TTC 10 months plus, supporting each other and staying positive. Another BFP one of course :-)

Lucie that's amazing your starting ivf next month. Can I ask some info about the clinic your going to and prices? Why did you choose Czech? Just want to know everything as we could end up doing the same at some stage, hope you don't mind me asking! And please keep us posted how it all goes I'd love to hear, so hoping it works for you!

Thanks non good luck to you too

Vic We've decided to do back to back IUIs as the past two have all had follicles from my right side only so wanted to give my left ovary a go! If I only have follicles on my right next time then that might explain the problem! Plus I found out last week that the ivf clinic we want to go to is moving out of our hospital to the outskirts of our city so will make the appointments a nightmare, joy!

DH had been on wellmans for two years, omega 3,6,9 tabs plus I have been pushing maca down him morning and night.

Good luck with the IVF Lucie x

Hey this is where everyone is Just reading back and catching up! I'm off to Czech next month for my ivf. Excited but very nervous as well. Don't know how I will cope if it doesn't work.

Non good luck! I hope iui has worked and good job DH getting improved results that's fab!!!!!

Spinning I know what you mean I hope you are preggers by the end of this year! How come your thinking of Czech for ivf?? If our NHS go doesn't work we are also considering that as we have friends there so would be familiar in a way. Have you researched some clinics?

I also have DH on wellmans, 1000mg vit c (just the Tesco dissolvable drink thingies a bit like berrocca), extra zinc and selenium. A handful of mixed nuts each day is also reccomended (walnuts/hazelnuts are good). DH is awaiting his 2nd sa result so I will see if all of that has helped, although our concern was 20% antibodies but morphology could be improved from 7% hopefully, even though we were told not an issue I'd like to see it above 15%.

Spinning please join us here, I miss you! X

hi all. the vit c is an antioxidant so it improves quality by reducing free radicals so the bad sperm don't damage/get in the way of the good sperm. that's how the consultant explained it. the study was actually done with 2000mg per day for 2 months but I think 1000mg is recommended for long term (probably due to the laxative effect - dh has had this!)
dh takes a vit c+ zinc from Tesco and also takes other vits with all in.

metal that's an amazing improvement. hope 1 of those 119m are it for you! I too am sure dh giving up caffeine really helped.

Hahah that's hilarious!

Thanks for the good wishes re the job, and I'm glad we're all moving ahead with ourselves whatever our decisions.

I've also got DH on 1000mg of vit c and wellman which I think has the zinc and selenium. Like you say Lil it feels like the pressure is off cos of DHs results.

I'm on CD 22 and no sign of ov yet after taking Soya tabs which I think is a bit weird.

Hi everyone, glad to see the thread has started up again with a bit more activity.

I'm 6 days post 2nd IUI, last few days I have had the most CM ever plus very tender nipples but I'm putting it down to the progesterone pessaries I am so happily inserting every night (not!). On our last IUI, DH's sperm count was 60 million, post wash inserted into me was 20 million. He has given up alcohol and caffeine since the new year and his post wash count which was put back in me this time was 119 million!!!! He has been strutting around like a prize bull ever since.

Something to make you all laugh, when we did the wank and drive run last week, the hospital had had a power cut due to an explosion and they were running on back up generators. The andrology lab said all their important equipment was working including the kettle and the supply to the TV for the porn in their wank room!!!!!Good to know the essentials were sorted ;)

Hi ladies hope you don't mind me butting in - been watching with interest (I'm over on the ttc no2 thread - currently halfway through the 2ww on cycle 26 )

My recent bloods returned normal and I'm starting to think it's my husbands 4% morphology that is the real problem. I have him on wellman conception but the vit c is only 90mg. Lildottie can I ask where you got those supplements - was it just one pill with the zinc/selenium in it?? Or 3 separate pills??

spinning get him on 1000mg vit c + zinc+ selenium. my dhs motility went from 5% to 79% and morph from 3% to 15%.

20 cycles + bcp cycle + ivf cycle + this wtf post mc cycle for me, so I'm on 23. wish I had shorter cycles, sounds like I'm not at 2 years yet when you count cycles but its 2yrs4months!

Haha Victoria, I should be over here really.....oh maybe we should have a thread called 'we've been trying for so long we've stopped counting!!'

Mama, pleased you're ok. I totally get the up and down. After all this time it would be impossible to stay positive all the time! Sorry you have to wait so long for ivf, it seems to be the norm here in the UK.
We've had all the tests, all ok with me but dp has bad sperm so he's taking lots of vitamins hoping that might make a difference, if not we may try ivf in Czech. If I'm not pregnant by the end of the year I think we'll stop trying. I'm older and we can't just keep trying indefinitely.

Hi lovely spinning! Can't believe you are on the buses still! How do you do it?! I am mainly positive but negative days creep in every so often :/ hormones probably, as well as pregnancy announcements! I don't even know what cycle I'm on now must be around 25! How frustrating! I hope you are doing ok, are you on any waiting lists for further tests/treatment? X

Mama hello, good to see you. I was asking about you on the March conception bus. How are you? Hope you're managing to stay positive on this frustrating journey. Cycle 22 for me!

Lil I hope you are doing ok, I can't even imagine how you must be feeling! Big hugs to you, what a strong lady you are xxx

not at all Vic was just updating really

Vic what is the name of the thread they were asking about me? I'm trying to find it. Is it antenatal or conception thread? Thanks

Hi Vic, awh that's lovely they still think of me I will try to pop on and say hello if I can find them!

Hope you are well, your trip sounds lovely, enjoy!