The LTTTC thread for everyone.

[peacebaby]

everyone

thank you all for thinking of me I've been reading and your concern is heartwarming.I'm wobbling along from day to day.

Reading all your posts about dealing with housework, work, kids etc. I'm convinced you're all Super-turbo-charged-women! And you ladies do it everyday! I can only hope something major will change and make me half as productive.

Blythe sorry about AF at least the vitex lengthened your LP, which is always a good sign.

Bmom need to catch up with your journal.

Hopeful,I want to say happy reading but it will be more like and a little I'm intrigued by the saliva test, I didn't have that one.I'm sure you're eagerly waiting for the results. Hopefully it offers a solution

Ready, that is giggle worthy, you witnessed a miracle! It defies the majority medical opinion but then there is little logic to any of this ttc journey. Glad you laughed it off. I'm excited that your eldest plays soccer, I'm a big fan. Hoping he'll become a great soccer star and earn mega $$$ playing in the English Premier League and dedicate his success to his hardworking mum

Crystal you've done awesome with your timing! Not sure if I'm reading your chart correctly but I think you've started Clexane. Great move Hope you're munching on walnuts

Milty you are so lucky to have a trained DH! Maybe he should start a business training other men - I'd make sure my man is his first student He tries and I appreciate it all but he's just not practically minded. Can't blame him really he grew up in boarding schools, sent there as a 6yr Oh, I know you have a long LP but I agree with advice on progesterone.

LL I'm sure hubby missed you and is happy to have you home again. Hang in there friend

BAM good luck with your results, I'm sure the wait is nervewrecking.

Has anyone heard from Jen? Worried about her, Jen if you're reading, I hope you're ok dear

Alison, Cali and everyone else enjoy the weekend!

 

[HappyAuntie]

Hi everyone.

Hope you're all doing well.

I was at work today and thought you guys could appreciate this scenario.

I had a patient that is 42 and pregnant with her 4th child. She weighs 300 pounds and it took her 2 months to conceive. I was happy for her, but had to do a little hysterical giggle to myself. It was either that or cry. I'm 7 years younger, half her weight, and on cycle 31.

 

[crystal443]

Ready- I think that story deserves a whole bottle of wine I probably would have tried to put a pillow over her face

Peace-Yes, walnuts everyday Jen is great I'll pm you a bit later

Hi ladies, hope your all well...will the big storm affect any of you?

 

[ByAnyMeans]

Hi again ladies, still got some thread catching up to do and was moved by your sweet comments.

It's been a tough time because along with this long wait to get out of the danger zone for m/c and for the amnio timing, DH just lost his job (huge downsizing at his company) and it's the worst time of year for this as no one is hiring and he could be out of work until February, and we'll be wiped out by then. The alternatives are to move back to my mother's, but the job situation there is worse than here, or his mother's, but after living overseas so long these are all big big things to consider, not cheap, and have no guarantees.

And if that wasn't enough, while using up his last month of company health insurance, he did his annual checkup, and his cancer marker shot up to double what it was last year.

Then the TV broke and we don't want to spend $ to replace it as between his country, mine and here there are 3 different voltages to consider! Not going out, books and doing nothing every day has worn very thin.......

We're trying to keep it all in perspective, once the amnio results are back we'll actually start celebrating what's to come. Strange as it may sound, we've yet to do that.

Sorry, am not doing a good job of putting out positive vibes.

Your comments really really made my day though!!

Now I have to get caught up on what's been happening with you ladies.

 

[crystal443]

BAM-I'm so sorry to hear about your DH's job I hope he finds something quickly which I'm sure he will, and hopefully you don't have to move in with any parents etc.
I can appreciate how worried you must be right now.

Once your amnio comes back fine you'll have something to celebrate

 

[CaliDreaming]

Good morning ladies!! I was greeted this morning by AF and had a good cry. I will have to get my HSG and ultrasound on Tuesday and hopefully my labs will be back by Thursday. Then I have to make sure dh gets his SA done. Good times, lol. If I can survive this week, I can survive anything.

Welcome back LLbean!

Hi everyone! :wave:

Cali? Do you get a feeling like you have a fever when you start a new cycle or right around ovulation? What you're describing sounds like what I go through when implantation occurs and my body tries to attack as though it is a foreign object. I get a fever and migraine and am horridly nauseous due to the migraine and overall body pain (like the flu only worse). I only recently learned it was an auto-immune issue. Forgive my curiosity but I figured it was worth asking.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful day/night. It's Friday night here. I had blood work done today and we'll get the results back on Tuesday or Wednesday. I'm not exactly sure what all they are testing for and what they hope to see but it was part of a list that Doc made after reading a book recommended to me here. He also got a saliva sample and sent it off to a lab. I'm excited to see what we can figure out. Now to find ways to stay busy till then so I don't obsess over it! I got my book back from Doc today and will begin to read through it tonight or tomorrow. He said I'm going to be ticked when I read it so I've been kind of putting it off.

H0peful, I usually get really high temps a couple of days before AF--around 99. Sometimes I get a little nauseous too. This was the first time I felt the body aches though. That would be really interesting if it were an auto immune issue. I understand Grave's is an autoimmune issue too so maybe it's all connected?

Looks like we are both waiting for test results. So hard to stay occupied! I wonder what they are looking for?

Hi everyone.

Hope you're all doing well.

I was at work today and thought you guys could appreciate this scenario.

I had a patient that is 42 and pregnant with her 4th child. She weighs 300 pounds and it took her 2 months to conceive. I was happy for her, but had to do a little hysterical giggle to myself. It was either that or cry. I'm 7 years younger, half her weight, and on cycle 31.

Readyformore, I know right? It's really frustrating when you do all the right things and conceiving is so hard, but another woman does all the wrong things, and they get pregnant right away. Part of my job involves taking custody away from unfit parents, and it's always amazing to me how fertile some of these women are, especially the drug addicts. In fact, it seems all the drugs and alcohol and diseases make them more fertile. A lot of times by the time the state terminates their rights to one child, they have already given birth to another child and have another on the way. It's such a painful situation for everyone involved, including the mom and the child. I just hate that TTC has to be this way.

Good morning to everyone else I've missed!

 

[crystal443]

Peace- your inbox is full

Cali- so sorry AF got you stupid witch

 

[Bravemom]

Morning everyone ,hope u are all well ,

 

[Blythe]

Morning ladies....I went to see a Chinese medicine practitioner yesterday and said I would come back today to sort prescription treatment plan etc taday but I have been weighing up finances and just cannot justify it...I have regular cycles and ovulate so treatment would be geared towards increasing lining and getting better eggs. So I'm going to just place my faith in maca and coq10 for my eggs and start fertility massage on myself and see if that helps with blood flow to my bits and bods! Il give Chinese medicine another shot if I don't get my BFp before Xmas....

 

[Bravemom]

Morning ladies....I went to see a Chinese medicine practitioner yesterday and said I would come back today to sort prescription treatment plan etc taday but I have been weighing up finances and just cannot justify it...I have regular cycles and ovulate so treatment would be geared towards increasing lining and getting better eggs. So I'm going to just place my faith in maca and coq10 for my eggs and start fertility massage on myself and see if that helps with blood flow to my bits and bods! Il give Chinese medicine another shot if I don't get my BFp before Xmas....

It's all very expensive isn't it Hun ,I would def give the maca and coq10 a go and maybe the DHEA ,crystal swears by it for helping egg quality Good luck

 

[Blythe]

Hi bravemum thanks for tip...I have heard about dhea and wonder if the dha I am taking in my omega 3 capsules is the same thing. Will have to do some research....it's all so expensive! I was even researching ivf but the costs are just too prohibitive for us and it would mean spending our house deposit cash so it's a no go! X

 

[Milty]

Morning everyone

I took you guys advice and I'm on the Progestrone !

I think last months really high numbers with really low HCG is because something was going on...I have no idea what but I have researched until I'm blue in the face and can't seem to find much on it. I really do think it is a big time clue though...

 

[alison29]

Hi bravemum thanks for tip...I have heard about dhea and wonder if the dha I am taking in my omega 3 capsules is the same thing. Will have to do some research....it's all so expensive! I was even researching ivf but the costs are just too prohibitive for us and it would mean spending our house deposit cash so it's a no go! X

Blythe I am pretty sure the DHEA is completely different then dha. Dhea has something to do with testerone production. DHA component of fish oil etc

 

[alison29]

Ready- I think that story deserves a whole bottle of wine I probably would have tried to put a pillow over her face

Peace-Yes, walnuts everyday Jen is great I'll pm you a bit later

Hi ladies, hope your all well...will the big storm affect any of you?

Thanks for that HA I am at the point of slapp happy hysteria, seriously WTH?!
and yes Crystal the storm affected us. We took our weekend on , Melbourne beach so got a birds eye view fo the wind and stormy ocean from bed in our hotel room...We were glad there was no sun as it made staying it bed so wonderful. My kids were staying with Gma.

 

[Blythe]

Hi Alison.....Thanks for your reply....i spent some time earlier checking out dhea and realised its a different thing. Think I will steer clear of that for now although it does appear to have some extraordinary results for people. X

 

[alison29]

Yeah it does. I worry about the acne potential with increased testosterone my dh took it for a couple days this week annd breakout city. He also bought this stuff cealis stuff for "blood flow". and it worked!

 

[readyformore]

BAM, so good to hear from you. Glad the pregnancy is going well so far. Too bad about your husband. Mine lost his job 5 years ago and it took him 7 long months to get a new one. It was really hard not just financially, but emotionally. I hope your DH gets back on track soon and can find a new job.
Don't ever worry about not being positive enough on this thread. There is no PMA police here so feel free to discuss things you are struggling with as well as things you are excited about.

Cali, sorry for AF.

Hi to Alison, Bmom, Crystal, Suki, Milty, More4, Jen, Peace, LL, Blythe and everyone else.

Just had a pap today. On the intake form there's a spot to list your choosen type of birth control. I feel that I expressed great restraint when I didn't write in "hahahaha" or some other sarcastic comment. I just left it blank.

 

[crystal443]

Blythe- I'm on DHEA, my FS put me on it..its used for ladies with low AMH and I've gotten pregnant 3 times since taking it..none of them sticky beans yet but it does work well I haven't gotten any side effects and I've been on it for quite awhile, if you don't have low AMH I wouldn't use it without consulting a dr first though

Alison- Stay safe in the storm, so sad about the tall ship going down and the 2 missing crew members, very sad.

Milty- you could have just had a bean that got as far as trying to implant and for whatever reason it stopped Hard to say but you definately need to use progesterone, you didn't get any BFP's until you started using that so that's your ticket I would think

Peace- good morning lovely

Liz- good morning

Morning everyone ready, H0peful,cali,BAM,HA,Bmom and I know I missed some hope your all well!!

 

[readyformore]

Hi guys. How's everyone today?

It is freezing here. It's only 35 out, super windy and there was snow on the ground this morning. Not looking forward to trick-or-treating tomorrow. Hopefully it will warm up, or at least stop being so windy.


I ran into a woman today. My third and her third are the same age. Today I saw her with her fourth child, that's now about 1. It just made me feel really sad and that caught me off guard.
I wonder if I have just been thinking about it a lot the past few days. I had a pap yesterday and my doc asked me a lot of questions. Then out to dinner with a friend that was helpful, but asked a lot of questions, (and just listened to me talk too, which is helpful). I have a HSG coming up on Friday.
So infertility has been on my mind lately.
I've been focusing on other things, like my therapist had suggested. I really think it's working, but now I wonder if I was just burying my head in the sand to get by.

It still hurts.......but only if I think about it. So.........it's best not to think about it at all?

 

[CaliDreaming]

Blythe, yeah, everything TTC related is so expensive, but at least acupuncture is cheaper than IVF. I know it would be hard for us to afford IVF too so I justify the cost of it that way. Have you been to a FS yet for a workup?
Milty, your numbers are interesting and a huge clue. I hope you can figure something out and come up with a plan.

alison, what a nice weekend! Glad you didn't get the worst of that storm. I did not expect that it would be so devastating. I don't think I could deal with hurricanes!

Readyformore, you had me rofl with your thoughts on the birth control question. Good luck on the HSG! I have one on Monday. I wish I could stop thinking about infertility. Secondary infertility is so tricky. I'm so thankful to have a child, but it's harder not to think about it because you can't isolate yourself from kid stuff.

crystal443--sounds like the DHEA is definitely doing something. It does seem safer to wait for a doctor's recommendation for it though. Hormones can can be tricky.