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[Tallmom2b]

Sharn- Awesome! BD as much as you can! But maybe they should still do the scan just in case for some reason your body takes a while to O That way they can still do the IUI if need be?

isittoolate- Welcome I'll ad you to the list of charts

AFM- i'm still having a light AF. I'll be taking my first dose of clomid tomorrow. 100mg FX for no symptoms!!

 

[rmsh1]

I haven't posted on this thread in a while, but I still lurk. I am currently on CD17, no sign ovulation is going to occur any time soon, but I have a doctors appointment on Friday, my first one. It has now been a year since I came off bc and we started trying.

I have also had some thyroid issues, and have had thyroid pain for the last few days so I think one of my cysts is playing up. All the more reason to get a full blood work done

 

[Tallmom2b]

hi rmsh1, GL with your first fertility appointment! I'm sure they will know exactly what to do to get you regular again

 

[rmsh1]

Thanks tallmom. I am only seeing a regular doctor so probably have to be referred to a fertility specialist, but the doctor can at least order blood work to be done. I think I will also be referred for a thyroid ultrasound as I have not had one for about 6 years, so well over due!

If it is my thyroid causing my long cycles, I guess I will soon know. But last time my thyroid hormones were checked, the levels were fine (that was 5 years ago though)

 

[Tallmom2b]

I hope your thyroid ends up being okay. But maybe the BC threw it out of wack?

I took my first dose of 100mg of clomid! Fx there will be no side effects!

 

[rmsh1]

Good luck with the clomid! I do wonder if that is the route I will be taking in the not so distant future.

I managed to get a doctor appointment today due to my thyroid playing up. I saw a lovely doctor! I wasn’t going to mention TTC unless I felt it was appropriate, as really the thyroid issue was the most pressing issue right now. He has referred me to a specialist and I have to wait for a letter and I will get a thyroid ultrasound to check my cysts.

I then told him I was wondering if my thyroid hormones were imbalanced as my cycles had become very long. He asked me about them so I ended up telling him the whole TTC story. I said I stopped bc May last year and had 6 super regular cycles, all 33 days long. Then I had a 34 day cycle and since then, they have been 44 and 43 days long, with this current cycle heading into the 40s too. His first reaction was “oh, you aren’t ovulating”. So, I pulled out my charts! And guess what, he was so happy to see them! I said I was also using OPKs and had detected LH surges. So now he is sure I am ovulating, but that for some reason it is really delayed. He said normally he gets day 21 bloods but that that obviously wont work for me. So I have all the paperwork now to get my bloods taken 7 days after I ovulate, going purely by my charting, and he gave me a form to get day 3 bloods taken too. So it was a very productive visit and I am very happy to get the ball rolling with both my thyroid and fertility tests. Now just to wait til I ovulate!

 

[Tallmom2b]

That's great! I'm glad you mentioned TTC. Sounds like you will get things sorted soon.
My fs assumed I wasn't Oing too. Then I showed him my charts and he was like, oh, guess you are.
My cycles the past three times have been around 80 days!
It will be quite novel to have a normal cycle!

 

[sharnw]

Thanks girls xo
My fs didnt do a scan, according to my fridays scan, fs was confident I owed yesterday. I hope so lol

 

[lilyV]

Good luck with the clomid! I do wonder if that is the route I will be taking in the not so distant future.

I managed to get a doctor appointment today due to my thyroid playing up. I saw a lovely doctor! I wasn’t going to mention TTC unless I felt it was appropriate, as really the thyroid issue was the most pressing issue right now. He has referred me to a specialist and I have to wait for a letter and I will get a thyroid ultrasound to check my cysts.

I then told him I was wondering if my thyroid hormones were imbalanced as my cycles had become very long. He asked me about them so I ended up telling him the whole TTC story. I said I stopped bc May last year and had 6 super regular cycles, all 33 days long. Then I had a 34 day cycle and since then, they have been 44 and 43 days long, with this current cycle heading into the 40s too. His first reaction was “oh, you aren’t ovulating”. So, I pulled out my charts! And guess what, he was so happy to see them! I said I was also using OPKs and had detected LH surges. So now he is sure I am ovulating, but that for some reason it is really delayed. He said normally he gets day 21 bloods but that that obviously wont work for me. So I have all the paperwork now to get my bloods taken 7 days after I ovulate, going purely by my charting, and he gave me a form to get day 3 bloods taken too. So it was a very productive visit and I am very happy to get the ball rolling with both my thyroid and fertility tests. Now just to wait til I ovulate!

Wow that's great news for you! I'm happy you had a great dr, my dr was also as good. Listen to what they have to say, I'm sure they've providing the best info for you

 

[Stinas]

rmsh1 - Great news!!!

sharnw - FX!

As for me...our third visit to the urologist tom!!! He is going to do an ultrasound to see if and where the blockage is! I cant wait to get some answers!

 

[sharnw]

GL Stinas!

 

[rmsh1]

Good luck Stinas, I hoe it is something easily fixed

I have to get my OH to do SA, difficult here as it will involve him collecting a sample in the hospital toilet I think! Ewwww. We cant get to the hospital within in hour

 

[Tallmom2b]

Stinas- GL today!! Hope you hear good news!

Rmsh1- Maybe you can go in with him? To help him?

 

[rmsh1]

Stinas- GL today!! Hope you hear good news!

Rmsh1- Maybe you can go in with him? To help him?

hahs yes, if I can! Not sure how the toilets work there though, if it is a male only toilet! LOL Will ask when we see the GP about it

 

[ashknowsbest]

Good luck stinas! I really hope you get some answers soon!

AFM - I have been going in every 2 days for a follicle scan and I'm pretty much to my limit with it .. not to mention I think these shots are giving me the worst headaches ever! Last night I had a headache for about 6 hours and the only way I made it go away was by going to sleep ... I told the doctor this morning at my follicle scan and he said he thinks I'm having these headaches because my estridol is low right now or something like that .... he said he thinks they will go away as my estridol (I think that's what it's called) increases. I told OH this morning that I don't know if I can do another round of this if they want me to just because the headaches are the worse and going to the doctors every 2 days is insane! I mean it's only a 10 minute walk but it's still crazy to be there so much not to mention the wait is normally about an hour or so!

I want a baby but I'm really started to get tired ...

Anyways ... everything is quiet over here other than going to the doctors all of the time. I hope you all are well

 

[Tallmom2b]

ash- sorry to hear your having headaches. Hopefully they go away soon. So are you trying IVF this time? I hope it does the trick! If not, maybe you can take a break for a month and recoup and relax than try another round of IVF? Hang in there it will all be worth it when you get that !

 

[ashknowsbest]

Tallmom - no right now we're just doing injectables with IUI because IVF is a 2 month process and we weren't ready with insurance and all of the pre IVF tests we needed done. IVF will start next month if this IUI doesn't work but we're hoping and praying this IUI works because the injectable meds have been quite hard on me. I had bruising on the one side where I do the shots so I switched sides but it's pretty crazy. Anyways .. .that's it for now!

 

[Stinas]

Hi ladies!!!!!
Just got back from our apt! It is a blockage! Surgery comes with a few risks that I dont know if DH and I are willing to take. I have called the fertility clinic to set myself up as a patient so DH can get his biopsy done there with this urologist(he works with them). This will tell us if there is sperm...which doc said most likely there is because everything you can test for came back normal. If they find sperm they will freeze the sperm so we have when we do decide to go forward with IVF.
Its nice getting answers. Hopefully by the end of the summer we will know for sure which direction we will be taking.

 

[Tallmom2b]

That's great news Stinas!! I bet theres some in there!

You'll have your bfp before you know it!

 

[Tallmom2b]

Where did everyone go? It's so quiet!

Check out my chart I had a really early temp rise and im not sure what's going on?!
Is it possible that I Od this early?