TTC way longer than 10 months past & present

And good luck to you Critter! X

Fingers crossed that does the trick for me!

sam an HSG is where they flush dye through your tubes to check for blockages that could be preventing sperm from meeting egg. I know a few people who've had it done and got pregnant very quickly afterwards as it seems to clear out any gunk - anecdotally of course!

cos I would have thought a pre Christmas round would be certainly possible - it still must be about 10 or 11 weeks away. I can't believe you were 29 when you started TTC, that is so shit that you're still here. Ugh. Great that you've got the appointment coming up.

I am fluctuating between feeling vaguely hopeful in witchy cousin's October girl conception prediction to feeling that there is very little likelihood that my single defrosted embie will do the trick and that this round is just something I need to go through to get to the next round. Seems weird that I made all those strong embies in my fresh round and it worked first try with J - I had such an easy time of it, overstimulation excluded, no bleeding or scares - but that now in the past two frozen rounds it has failed. But we are a product of our experiences, and my two FETs have been bad, so I guess it's natural to assume that my future FETs will either fail or result in another miscarriage. Just want to get on with it, as cos says, the months turn into years so quickly.

joy when is your next scan?

nelly how's the drug taking going?

Joy thank you... I've read so much about morph statistics. Some sites say 15% is normal, some say 4% so I really don't know! Google is not my friend! X

Thanks Cosmo - I'm not very patient so now that we're in the system I won't be letting myself get pushed out! I've always said I want my first child by the time I'm 30...
We'll save up and go private if we have to! ???????? X

Critter how are you feeling about tues?

Hi Joy, how are you doing, is the good scan news starting to sink in and feel real? DH wants to try the progesterone only route but I've started thinking going straight for an Ivf round would get us the best chance. We've got the results appt with the consultant a week on tues so not long to wait to get their advice.

Sam I was 29 when we started. It's good to have time on your side but don't let any docs put you off being persistent. Months turn into years very easily.

Critter I would like to get a pre christmas round done if at all possible.

Oh, and yes, I'll be 29 at the end of the month!

Nelly, your comment made me laught too ??
Critter, what is hsg?
He had borderline morphology (3%) - does that not matter too much? I thought maybe as he has a high count and therefore 3% of that is still loads that perhaps it wouldn't? X

Sea that is lovely news your little chap is here! So thrilled honey. I hope the birth was ok, so sorry you had a scary time of it.

Nelly you did make me laugh with the 'some people get pregnant all by themselves' remark. I can't believe how straightforward it is for the vast majority of humanity.

Sam it sounds like it might just be something that needs a small tweak if your husbands sperm is good and you're ovulating. Maybe an hsg will sort it out. And I'm guessing from your name that you're a young un too!

Cos I know that feeling of wanting to get on with it. Id have thought a pre Christmas round was possible?

Berry oh yes sorry you had said that before. It sounds like good thorough treatment you're getting for the endo then. And I think as Critter said we have seen success for others with that on here.

Toes glad the appt went well and you are getting age related compliments.

Fox good luck with making that call on your return from hols.

Sea so glad all us ok now and sorry for the scare. Hope you didn't have too bad a time of it.

Critter that's fab news next ET is here again. Hope you are resting well this weekend in preparation.

Sam welcome.

Nelly a sneaky glass of wine sounds like solid prep work to me. Hope you're ok. I don't think one day out for a lining scan will make much difference. The clexane does sting doesn't it. Just keeping saying, all for a good cause! I'm getting excited for you.

Now I've got it in my mind about doing another round I'm itching to just get on with it now. We'll have to see how it pans out.

Haven't checked in for a while.

Joy - so delighted to read your news. I know it must still be a worrying time but I have a really good feeling about this one. It's your time!

Mini sea is here and has turned our lives upside down. There was a scare when he was born but all seem to be okay now.

Thinking of all 10 plussers and welcome to newbies. Hope your stay will be short for all the right reasons.

Love sea

It's a total postcode lottery. Both the wait list and your entitlement for treatment depend on where you live. It might be a lot less where you are, so try not to worry. And as you say it might not come to that. Allegedly people can get pregnant all by themselves. I don't believe it personally .

Thank you :)
2 years? Wow, I had no idea the waiting list was that long ??
I am still (perhaps naively) hoping that we won't get to that stage...
Well, the wheels are in motion so will just have to sit back and wait for now.

Good luck to everyone, whatever stage you may be at ????

Sam, many of us have been chatting for a very very long time and are real life friends now! So there might be shortcuts in our conversation but please ask if you can't understand anything we talk about :)

I think timescales vary wildly. Once we had finally got all the samples and bloods done (yes Mr Nelly I'm looking at you) I think it was about 12 weeks before we got our first appointment at the hospital where I saw a consultant and had my first of many dildocam. I then had an HSG very quickly after that. However our consultant at the first appointment told me my FSH was a bit high and said if we could afford it, we should go private, as the wait list for NHS treatment was 2 years :( We did have a follow up 3 months after that but it wasn't really very useful. It's really hard to say. Going private certainly speeds things up a lot, but there's still a lot of waiting around.

Hi Muddy, thank you for the explanations :). Can you give me an idea of time scales? From other things I've read it seems to take forever from one appointment to the next?
To everyone else, I hope it doesn't seem like I'm ignoring your posts, I just don't understand a lot of the things you are talking about - guess I have a lot to learn...

Hi Sam, welcome. Great that your GP is so proactive. Re the dildocam, let's just say by the time 10plussers get to the pregnant or giving birth stage, we've long since got over our inhibitions.... In reality, they aren't that bad, not usually painful and they are normally good at covering you up. You might never get that far though!

FYI, OHSS is Ovarian hyper stimulation syndrome. It's a risk with IVF unless you have duff ovaries like me and can be very serious but clinics are normally pretty hot on watching for it.

Berry, are you getting puppy love? Poor wee mite hope the lampshade isn't too destructive.

Critter Tuesday is soon! You're going to be a couple of weeks ahead of me after all. I wondered whether there was an over-protective thing kicking in with Doug and grape-gate. It's entirely understandable you'd want to keep tight control where possible, but I don't think you're going to kill him! He sounds so adorable and at illicit sofa bosies .

Toes that appointment sounds wonderful. I decided a proper "private" clinic was going to give me the edge, but now I wonder if I made a mistake. All the people I've known who went to ERI were successful.

Fox have a wonderful break.

Lovely to see you Gin.

So rattling about with all my pills. And yes, as Euro described it to me, the clexane was a stingy bastard. Wine is helping dull the pain. Is this irresponsible? Booked my lining scan, but had to book it the day before she asked me to. Do you think this will matter?

Apologies for everyone I've missed!

And hello to everyone else

Hi Berry

I have had blood tests done (gp very good and wanted to get them out the way before we hit the 12 month mark) which have shown I am ovulating and hubby has had SA which showed borderline morphology (not sure how bad this is, all his other results were high) and is being repeated on Monday.
Spoke to GP today and she is now referring us, but not sure how long we will be waiting for an appointment...

Toes and fingers - do you mind me asking, what is OHSS?

'Dildocam' does not sound like something I'll look forward to!

Cross posted with toes earlier. Glad your appointment went so well! Here's hoping it all goes smoothly for you from now on.

Critter totally understandable that you would imagine a worst case scenario. Will be thinking of you on Tuesday! My pooch is ok thanks, I didn't enjoy dropping her off at the vets this morning but she's at home with Mr B now and I can't wait to get home for a cwtch!

Oh forgot to welcome sam! Hello!

toes that's great news that the wheels have started turning on your cycle. 27 isn't that young to be starting a family, but I guess most people with fertility ishoos tend to be older - either way, it is great that you have age on your side and great that you started young as it just buys you more time without the stress of eggs deteriorating etc. I am so grateful I started when I was 31 - even now that I'm nearly 35, my obstetrician tells me I'm young (clearly not the case but he works mainly with high risk people and as I'm in DC, a lot of women start their families much later here - the average age at one hospital nearby for first baby is 38!). January could mean a gorgeous autumn baby... I hope this time next year you will have a little person! I love labradors, they are so loving.

berry hope your little dog is ok today, I can sympathise - and sympathetic laughs at you wanting to be spayed too. It's really stressful when we are worrying about our furry companions, they can't tell us whether they are ok or not.

joy I am so thrilled that everything is going ok - as buzz says I would be tempted to have another scan in 10 weeks just to break up the waiting and to check on them. And as euro says, squeee at twins!

nelly it's really wonderful that you're starting now. So pleased. I'm actually super excited for you about this. I think it's going to be wonderful. Thank you for saying nice things - you and everyone else have been such a wonderful support to me. It's been quite the journey for us all!

I'm looking at pill boxes too - I forgot to take my oestrogen tablet last night and don't know whether to double up or just carry on as normal . Anyone know? I've emailed my clinic but haven't heard back yet.

cos great news that you're cracking on. I'm so pleased. Is it definitely too late to do a cycle before January? Either way, good to get the admin and preliminaries all sorted now.

bunny your little girl sounds like a handful, and also adorable! Hope you are feeling ok.

ET will be Tuesday. Feels like it's coming up soon, thank goodness. Doug has been a great distraction. I probably over-reacted about the grapes but apparently they don't know what is a bad dose of them and so the vet wanted to be cautious - especially as he is quite small, only 28 pounds. Also I kept thinking what if I manage to kill my little rescue dog within less than a month of adopting him? Having assumed 'everything will be fine' all the way through my pregnancy and then getting clobbered at the end, I think the experience has just made me a lot more anxious about the worst case scenario happening. His latest trial was that he got a couple of ticks which I found last night. MrC pulled them off with tweezers. He was super patient throughout and may or may not have been allowed on the sofa afterwards for a cuddle.