The Beanstalkers (formally ttc buddy?)

[raelynn]

Why is AF playing games? I'll be 14dpo tomorrow and I'm usually around 13 or 14. My boobs are sore but I've only been having mild cramps. It figures, you get AF when you don't want it and not when you do.

Only a week now until your appointment Chat!!

MK - I'm with you on the hopeful side. It is ridiculous though. I know there is almost no chance of us getting pregnant naturally and yet I've been holding out hope thinking it is our last chance for a natural BFP. I don't know why I torment myself and I just wish AF would show to put me out of my misery.

 

[raelynn]

Hi Ladies! How is everyone? Hopefully you all are enjoying the weekend!

AF has finally come. I called our nurse at the fertility specialist since I knew it would probably come this weekend and our nurse doesn't work Sat, Sun, or Monday. I start my round of birth control on Monday. I have to call back in on the 5th to get my IVF calendar. I'm so excited we're getting started finally!

 

[mk8]

Yay Rae- so excited for you!

As for me, I am on day 28 and AF should arrive today. I tend to spot a day or two before AF and when I noticed no brown/pink tinged cm on Thurs or Fri, not to mention my still sore boobs I started to feel hopeful. I woke up this morning and pressed on my boobs- still sore! No blood. Very hopeful. The sun's out so went for a nice walk with hubby in the park and was in a great mood. Came home, pressed on boobs and guess what? No pain. Nothing. I think AF is flying in. Why is she so cruel? Why does she like to torment me like that? I am not on clomid and my natural cycles have a max 12 day LP with spotting on day 12. I am now day 13. So mean.

 

[raelynn]

I'm right there with you MK! This was our last chance for a natural cycle so I was hoping by some miracle it would work out but I'm not devastated since I know we'll be moving forward with IVF. Hopefully for you the delay is a good thing and your BFP is coming!

What is the next step for you, still waiting on testing?

 

[Chatnoir]

Hi ladies, af arrived for me today aswell ...... Glad u are now on ur way Rae!

 

[mk8]

Tinged cm upon wipe now. I'm fed up.

 

[raelynn]

Wow...our cycles synched up. Even with me and my crazy long ones Hoping you ladies get some answers really soon! FS appointment is in a few days for you, Chat, right?

 

[Chatnoir]

Yep on Thursday, just want it to be here already! Had it booked for 6months! And it has been the longest six months!!! Just hope we don't have to wait ages for tests to be done.

 

[raelynn]

I know how you feel with the waiting for an appointment. It took me 6 months to get a new patient appointment with my obgyn but I really wanted her since she was recommended highly by my primary doctor (she delivered her 3 children) and she's an obgyn so she can deliver babies too. Definitely worth the weight. She is awesome!

If your FS is anything like mine, the very first thing they will do is get you set up for any testing they still need to run so you shouldn't have to wait long to start getting things checked out.

 

[Chatnoir]

Well we are nhs so we could have to wait for atleast 6 weeks for appointments, and we don't really get to pick the consultant we have. But on the plus side we don't have to pay anything!

 

[raelynn]

Our fertility specialist doctor was assigned to us too, we only got to pick the facility and they assigned whatever doctor was available. Ours has been great so far though so no complaints here. Only on more day and then hopefully you'll have a plan for moving forward!

We're going back to Hubby's home state today for a picnic with his friends. Should be fun. I'm hoping AF doesn't make me too crabby since we'll be in the car for 2 hours there and 2 hours back.

 

[Chatnoir]

I was back in my home town today too, had lovely sun shine and time with my lovely nieces! Hope u had a relaxing weekend the rest of you xx

 

[raelynn]

It was great seeing all hubby's friends again today! One of his friends just recently had a baby and we all took turns passing the little one around. Oh, I so can't wait until we have our own. So precious!

Do you guys go through up and down cycles emotionally too? Some days I am just so down because it just isn't fair that some people can get pregnant when they aren't even trying and those of us who want it so bad can't. But then I have days like today where I am just so hopeful and excited. I know the wait has been so hard but I just can't wait to get started on my IVF cycle now and hoping that we get our little miracle bundle at the end of it.

 

[mk8]

Hi girls

Oh I know what you mean about the emotional ups and downs. I was down on sat after spotting. Just soooo frustrating. Glad you had an up though Rae.

Chat, glad you enjoyed the sunshine too.

I wanted your opinion ladies... I had v light spotting sat, heavier spotting yest in the day and a small amount of bright red blood at 11pm last night. Af here properly today. Is today day 1 or yesterday? Reason I ask is I need to ring for an hsg today and I don't know when to book it for. I should do it by next tues (5 June) but this fri (1 June) I think I might still be spotting. Mon 4 jun and tues 5 jun is a public holiday do nobody does it! Weds 6 jun is day 11 if I count yest as day 1. Is day 11 bad to do an hsg? Ah

 

[Chatnoir]

Hey mk, I would say today was day 1. I'm not sure though when an hag should be done so maybe give them a call and ask them when is best? Hope u get it booked in before holiday weekend!
Rae- I am like that too! Always up and down. I loved seeing my nieces yesterday but got depressed on the way home cos we just don't know what is gonna happen. And that's what I hate, the not knowing! We are also desperate to move but cos of the markets etc I dont know when it will be possible so we kind of fill like we are stuck when we want to move forward.
Gonna be hard to get through this week I think, as Thursday gets nearer and nearer I'm just gonna get more anxious.
Funny how it seems to be just us 3 left and we are all on very similar paths, I really hope we all have good luck!!!!
Xx

 

[raelynn]

MK - You count day 1 as the first day of full flow before 6pm (since there is a lot of stuff that has to be done on certain cycle days they define it for you for IVF) So, today would be your CD1. My obgyn told me they need to do an HSG between CD7-11 (they don't want you to be bleeding or ovulating yet so it has to fit in that window) You should be fine on Weds June 6 or Thursday June 7.

Chat - I know what you mean about being stuck. We're really wanting to move soon to make it easier to travel to family and friends and also to be in a house where we can raise our family. We're using all this down time to put our house in moving order but everything is kind of hanging in the balance. We can't even plan end of the year trips or things for next year since we won't know if I'll be pregnant or if we'll have a baby by then.

Hopefully this just means the tree of us get things figured out soon and we have BFPs in our near future!

Chat - Hopefully this week flies by. I thought last week was going to take forever since I was so anxious for AF to show but once I got into it it moved pretty quickly. I saw someone suggest in another thread to plan a bunch of stuff to get through the TWW so I might do that in the TWW after IVF. Things like shopping, get your hair done, massage. I'll be prepping for our cruise so I'll probably jam it all into those 2 weeks so I have no time to think.

MK - Hope your HSG goes well when you get it all set up!

 

[mk8]

Hello ladies!

Thanks for your support, information etc etc. such stars.

Things are moving forward for all of us- great stuff! Rae- so what's the next key date for you?

Chat- best Of luck with your appointment! have you got specific qs in mind to ask? Do you have any qs for us?

I booked my hsg for next weds- day 10 according to raes info! on Nhs too so free! Yay! Helpful as I have to pay for any treatment. I'm hoping my bfp arrives with minimal assistance but also trying to gather info on costs and procedures so I can budget and understand how much time off is required. We can do this girls!

 

[raelynn]

I'm just doing birth control for 20 days or so now. I call my nurse back on June 5th to get our calendar made up so we know dates for each set of fertility drugs, testing, egg retrieval, and embryo transfer

 

[mk8]

What day of bcp are you on rae? You can do this!

 

[raelynn]

I'm on day 1 of bcp today