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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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TTC 1 year or more

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natureplantar101 · 05/11/2014 17:19

anyone else in the same boat as me ? young healthy but still no luck Sad would like someone to chat to and handhold withBrew Thanks

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natureplantar101 · 06/11/2014 18:28

it has a little thanks Smile blood tests will be worth it even if i cry through them lol Grin and DP will be relieved the doctor wont be touching him
day 3 and day 21 tests might be hard to do though my boss is awful at letting me have days off would have to ask GP what dates he wants me in for them and get them off in advance

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loopylou1984 · 06/11/2014 17:48

Blue - so sorry to hear about your mc. Fingers crossed for a lucky month for you.

Nature - the first appointment with gp for us was really just a discussion (I cried the whole way through though) to decide if and what we should do.

We then had:

Me - day 3 and day 21 blood tests, day 3 was def thyroid but not sure what else, and day 21 is to check for ovulation. They really weren't that bad, you will be fine.
I also had some vaginal swabs to check for infections. If you're not up to date with smears you will have this too

Him: semen analysis at local fertility clinic. All it involved was him producing a sample at home and taking it to the clinic. He was only in there 10 mins and the results are sent to gp within a week. No doctors have examined him so far.

Hope this has helped reassure you a bit. X

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natureplantar101 · 06/11/2014 16:48

should have a doctor's appointment wednesday as we are both off work what to these tests entail exaclty ? im terrified of needles and DP is shy dont think he would let a male doctor near his neather regions

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bluetrain · 06/11/2014 07:03

we've been trying for a year now. I got pg straight away but had a mmc in January. I don't ovulate regularly and am on cycle day 66, no idea if/when I'm meant to ovulate!

loopylou1984 · 06/11/2014 06:53

My gp has referred us to fertility clinic so just waiting for the appointment now. You will prob have a couple of tests (bloods/swabs) at the gps before you get a referral plus your hub/partner will have to have semen analysis. X

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natureplantar101 · 05/11/2014 22:58

i also take folic acid and agnus castus which has made my cycle regular as can be and made me ovulate Smile before i took them my machine detected no ovulating which was awful i know how you feel Sad i have also considered the fact i may have pcos but as im now ovulating every month its not worrying me as much

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natureplantar101 · 05/11/2014 22:56

We're heading to the doctors sometime this week. it has been exactly 1 year since we started trying to conceive Sad i use a fertility monitor to track my ovulation so i know for certain i ovulate every month around CD12-14 i am on CD3 today of cycle god knows what lol have lost count over the past year Grin we dtd every other day and i use conceive plus and have tried mooncups and softcups and the pillow method and still nothing DP is convinced it is him and his weight holding us back also he suffered a nasty injury in high school which could have done some damage other than that we dont know why i havent got my BFP yet Sad sorry for the long post

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tutsyflower · 05/11/2014 20:30

Hi nature
I'm 26 DH is 29 we are both healthy and have being TTC for a year now we have had our first fertility investigation appointment and we are waiting on the next. DH has is SA this Friday :) fingers crossed for him I had a day 21 progesterone blood test don't a few months ago and it showed no sign of ovulation :( no big surprise really I know there is something wrong with me :(. I done another day 21 test yesterday so I find out the results of that tomorrow I could be wrong but I feel its going to be another no ovulation cycle for me :(. But at least we are on are way to hopefully finding out what the problem is its a long wait but we can keep trying while we are waiting :). So How's things with you any progress with doctors? :)

loopylou1984 · 05/11/2014 20:24

Hi nature!
We've been trying for 12 months with no luck, but this month has been worst of all as currently on cycle day 39 with no af and all negative preg tests.
Where abouts are you in your cycle this month?

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