TTC #1- Looking for buddies!

[Toadly]

Thanks sunny! This is our 3rd month trying (4th if you count the month I came off the pill)! Af is due on the 31st, my cycles are roughly 27 days! How long have you been trying for?

 

[Dream143r]

Amber - that is actually pretty reassuring. I just need to know that even though I may not have had fertile cm that everything is still working in there as it should. This is the first cycle I haven't seen any, and I guess I'm just hoping its not a new trend. I need a crystal ball, maybe we can all pool in a buy one off Amazon. lol

I hope your body is able to sort things out naturally.

Sunny - Amazing news, so glad everything came back in the 'normal' range for you.

Toadly - Welcome, I'm on cycle 5 TTC#1. Almost certain I just O'd yesterday so entering the dreaded TWW.

 

[AmberR]

Sunny- so glad your lab results were good! Yes I have gotten a ton of support from DH, family and close friends. I was worried about telling everyone what happened, but I have found that having everyone's support has been a huge blessing.

Dream- hope it's not a new trend, now onto the wait! Do you have an idea of when you might test?

Welcome toadly!!

 

[steph1607]

Amber, I'm really glad to hear that you are getting good support from everyone. I hope your body will be able to work naturally for you.

Sunny, that is all very pleasing to hear indeed! Understandable that your hubby is a bit worried now, but if he did have a slight problem, it could be something as simple as slow swimmers, and then things like IUI could work wonders. You must feel pretty relieved.

Hi Toadly, welcome to our lovely group! Which country are you in? We seem to have a fairly broad mix so far here!

AFM, AF is fine - had a few cramps on CD1, but other than that I wouldn't even know it's there! Strange buying tampons for the first time in well over a year Took my first pill this morning (Microgynon) so I'm hoping for limited side effects. Just feels so counter-intuitive to be back on birth control!

The matching process is of course anonymous. Primarily based on physical characteristics and ethnicity of course. The recipients may (or may not) have specified other things as well such as a degree, sporty etc. etc. When hubby and I were last at the clinic, we had to fill out my form which stated height, weight, ethnicity, hair colour, eye colour, education, hobbies, occupation. The clinic would match me with a recipient and then of course the recipient could say yes or no. I'm a good weight, sporty, got a degree so I guess that all works in my favour. Another thing that works in my favour, but is sad for those on the receiving end, is that there is a shortage of donors, but many in need of donor eggs. My blood results should be in next Tuesday, and they didn't think the matching process would take more than a few weeks. They gave me a prescription for 3 months worth of the pill and said on the phone "that should be plenty". Scary stuff!

Hearing about all those poor ladies waiting and waiting for an appropriate donor made hubby and I think that if we succeed in having a child and are "done" with the whole process before I go over the age limit for donation (which is 35), we would like to donate again altruistically, eggs and/or sperm. That would depend on many factors though, including how I respond to the whole stimulation/ retrieval process in general which is apparently far from pleasant. And with my stupid AMH level, it could end up being quite nasty! But we will see!

Happy Wednesday everyone

 

[Toadly]

Thanks fo the welcome everyone 😁 I am in England! What about you guys?

 

[steph1607]

Yay, a fellow Brit! I live in Hertfordshire now but born and bred in East Sussex!

 

[Toadly]

Oh cool Steph! I live in Herefordshire and when applying for schools for my son this year they had big notices in red writing to be sure you want to apply for schools in HerEfordshire and not HerTfordshire! ������

 

[Dream143r]

Amber - thanks. I'm going to wait until 10dpo to start testing. That will be August 31st.

Well my temp stayed up so looks like I did indeed O on Monday. Need 1 more day for crosshairs though. I'm thinking FF is probably going to give me dotted since I didn't have any fertile CM. Let the TWW begin. Zzzzzzz..... boring.

 

[CTgirl]

Welcome Toadly! I'm from Cape Town, South Africa.

Steph, FX you don't have any side effects.

Dream, good luck for the TWW. Try not to go too crazy (easier said than done!)

Sunny, yay for good test results! Poor DH, can only imagine his worries. Hopefully you can get some answers on Friday - how long do they usually take to give results?

Amber, thinking of you and hoping your body does its thing.

 

[Dream143r]

I'm thinking sometimes maybe I confuse watery and dry CM. I know, they're supposedly should be completely opposite right? Well I say this because today I checked my CM and its def dry but now I'm thinking back in comparison to pre-O it was def way more 'wet'. I guess it just seems to me like the natural cm juices. lol

I dunno. What really makes watery CM, watery? Any thoughts. I'm probably making ZERO sense.

 

[CTgirl]

Dream I know exactly what you mean. I'm never sure what CM I have! But if it's a lot drier today then it probably was watery before O.

 

[Dream143r]

Yea CT that's what I'm thinking. Just hard to tell what's watery and what just natural secretions... dah well.

 

[CTgirl]

I know and mine never looks anything like the pictures!

 

[tbfromlv]

Welcome Toadley! We've been TTC since December 2016.

Dream- the 2ww begins! I didn't have any specific fertile CM either (I think this time was due to the Clomid) I will be using the concieve plus again though whenever I do O!

Sunny- I am so glad everything came back normal! I hope your DH doesnt stress too much. There is a chance that he is ok too! Did the doctor discuss anything beyond him getting an SA? Like what next steps would be? I still haven't gotten a positive OPK but its got to be soon! I feel like my cervix is open and I am starting to feel ovary pain... any day now lol.. I see you had a big temp drop too- Oing earlier than usual perhaps??

Amber I hope your body sorts it out quickly on it's own. I know it can take some time though.

Steph- How was the first days of BCP? I know its early, but feeling anything yet? Hope the side effects are minimal or non existent!

 

[SunnyBe]

Amber, are they checking your HCG to get an idea of when things may be happening? Glad to hear your family is there for you!

When is AF due Dream? Are you testing early?

Toady, we've been trying for a little over 9 months now and just started with tests to find out why it isn't happening. We're in Florida

Tb, I hope I don't O early because we're in the 48-72 hours of abstinence for DH's SA tomorrow I'll start OPK's this weekend I think. Next up will be a scan to see if everything looks okay internally. I hope you O soon and keep Dream company in the TWW!

Steph, hope the nausea goes away quickly and isn't associated with the pill! It's amazing that you're doing this and might even donate embryos once you're done. I'm afraid I would just always wonder about any kid that I see walking around that looks like me and hubby.

Oh and we were eating Chinese yesterday and read our fortune cookies. Mine said: "Look to the next month for some pleasant surprises", hubbies said: "The road before you is long, drive safely". LOL

 

[steph1607]

Love your fortunes Sunny, signs like that always make me happy!

Best of luck with the SA tomorrow

 

[Dream143r]

Sunny - AF is due Sept 5. I'm 3dpo today. Won't start testing until 10dpo. I push it back 1 day each cycle. It's surprisingly been working for me. So last cycle I started at 9dpo this cycle will be 10. FX Love the fortunes and hoping everything goes well with the SA.

 

[SunnyBe]

Thanks girls! I just thought it was hilarious that one said we'll have a nice surprise next month while the other said it'll be a long road hahaha.

So one more week until testing Dream. Hang in there! I'd like to think the TWW gets easier every cycle, but maybe I'm just fooling myself

 

[tbfromlv]

Sunny that's hilarious about your fortune lol I had Chinese last night as well and mine said "you will soon have a promotion" which doesn't happen as a teacher so I said "promotion to "'mom?!" Ha! My opks have progressively gotten darker the last few days but not quite enough to call positive. Just a shade lighter than I want. Ahh come on!

 

[CTgirl]

Sunny that's so funny!

TB, FX'd you O tomorrow or Saturday