Right, I'm a raging bundle of hormones, fact. So not my most rational, fact. So, in the interests of not upsetting the unavoidably absent during the week husband, please could I get some things off my chest here and ask for a general opinion.....
Paragraph A I'm 36, reasonably but not hugely fit, fairly slim, not stressed generally at all, relaxed job, lovely husband, happy, lovely life really and I'm truly grateful for it all. I have regular cycles and lots of nookie, not always ideally timed. I'm approaching the end of cycle 15 - probably due on Monday and I did an early test which was negative, in the middle of this afternoon - what was I thinking???????
Paragraph B I did Clomid last month (second cycle) and felt pretty swollen and bloated (laying a duck egg) and talked to the GP this morning to get more and on hearing this he was unwilling to give me more without going back to the consultant. Fair enough. Ring the consultant's office at the hospital to speak to his secretary to see if I could see him. She took notes and said she'd make sure he saw it at the beginning of next week when he's back. Deep breath. So, husband is due to be away, unavoidably, somewhere I can't follow him to, from May until August, any chance I can get the appointment we're due in April brought forward at all? No, he's probably already booked through until then (where's my appointment then?) but I'll talk to him for you. Deep breath. So, we need to get an analysis done on the husband's swimmers, that's done through the lab, theres a 6 - 8 week wait for that so the fact that he's uncharacteristically around one day next week is unlikely to help. However, I took the number, its at least an 8 week wait and anyway they only do it on a Tuesday. I understand the need to wait, understand the demand and I understand that there are lots of people in the same boat but this all feels frustratingly unhelpful, we can't see the consultant privately either - can't remember why but we can't there was some reason which really didn't make sense to me. I've had one cursory examination and some bloods which had to be done on days 2 (normal) and 21 (just sub normal) of my cycle. Cycle is usually 31 days so 21 dayer seemed out to me, however I was reassured that day 21 was right when I asked...
Now, reading paragraph A I think, calm down, you're probably firing out a fair few substandard eggs by now, you're fairly sure you're ovulating (temp charts show a distinct shift every month on cycles usually regular to within 2-3 days) and the timing is not always ideal, CALM DOWN.
Reading paragraph B I think FFS - GO PRIVATE NOW - but that would mean trekking up to London and lots of outlay, which if I refer to paragraph A I'm thinking may, if I just calm the heck down, be pointless, at least until next autumn. Also a whole lot of pressure on the DH who will be under a huge amount of work pressure until the autumn at which point it all gets a whole lot better for a while.
Thoughts anyone?
Thank you and a big metaphorical bag of cookies/ glass of wine/ hug of pathetic gratefulness to anyone who has read this far!!! Just writing it has calmed me down.
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JRsandCoffee · 12/01/2011 17:06
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Folicacid ·
12/01/2011 20:48
Phew. And breathe.
I'd say go private if you can afford it. You are 36 now and you don't want to delay any further.
And breathe again. 
JRsandCoffee ·
13/01/2011 07:59
Will keep you posted 
feel infinately better this morning whihc is good!
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