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[bakingbabe]

Maybe implantation bleeding...Even if the egg implanted a couple days ago could be still burrowing in deeper.... FXd hun!!! xo

Thanks, Clarkey! I still have hope and that's all we can have, right?

 

[bubbles82]

Hey girls,

How are we all? Sorry to those who have had a visit from the evil witch, anyone still waiting to test? Fingers still crossed for you baking that it was just implantation for you!

Goldfish, good luck with your blood results, it's so annoying when you finally get crosshairs and FF takes them away again! TTC is definitely enough to drive you crazy!

I finally have something to report, I was messing around with my saliva microscope tonight, I normally just test first thing in the mornings as the results can be messed up by what you eat and drink during the day, but not been able to make much sense of the results yet. I had a random test on it this evening just to see if I could decide what the result actually was, and was shocked to see it come up clearly as full ferning (fertile) straight away. Decided it must just be due to testing at the wrong time and eating salty Chinese food for lunch, but took an OPK just in case, a positive result so I also used a digi to confirm, and smiley face! Not really noticed any other O signs yet, so I wasn't expecting these results at all, but very pleased to see them especially after my crazy last cycle, if I do actually O over the next couple of days my cycle will be back to my usual post BCP 35ish days, not as good as 28 but a good start, and definitely better than my last cycle of 66!

DH has just gone to 'warm the bed up'

 

[Newbie32]

Yay for o bubbles!

Sorry ive been a bit mia of late as well lately, so busy with so much going on and trying to take a bit of a back seat on the ttc thing for a little while before i drive myself mad! I have an appt with my gyno this morning for a pap and to start some talks about fertility etc so i'm pleased that i might be able to make some progress there.

Good luck testing today Baking - i have everything crossed for you!

Gypsy, any update?

Hi to everyone else, i am a bit behind so probably have a bit of catching up to do x

 

[Newbie32]

Ah, i just re-read a few pages- baking i hope thats a late implantation bleed and am telling that witch to STAY AWAY!!!

 

[bakingbabe]

Good luck at the docs, newbie! I hope they are able to help you get your bfp soon!

 

[Goldfish]

Bubbles - sounds like some positive O signs, hope that you O soon!
Newbie - good luck at the doctors! I found it such a relief to finally talk to a doctor (GP) who was sympathetic (unlike the specialist who did my endo lap)

 

[luna_19]

Oh baking I really hope it's IB, will you still test tomorrow?

Great news you are having a more normal cycle bubbles

Goldfish your temps do look like you o'ed to me. Hope tomorrow's is nice and high

Newbie are you having any tests done?

 

[bakingbabe]

Oh baking I really hope it's IB, will you still test tomorrow?

Great news you are having a more normal cycle bubbles

Goldfish your temps do look like you o'ed to me. Hope tomorrow's is nice and high

Newbie are you having any tests done?

Not sure, Luna. How are you doing? Do you think your OH will go with you to the doc's tomorrow? Good luck and look forward to hearing the plan.

 

[Newbie32]

Well i just got back from the docs (had to have a pap to - gosh i hate those...)

She didnt say a great deal other than the usual "6 months is more than normal, humans are not very fertile creatures' and that next step is get a SA for hubby, but she would write up the paperwork without him being there, so i'll make an appt for him for next week and we will go from there! She didnt seem at all interested in me, said because my cycles are regular and i know im ovulating, i should be ok...so i guess its off the docs for poor old hubby!

I agree goldfish - even though your chart is a little crazy i still think you o'd, hopefully the craziness is just being caused by an approaching bfp!

Good luck at the docs luna, i hope dh does manage to get there with you

And baking i am keeping everything crossed for you!

 

[luna_19]

Ugh I don't know. As of right now he goes back on call tomorrow morning. I haven't mentioned it again, I'll probably ask him tonight again if he plans on coming with me. I'm really hoping I can get a req form for him even if he doesn't come, then he can just do his business at home and I'll drop it off. Not a big deal at all!

Newbie that's basically what my Dr said to me when I went at 7 months .

I know it's normal for things to take this long but I just really need some reassurance that we're not completely broken at this point

 

[bakingbabe]

Ugh I don't know. As of right now he goes back on call tomorrow morning. I haven't mentioned it again, I'll probably ask him tonight again if he plans on coming with me. I'm really hoping I can get a req form for him even if he doesn't come, then he can just do his business at home and I'll drop it off. Not a big deal at all!

Newbie that's basically what my Dr said to me when I went at 7 months .

I know it's normal for things to take this long but I just really need some reassurance that we're not completely broken at this point

I hope you get that reassurance, Luna. I know plenty of people who took a year or longer to get preggo so I know logically that it's common but in your heart, it's so tough! The emotional roller coaster is definitely not something I had totally prepared myself for when we started this journey. Even though I was warned! Trust a teacher never to listen, ha!

I have faith that you can get the paperwork for your oh and he can do it on his own.

 

[luna_19]

I often feel so silly for taking so long to decide to ttc, it literally took me a few years to make up my mind. I thought that was going to be the most difficult part!

 

[bakingbabe]

Thursday night tv is taking my mind off all this worrying I've been doing. Thank goodness for The Big Bang Theory.

 

[bakingbabe]

I often feel so silly for taking so long to decide to ttc, it literally took me a few years to make up my mind. I thought that was going to be the most difficult part!

I feel the same way! I've been talking about having kids for 3 years now, trying to decide if I'm ready, trying to convince DH, and now trying!

 

[Newbie32]

Ditto!

Gosh if only we'd had any idea back then!!!!

I hope they can give you the paperwork luna

 

[Goldfish]

Luna, baking, newbie - ditto for me too! When I was in my 20s I thought I'd have at least 2 kids by now, but it has taken us YEARS to finally start TTC, and then the month before we were supposed to start I find out that I have endo!! Gah!! Looking back I don't know why we waited for so long!

Today a friend had a baby girl - she wasn't even trying and in her words the pregnancy "came as a shock"! I saw a pic of the baby and she's sooo cute - making me even more clucky!

 

[luna_19]

well at least I'm not the only one!

Doctor appointment went as well as it could have I suppose. Hubby couldn't make it but I have a definitely yes that he will go if I make him an appointment during his time off in November. Today I gave him the "it's not about me it's about us" talk which I think really got him on board. I got a requisition form for cd 3 and 21 as well as a bunch of other blood work which makes me happy that she isn't just focusing on the basic stuff.

Unfortunately she said I can't go today for my cd 3 blood so unless I have another 24 day cycle we will be away on my next cd 3 so I won't be able to get it done until December When I go for my cd 21 I will make sure the lab does everything else at the same time so I will have most of my results soon.

She said if my blood and hubby's SA are all normal she will send me for a hsg which makes me happy because I thought I would need a referral to a fertility specialist to get one done. Of course because of having to wait for some of my blood the earliest I would be going would be in January but I guess that's ok. She said if everything is fine then she will send us off to a specialist which I'm guessing takes a few months to get in so we will be well over a year by then and I will probably be ok trying meds at that point.

Of course maybe I can just finally get a freaking bfp in the meantime and not have to do any of it!

 

[bakingbabe]

well at least I'm not the only one!

Doctor appointment went as well as it could have I suppose. Hubby couldn't make it but I have a definitely yes that he will go if I make him an appointment during his time off in November. Today I gave him the "it's not about me it's about us" talk which I think really got him on board. I got a requisition form for cd 3 and 21 as well as a bunch of other blood work which makes me happy that she isn't just focusing on the basic stuff.

Unfortunately she said I can't go today for my cd 3 blood so unless I have another 24 day cycle we will be away on my next cd 3 so I won't be able to get it done until December When I go for my cd 21 I will make sure the lab does everything else at the same time so I will have most of my results soon.

She said if my blood and hubby's SA are all normal she will send me for a hsg which makes me happy because I thought I would need a referral to a fertility specialist to get one done. Of course because of having to wait for some of my blood the earliest I would be going would be in January but I guess that's ok. She said if everything is fine then she will send us off to a specialist which I'm guessing takes a few months to get in so we will be well over a year by then and I will probably be ok trying meds at that point.

Of course maybe I can just finally get a freaking bfp in the meantime and not have to do any of it!

Glad to hear the appt went well, Luna. At least with the blood work, you'll get some answers soon. I hope you get that bfp before you have to end up seeing a specialist.

 

[luna_19]

thanks

are you still hanging in there? when are you going to test?

 

[bakingbabe]

thanks

are you still hanging in there? when are you going to test?

I'm doing okay. FF says tomorrow should be the day so if I make it past then I'll feel pretty good. I will test Sunday. I didn't test today because if yesterday was IB then a positive wouldn't show up just yet.

Actually feeling optimistic since the spotting has pretty much stopped last night and today. The only real cramping I'm having is because I haven't eaten and unfortunately, I haven't been all that hungry so I have to force myself to eat.