Young PCOS'ers! ~ 35 BFPs down!! ~

[nlk]

Hope your cycle isn't too short, nexis!

I'm on CD15 today. Feeling a lot of pain, which I'm guessing is just the drugs working...going to be scanned on monday (CD18) which will hopefully show I'm ready to trigger! I'm feeling stupidly optimistic about this cycle...and I don't really know why?! Like, moreso that I have ever done on any other cycle. I guess it's not necessarily a bad thing...I just hope it's not going to set me up for failure!

 

[hopefulfor1st]

Mumface- my fs said if clomid didn't work in 3 cycles then he'd do hsg and sa but as he could see I wasn't oving that was the first thing to fix!
As for the libido= pretty sure that's just life, you get older, you get more responsibilities, work, your tired.... And the "novelty" of sex wears off.
It happens in every relationship'

 

[hopefulfor1st]

Also mumface= I've never smoked or done drugs and I rarely drink so they def haven't contributed! Your relatives could've had it and not known, your dads mum could've had it...who knows! My mum was healthy and after me had an unplanned pregnancy at age 38 on the pill! But she remembers her mum (who died when mum was 12) spending days in bed with period pain. So likely it can skip generations?

 

[nlk]

I'm 21...pretty sure my sex drive isn't meant to be gone yet?! But I don't recall ever really having one...so it's not something I've lost over time

 

[hopefulfor1st]

I know when hubby and I first got together we used to do it 3x a day, that slowly fizzled over the years as the relationship was no longer "new and exciting" just prior to ttc we were prob down to once a week.
It's hard to be in the mood when you work all day, come home, cook, clean, stress over mortgage, loans, work etc!

 

[nlk]

I don't think me and my OH have ever been like that and we met when we were 16! I've just never had a sex drive...but that might not be pcos, more early menopause related...

 

[miss noodles]

My father, both his parents and all three of his brothers have diabetes and my grandmother on my mums side has age onset diabetes too... Mum had me age 36 after 15 yrs on the pill and conceived after two weeks (o), so the problem doesnt come from her. For me its clear that I am likely to be one of the pcos sufferers who will wind up with diabetes, but the pcos has been a wake up call to remind me to keep my weight down and take care of myself.

Been gassy as hell all day and brought up sick three times this morning (managed to avoid actually being ill tho) - between that and my appetite being all over the place I'm really started to wonder! Eep. Trying not to get excited, but its so damned hard - bfn this morning, but I'm only 7dpo.

Have a super weekend ladies x

 

[miss noodles]

Hope your cycle isn't too short, nexis!

I'm on CD15 today. Feeling a lot of pain, which I'm guessing is just the drugs working...going to be scanned on monday (CD18) which will hopefully show I'm ready to trigger! I'm feeling stupidly optimistic about this cycle...and I don't really know why?! Like, moreso that I have ever done on any other cycle. I guess it's not necessarily a bad thing...I just hope it's not going to set me up for failure!

Hope this is the cycle for you. I felt the same much of this cycle - just more relaxed and 'ready' in some way...

Fingers crossed

 

[miss noodles]

Hope your cycle isn't too short, nexis!

I'm on CD15 today. Feeling a lot of pain, which I'm guessing is just the drugs working...going to be scanned on monday (CD18) which will hopefully show I'm ready to trigger! I'm feeling stupidly optimistic about this cycle...and I don't really know why?! Like, moreso that I have ever done on any other cycle. I guess it's not necessarily a bad thing...I just hope it's not going to set me up for failure!

Hope this is the cycle for you. I felt the same much of this cycle - just more relaxed and 'ready' in some way...

Fingers crossed

 

[sue_88]

stupid stupid stoooooooopid me!
went to the doctors full of life, came out with a mindset like a popped balloon.
Doctor wont help until DP has had his SA buuuuuuuuut his work are still been total *&^%$£" and wont allow him time off as they are short staffed and busy. I just text him and said make the appointment, ring in sick, walk out.... just do a sperm sample......simples!

But I thought I was the one with the 'problem' not DP??

I thought they would test DP if I failed to get pregnant after a few rounds of clomid.....? Or was I on another galaxy when I had that thought?


My doctor read my blood results and said my hormones were 'all over the place' and I'm probably not ovulating on every cycle, I was like yeah thats pcos for you.....so what can you do to help me balance my hormones and acheive ovulation....? "Nothing much until he has had his SA."
Going getting some Agnus Castus today in my last attempt at natural TTC. I mentioned it to the GP and all she said was yes go for it, but don't expect miracles as its just a herb.
Don't even know why I even made that appointment today. Its really depressed me.

Generally because of funding surrounding Fertility treatments in the UK, doctors and fertility specialists explore every possible option before beginning treatment - that is what I was told. This included all blood work for me, SA for partner, HSG & full STI check for me. Also, (im unsure of your GP - maybe they will but) GP's tend not to prescribe Clomid, so when your DP has given his SA you'll probably referred to fertility specialist at a hospital, unless you have been already.

 

[mumface26]

Thankyou everyone! Im ok now, im calmer and in a more accepting mood today.
I dont know how i got through work yesterday.
Im cd35 today and feeling a bit crampy. Did a hpt for old times sake and got a bfn.
The way i see it the longer it takes us to concieve the more chances of us having a christmas baby next year plus it gives us chance to save for my maternity leave and to buy baby items too.

Have a good weekend everyone!

 

[mumface26]

My father, both his parents and all three of his brothers have diabetes and my grandmother on my mums side has age onset diabetes too... Mum had me age 36 after 15 yrs on the pill and conceived after two weeks (o), so the problem doesnt come from her. For me its clear that I am likely to be one of the pcos sufferers who will wind up with diabetes, but the pcos has been a wake up call to remind me to keep my weight down and take care of myself.

Been gassy as hell all day and brought up sick three times this morning (managed to avoid actually being ill tho) - between that and my appetite being all over the place I'm really started to wonder! Eep. Trying not to get excited, but its so damned hard - bfn this morning, but I'm only 7dpo.

Have a super weekend ladies x

Ooohhh i hope its your lucky cycle! Maybe you tested too early.

 

[hopefulfor1st]

It's the opposite here!
Cos sa, hsg, testing etc do cost the government so much they'd rather give u a script for clomid first n hope it fixes things b4 they have to invest in testing

 

[StayHopeful]

Mum face, my Gyn wanted DH to get a SA as soon as we started Clomid. We knew I had issues, but that didn't mean he didn't too and the doctor wanted to rule that out.

And yes, I'm rarely in the mood these days. It seems like the longer we ttc, the less I feel like bding. And I know this is silly, but I'm scared to bd during my TWW just in case. Plus my progesterone supplements make things kind of messy (sorry, tmi). I remember reading somewhere that PCOS can lower libido, though.

 

[StellaBella24]

Just catching up on posts from the last few days.

To the ladies trying Agnus Castus...
I would recommend the tincture version rather than the tablets. I did the tablets from Holland and Barratt for 2-3 months with nothing (infact one of my longest cycles). So gave up! After my failed clomid rounds i decided to try the tincture version and so far have had two of my shortest cycles (5wks last time and ovulated yday so this one will be about 6wks)
May be a coincidence but worth a go! H&B hve stopped doing the tincture so i get mine online now. Doesnt taste good but u get used to it. I only take it up to Ovulation.x

 

[StellaBella24]

Oh yeah and my first cycle on it was when i had my chemical pregnancy

 

[Katerz]

Good luck with the concieve plus Mumface we used that on 2nd round of clomid and got bfp.

I had a low libido when we were ttc...I felt like we only BD'd for the sake of ttc...vicious circle really!

Back to work Monday after a week off dreading it already!!

 

[xkatiex]

my first dr. didn't do any sort of testing, besides bloodwork, and just wrote me a clomid script. my current dr. said that is absolutely ridiculous. bc if I have blocked tubes or hubs semen isn't great, then whats the point? clomid won't help either issue. so i wasted almost a year with my first dr. just treading water and wasting my money and having to deal with horrible clomid side effects for nothing.. i was livid when my current dr. said this i wanted to rip my first dr.s head off!!!! and now that we have done everything proper and i've been monitored and adjusted.. we finally got our BFP!

 

[miss noodles]

9dpo and a this morning - I know its early, but some strange things have been happening and even DH is convinced I'm pg!

-It all started when I got cramps and unusually thick (sorry tmi) 5-6dpo, then the cm stopped and cramps continued, but only a little.
- my glands have been up and down like a yoyo and I've been congested most days since
-on fri 7dpo I lost my appetite and started feeling gassy - I kept bringing up sick, presumably because of the gas, but wasn't ill. I ate only dry foods (bread, pasta for tea) because I had no interest even in take away
-i woke in the middle of the night on Friday starving hungry and have been ravenous ever since, despite feeling quite nauseous and the gas is now really uncomfortable because it keeps making me feel so sick.
-bbs swollen, not sore, nips sore, sensitive and different colour to usual.

I am going crazy. I could put so much down to other things, but I'm truly stumped by the nausea and gassy tummy because I'm not someone who feels sticky often.

9dpo is early to test, so I know I will need to keep checking. I feel genuinely hopeful, but I'm terrified that these symptoms (which can't surely all be in my head?) are a sign of a bug or virus and not a bean.

My cycles are so infrequent and are usually forced, so I don't usually do getting hopeful. The last time I did I was on Clomid and I was an emotional wreck, in a lot of pain, and got a chemical. The positive only came up the once and we thought it a duff test til I started looking at forums like this.

Sorry for such a long and whiney post on a Sunday morning. DH is sleeping and he has his arms around me, I feel like I need to chill the f@#k out, but its impossible. Have 5 tests coming from eBay this week, so will just keep testing unless AF rears her ugly head


Hope all your weekends have been a little less stressful x

 

[mumface26]

my first dr. didn't do any sort of testing, besides bloodwork, and just wrote me a clomid script. my current dr. said that is absolutely ridiculous. bc if I have blocked tubes or hubs semen isn't great, then whats the point? clomid won't help either issue. so i wasted almost a year with my first dr. just treading water and wasting my money and having to deal with horrible clomid side effects for nothing.. i was livid when my current dr. said this i wanted to rip my first dr.s head off!!!! and now that we have done everything proper and i've been monitored and adjusted.. we finally got our BFP!

Congrats for your bfp!!!!
H&H 9months!
Xxxx