TTC 10 Months Plus, Supporting Eachother & Staying Positive :) new thread!!

No m33r but he is starting this week. feeling ok its all just a waiting game I guess, doc said we may just need a bit of assistance mayb IUI so retest and wait for appointment to come.

In fairness doc's have been great since we first went and explained how long we had been trying they organised referral (6 month waiting list) before getting any results of bloods or sa so just waiting on that. Gonna go again in a couple of months for 2nd sa and see what outcome is from that. Both had a pretty grim evening, OH is devastated trying my best to look upbeat and like its only a minor issue but dying a bit inside.

blueeyes you need to push for a referral. and don't take any crap from the gp.

blueb fx that egg is getting ripe n ready!

may hope u get ur referral soon

silv it must be so stressful, but try and keep calm. stress is bad for u and bean. hang in there

We haven't even had the referral to the fertility team yet as our gp is insisting on lots of tests including ultrasound for me and blood tests for dh. The sonographer who did my ultrasound told me he doesn't need to do this before the referral but he has insisted which is annoying as it's just delaying everything.
I've been told anything up to a year before we would be able to start ivf but fx it won't be that long.

Thanks may fx! Do you know yet when you might be starting ivf? Hope you don't need to wait too long!
blue have you got an appt set to discuss tne results? Try to take comfort in the thought you do have a chance.x

Thanks may fx! Do you know yet when you might be starting ivf? Hope you don't need to wait too long!
blue have you got an appt set to discuss tne results? Try to take comfort in the thought you do have a chance.x

Thanks may fx! Do you know yet when you might be starting ivf? Hope you don't need to wait too long!
blue have you got an appt set to discuss tne results? Try to take comfort in the thought you do have a chance.x

Thanks may fx! Do you know yet when you might be starting ivf? Hope you don't need to wait too long!
blue have you got an appt set to discuss tne results? Try to take comfort in the thought you do have a chance.x

Silv - sounds like they are keeping a close eye on you so hopefully everything will be OK. Keeping everything crossed for you. X

Oh Blueeyes. How are you both feeling? We had similar although slightly worse results a couple of weeks ago. Dh has smooth sa booked for next week to see if a 2nd test is just as bad.

It does only take 1 to succeed but we've been advised that ivf will be next steps for us as we've already been trying for 2 and a half years.
Good luck.

Glad you Other ladies are all OK and not obsessing to much. Can't say I'm as good at that as you seem to be.

OH SA results are in and havent spoken to him fully but he said that there were 30% were good and the norm is 40% and that they like to see 15mill per mm of seamen and his is below 2mill, can anyone advice, please dont know where to go from here.

So the bean is still 'of uncertain viability' as can't see anything other that the sack at 5 weeks, but at least it's in the right place, measuring 5mm.
They also took bloods, to be repeated on Sunday, to check if hcg is doubling and I can be re scanned in a week or two.
Going away on holiday next Friday though so if they can't rescan on Thursday, I can have one out there. A bit nervous about the flying... and still nervous whether bloods and scan will show growth progress

Afternoon ladies,

Lil im good thanks....starting to think my bodies either ovulating or trying to now with the pains ive had and ewcm so hoping to get a bfp and not to have more poking and prodding.

silv try not to worry to much hun!!

Hope everyone else is doing ok?

not sure may, hoping we will find out when we have our appt on 17th.

metal glad u had a nice night out. it is nice to finally find a way to get ttc out of your brain for a bit isn't it!

silv try not to worry. is scan tomorrow? keeping everything crossed for you.

blue, Vic hope ur both OK. and everyone else.

Hi gals.
Good to see everyone's doing well on health kicks etc. I have some weight to lose too, but too nervous and tired to exercise. My appetite seems to have gone down down and I must be using energy down there as I seem to have lost a pound or so but I might be imagining it!
Sorry af arrived may & ginger, can't help but be hopeful when ttc.
I'm feeling quite nervous about the scan now. Had almost no symptoms over the last few days, my stabby pains have gone, don't know if that's a good or bad thing.... fx!

My night out was really nice, thanks Ginger! Drank too much wine of course but actually managed to not think about ttc for a whole night and just enjoy being with DH. I'll have to try and hold onto the thought that, whatever happens, at least I've got him and our DD, so things aren't all that bad.

I've been on a health kick too since our holiday last month as I felt so fat from having all-you-can-eat buffets twice a day for a week! I've been doing a sort of primal approach, where I've cut out almost all grains, potatoes, rice, pasta etc. and try and avoid processed foods and sugar. I'm not being super strict and usually have the weekends off, but I have to say I'm feeling a lot less bloated and my clothes do seem to be a bit looser. Not sure if it's actually going to make a difference in terms of ttc, but at least I feel like I'm doing something...

True Lil. Seems a cruel twist of nature that were designed to do it but sometimes can't.

Basing ov on temp charts and opks but until all the test results are back I guess I won't know for sure.

Do you know what the wait is like in your area?

nature maybug is why we do it. its in built that we should recreate to keep the species going.
leutal phase shouldn't vary by more than a day either way. what are you basing ov on? its possible to have an LH surge and not ov then surge again and ov, could it be that?
as for hope I think I pretty much gave up when we got dhs results. I guess all I'm hoping for now is a short waiting list for ivf!

I'm also trying to lose weight whilst we wait to find out our next steps. Just eating smaller portions and not snacking so much.

Usually when I'm down I find it hardest to eat right but have to say at the moment I'm struggling to be bothered to eat at all. Luckily I have plenty to lose!

My darling dog has no such problem and ate a peach stone this evening which resulted in us spending 3 hours and £100 at the vets whilst they induced vomiting so she brought it back up...better than the alternative of it getting stuck further down. Not fun though.

Got my ultrasound and tv scan tomorrow and af arrived after only 26 days this month so that will be double fun. Plus Her early arrival also means my bloods will again have been on completely the wrong day.

After always thinking I was a regular cycle it turns out they go from 24 to 34 days but interestingly I always seem to ovulate on day 17 or 18... Thought the luteal phase shouldn't vary? But I guess that's why I'm having all these tests to try and find out what might be wrong.

I'm finding finding hope is the most painful thing at the moment. Even though I know dh sperm count is so low the chance of natural conception is minimal I still can't help hoping. When af arrived yesterday I found it even harder than usual.

Why do we do it to ourselves?

aw ginger glad I'm not the only gluton here! I wanted to make one of those microwave mug cakes earlier cos I really wanted cake. dh made me work out the calories first.....894!!!!!!!!! I had a chewee bar and some crackers instead!!

How is everyone?
How was your night out metal? Sorry you are still waiting too. I'd also got my hopes up last month as I well and truly 'gave up' for a few weeks, but still dtd a couple of times in my fertile window. AF arrived on sunday after I rather optimistically POAS. Guess I won't be one of the old wives tales of people who give up and then it happens.
silverine how are you feeling? good luck for your check up on friday.
vic my appointment is the referral to the gynae to have the scans etc done. Bit cross really as when the GP referred me she said it was a 4-5 month waiting list, 2 months later I got a letter telling me it was another 6 month waiting list, so another 5 or so to go. Can't decide whether to ring and try and get an earlier appointment or just use the next 5 months to get as healthy as possible. Will get DHs results in a week or so, so maybe I will see what they say first. Glad you are feeling a bit better vic, I think it's totally normal to be anxious about the whole IVF thing but it sounds like you are doing absolutely everything you can to help things along, zumba and yoga sound like fun! I have also heard good things from acupuncture, have you considered doing it alongside your IVF? I think that will be my next step if I can convince DH to spend money on it.
lil I'm with you on the downward eating spiral and lack of exercise! Once I start..... and then I feel ridiculous and cross because I have just delayed things even more for myself! that said I am now off for a glass of wine and mini pudding from M&S.....oh dear!

Not overdoing it silv you do what you need to do to stay calm focussed and happy. Do let us know how the scan goes.

Vic everyone is different, everyone's situation is different. I'm very lucky that DH earns very good money so if we needed to go private it wouldn't be too much of a financial risk to us to do it, and we are on the same page about it. Sometimes it only takes one shot! I've been reading blogs from people doing IVF and a common theme I'm seeing is positivity, keeping stress to a minimum and acupuncture! It's all still raw so you are going to find it hard to feel positive at the moment, but hopefully by the time you get to that next appointment you will be feeling ready to go forward with everything in you and fight. I hope that we can help you get there

blueberry I'm the same, generally I eat well, and don't eat loads, but have to watch the portion sizes creeping up. Its when I do something out of routine and end up having bad food that I spiral into a mess of eating all the things I shouldn't! It doesn't help that DH bought me sweets either! And I'm useless when it comes to exercise. Have been trying to do more walking as the weather has been nice but its hard to get motivated. I'm going to try and start again tomorrow now there is less temptation in the house. I have bought myself a milky way bar for tomorrow though....I'm not good at cold turkey!

Sorry, no idea why it just re-posted my last post!

Silv, easier said than done but really don't stress or panic. That can't be good for you or the bub. But if putting your mind at rest means doing all those things then deffo not overdoing it! Best of luck with everything hun x

Definitely making my body healthier so I have every chance. Only hope I've started early enough to make a difference! High protein low carb diet is meant to be good for embryo implantation with ivf. Doesn't bother me in the slightest as I dislike spuds and only serve myself tiny portions of potatoes/rice etc anyway. Started having salads for lunch with a meat so I'm having less bread. Goes out the window when we have a pizza though!

Just had an afterwork yoga session! Zumba on Saturday and really must get back into my salsa dancing!

Do I sound mean that I don't want to cough up for more treatments and accept my lot?