just wanted to share some info...OH's mom asked if I used Geritol to get my BFP and well I didnt but I asked her what it does and all she said was "there's a baby in every bottle," so your supposed to take one tbspn every morning and every night before bed I looked at there website and it says it "contains every vitamin & mineral established as essential in human nutrition." Which makes sense to me...taking it everyday will replace all the vitamins your lacking, women can be lacking some vitamins due to stress, travel, etc...those vitamins you may be lacking can help with CM, sex drive, iron increase, and increases body heat (needed to keep sperm viable)....I wish I would have known that I would have definately tried using it...my mom use to make to take the stuff when I was young and I couldnt gut the tatse (literally tastes like swallowing 2nd hand puke) I don't really remember the affect it had one me but I did read alot of SUCCESS stories online...most women I looked into got their BFP during their 1 st or 2nd month taking it and even MORE success stories when combined with clomid...these women talked about how they "knew" they were ovulating "naturally" (meaning no temps, no opks) when taking Geritol because they had high sex drive and ABUNDANT CM (like were supposed to do...not all of us are so lucky :/ ) they had all the natural signs of ovulation.....some women take it starting cd 1 up to O and some take it from cd 1 til they get their BFP....there are 2 types, Geritol Complete (pill form) and Geritol Tonic (liquid form...NASTY
P.S. It's available at MOST drugstores, I've seen it at Walmart, K-Mart, CVS,Rite Aid, Walgreens, etc...unfortunately, its not available in the UK, so those ladies wanting to try who live in the UK will have to buy online...
@stefaniec how are you finding managing your anxiety and TTC. I have a lot of health anxiety and I find it hard sometimes especially as I have had an ectopic in the past and crap myself when I think about the possibility of having another one. Even though I have not had a BFP yet I still find myself worrying that the slightest twinge is the beginning of another ectopic
I find that St Johns Wort helps me aswell as rescue remedy but I don't like taking them when TTC as I have not researched whether they are okay to take and worry they may interfere with my folic acid and iron tonic. I really must look into it all. The doctor wanted me to go on meds but I opted for counselling instead as I knew we would be TTC.
@stefaniec how are you finding managing your anxiety and TTC. I have a lot of health anxiety and I find it hard sometimes especially as I have had an ectopic in the past and crap myself when I think about the possibility of having another one. Even though I have not had a BFP yet I still find myself worrying that the slightest twinge is the beginning of another ectopic
I find that St Johns Wort helps me aswell as rescue remedy but I don't like taking them when TTC as I have not researched whether they are okay to take and worry they may interfere with my folic acid and iron tonic. I really must look into it all. The doctor wanted me to go on meds but I opted for counselling instead as I knew we would be TTC.
Well I have had counselling and am due back in a month or so but i'm also actually on meds that i was on before TTC but my doctor and I have worked out a plan to halve the dose over time as although my current dose would probably be ok, i would be more comfortable with the idea of a lower dose. Cutting them out entirely is not an option for me as I suffer from depression as well as anxiety so its safer for me to be on them than not as if i stop taking them i may stop looking after myself properly and so not look after the unborn baby properly as my brain wouldn't be working right. I will be cutting them out entirely eventually but its just unrealistic to set that as a goal straight away hence the cutting down. I'm a bit reserved about telling people about my illnesses because i've had someone have a go at me on the forum about it before so i'm scared of other people doing the same
@stefaniec how are you finding managing your anxiety and TTC. I have a lot of health anxiety and I find it hard sometimes especially as I have had an ectopic in the past and crap myself when I think about the possibility of having another one. Even though I have not had a BFP yet I still find myself worrying that the slightest twinge is the beginning of another ectopic
I find that St Johns Wort helps me aswell as rescue remedy but I don't like taking them when TTC as I have not researched whether they are okay to take and worry they may interfere with my folic acid and iron tonic. I really must look into it all. The doctor wanted me to go on meds but I opted for counselling instead as I knew we would be TTC.
Well I have had counselling and am due back in a month or so but i'm also actually on meds that i was on before TTC but my doctor and I have worked out a plan to halve the dose over time as although my current dose would probably be ok, i would be more comfortable with the idea of a lower dose. Cutting them out entirely is not an option for me as I suffer from depression as well as anxiety so its safer for me to be on them than not as if i stop taking them i may stop looking after myself properly and so not look after the unborn baby properly as my brain wouldn't be working right. I will be cutting them out entirely eventually but its just unrealistic to set that as a goal straight away hence the cutting down. I'm a bit reserved about telling people about my illnesses because i've had someone have a go at me on the forum about it before so i'm scared of other people doing the same
I had a bad case of depression and a lot of anxiety issues. I had to take meds to stay human. If I did not take them then I would sleep day in and day out. I really had to make sure I took them post-partum. I eventually got myself weaned of of them. Now that I am a SAHM I really just don't need them. My job was causing most of my problems. I am a nurse and people just don't appreciate the work you actually do to keep them happy and healthy while in the hospital. How many times we have to keep the Drs from giving you something that may kill you, or begging them to give you enough pain meds to keep you comfortable. It really gets old when you go through all of that just to get cussed at and something thrown at you the moment you walk in the door. Ok rant over. Anyway, take your time. Make sure you are comfortable with the doses before trying to wean a little more. You may or may not be able to get off of them. Do whats best for you and your family. Good luck to you.
to the ladies that are going through this. I find it awful that someone actually had a go at you because of this and next time they will have me to deal with 
Hello ladies hows everyone getting on? i feel like im not meant to be here anymore due to being told not to get pregnant so im not sure where im supposed to hang out now lol
Hope everyones ok
I had a bad case of depression and a lot of anxiety issues. I had to take meds to stay human. If I did not take them then I would sleep day in and day out. I really had to make sure I took them post-partum. I eventually got myself weaned of of them. Now that I am a SAHM I really just don't need them. My job was causing most of my problems. I am a nurse and people just don't appreciate the work you actually do to keep them happy and healthy while in the hospital. How many times we have to keep the Drs from giving you something that may kill you, or begging them to give you enough pain meds to keep you comfortable. It really gets old when you go through all of that just to get cussed at and something thrown at you the moment you walk in the door. Ok rant over. Anyway, take your time. Make sure you are comfortable with the doses before trying to wean a little more. You may or may not be able to get off of them. Do whats best for you and your family. Good luck to you.
Until you have been through stuff like this you cannot truly appreciate how awful it is. My hubby tries to be sympathetic but he seems to think I can just snap out of it
I have had anxiety issues since I was 18. I have been through the stages where I could barely get out of bed and eventually gave up work and have never one back. About 2 years ago I convinced myself that I was going to drop dead of a heart attack any second and could barely function. I was constantly convinced I had DVT and wouldn't even make plans more than a day ahead as I was convinced I wouldn't be here. I went through a lot of it in private hiding the anxiety attacks and panic attacks from my hubby as best I could. I would cry at night after he went to sleep and wondered at times if he was better off without me.
Eventually I moved house and ended up with a new doctor and went for counselling and things have gotten better. I am still not completely cured and I don't think I ever will be but it is all at a much more manageable level and thank goodness I am managing without medication not that I have anything at all against those who do take it. Part of the reason that I don't take meds is that I freak out over possible side effects. I don't even like taking paracetamol and I think finally my doctor understands this and has stopped trying to push for me to g on them.
For a long time I worried about having kids when I am like this. The physical symptoms of my anxiety such as the palpitations and the muscle aches can sometimes feel overwhelming but I know that I will be okay with the support of my family and I have learned to recognise when I am heading into a bad period again so I can take steps to work my way out of it. As far as I am concerned my kid (if I am lucky enough to have one) will not know that I have this problem until they are an adult. I will fight tooth and nail not to burden them with it. That may not be the way that others would do it but it is the way that I want to do it.
Lots of
. I also left work due to these problems and it is unlikely I will return any time soon. I'm planning not to let my children know of my problems until they are grown up too as I wouldn't want them to think differently of me.
was also great catching up with them, they cheered me right up and i found out that my friend Heather also had the same problems as mine except she had mild endometriosis and mine is pcos and we had a great chat, she said she never had anyone to talk to about it so anytime i need to talk i can give her a call and we can do lunch or something, shes a lovely girl, i thought she was 25 all this time but shes 30 so lifes been kind with her youthfulness i promised that when im fixed we are getting together to have a big blow out :~) cant wait thanks for your support girls it means a lot, your words are lifting my spirit so thank you xxxxxxxx )
