Maple, fantastic news on the insemination!! IIt must be a relief to have had it gone ahead, and I have absolutely everything crossed for you. Haha, I am less windy today, but it hasnt gone away completely. Maybe more drone-powering than plane-powering at the moment!
Lucie, I didn't think of ringing the embryo line, and I have only just seen your message. Do you think they will still be able to give me the info if I phone them tomorrow? I actually bought two packs of frers today, and I tested this afternoon after about a 4 hour hold. The window stayed brilliant white. I was actually a bit disappointed. I cant even get a second line when testing for a trigger! I'll try again tomorrow with fmu, but I think its probably safe to say its out of my system? Annoying for you about the double dose of ovitrelle. What day do you usually test after transfer? They gave me 20th August as OTD and that seems like a very long way away.
Hi Chops. You dont know me, but before I actually started posting I did rather alot of stalking and you are one of the people I feel like I 'know'. Hope you are ok, and your LO is doing well :-)
Skipper, I'm sorry your appointment didnt go so well. I am of the same opinion as Lucie. When we first went to our GP, he was very nice and started tests right away (though I did exaggerate how long we had ttc a bit!). I'm glad he did, because DH's SA came back as very low count of under 2 million. Without knowing that, we could have tried for ages and not gotten anywhere, so at least we were put on the right road rather quickly. Saved us rather alot of heartache in my opinion. As Sammy said, knowledge is power. Also, where we are there is a 12-18 month wait for the NHS fertility clinic, so if its like that where you are, it might be good to be referred as soon as possible if they find any issues. The 12 month mark is definitely a difficult one but you are in the right place, and we're always up for supporting anyone who's feeling a bit shit-losing :-)
MrsRen, my DH had a repeat test too. He'd been on fertilaid for 3 months in between, but while his numbers did increase, his motility decreased. I think he had 3 altogether and they were all about the same. I did aloot of googling at the time, and there are so many factors that can influence sperm so they probably just want to double check. Always good to have next steps sorted though. I hope all the other tests go well.
Sammy, massive amounts of good luck for tomorrow. Im sure its nerve wracking, but I also think it will be fine. I'll be thinking of you. Very pleased you're not planning to leave us! Like Lucie said, it would be strange without you here!! Thank you for your comments. This evening I am back on 'of course it hasnt worked' but I hope I will be more hopeful again tomorrow.
Brenna, I think I read somewhere that exercise can affect the cycle. Perhaps its just that. Are you tracking/temping? I hope you enjoyed your swim!