TTC #1- Looking for buddies!

[SunnyBe]

Tb, did you (or do you) have any pain associated with the cyst? Wondering if you'd be able to feel the effects and monitor its growth with increasing pain for example. Keeping everything crossed it'll stay small!

I'll start my protocol on the second day of my next cycle. But yeah... when is that?! I started OPK's this weekend so that I'll be able to book as soon as I get my positive OPK. I want to be in Europe a day or so before AF (to get used to the time difference and all). We'll first stay in other parts of Europe to visit family/friends before heading over to Prague around day 6.

Steph, haha your husband sounds like a really great guy. I can only imagine what he'll be like when you're pregnant. I'm sure he'll make an awesome dad!

Dream, can't wait to see some BFP updates over here. I hope you'll deliver with tomorrows test lol. Yes, still early, I know! It would be so cool if you can just tell Dr. Loser to shove it.

Ct, how did your scan go? Very excited to find out if you're having a boy or a girl.

 

[steph1607]

Haha he is lovely! Being a dad would literally make his life complete.

Where else in Europe are you going to go Sunny? Temperatures dropped in the UK today and I had to de-ice my car so be sure to take lots of warm clothes!

Had a panic yesterday- I've been taking the pill without a break since August, and the week before I'm due to stop it I start getting breakthrough bleeding. Emailed my nurse to see if it would mess all our dates up if I was having some kind of period now but she said it's absolutely fine, just keep taking it until Sunday! All emotions seem to be heightened at the moment, I'm sure you feel the same Sunny!

 

[Dream143r]

Alright 9dpo - BFN, FMU. Will try again tomorrow.

My bloodwork:
Progesterone CD 3 was 0.7, 8dpo was 32.5nmol/L (Is that good enough?)
Some abnormalities were:
{LOW} Red Blood Cell Count - 3.6 (Normal 3.8-5.2)
{LOW} DHEA - 2.5 (Normal 2.68-9.23)
{HIGH} MCH -Mean Cell Hemoglobin - 34pg (Normal 24-33)
{HIGH} Mean Cell Hemoglobin Concentratio 352g/L (Normal 313-344)
{HIGH} WBC Lymphocytes 3.0 (Normal 1-2.9)

Everything in the urine test came back normal

 

[SunnyBe]

Yup, very true Steph! Has the spotting stopped? I hope your body "behaves" for a few more days!

Dream, your progesterone looks good. It shows that you ovulated (>30 nmol/l), like your chart also indicates Your blood counts don't seem that far off either, if you're not yet taking folic acid, you could consider adding it.

 

[Dream143r]

Morning Guys.

So I had my results appointment with Dr. Loser yesterday. His bedside manner was better than last time but still a 3/10 at best. DH SA looked okay, he has great count but the morphology was a little slow.

I have a retroverted or tilted uterus. From what Dr. Google says though doesn't seem like that has much effect on fertility and it's pretty common.

Dr. who did my sono but in the notes she suspects mild PCOS. If I lean back to Dr. Google looks like the best way to adjust or help support this is just with healthy lifestyle changes. Diet and exercise, which I suck at.

I took a FRER this morning at 10dpo FMU - BFN. I was squinting so hard I felt I was gonna lose and eye ball.

Feeling pretty discouraged today...sigh.

 

[steph1607]

Oh Dream, seems like you're having a bit of a down time at the moment

Glad to hear the SA result was good, I wouldn't worry too much about the slow morphology. I've seen very few SA results that don't seem to have something that's a little "off".

What did Dr. Loser say about the suspected mild PCOS? If you ovulate and have periods regularly, even if you do have PCOS it's not going to be much of a problem. I have a very severe form - as in no periods, annovulation, very polycystic ovaries etc. - but I don't have any of the other symptoms like hair growth, bad acne. I do put on weight easily which can be a consequence of PCOS but I'm very sporty and eat well so do remain slim.

Did Dr. Loser say what next steps might be?

 

[Dream143r]

Thanks for the hugs Steph.

Dr. Loser actually didn't even say anything about the mild PCOS. I asked for copies of all my results because I didn't trust him and I had to read the notes the sono doctor commented on my own. I have pretty bad acne and I'm about a little overweight. Could def stand to lose 30lbs. But this is all in perspective right. I'm very fortunate to have regular cycles, I'm ovulating, progresterone doing what it's supposed to, always get an LH surge etc. So I should probably tone down my whining.

Honestly I think I just need to take better care of myself. Just for life in general, fertility will be the added bonus.

 

[steph1607]

Dream, I am strongly of the opinion that if something is bothering you and you are feeling down because of it, then you are MORE than entitled to moan about it! That is the beauty of these forums anyway!

There are so many studies which suggest that even the slightest lifestyle changes can have a huge impact on fertility, it's not as if you need to turn yourself into a professional athlete!

 

[SunnyBe]

Ahh Dream

Steph said is beautifully! Please moan all you want because that's what we're here for. And try to see the positives, you don't seem to have any obvious fertility issues!! Isn't that great news?

Don't worry too much about the morphology either (are you sure it's morphology? Morphology can't be "slow", that's motility, as morphology refers to the size and shape of the sperm), as long as the count is great there's always a swimmer that can make it to the egg

 

[Dream143r]

Oh you're right Sunny - I meant Motility! doh

 

[tbfromlv]

I've had only minor pain (kind of always feels like ovulation pain) so I am not sure on monitoring the cysts that way. I can feel the difference physically, but I don't know if that will help me either. I guess it is just a waiting game.

I got some of my CD 3 tests back

Vitamin D 36
Deficiency: <20 ng/mL
Insufficiency: 20 - 29 ng/mL
Optimal: > or = 30 ng/mL

LH 4.8
Follicular Phase 1.9-12.5

FSH 9.0
Follicular Phase 2.5-10.2

Estradiol 38
Follicular Phase: 19-144

I'm still waiting on a few of them, but so far so good. I am thinking those cysts are the biggest culprit. I wish there was a way to make me ovulate just from the right side always. I wish I could just relax for the next few weeks, but I feel like it's all Ive been thinking about. I am worried that if they grew so quickly, they are going to keep growing and then I will have to have surgery again.. and then IVF becomes my best option. I just don't want that. But I guess we don't get much of a choice in all this.

Dream- Sorry about the BFN. I hope you get more answers. Hopefully this mild PCOS isn't going to stand in your way.

 

[AmberR]

Dream- sorry you are going through all this. I am glad to hear most of your tests are looking good tough! Feel free to vent anytime, that's what we are here for!

Tb- I'm glad your tests are looking good so far. Sorry about the cysts! I sure hope they don't give you too much trouble!

CT- any updates? Hope all is well!

Afm- it has now been almost 9 weeks since my miscarriage. My HCG today was 2. My midwife says it is low enough that I do not need to get it checked again. I have also been having spotting on and off this whole time and I have not had any spotting for 5 days! So here's to hoping that my cycle will return to normal. I'm still undecided wether we will TTC right away or wait for AF first.

 

[SunnyBe]

Have you gotten the rest of your results back yet Tb? What was your FSH a couple of months ago?

Dream, how are you doing? Sorry about the BFN's

Amber, glad to hear your hCG is mostly gone. Are you going to temp or use OPK's to see where you are in your cycle?

 

[tbfromlv]

AMH is 4.41

My FSH wasn&#8217;t on CD 3 so that&#8217;s why it was repeated but in June it was 7.7

 

[SunnyBe]

Tb, now I'm convinced your previous AMH result was in pmol/l instead of ng/ml. Wasn't it above 15 or something? It can vary a bit from month to month but not by thatmuch. This makes a lot more sense, also when looking at your FSH!

 

[AmberR]

I might try temping (if I can remember) but I'm not even sure when to start with the OPKs! I guess I could just do them everyday until I get a positive. I have a hard time temping every day consistently because I get up at 5am on work days but I refuse to wake up that early on my days off!

 

[tbfromlv]

Sunny yeah last time it was 16. That was one of my only tests that didn&#8217;t really show what it was measured in. 4.41 does sound a lot better lol

Amber- I dont test on my days off either. So every few days I have a missing temp. Like today, I woke up at 7:30 instead of 4:30 and I took my temp just to see, and it was way higher than my normal temps for this part of my cycle. Do you ever get any other symptoms of O? Since I don&#8217;t know if I will ovulate this cycle, I decided not to OPK test unless I see EWCM.

 

[AmberR]

I've never really had any O symptoms. The only thing was a positive OPK on the cycle I concieved. Ill give temping a try and see what i can do. I think there is a temp adjuster that you can use it you wake up later but not sure how accurate it is.

 

[steph1607]

Amber, glad to hear that everything is almost back to normal for you. How are you feeling emotionally about it all now?

TB, that's a good AMH result. Mine is 153 which sounds like a joke but sadly it's real When I saw the nurse last week, she said that should mean that I'll go through menopause late. Every cloud, hey!

So this is THE week! I took my final birth control pill yesterday, and all being well will go to the clinic on Friday to learn how to stab myself and collect all my medication!

 

[SunnyBe]

Haha so glad we cleared that up Tb! I was so confused why your doctor never mentioned PCOS with an AMH of 16 (which would be ~114 in pmol/l).

Steph, yay!!! It won't be long now How are you feeling about all of this?

Dream, sorry for the temp drop

AFM, still waiting on my + OPK. Really hoping it won't be long now (day 21...). If it's going to be another week we might have to move the whole IVF cycle to next year as they close for Christmas/New Years. The last day my next cycle can start (to still be able to do it this year) is the 29th of November, ugh.