TTC #1 Hopeful and Obsessed! lol

[BelleNuit]

All done, it wasn't that bad!! Tubes are open! I felt some pinching with the right tube so it may have been partially blocked, but they opened it. Uterus is normal, ovaries are normal. Counted 5 follicles on one side and 8 on the other. I don't know if that's normal or not. They said I'm perfect inside so nothing on my end should be holding things up. But DH is normal too so wtf lol

Such a relief.

 

[StarGazerRose]

Awesome Belle! I'm glad that everything came out normal (as normal as normal is)

Just odd that everything did come back fine, for both of you... Did you get to talk to them about anything else besides the HSG?

 

[BelleNuit]

I knew we'd come back as unexplained star. Blah. Hopefully it'll happen soon.

 

[StarGazerRose]

I really hope that things just fall into place soon -- for all of us.

 

[BelleNuit]

She said my cervix was tilted or tipped (forget her exact wording) I think that means I have a retroverted uterus. Looking at pictures and based on where I can feel my cervix I think that's accurate. She said it shouldn't affect fertility though

 

[StarGazerRose]

Might mean that different positions might give you a better chance? Idk if I'm stretching for an answer or what.

 

[sil]

So happy for you belle! How great it came back clear. Hopefully you'll catch that egg soon.

 

[BelleNuit]

Hey Star, I've read that TMI---------------- doggy style (god I hate what they call it LOL) is supposed to have better odds with a tipped uterus.

Sil I'm hoping we catch that egg soon.

Based on my results yesterday I've found out my dominant ovary is my right ovary. It had 3 more follicles on it than my left (and most women who ovulate regularly have a dominant right ovary). Interestingly enough right ovulation tends to end in conception more often.

whats interesting about that is that during the HSG I felt greater pressure and a sharp pinch and releasing feeling with the right tube (which didn't happen for the left tube. There was no pain at all for the left tube). For the right tube there was this increase of pressure a very sharp pinch and then it released and all of a sudden there was fluid coming out of the end of the tube (I got to watch it all on a big screen TV LOL). Which makes me think that maybe there was some debris in the right tube that was partially blocking things off. If I often ovulated from the right, and the right tube was partially blocked that would definitely make things difficult for me.

Well its definitely clear now so if that is the case I have a fairly high likelihood of conception within the next 3 cycles. God I hope thats the case. The doc didn't say a single thing about the right tube being partially blocked, but I did feel more intense pain with that tube so thats what leads me to consider it may be a possibility. Its possible I'm just grasping for straws here because I need some kind of explanation as to why it wasn't working.

I think based on our test results we can conclude that DH and I are not infertile, but rather there must be some sort of inefficiency in the process at some point (aka sub-fertile). its probably just a matter of time.

 

[BelleNuit]

Oh ya and my fertile days start tomorrow. What a freaking whirlwind this is! No time to stop and catch your breath with short cycles

 

[greenarcher]

What fabulous news! That's so awesome to hear! And yea, if you were partially blocked, I can see how that could make things a little harder. I totally think you're going to catch in the next 3 months now. Shit, I bet it will be this month

Tilted uterus does change things a little, but not too much. like instead of elevating hips after, you stick your butt in the air.... or something like that.

Hurray fertile days! I'm totally jealous.

 

[StarGazerRose]

Well now that you know more, you might be able to up your chances!!! Time to get bizza!!

Have fun with your fertile window, Belle! I'm still waiting for mine! (Period finally stopped yesterday!) So i have a few more days before the excitement starts of CM tracking and POASing for opks.
So now I get to have the fun of figuring out when to expect things, and see how I can help make the situation better for my little eggies to find their mate!

(I'm a dork.... ignore me)

 

[sil]

Belle interesting information about right ovaries being dominant. I wonder why that is. Does it have anything to do with being left/ right handed I wonder?

Star, yay! So glad AF is over for you.

I went to the store today and bought a 3 pack of frer to use next week and now I regret having them so early. It's awful having sticks sitting around and not being able to pee on them yet.

 

[greenarcher]

I'm there with you, Star. 8 more days until my fertile window! Guh. But yes, this next week will just be practice time and fun time. I'm not going to track anything, Just going to make sure we dtd a lot

Sil - OMG i know that feeling! At least when there are no tests in the house, you can talk yourself out of driving to the store. One more week!

 

[StarGazerRose]

haha yeah I'm glad AF didn't show up yesterday! I was gonna hop into bed, but i figured that I should just wait it out and make sure she was gone. But luckily she didn't show up one bit!!! so excited about that! now I can stop tormenting DH haha

Yeah I'm staring at the box that I didn't use yet, and i'm like ...that's just mean! it's gonna sit there for most of the month before I can even take one! But at least I have some for the first few days where I can symptom spot and not feel like a loser for testing early.

I'm gonna keep tracking, but that's cause I just found out my body works, and now I need to pin point "that time" better. I'm kinda interested in seeing how this month goes. I feel weird for being so excited about this, but I mean after 5 years .... this is a miracle!

 

[BelleNuit]

Sil the dominant ovary has to do with how the right and left ovary hook up to the circulatory system. Right ovary has more efficient blood supply so it tends to be dominant. Whats interesting is that in women with delayed ovulation their right and left ovaries tend to release the egg about the same amount of time (they switch off equally), for women who ovulate earlier it tends to be their right ovary releasing eggs more often than not.

Its definitely nerve wracking buying HPTs! Thats why I never keep them, I'll just be tempted to test and be disappointed. It will be tough not to get my hopes up these next 2 cycles after my HSG.

Stoked for Green and Star to be in their fertile week soon-ish too!

Puma, not sure if you are still checking back but I hope you are doing well. I've been thinking of you and sending positive thoughts your way!

Got my follow-up appointment booked for next week (thursday). They have me with a different RE now, apparently she's taking over some of the other REs patients. She was the one who met with me yesterday, she seemed competent. I'm not sure what she will suggest.

 

[StarGazerRose]

It's kinda interesting to learn about how our bodies work --- they are such odd things!

I hope your new RE has some good options for you to see how things go. Is it not possible for you to try this round due to the hsg or you just don't think that it would?
With that many follicles, i figured that you would be in a really good point as at least one or two to release soon!

 

[BelleNuit]

I'm just a pessimist star, we can definitely still try this cycle because I had the HSG early enough that it won't affect anything negatively.

Here's to hoping!!

 

[greenarcher]

Star - I totally feel you about getting used to your body. I tracked the shit out of my cycles for the first few months off birth control. Now that I've got the rhythm, no need for me. I get why you're still tracking

Belle - that's so cool! I had no idea that there could be a dominant follicle, and that it depended on time of ovulation! I feel like I only ever get O pain on my left side. I wonder if that's cause I O late! Veeeery interesting! I wonder if women who O early have a lower chance of conceiving fraternal twins?

Why do you have a follow up appointment? At this point, I thought you guys were going to just do wait and see? What do you expect from that appointment?

Also, I know you're Canada, but did you have to get a referral for your RE from your GYN? I'm debating getting hormone testing done for me.

 

[StarGazerRose]

Normally I am a pessimist, sometimes the optimist comes out and annoys me... I think it depends on the situation, and whether or not i can control or have hope for the situation.
I was getting pretty down about these past cycles since nothing was changing... But this one just came around and I just can't help but have more optimism about what could happen!
I really hope that you see some improvement with your cycles, in some way!

Ahhh crap ... it's late I gotta leave work

 

[BelleNuit]

Hey Green we are having a follow-up appointment to have the docs interpret all of our test results as a whole. I don't think there is anything new that they'll tell us, but I would still like to know their thoughts. If all is good I expect we'll just wait and see.

DH and I are considering moving to a house so that we can get a puppy. We found the perfect house to rent tonight so we sent off an application. Fingers crossed! If anything I feel like it gives us something positive to look forward to in our lives again. I might just forget about TTC altogether. Fuck it. I'm over it.