TTC 18 months....

[Toots3495]

Morning girls, hope you both had a lovely weekend. Anything exciting going on?
The weekend seems to have just flown by! Worked all day Saturday and then went to my parents for lunch Sunday. it's a short week for me though, only got today and tomorrow at work here at the surgery and then I've got 2 1/2 weeks off. I have got a second job that I do at weekends so may do a few extra days there but a break from the surgery is something I'm looking forward to!

 

[sbl]

hey toots!
how are ya???
a very uneventful weekend, started repainting the house to take my mind off ttc...now looking round at the mess the phrase DIY = DIWHY did i start!!???????

are you planning on going anywhere now your off for a little bit??
what do you work at???

 

[Toots3495]

Hey sbl, I'm a dental nurse and the patients are doing my head in at the moment so it's definitely time for a break! Not going anywhere but I'm considering making the same mistake as you and starting some decorating . It's the clearing up afterwards and the chaos it causes that is the off putting bit!

 

[sbl]

my friend is studying to be a dental nurse at the mo. how long have you be doing that for now??
I finished the kitchen yesterday at 9 oclock, after 6 hours of painting! half way through i said to Oh why did i want a big kitchen again!!!!!????
then i got a call to go in2 work... I was wrecked!! but they only needed me till 1 so that wasnt so bad!!
now to start the living room today, my Oh is gone to the peat bog. dunno if you guys have peat bogs???
what are you planning to do with your place??
o n its a bank hol here not that i'd know, stuck inside painting!!
xx

 

[Lisa40]

Morning guys :wave:
well I'm waiting at the blood clinic at the moment to have my day 5 bloods tested! I got here at 9am which is when the clinic opens and I'm number 45!!! What's that all about

so I'll be stuck here with a load of sick people for ages

xx

 

[sbl]

hi lisa!!
looks like you'll be waiting around for a bit.
do you have to be fasting for your blood tests??
xx

 

[jack79]

Hi Lisa

Haven't had time to read all of your posts but thought I'd join in with the discussion!

My OH and I have been trying for 18 months too. Just saw that you've been for blood tests today. Sorry if I'm asking you to repeat something you've already posted, but just wondering why you are having these tests done?

I had a blood test after a year to see if I was ovulating and it looks like I am. My partner's had his sperm tested twice and although his count and motility is good, his normality was quite low (3% and 6%). I've also had an HSG a few months ago and the results came back clear. We've been told to kepp trying until June 2012 when I've to go back to the hospital to see about going onto clomid.

Sometimes it feels like doctors just fob you off!

Anyway, thought I'd just share with you my experience, I know it helps me to hear about others in similar situations!

Good luck with everything
x

 

[Lisa40]

They didn't mention fasting at all sbl, I don't think I could do that anyway even if I tried

Hi jack and welcome :wave: I'm having these tests to check I'm ovulating. My day 21 tests came back fine, and i did ovulate last month. These day 5 ones are to check all the other hormones which I think can affect the eggs quality.

My oh hasn't had his sa done yet but we are just waiting on the appt from the hospital for that.

So sorry you have to wait until June next year for help, that doesn't seem fair. I have to say my doc has been very helpful so far, it was him who recommended the tests, I only went in for a sore throat

So I guess it's just a waiting game at the moment for all of us.

Good luck though hun and lots of to you
xxx

 

[Toots3495]

Hey Lisa, you may be in for a bit of a wait! At least you can chat on here to pass the time
Sbl, I've been doing this job for 13 years now. Doesn't time fly when you're having fun
I'm thinking of repainting the kitchen and our lounge could also do with it as well. Hopefully I'll have the get up and go to get on with it! What colours have you gone for?
Welcome jack. Sounds like youve pretty much had all the same tests as me. Apparently oh and I are fine so can't really understand why after 27 months I'm still not pregnant!

 

[sbl]

hi jack!! we all seem to be in the same boat here!! welcome!

Lisa i've been told to fast (no food but can drink) for scan and have a full bladder which i've had before and its not pleasant when their pushing down, felt like i was going wee all over the trolley in the hosp!!
what number are they at now?? are u near the end of your wait!!

toots,
we went for summer yellow in our kitchen and mocha with black/brown rose printed wallpaper for the chimney breast wall. just starting that now so i'll reserve judgement till its done!
xx

 

[jack79]

Thanks for the welcome everyone!

It definitely does help speaking to people in the same boat.

I didn't realise you could have tests done to check hormones early on in your cycle. Might have to pester my doctor for them - although I do hate needles!! I live in Scotland, so the tests they do up here might be different?

We're on the list for IVF now in case we need it down the line - you have to wait 4 years where I live before they offer you IVF on the NHS. And because of the postcode lottery you only get 2 free goes where I live... is it the same in England?

xx

 

[Toots3495]

I think every local health authority is different jack. I've been offered 4-5 tries at iui under the nhs and if that fails they allow us 1 try with ivf. I'm not sure if we'd have to be on a waiting list for the ivf, I didn't get that impression when the specialist was telling us the options. I havent fully made up my mind yet about if/when to start iui. I'm reckoning that if I'm not pregnant by my next birthday, march next year, then we'll probably start then. I'll be 34 then so time is a ticking!!

 

[Lisa40]

Hey guys,

well I was sick and fainted after my blood was taken, how embarrassing they couldn't find a vein and tried 4 times before they managed it... & I just got really dizzy and and then passed out!! Oops.

Ah well just my 'lovely' internal to have on thursday now

hope everyone else had a better day
xx

 

[jack79]

Yeah I think you're right Toots! Everywhere is different... I've heard nothing about IUI from the nurse specialist I went to see, she only talked of clomid and IVF. Ho hum...hopefully it will happen naturally one day for all of us

Poor you Lisa - I've fainted after a blood test before - it's horrible!
Hope your internal is better!?!

xx

 

[sbl]

ah lisa you poor thing! hope your feeling ok hun.

did they have to take much from you??

Another friend pg after a couple of months ttc! I feel like everybody around me is getting pg so quickly, I really think there must be something seriously wrong with either me or himself.

sorry for the rant feeling sorry for myself.

and i didnt finish the flipping painting either cause i got myself all worked up!!

were you supposed to have internal done today aswell lisa??
xx

 

[Lisa40]

Hey everyone.

Sorry I've not updated for a few days, I've had my sister over with her 3 year old and well I just haven't had a minute. Well I had my internal this morning & there was nothing out of the ordinary. So just waiting on the results of my blood tests and the doc will refer us to a fertility specialist. Said it could be a few months though and we are still waiting for oh analysis appt too.

So it's just a waiting game for us now.

How did your private appt go today sbl??

Xxx

 

[sbl]

hi lisa,
glad to hear your internal showed nothing out of the ordinary.

it went fine just wanted to know our story and see my cycle range was only in there for about a half hour, just told us that we would get letters about follow up tests, appointments etc.. but we'll see what happens with the app our regular gp got us... heres hoping!!
have been having the worst mood swings and irritable as hell!!!
also calf muscles twitching all the time apparently i maybe low in pottasium!!

thats crap you may have to wait so long to see the specialist.
did he give any indication as to when??
xx

 

[Lisa40]

They said probably a couple of months but I guess it depends on how many people are currently waiting which the doc doesn't really know, so just gotta wait.

Glad yours went well, when's the appt your doc got you?
xx

 

[sbl]

2 weeks till scan...supposed to be going to my preg friends house for dinner this eve but dont think i can face it! how bad is that??
just thinking about having to look at her baby stuff with her is making me upset.
having a " feeling sorry for myself " day.
hows work?
xx

 

[Lisa40]

Awww, maybe you could tell her what you're going through, to be honest when people ask me if we're going to have kids, I've started telling them the truth now & it's not as bad as you might think.

I occasionally have a little cry, get some sympathy & some of my pg friends or those with kids have said that they went through similar things, so I think it's more common than people think. You never know this friend may have been trying for a while.

But on the other hand I know what you mean about having to see the baby things, it is upsetting, just trust your own instincts about whether you'll be ok & hope you have fun if you do decide to go.

I'm off work for a few days now, back in on Monday. Gotta do a 5K 'fun' run on Saturday... I'm not sure what the fun part is though

xx