TTC#2 and SO EXCITED! join me

[HappyCpl]

I have never been so happy to see AF!!!! Finally this long cycle is DONE!!! Wouldn't you know she would show when I make a dr's appointment... Oh well. Time to start a fresh new cycle. Whew, glad that is over with.

 

[banana07]

Whooo Happycpl thats great. Bet its a relief How long was it????

I got day 21 bloods done again today just for the sake of it. Don't know how its going to work out tho. The last time I had them done I only Ov'd on CD19 so got them taken on CD21 & CD26 but the consultant said she would only go by the CD21 bloods (i don't like her). I went to a different GP (mine was out) during the week on CD21 and she told me to get them done 7 days before my expected period. I told her should it not be 7dpo but she disagreed. AF is due anytime next week but she chose today CD24 to take the bloods but she is putting them down as CD21.

I wonder if this will confuse things when I go back to the consultant. She will see that my last CD21 bloods were very low only 2 dpo and that now these CD21 bloods which are really CD24/7dpo should be fairly high She will think my cycle is all over the place. She already said if I was back to her in March she wants to put me on clomid. I cannot understand why she would want to do this when I clearly ovulate pretty regularly???? this will only add to her theory....

I changed my apt from next week to end of next month. DH will hopefully have his results by then and I'll have these second CD21 bloods taken to I can go to her with something at least

Confused tho....!?!?!?

 

[banana07]

Oh and I vomited this morning was fine one min then bang the next. Was fine straight after too....

Have the usual cramps starting now about 7dpo. I think AF is due on Tuesday but I thought that last month and she was 4 days late. so thats why I also think it might be Thursday.....

 

[HappyCpl]

Banana I understand your frustrations. I hope you can get some answers soon. Maybe the bloods won't throw off the consultant. Surely they will see a diff. I hope these new bloods tell you something good.

Good luck with DH test. It stinks being out in limbo. Especially when you don't feel like anyone is listening to you or wanting to help. Hopefully something will happen soon. I just wish you had more answers.

Have you had any mor sickness since your post?

My cycle lasted 50 days... I can't believe it. Surprisingly AF isn't being too hard on me. I mean I know it's def the witch, but it's kinda of light. Not much cramping either. I'll take it...

How is everyone else doing?

 

[elt1013]

Banana I understand your frustrations. I hope you can get some answers soon. Maybe the bloods won't throw off the consultant. Surely they will see a diff. I hope these new bloods tell you something good.

Good luck with DH test. It stinks being out in limbo. Especially when you don't feel like anyone is listening to you or wanting to help. Hopefully something will happen soon. I just wish you had more answers.

Have you had any mor sickness since your post?

My cycle lasted 50 days... I can't believe it. Surprisingly AF isn't being too hard on me. I mean I know it's def the witch, but it's kinda of light. Not much cramping either. I'll take it...

How is everyone else doing?

Woohoo Happy! My AF is the same as your's...pretty light...I'm not complaining, but that is how my AF was when I suspected a cyst as well, so very well could have been I suppose.

banana- Isn't clomid also used to make stronger ovulation? I don't know much about it, but it seems like I may have heard that it can help egg quality?? I know that you really don't want to take anything that isn't needed, but just ovulating regularly may not be enough. Could be my problem also (egg quality) since I seem to ovulate regularly (with the exception of these couple wonky cycles). I suppose it may be worth a try, if it could give the eggs a boost?

 

[elt1013]

I just realized that my cycle was 50 days too Happy...how weird!!

 

[Hann12]

Morning all! I am so happy to see that you are both on new cycles elt and happycpl - such a strange coincidence it affected you both at the same time and same length of time!
Really hope this cycle brings more luck!

Banana - hope you get some answers soon, so frustrating for you too. Hope your husbands results are good, bet he is nervous!

Mama - any luck on earlier ovulation?

 

[HappyCpl]

Elt - It is so weird how our cyckes were the same this time. Looks like we can be cycle buddies this time

I think you may be on to something about the Clomid helping for stronger eggs... I think I'm going to talk to this new dr in a couple of weeks about taking it. The last dr refused to even entertain the idea I could have PCOS because I am not text book, but I'm afraid he's wrong. Is there a such thing as early stages of PCOS? If I don't have PCOS, there has to be a hormone imbalance somewhere...

 

[HappyCpl]

Mama do you notice any side effects from the Clomid?

 

[banana07]

Hey girls thanks for the advice i didn't know clomid was used to make eggs stronger ill have a look into it. I obv don't want to take anything that's not necessary but at this stage ill try anything!!

Cannot believe its cycle 8/9 witch due next week. No sickness since looks like it was just coincidence last week.

So weird ye both had the exact same cycle! Withhold someone was right when they said our cycles were matching up just like in real lien between women who spend time together!!!

Mama are you ok????

 

[MamaMac123]

Hey girls,

Happy & Elt - sooooooo happy you both got AF!!! So weird it was same cycles too!!! The light AF is totally to be expected with no ovulation. That's been the case with my annovulatory cycles. Good luck to both of you this cycle! Hope things get back to normal! And def look into clomid....it is supposed to help with egg maturity and quality so who knows the only side effect I've noticed from it is hot flashes and a bit higher bbt but that's a very common side effect.

Banana - hope you get some answers!

Afm - finally feeling physically better but in terms of ttc I'm feeling worried and depressed. So far no ovulation that really worries me. It could def still happen but last cycle it was cd19. In on cd21 today...

Yesterday my opk had a pretty clear line but def not dark enough yet. I assumed this meant I'd get my positive today but today it was almost completely white. I'm worried my body geared up for it and then didnt do it. I'm mostly scared because the clomid worked the first time then didnt work the second time. Then the first time on the higher dose it worked again....I'm worried round 2 of the new dose will be like round 2 of the lower dose and just won't work. If that's the case I think my body just doesn't respond well enough to clomid to have it be effective. We can I only up the dose so much. I'm afraid I may have to move on to a new med I felt like we were FINALLY getting somewhere.....now I feel like we're back to square one. Will this ever end??? Will I ever be able to just have consistently normal cycles and normal chances to concieve?? my heart just hurts to tonight.

 

[runnergrl]

mama

you will get your baby. I just know it. praying for you

 

[banana07]

Oh Mamamac - I hope you are feeling a bit better today. I think its normal to just get so down hearted every now and again. I was like that last month when I realised we were on cycle 8. I don't know what is worse knowing something is wrong or like me stuck in bloody limbo where things seem normal but nothing is happening. I never every imagined it would take us this long, I was so terrified of getting pregnant a month early at the beiginning cause the following month would have been perfect how deluded was I.

Chin up, I have all my fingers and toes crossed for you x

in the mean time I'm sure the dancing bunny will cheer you up usually works for me!!

 

[IsaacRalph]

Hey girls, long time no speak!

Oh mama I so know how your feeling, hang on in there chick it will happen one day, I'm sure of it! It's just all trial & error atm with your meds, some women respond really well to it, some women need injectables! Big huge hugs, really hope you ov soon, ttc is hard enough even with regular cycles!

To our lovely pregnant ladies, hope you & your bumps are ok! Not long now, so excited for you all.

To all the other veterans in out ttc journey, happy, elt & banana, not too sure where you all are as I've not got chance to update fully yet, but here's to your next cycles ending up with a bfp, good luck!

Afm- not a lot going on really, trying to take relaxed approach & I'm feeling so much better for it! I don't chart or do opk's anymore, weird at first but used to it now & its nice not to analyse my every move! I have consistently ovulated on cd 14-15 for the last several months & feel pains during run up so Pretty confident we're covering things anyway! I think I may have ovulated yesterday/today, every month it seems to fall on full moon, weird!

 

[banana07]

Issac - so good to hear from you - was hoping everything was ok with you. I'm kind of in the same boat as you. Not taking OPKs or anything but am extra active around the time I suspect I'm Ov but in general just doing it when we feel like and hoping for the best. The super obsessive approach didn't work for 6 months so just going to try this. Poping in here every now and again but not as much as usual, mostly just checking up on the girls see how everyone is doing!!

Relaxes approach is hard at first but you get used to it. I just became to tired watching every twinge and blink and I wasn't even mad obsessive I didn't bbt or anything but the tww watching was unbearable now I just have the rough idea of when I Ov'd and when AF is due. She is due sometime this week and I'm pretty sure I can feel her would be 99% sure but not putting huge amount of thought into it really.

Best of luck to you and hope you stay in touch

 

[IsaacRalph]

Aww thanks banana, will defo stay in touch, but just not as often! This is the first time I've been on in ages actually, was expecting to see all of you with your bfps! I'm just at that year mark of ttc now so it seems like a long old time but I feel much better about things now the spring is nearly here! I have been thinking along the lines of how long do we leave it before we get extra help, that being ivf! Think I'd defo like to give myself an extra year but & here's a big BUT I'm 35 in august and if I want to do it I must get the ball rolling! There is something called egg sharing in the UK (only just found out about it) where if your willing to share your eggs with another women, you get a free round of IVF! So as you can imagine lots to think about before I make a decision about this. I'd like to think I could potentially help another couple to have a baby! The only think is they don't allow you to do it after your 36! I'm just not so sure atm??
Anyway glad the relaxed approach is working for you & hope that witch stays away, its horrible when you start to feel it coming! I just hope it all feels similar to getting a bfp, we can live in hope! Here's to a fruitful tww for us. X

 

[runnergrl]

Isaac! so good to see you! thanks for checking in, we have been worried! Good luck and to you and banana in your tww!!

 

[MamaMac123]

thanks ladies

Banana - lol the dancing bunny did cheer me up so thanks for that!

Isaac - sooo glad to hear you're alright. That egg share thing sounds interesting. Def something I be willing to consider. If it comes to it my husband and I think we'd go for adoption over IVF because of te cost for IVF and no guarantee there will be a baby at the end of it. It's not for sure of course as we're not at that point yet but if we do get there that's our thinking until we know more. I'd hate to give up the chance of being pregnant though and hate to miss out on having that bond with DH of creating life together....that sounds sappy but hopefully you all get it haha. Point being if there was a way to give IVF a try without crushing us financially I think I'd go for it. I've heard rumoured that in Canada the first round of IVF is covered if its your first child but I haven't checked the truth of that. Will see if it comes to that I guess.

Afm in the moment...going to pee on a stick in next hour. Hoping to see that line back. Fx

 

[MamaMac123]

Yikes! Just decided to look up the IVF stuff. Apparently it's only covered if both Fallopian tubes are blocked and you're under 40 yrs old. And then it's not totally covered. Still a lot of out of pocket fees so still ends up being a lot.

The good news is IUI is covered so at least that avenue will be available for us I try down the road if needed. Still fees there too but much less extreme.

 

[runnergrl]

hopefully you wont have to worry about those options mama! did your OPK turn positive?