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[MamaMac123]

Morning ladies,

Big temp drop this morning. :sigh: Still above cover and no spotting yet but in sure later today or tomorrow AF will arrive. Had a good feeling this cycle. Oh well. How's everyone else?

 

[ooSweetPea]

Sorry to hear Mama fxd it's not AF though. What is the gameplan med wise for your upcoming cycle? More of the same or changing it up?

 

[MamaMac123]

More of the same. We do one more cycle as is then if I'm not pregnant I go for the dye test. Will prob do up to 3 more cycles on this med after that as well. He told me 6 cycles then we'd move on. Hopefully we won't need to.

 

[banana07]

hey mama sorry it looks like AF and esp after you got your hopes up there really is nothing as heart breaking esp after you fight so hard not to get hopes up. at least you have an upside you have had two really very regular cycles, which correct me if I'm wrong but I haven't seen since we started on here?

is it possible for you to do monitored cycles like I did. when I did the clomid on its own for 4 months last year it appeared that I was ovulation but I obv didn't get peg but den just 2 monitored and triggered cycles and it worked.

I don't know if it is am option or you or not.

how does the heath system work over theRe is it like America where you have to have private health insurance or the UK where most things work of the nhs so free but you have less options. or Ireland where there is a public system free to all but long waiting lists in most cases and doesn't cover anything fertility related so I've had to go private a pay for everything myself.

like in the UK my sister is getting 3 free iui treatments and 2 free ivf treatments but she must play byand their rules and timeframe but she isn't spending penny. where I have went private and said for everything myself but made every apt myself when I wanted I started going to a consultant at 6 months cause I was paying for it myself and ivf this month would have cost over 6000euro. where my sister is already 3 years trying but has to wait for apts and when she does go for treatments its one size fits all 3 iui and 2 ivf where I was told based on your test results bpass the iui and regular ivf based on our results. pros and cons to both I suppose of had to sell our car to say for the potential ivf but had quick progress, she gets everything free but its a slow process. what's Canada like?

 

[banana07]

just read back mama glad dh seizure doc apt went well. any word on his SA?

issac glad you got to hear 2 heartbeats. I still can't believe I have one in here don't know how you are getting your head around two!!!

happy glad the gloucose test went good. I can't wait to feel kicks this time freaked me out a lot first time but I was young and silly


issac and happy when are ye due? I'm 15 august??

issac do you know or Will you findout what you're having???

 

[ooSweetPea]

Mama I hope it doesn't come to that either - I'm sure you've read this before but I know lots of women who have gotten their BFP straight after the dye test when the tubes are super cleared out, hopefully that will be the case!

 

[MamaMac123]

In Canada most things are fully covered. We have to do dental, vision and prescriptions on our own but my husbands work provides a health plan for all that. My fertility doctor and all my diagnostic testing is covered but I don't believe any treatments or procedures are covered. I need to check with DH's work coverage to see if they do anything fertility wise but I'm pretty sure any procedures we do will be out of pocket.

 

[MamaMac123]

So....this far no AF. My temp is still lower but still above coverline. I'm spotting very lightly today but that's it. Very odd. Last cycle on Femara my period came in fast with full force! I don't think I'm pregnant or anything. Either it's just a slow starting AF or my hormones need to drop a bit more or something to get it going. :shrugs: Or maybe I ovulated a day or two later than ff thinks I did. Not sure but it's a bit odd. I had planned to test today but since my temps have dropped and I spotted I didn't bother this morning. If AF hasn't begun and/or temp still isn't below coverline in am then I may test just to be sure.

 

[IsaacRalph]

Hey girls wanted to update you on our 12 week scan we got some good news and bad news. One of our babies didn't make it, it passed at about 9 weeks along! Other baby doing just fine and was doing back flips. Feel so strange, very mixed emotions and I can't stop crying for our little lost baby! So looks like we are carrying our rainbow baby and hopefully it will pull through. Apparently it should do just fine although the other one has died. Due our precious baby on the 24th July!

 

[elt1013]

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that Isaac But, it's great that the other baby seems so healthy

If you don't mind me asking such a fragile question...what do you do now with the one that has passed. Do you carry it until you deliver or will it naturally resolve itself. I hope you don't have to go through anything tramatic!

 

[IsaacRalph]

Hey elt thanks! Apparently it will simply absorb or sometimes it kinda flattens out and can leave an imprint on healthy babies placenta, it's only 2.5cm so very small. It is giving me comfort knowing its still inside me next to its twin. It should just fade away!

 

[HappyCpl]

Mama - I see AF arrived. I hope you are ok. Prayers to you this cycle. Let us know when you get the results of the SA.

Isaac - My heart goes out to you hun. I'm so sorry for the loss of your little twin. I will continue to pray for your healthy jumping bean as well as you and your family. I can't imagine how you feel dear.

 

[MamaMac123]

Oh Isaac i'm so sorry. The emotions with something like that must feel so mixed. I can't imagine how heart breaking to lose your little one like that. Thank goodness your other bean is doing well. Prayers and hugs for you & your growing family. Hopefully the rest of this pregnancy will be smooth sailing for you.

Thanks Happy I'm doing okay. Sad it didn't happen this cycle but reminding myself that healthy normal couples can take up to a year to get pregnant and I've only had one truly normal cycle so far. Hopefully just needs some more time. Going to call my doc today to see when the SA results will be in. Hopefully soon. Thinking about looking into SMEP this cycle. Did anyone in here ever try that method? I've never been able to try it before because my cycles were so messed up. Now that I'm on meds that are making my cycles consistent I think it may be worth a try. Want to grab some more preseed too. Might as well give it our very best! I'd really love to avoid that blasted dye test! Lol

Any other ideas thoughts advice....now my cycles are going normally I feel like I'm back to the beginning of ttc.

 

[HappyCpl]

Mama, I know you haven't gotten the results of your husband's SA, but we used fertility blend for men from GNC. It worked wonders with DH's supply and drive lol. I tried the SMEP, but it didn't work for us as I never really ovulated on the same day. Just within a 3 day window. The day we conceived this cycle, we didn't even BD the day of OV. I OVon day 18 and BD on days 16,17 and 19. Lol.

 

[banana07]

Issac, I am so so sorry. Like mama said your emotions must be so mixed and thank goodness for your healthy bean. I'm sure there is nothing anyone can say or do to make you feel better but just hope you are ok x

Mama, we did try the SMEP at one stage but it so set, I didn't work out 100% plus chances are we weren't ovulating at the time so wouldn't have made a difference if we weren't bding at all!!!

DH had 3 SA done within 6 months and all 3 had very different results can't remember exactly what they were but first was ok, second was good and third was pretty bad. He used Wellman (same as the pregnacare) tablets, he never even used them properly just whenever he remembered, we never went for a test after that but something obv worked! Unless the SA comes back as Zero, if it says there not "enough" good ones remember it only takes 1 to make the baby not millions!!

If I were you I would bd every second day from CD12 until a few days after you get confirmed cross hairs or if you can manage it until AF arrives. Its the only way you are 100% covered with bding, I think. This cycle we were told when to bd because of the scans and trigger but even at that when they told me to come back in 2 days for the trigger and bd the following 2 days, we went ahead and did it those 2 days anyway - I didn't trust anyone or want to take any risks!!

Have to run, work is calling, read back properly later

oh we told D.S last night!

 

[MamaMac123]

Called the doc office just now. SA results are back but she didn't tell me anything. She scheduled us to come in and meet with the doctor to discuss the results. Think that's typical or does that indicate there's an issue?? If he was normal couldn't she just say so and save everyone the apt? Hopefully it's just standard procedure. So we go in a week from Wed. Also I've had an issue with my prenatal pills. Doc prescribed some which our insurance used to cover but my hubby's work just switched companies and the new company won't cover them because they're vitamins. Ugh! To buy them outright is over $100! For Prenatal Vitamins!?!? So absurd! So I asked if there was another comparable over the counter to take and they said no. Doc only recommends the perscription ones. ohh: What prenatals do you guys take? I'm going to go home tonight and compare labels and see how off twy really are. I just can't stomach spending that much on vitamins but of course if it's the tweek that makes the difference between bfp or not then it would be worth it. Just don't want to throw money away unnecessarily. Thoughts?

 

[elt1013]

Hello ladies,
mama- we tried SMEP also, but weren't successful that cycle. I got my BFP on the cycle that we dtd the day before and that was it. So, like the others have said...it's not always about how many times it's done...unfortunately just has to be perfect timing, which seems to be luck alot of times! You are bound to hit it at some point (hopefully more sooner than later) I would never pay $100 for prenatals! They should have some over the counter the same or pretty similar. My OB wasn't too picky about which ones I took as long as they had sufficient folic acid.

 

[banana07]

Hey Mama - how you feeling now, when are you hoping to ovulate next weekend? Is it next week you have the doc apt for the SA results? We never went into the clinic just got them over the phone but that was for the good and bad ones didn't make a difference but we are thousands of miles away so maybe that's the difference!

For vitamins we used these ones they were about €25euro/$30 for the month I think.

https://www.google.ie/search?q=conc...Pregnacare-Conception-His-n-Hers.aspx;219;280.

Issac how are you feeling now?

 

[MamaMac123]

Hi ladies,

Banana - should hopefully be ovulating next weekend. We go on Wed for the SA results.

Having a rough day today. Have a hard time attending church each Sunday. Everyone around me is either pregnant or has a baby it seems. Just found out today another of my church friends is pregnant. Found out another one a few weeks ago. Pretty much feel like that officially makes me the only one who isn't in every aspect of my life these days. Just not a good day.

Hope you're all doing well.

 

[banana07]

hey mama., sorry you feel down it does happen I know but I know you'll feel better again. you are on the right road now. I still get angry about the incompetent consultant and gp we had that took us so long to get on the right road but once here it didn't take too long and you are on that road now. fx sa results are good but remember they not everything.

chin up anyway x

oh and I hope your bding all this week never know when the eggy could surprise you take no chances. every other night this week den 3 nights in a row when you get the positive opks or days 17,18,19. go for it!!!!