What qualifies you as a LTTTCer?

[Serene123]

What the title says really? I'm sorry if there's a thread on this already, if there is could someone point me to it?

Thanks

 

[MrsChambers]

Hey, I think evedryone has their own terminology as to what they class as LTTTC. Some people think after a couple of months they are LTTTC, others years. Some of those that know they have problems such as PCOS, blocked tubes, multiple MC's etc find the process a lot more drawn out and find they are at a standstill for so long as they dont feel anything is happening so prefer to post over here I guess.

For me I have been trying 26 months with PCOS and no AF. I dont feel I have the same issues as the girls in TTC although I do popon the board from time to time and sometime find myself getting frustrated with people who have only been trying a month or so and think they have the whole world on their shoulders with TTC.

With regards to posting I think most people post where they feel most comfortable and all the gilrs over here in LTTTC are very friendly as we all have the one common goal at the end we want to achieve x

 

[Serene123]

Hey, I think evedryone has their own terminology as to what they class as LTTTC. Some people think after a couple of months they are LTTTC, others years. Some of those that know they have problems such as PCOS, blocked tubes, multiple MC's etc find the process a lot more drawn out and find they are at a standstill for so long as they dont feel anything is happening so prefer to post over here I guess.

For me I have been trying 26 months with PCOS and no AF. I dont feel I have the same issues as the girls in TTC although I do popon the board from time to time and sometime find myself getting frustrated with people who have only been trying a month or so and think they have the whole world on their shoulders with TTC.

With regards to posting I think most people post where they feel most comfortable and all the gilrs over here in LTTTC are very friendly as we all have the one common goal at the end we want to achieve x

Thank you for replying x

I am having the same problem. I'm finding myself upset and a little frustrated at people thinking they're being denied having a baby after a few months trying. I have been there, I was frustrated after a few months, but now I am here 15 months later, with a miscarriage due date coming up and not being pregnant again, seeing other girls thinking they have problems at the beginning is upsetting me and I don't want to say the wrong thing.

I don't want a baby now. I don't want a boy or a girl. I just want a healthy baby at some point in my future, and I don't feel that's something I share with people in TTC, as they all want it right now (and I feel like a hypercrit because I have been there, and felt like that, I just feel so differently now.)

I don't know what's wrong with me, or if something serious is even wrong, I just know I've been here a long time and it's starting to hurt more than I ever could've imagined. I have an appointment with a gynecologist (sp?) on the 25th to start tests.

x

 

[nellis10]

Hi Serene I can empathise, it was my baby's due date tomorrow and I haven't had a pregnancy since.

I've been LTTTC for a while now, probably 18 months, I moved over when I didn't look like it was happening in the first 12 months of trying, now I'm heading for 3 years of trying!!

 

[Serene123]

Sorry for your loss hun. Mine was due on Saturday, and I have had one since which is due in August. I know 15 months is not a long time compared to most people in here, and I really hope you all get your soon. I am hoping after the initial tests on the 25th I might have some answers, and be able to move forward and not feel like I am stuck trying for another heartbreak.

Have you had any tests, Nellis10? x

 

[le_annek]

Hi Serene i'm on my 16th cylce My hubby has low testosterone and had an issue with his SA. My doc has now referred us to the hospital. My hubbys doctor done tests on him blood test SA tests and found the problem. My blood tests came back ok I have two children from a previous marriage and would love another one with my husband. When I first joined this site I too thought I would have no problems getting pregnant and thought 3 months was a long time Wishing you all the luck in the world and hope you get some answers soon xxx

 

[Serene123]

16 cycles hey, who would have thought it?! Crazyness. You just expect to be fertile after having a child! Good luck to the both of you x

I am pretty sure the problem is with me. I am in a lot of pain around ovulation (and I mean a lot!) I feel like I'm going through the motions, at 3 months I was told not to worry as it can take the average person 6 cycles, then I was told not to worry because it can take any healthy couple up to 12 months and now I am being told not to worry because we have conceived before we will be able to conceive again. I know having a daughter should reassure me but it doesn't. I feel like something is wrong with me. I never had these pains before I had her, and I am worried I have developed some kind of infection. Obviously I don't know for sure but I can't wait to find out for definate. I can't believe I'm looking forward to being investigated!

I am hoping the gyne suggest we both get checked out, I'm not sure my partner would go off his own back x

 

[nellis10]

Sorry for your loss hun. Mine was due on Saturday, and I have had one since which is due in August. I know 15 months is not a long time compared to most people in here, and I really hope you all get your soon. I am hoping after the initial tests on the 25th I might have some answers, and be able to move forward and not feel like I am stuck trying for another heartbreak.

Have you had any tests, Nellis10? x

Hiya! I've had Day 3 and Day 21 bloods and all are well for my age! DH has had a few SA done and although the first 2 weren't great, the last one was fine and indeed the pregnancy proved that (even if it didn't last!).

So I guess its just a matter of keeping trying, although I am using the latest gizmo...Duofertility Monitor...expensive but I'm desperate now!

I've even started a blog on it....check out siggie!

 

[Sambatiki]

Hi there,

I think its 12 cycles ttc or those who have known problems iygwim....

OR people like me that hang around like a bad smell because I didnt want to go back to WTT just for a few months!!! I gave up after 20 something cycles to get married.

Hope youre all not here for too much longer and welcome to LTTTC!!! :wave:

 

[Serene123]

Sorry for your loss hun. Mine was due on Saturday, and I have had one since which is due in August. I know 15 months is not a long time compared to most people in here, and I really hope you all get your soon. I am hoping after the initial tests on the 25th I might have some answers, and be able to move forward and not feel like I am stuck trying for another heartbreak.

Have you had any tests, Nellis10? x

Hiya! I've had Day 3 and Day 21 bloods and all are well for my age! DH has had a few SA done and although the first 2 weren't great, the last one was fine and indeed the pregnancy proved that (even if it didn't last!).

So I guess its just a matter of keeping trying, although I am using the latest gizmo...Duofertility Monitor...expensive but I'm desperate now!

I've even started a blog on it....check out siggie!

Will definately check it out! I hope it works for you x

Hi there,

I think its 12 cycles ttc or those who have known problems iygwim....

OR people like me that hang around like a bad smell because I didnt want to go back to WTT just for a few months!!! I gave up after 20 something cycles to get married.

Hope youre all not here for too much longer and welcome to LTTTC!!! :wave:

:wave:

Thank you!

When are you getting married?

 

[MrsChambers]

Hey, I think evedryone has their own terminology as to what they class as LTTTC. Some people think after a couple of months they are LTTTC, others years. Some of those that know they have problems such as PCOS, blocked tubes, multiple MC's etc find the process a lot more drawn out and find they are at a standstill for so long as they dont feel anything is happening so prefer to post over here I guess.

For me I have been trying 26 months with PCOS and no AF. I dont feel I have the same issues as the girls in TTC although I do popon the board from time to time and sometime find myself getting frustrated with people who have only been trying a month or so and think they have the whole world on their shoulders with TTC.

With regards to posting I think most people post where they feel most comfortable and all the gilrs over here in LTTTC are very friendly as we all have the one common goal at the end we want to achieve x

Thank you for replying x

I am having the same problem. I'm finding myself upset and a little frustrated at people thinking they're being denied having a baby after a few months trying. I have been there, I was frustrated after a few months, but now I am here 15 months later, with a miscarriage due date coming up and not being pregnant again, seeing other girls thinking they have problems at the beginning is upsetting me and I don't want to say the wrong thing.

I don't want a baby now. I don't want a boy or a girl. I just want a healthy baby at some point in my future, and I don't feel that's something I share with people in TTC, as they all want it right now (and I feel like a hypercrit because I have been there, and felt like that, I just feel so differently now.)

I don't know what's wrong with me, or if something serious is even wrong, I just know I've been here a long time and it's starting to hurt more than I ever could've imagined. I have an appointment with a gynecologist (sp?) on the 25th to start tests.

x

If your feeling like that then you are definitely in the right place Serene. We started trying along with all our friends trying for their first and now they have all had their second. I keep getting little goal posts in my mind oh well I will hopefully be pregnant by then and it comes and goes and there is no pregnancy.

Even if the gynae cannot find anything seriously wrong with either of you he may give you sopme4thing to help make your egg stronger etc which could help. So you are on your way to your BFP xxx

 

[Serene123]

Hey, I think evedryone has their own terminology as to what they class as LTTTC. Some people think after a couple of months they are LTTTC, others years. Some of those that know they have problems such as PCOS, blocked tubes, multiple MC's etc find the process a lot more drawn out and find they are at a standstill for so long as they dont feel anything is happening so prefer to post over here I guess.

For me I have been trying 26 months with PCOS and no AF. I dont feel I have the same issues as the girls in TTC although I do popon the board from time to time and sometime find myself getting frustrated with people who have only been trying a month or so and think they have the whole world on their shoulders with TTC.

With regards to posting I think most people post where they feel most comfortable and all the gilrs over here in LTTTC are very friendly as we all have the one common goal at the end we want to achieve x

Thank you for replying x

I am having the same problem. I'm finding myself upset and a little frustrated at people thinking they're being denied having a baby after a few months trying. I have been there, I was frustrated after a few months, but now I am here 15 months later, with a miscarriage due date coming up and not being pregnant again, seeing other girls thinking they have problems at the beginning is upsetting me and I don't want to say the wrong thing.

I don't want a baby now. I don't want a boy or a girl. I just want a healthy baby at some point in my future, and I don't feel that's something I share with people in TTC, as they all want it right now (and I feel like a hypercrit because I have been there, and felt like that, I just feel so differently now.)

I don't know what's wrong with me, or if something serious is even wrong, I just know I've been here a long time and it's starting to hurt more than I ever could've imagined. I have an appointment with a gynecologist (sp?) on the 25th to start tests.

x

If your feeling like that then you are definitely in the right place Serene. We started trying along with all our friends trying for their first and now they have all had their second. I keep getting little goal posts in my mind oh well I will hopefully be pregnant by then and it comes and goes and there is no pregnancy.

Even if the gynae cannot find anything seriously wrong with either of you he may give you sopme4thing to help make your egg stronger etc which could help. So you are on your way to your BFP xxx

I've gone from a couple of month goals to 6 months goals. I want to be pregnant by January now, but... if I'm not... I'm not...

I hope it happens soon for you. Do you have no AF at all?

 

[nellis10]

lol we've all done the goal setting and unfortunately for me, they've all come and gone too!

I thought I'd definitely have had number 2 by the time my son was 4 or 5, now he's almost 6 and although my due date was tomorrow, still no successful pregnancy, so my next goal is to be PG by the time I am 40 in 9 months time!!

 

[Serene123]

lol we've all done the goal setting and unfortunately for me, they've all come and gone too!

I thought I'd definitely have had number 2 by the time my son was 4 or 5, now he's almost 6 and although my due date was tomorrow, still no successful pregnancy, so my next goal is to be PG by the time I am 40 in 9 months time!!

I really hope you get your asap! God knows you more than deserve it! x

 

[MrsChambers]

No not usually. I did when i was on BC. I came off that in April 08 and had nothing. I saw a gynae at one hospital from January to August 09. Although I will re-phrase that I went to see one and saw a junior doctor who referred me to the PCOS clinic where I only saw the dietician had nothing explained to me. In May of 09 I sobbed in my appointment as had not had AF for over a year so was prescibed Norethisterone to take every 3 months. I then had a bleed in June, September and December. I went back to my doc in October 09 and asked to be referred to another hospital to see a different consultant.

Had my first appointment in January and was referred to infertility instead of gynae. Had a NORMAL NATURAL bleed in March ( which I think my body may have been used to bleeding every 3 months from the Norethisterone) and had my appointment in April with infertility and was prescribed Provera to force a bleed and Clomid. Took the Provera and felt like I was having AF stomach cramps, spotting, stikiness etc but not a full withdrawla bleed so didnt take the Clomid. Then was told by the FN that as I had not come on within 14 days I would have to take Metformin for 12 weeks then if no joy and no AF would have to try Provera again. They forgot they had prescribed me two lots of Provera so I took the 2nd lot naughtily last week and took my final pill on Thursday so waiting for a bleed so I can start the Clomid.

It's so annoying as the Clomid is sitting on my bedside cabinet waving at me every day. I just dont understand why the Norethisterone worked yet the Provera doesn't seem to.

 

[Serene123]

No not usually. I did when i was on BC. I came off that in April 08 and had nothing. I saw a gynae at one hospital from January to August 09. Although I will re-phrase that I went to see one and saw a junior doctor who referred me to the PCOS clinic where I only saw the dietician had nothing explained to me. In May of 09 I sobbed in my appointment as had not had AF for over a year so was prescibed Norethisterone to take every 3 months. I then had a bleed in June, September and December. I went back to my doc in October 09 and asked to be referred to another hospital to see a different consultant.

Had my first appointment in January and was referred to infertility instead of gynae. Had a NORMAL NATURAL bleed in March ( which I think my body may have been used to bleeding every 3 months from the Norethisterone) and had my appointment in April with infertility and was prescribed Provera to force a bleed and Clomid. Took the Provera and felt like I was having AF stomach cramps, spotting, stikiness etc but not a full withdrawla bleed so didnt take the Clomid. Then was told by the FN that as I had not come on within 14 days I would have to take Metformin for 12 weeks then if no joy and no AF would have to try Provera again. They forgot they had prescribed me two lots of Provera so I took the 2nd lot naughtily last week and took my final pill on Thursday so waiting for a bleed so I can start the Clomid.

It's so annoying as the Clomid is sitting on my bedside cabinet waving at me every day. I just dont understand why the Norethisterone worked yet the Provera doesn't seem to.

Just a case of keep trying then? I hope your AF returns soon. Mine has just started regulating, I say regulating, before it was anywhere from 24 to 36 days now it seems to be 29 - 31 days.

Does clomid help you ovulate then? I have had a few cycles where I haven't ovulated xx

 

[zowiey]

We've been ttc for 2 years now, found out 4 months ago with have a male factor. We have been told that IUI is our best chance, but we're in limbo at the moment as I have to loose weight before we can start any treatment. I'm trying really hard to keep positive, but it doesn't always happen!

Hope you manage to get some answers. I felt absolutely crushed when we found out we had a MF, I always thought infertility happened to other people, not us, ignorant I know! But now I'm thankful we have a path to follow, that will hopefully end in us being parents!

I have to say, I'm glad we have a few more threads like this, I sometimes think lttc can get a little quiet, we need to get a few more chatty threads going!!!

xxx

 

[Serene123]

We've been ttc for 2 years now, found out 4 months ago with have a male factor. We have been told that IUI is our best chance, but we're in limbo at the moment as I have to loose weight before we can start any treatment. I'm trying really hard to keep positive, but it doesn't always happen!

Hope you manage to get some answers. I felt absolutely crushed when we found out we had a MF, I always thought infertility happened to other people, not us, ignorant I know! But now I'm thankful we have a path to follow, that will hopefully end in us being parents!

I have to say, I'm glad we have a few more threads like this, I sometimes think lttc can get a little quiet, we need to get a few more chatty threads going!!!

xxx

That's what I want, to know what could be wrong with some sort of plan of action. My miscarriages were technically chemicals and I am convinced it is to do with my womb lining. I had a reading from Sandra which backed that up. While I won't pin all my hopes on her as I know it's just what she feels and not likely to be true, I am glad she is on the same wave length as me.

Just getting used to LTTTC terms, but I hope you manage to lose weight quickly for your IUI. Losing weight is my downfall. I will probably be told I need to lose a lot of weight. Good luck with your IUI when you get there. Do you have any kind of time scale planned, or are you taking it as it comes? x

 

[MrsChambers]

Yeah Clomid helps you ovulate if you don't and I believe some people are given it to make eggs more viable if you do ovulate so there are things that can be done.

 

[Serene123]

Yeah Clomid helps you ovulate if you don't and I believe some people are given it to make eggs more viable if you do ovulate so there are things that can be done.

My doctor mentioned that it could just be my blood clotting or something, and that it's really easy to fix

I guess I will know more after some tests x