TTC for 6+ months? *20 bfp's and counting!*

[adav18]

I have also been trying since I got of BC...2+ YEARS...FRUSTRATING

 

[Miss Broody]

Hi All,

I'd love to join you, i have been trying a little longer than the majority of you, this is cycle 10 for me, and i am right at the end of it, so i could soon be onto cycle 11 - boo!!!

I also just wanted to add that cycle 6/7 are particularly hard, i think its something to do with reaching the half year mark!! I know month 12 for me is going to be incredibly tough if i dont get a BFP by then!

Good luck everyone!

Hi and welcome!

I am sorry that you have been TTC for almost 11 cycles! At least you are almost at the one year mark so you can go to a fertility specialist!

Yes, the 6th/7th mark is hard! It's like, I should have already gotten a BFP, and now I am probably going to have to wait another 6 cycles to see a specialist!

Anyways, good luck. I hope you get your BFP so you don't have to start the 11th cycle!

At 6 cycles i thought this was true, unfortunately i went to see GP at 8 cycles just for some advise and she was very helpful but told me that the very minimum they would consider sending us for any investigations of tests is 1.5 years and it may well be even longer - apparently in our area the current referral recommendation if you are under 30 is 3 years! OMG!! mind you if i wait three year i will actually be 30 too!

I am going to go back at 1.5 years if no luck and i am fairly sure i can convince her to do something!! But i just really hope i don't have to get to this point!!

I have a short LP, so started on a B complex half way through this cycle and waiting to see what difference that makes!

x

 

[LuluSS]

Oh wow, I can't believe the referral is at 3 years! That is crazy! I feel, that if you are temping, using OPK's, and BD'ing, etc. then you should be able to go after maybe 6-8 cycles. In my area, it is one year if you are under 35 and 6 months if you are over 35. So not too bad.

I am going through tests indirectly related to TTC right now. And it is only my 7th cycle. So even though I am not being seen for TTC, I am being seen for high testosterone levels (have my appt with the endocrinologist next week) which is probably directly related to me not being pregnant yet. So hopefully I can get answers from them and it will help me with TTC! Guess I have to wait and find out.

I hope the vitamin B helps! My best friend had short LP's as well. I think hers was like 9-10 days. She told me she took the vitamib B complex and she conceived after 3 months with her first, and after 4 months with her second. So it can happen!

 

[Miss Broody]

Oh wow, I can't believe the referral is at 3 years! That is crazy! I feel, that if you are temping, using OPK's, and BD'ing, etc. then you should be able to go after maybe 6-8 cycles. In my area, it is one year if you are under 35 and 6 months if you are over 35. So not too bad.

I am going through tests indirectly related to TTC right now. And it is only my 7th cycle. So even though I am not being seen for TTC, I am being seen for high testosterone levels (have my appt with the endocrinologist next week) which is probably directly related to me not being pregnant yet. So hopefully I can get answers from them and it will help me with TTC! Guess I have to wait and find out.

I hope the vitamin B helps! My best friend had short LP's as well. I think hers was like 9-10 days. She told me she took the vitamib B complex and she conceived after 3 months with her first, and after 4 months with her second. So it can happen!

Yeah it is a scary long time!! I hope it makes a difference - i have heard lots of positve stories too!! x

 

[Sombra]

I have a 5 year old son and I am trying to conceive again. I have been off birth control for over 2 years and am not taking any medications for AF. AF last started on Dec. 28 and ended on the 1st. (regular) About 6 months ago, I did not receive my period for 2 months. I figured it had something to do with my being overweight. I have since lost 30 lbs. and AF has seemed to become fairly normal again. I just started tracking my cycle in December, so I'm not sure if I have a regular 28 day cycle, but it's fairly close to that, give or take a few days. AF was due(going on a 28 day cycle) on the 25th of this month. I took an ovulation test on the 24th and it was positive. So my bf and I bd'd the 24 and 25th. (last time we bd'd was on the 20th). AF has not arrived yet, so based on a 28 day cycle, I would be 7 days late. My breasts have been tender and I have been using the restroom like crazy. I also never go the bathroom at night and have every night this week. (not drinking any more than normal) Is it possible that I am pregnant or may be going through implantation tomorrow through Friday?!?!? I just don't want to get my hopes up again, after SEVERAL BFN's. I have tested 2 times and they were both BFN's. I took an ovulation test today 1.31.12, and there was a line but it was not darker than the reference line. I'm so confused... Any advise or words of encouragement would help!! Thanks ladies

There is probably just a lot of variation as to when you ovulate which would cause your cycle to be irregular.

If you got a positive OPK on the 24th, you probably O'd on the 25th. It takes at the minimum 6 days to reach the uterus and implant, so yesterday would have been the earliest. It's unusual to experience symptoms before implantation.

If I were you, I would wait until the 4th at the earliest to take a test as it takes several days after implantation for the hcg to be seen in the urine.

Good luck!

 

[LuluSS]

So got my lab results back from my blood work yesterday. My testosterone levels are still high (not suprised as it has only been 2 weeks since my last blood draw). This time, they also tested DHEA-s. Anyone familiar with this? My level is 378, but doesn't say what the normal range is. Anybody know? I guess I will have to wait until my doc appointment on Wednesday.

By the time this TTC journey is over, we will be pros at the waiting game.

 

[blessmewith1]

Evening ladies,
This is my first time on here as I have just signed up.
I think its great that there are people that you can talk to, who are in the same or similar boat.
I hope someone might be able to advice me as I'm at my witts end, pls bare with me as its kinda long.......right, in 2009 I had an ectopic in my left tube which was then removed, been ttc for the past year but have been obsessed for the last 5 months I have been charting my bbt, cervix, ovulation sticks. My periods are quite regular every 30 days give or take a day. So last month had my regular period on the 3 jan lasted 5 days as usual, then I ovulated between 13 and 18, did the deed 13, 15, 16 and on the 18, after on the 18 I had these shooting twinges, almost like a lightening bolt lol, in my cervix uterus area. The following days I experienced these pinches and dull ache feeling in my uterus mainly to the right occasionally to the left. Tested on the 25 and I got a positive I was over the moon, couldn't stop grinning, then the next day woke up to go wee and there was a bit of blood not much just when I wipe. By the afternoon it was like a full blown period with clots, no different to my normal period. Rang the doc who referred me to the hosp I am considered a risk because of my ectopic. I bled for 4 days, Sunday morning no more blood but still a positive test. Spoke to doc on monday who referred again went hosp did a blood and urine but was negative, they did an ultrasound the internal one, she said she couldn't see anything and that my lining is thick, but could still be early as I was not actually late, I'm due to come on today (2 feb) went back in this morn for a blood test and still negative. But I had a positive this morn and took it with me. OMD, but as its negative their not doing anymore scans. My boobs are sore around the sides not the nip, my uterus still has the pinching, poking and fluttering, I also have nausea burps, I just don't kno what to do or think. Soo sorry for the long story. But any advise would be greatly appreciated. I have also posted this in the ttc baby 1 forum hoping for answers.

Also how do you get a ttc buddy.....would love one!
O good luck to all of you, hope we all have a lil bean soon. Xxxxxx. Blessings to you all.

Ps. How do you get the emoticons, and your ttc details at the bottom pls XxX

 

[danibeth2000]

count me in on this one, this is our 6th month of trying to no resolve, hoping for the best time round! just got my AF this morning, and ready to pick back up, my cycles are only 26 days longs so my dates will be a little off from most. but i'd love someone to talk to who has a similar journey

 

[new wifey 83]

welcome guys!!well i guess the is going to get me again small bit of brown discharge

 

[new wifey 83]

So got my lab results back from my blood work yesterday. My testosterone levels are still high (not suprised as it has only been 2 weeks since my last blood draw). This time, they also tested DHEA-s. Anyone familiar with this? My level is 378, but doesn't say what the normal range is. Anybody know? I guess I will have to wait until my doc appointment on Wednesday.

By the time this TTC journey is over, we will be pros at the waiting game.

Just checked on the net there and it said normal levels of DHEAS for a woman ages 20 - 29 is 65 - 380 ug/dl hope this helps xx

 

[Miss Broody]

Aww Danibeth sorry AF started, new wifey fingers crossed the witch hasn't got you!

No sign of her here yet. Have had cramping today but all day before AF is a bit odd for me. Trying not to get my hopes up!! Last time i got my hopes up on cycle 8 i did burst into tears at work when AF came - not good!!

x

 

[new wifey 83]

Aww Danibeth sorry AF started, new wifey fingers crossed the witch hasn't got you!

No sign of her here yet. Have had cramping today but all day before AF is a bit odd for me. Trying not to get my hopes up!! Last time i got my hopes up on cycle 8 i did burst into tears at work when AF came - not good!!

x

been there done that!!f xd crossed she'll stay away for u xx

 

[BabyHopes4Me]

Aww Danibeth sorry AF started, new wifey fingers crossed the witch hasn't got you!

No sign of her here yet. Have had cramping today but all day before AF is a bit odd for me. Trying not to get my hopes up!! Last time i got my hopes up on cycle 8 i did burst into tears at work when AF came - not good!!

x

been there done that!!f xd crossed she'll stay away for u xx

I know the feeling, too! I am so scared that I will have an emotional meltdown if I have to see AF again. Good luck to u & everyone on the thread. I hope we start seeing some bfps soon.

 

[LuluSS]

So I was able to see the endocrinologist today, and he diagnosed me with PCOS.

He also said that most healthy couples should be able to conceive within 3 months of timed BD, etc. He said couples should see a doctor at the 6-9 month mark.

So, I guess the next step for me is the expensive fertility doctor. I just had a feeling I wasn't ovulating after my temps never spiked.

 

[LuluSS]

So got my lab results back from my blood work yesterday. My testosterone levels are still high (not suprised as it has only been 2 weeks since my last blood draw). This time, they also tested DHEA-s. Anyone familiar with this? My level is 378, but doesn't say what the normal range is. Anybody know? I guess I will have to wait until my doc appointment on Wednesday.

By the time this TTC journey is over, we will be pros at the waiting game.

Just checked on the net there and it said normal levels of DHEAS for a woman ages 20 - 29 is 65 - 380 ug/dl hope this helps xx

Thanks. He didn't really say anything about my high DHEA-s level, or that my LH was 88! But he said that with the high testosterone and higher LH to FSH ratio, that I have PCOS. I guess the fertility doc will have to explain my other hormone levels.

I am sorry that AF is coming

 

[Sombra]

count me in on this one, this is our 6th month of trying to no resolve, hoping for the best time round! just got my AF this morning, and ready to pick back up, my cycles are only 26 days longs so my dates will be a little off from most. but i'd love someone to talk to who has a similar journey

My cycles are 26 days as well...more opportunities in a year to try I guess!

 

[LuluSS]

count me in on this one, this is our 6th month of trying to no resolve, hoping for the best time round! just got my AF this morning, and ready to pick back up, my cycles are only 26 days longs so my dates will be a little off from most. but i'd love someone to talk to who has a similar journey

My cycles are 26 days as well...more opportunities in a year to try I guess!

Yes definitely! I sometimes have short cycles like that! But then sometimes I have long cycles that are 40+ days.....

 

[BabyHopes4Me]

count me in on this one, this is our 6th month of trying to no resolve, hoping for the best time round! just got my AF this morning, and ready to pick back up, my cycles are only 26 days longs so my dates will be a little off from most. but i'd love someone to talk to who has a similar journey

My cycles are 26 days as well...more opportunities in a year to try I guess!

My cycles are 25 days and I also look at it as just having more chances to try. As long as your luteal phase is long enough then it is ok.

Lulu - Sorry about the PCOS, hun. But it is good that you were able to get everything checked out so that you know exactly what you need to do to be able to successfully conceive. By the way, my temps are still pretty flat and only went up .1 today so I still have no idea yet if that is a good thing or a bad thing. Guess I will find out soon...

 

[LuluSS]

Thanks

I am lucky to have an awesome DH because he is totally on board with seeing a fertility specialist, and has since the beginning. He doesn't even care that he has to get a sperm analysis done. He is more then happy to do it.

His biological clock is ticking...since he is 34...lol.

 

[new wifey 83]

brown discharge on and off today would AF just get on with it