TTC #1 Hopeful and Obsessed! lol

[mnelson815]

I have been creeping this thread for a while, haha. There is a few I frequent, and some I only read once they have been established for so long that I dont want to but in!
I just turned 29, DH is 28, I have been off BC since January. It took until April for my cycle to come back and then it has been like clockwork since then. Just started seeing a really awesome acupuncturist as I haven't gotten pregnant yet, and I was only given 6 months on our own to try before being referred to a FS. I have a uterine septum, which they won't remove unless I have had at least 3 miscarriages.. yes thats right, 3! So the whole getting pregnant in the first place is stressing me out a touch.
So anyways, there is a little bit about me! I have just always known this wasn't going to be an easy thing for me, so it's been a little difficult, but its so nice when I see others who get positive stories. Gives me hope, you know?

 

[BabyC4Me]

OMG!!!! im so sorry to here that about your condition and that the docs will only do something after 3 lost pregnancies. How ridiculous is that....

Is the septum painful at all? I have never heard of that before. How does it make getting pregnant more difficult?

Positive note is that your cycles have regulated so you can plan conception around that!!!! And im sure DH is very supportive which always helps!

How long are your cycles usually? What CD are you on ?

Keep us posted on the acupuncture! sounds amazing..i never had it done before, does it help?

 

[mnelson815]

My cycles are 29-30 days, and I'm currently on CD 22.
The septum isn't painful, its a uterine abnormality, it apparently happens when you're developing as a baby and the uterus is technically two cavities that fuse into one, except in someone like me, it didn't finish fully fusing, so now there is a little piece of tissue that hangs out in the middle. Kind of like the cartilage in your nose. It has a high miscarriage rate because if the embryo implants there, then you have 90% miscarriage rate because it does not have the same adequate blood supply as the rest of the uterine walls do as it is just a piece of tissue. So yes, apparently it is the most common of the uterine anomalies, and easiest to fix as they can just do a quick resection of it through your cervix, but because some people go on to never realize they have one, and have normal pregnancies, they refuse to do it until its proven it is causing issues.
I found out I have it from a routine pelvic ultrasound. It was probably my 10th ultrasound and they finally found it then. It was the confirmed on MRI. Other than bad cramps around my period, I would never know I had one.

 

[TJ Islander]

Welcome Nelson! Ive never heard abt the septum thing before. Good luck with all that.

BabyC remember we not on a go this month bc of originally zik v scare and then i want to see the result of this interview before i go ahead.

Happy BDAY HappyZ!! where are u??? lol

Guys rainy day in Kingston today. i should be home having sex and making a baby but nooooo...im at work lol

 

[puma1986]

Wow yea those are very positive. How odd!

Ugh I am having the worst cramps tonight. I'm only 1 dpo. Anyone else get these this early in tww? I think maybe I have a stomach bug...

I've had residual cramps! I hope it's not a stomach bug

 

[puma1986]

Maybe you are having a weird surge and its lasting a long time. Cuz both testing methods (digital and paper strips) couldn't have been wonky at the same time. Unless ...they were ???

Just to drive you up a wall ! And your BD schedule has been going fine.

As long as you are getting it in .....you are gonna hurt that time frame eventually.

Everything else after that is out of your control missy !

Thanks love! Just when I think I've got it figured out, I realize I totally don't Lol

 

[puma1986]

Puma, 5 + OPKs like that! Hola!! I'm not sure what to make of that. Although I have heard with OPKs that you ovulate 24-36 hours after the FIRST positive, otherwise its just the LH leaving your system that the OPKs keep picking up. With your temp jump again today I'd say that you have probably O'd, its just tough to pinpoint when! Might be more clear in a few days with a few more temps.

I really hope so! I also read it could mean you're ovulating from both ovaries. Twins run in my family! EEK LOL

"You want a baby that bad?!? Good! We are each going to release an egg!" lol

Its really all speculation though! Hopefully more temps WILL paint a better picture lol. My temps jumps totally indicate O but my insane positive OPK marathon doesn't lol

 

[puma1986]

Hey Puma,

I was researching the multiple positive opks a couple weeks ago and found quite a few sources that said that it can mean that the surge is there trying to get your ovary to ovulate, but for some reason it just isn't happening. So then it tries again the next day, and so on. Sometimes the eggs are a little sticky trying to get their way out. Some people say just to stop testing after the first positive, but I am way too curious for that so I test until I get a negative, that way I know for sure that it finally worked. If you haven't got the temp spike yet, then I might keep bding until it goes negative or you get the spike. Hope this helps!

Hey Nelson!!!

Welcome to our thread and wow!!! Thanks for your insight! I've had positive opks earlier in my cycle and then had them around my usual I date (where I end up O'ing) so I learned recently about our bodies unsuccessful attempt to O and trying again later. What's weird about this time though, it the pos opks are definitely around my O date and I have a definite temp spike!

I'm the same as you! I always keep testing. Normally it's 2 days of positives and then negatives. I tested this morning and it's positive too!

Why must our bodies be so crazy!

Also, welcome to our thread! I'm happy to see you engaged with us! This must be the thread for 29 year olds. Too funny.

I hate that your abnormaility requires 3 mc before they will do a simple fix. Jerk doctors and policies

 

[BelleNuit]

Welcome mnelson! I hope you will fall into the group of people who never have trouble maintaining a pregnancy

TJ when will you hear back from your interview!?

Puma, I would love twins!!

 

[GoldenRatio]

Happy bday HappZ!

Sorry ladies im constantly taking naps so cant be on here as often as i wish.

Puma like i said earlier, sometimes u can get multiple LH surges and thats why u shouldnt trust opks fully. Follow ur temps.
An other possibility is that u are pregnant, opks can pick up hcg as well so maybe try hcg test if u got any cheap ones? I saw it happened to someone on an other thread.

 

[BelleNuit]

Oh and Z happy birthday to you!!!

 

[mnelson815]

Hey Puma,

I was researching the multiple positive opks a couple weeks ago and found quite a few sources that said that it can mean that the surge is there trying to get your ovary to ovulate, but for some reason it just isn't happening. So then it tries again the next day, and so on. Sometimes the eggs are a little sticky trying to get their way out. Some people say just to stop testing after the first positive, but I am way too curious for that so I test until I get a negative, that way I know for sure that it finally worked. If you haven't got the temp spike yet, then I might keep bding until it goes negative or you get the spike. Hope this helps!

Hey Nelson!!!

Welcome to our thread and wow!!! Thanks for your insight! I've had positive opks earlier in my cycle and then had them around my usual I date (where I end up O'ing) so I learned recently about our bodies unsuccessful attempt to O and trying again later. What's weird about this time though, it the pos opks are definitely around my O date and I have a definite temp spike!

I'm the same as you! I always keep testing. Normally it's 2 days of positives and then negatives. I tested this morning and it's positive too!

Why must our bodies be so crazy!

Also, welcome to our thread! I'm happy to see you engaged with us! This must be the thread for 29 year olds. Too funny.

I hate that your abnormaility requires 3 mc before they will do a simple fix. Jerk doctors and policies

Right?! I live in Canada so we have to follow so many doctor's rules and things since we cannot just pay for something to be done. I mean, free health care is great and everything, but wait lists here are INSANE, and sometimes I just wish i could pay someone to do something. I also wish that you could do "one stop shopping". I dont know how true it is, but from what I have seen on TV ( I know, real reliable!) people in the states can have ultrasounds, blood, etc all done in a doctors office and they can tell you right away answers. Ours is go to a doctor, get a referral, go to a place, get a test done, test gets sent back, go have another Dr appt, get told results. Its freaking exhausting, especially when you ALREADY KNOW things aren't all peachy keen.

Yeah that is crazy about the temp spike, but it could definitely be the multiple ovary thing, especially with twins in the family! Ooo, that is so exciting!

 

[GoldenRatio]

Hi Nelson! I also live in Canada and i know exactly how u feel. Waiting time is ridiculous. I feel lucky tho because the hormone specialist that gave me clomid was my friends dad so he was nice to me and took care of me well.

But right now he cant see me anymore since he is not supposed to follow up a pregnancy and im waiting for gyno to call me. When i called her office, i was told that my situation doesnt seem emergency so she will give me appointment sometime. i have pcos and i got pregnant with clomid, im sure she should see me asap but the nurse said, if u had mc then we would consider that emergency. So i need to lose couple babies to be an emergency case

Also there is no private scans in Canada! at least ppl in US can get that done.

 

[BelleNuit]

I'm also in Canada mnelson! As much as it sucks sometimes I still wouldn't trade away our public health care

 

[mnelson815]

Oh trust me, I love public health care, and I take advantage of it regularly. I just wish you could have the option to pay for something if you needed. Like Golden, how it would put her mind at ease or reduce stress, I feel like I should get to have the option to make a call about my health care at some point

 

[BabyC4Me]

It's def more options here in the states for wellness , preventative , and health care whenever you need it.
Long as you have the $$$$ Ching Ching they will make room for you in the schedule.

I wish it was free tho !!!!! Free health care would eliminate so many issues in the states. It's not even funny. But...beggars can't be choosers.

So they say.

And puma TWINS!!!!!!! I could see you with two boys to add to the man clan at the house already.

I want someone on the thread to have twins ! It would be amazeballs

 

[greenarcher]

Right?! I would love that!

Happy birthday, happy!

 

[puma1986]

I volunteer YOU as tribute BABYc! Lol!!!

Also: FOUR GUYS seems like way too much to manage. Good lord! Lol!!! I need a girl in this house if twins are in the works!

 

[BelleNuit]

I volunteer YOU as tribute BABYc! Lol!!!

Hahaha!!!

 

[greenarcher]

Oooo pick me pick me! I want twins so bad!