Trying to conceive for 10 months or more. Thread 5. All ten plussers welcome.

Good luck at the doctors today skipper - no bad thing that they are seeing you earlier - I didn't see the docs with DH either.

I have been inseminated! They didn't do a scan to look at lining so it might have been a pointless exercise but we shall see. Sperm count was low - 12million and they like to see 14million but everything else was really good. Quality not quantity I guess!

Sticking my head in to wish my old friends good luck. Sammy good luck with your scan. Lucie good luck with your 2ww x x

My appointment with the GP has been bought forward to today, really unusual as I didn't request it. I'm worried I sounded desperate when I called now. DH can't make it in time from work but I can probably manage the first appointment without him. Why am I so nervous ha ha...

Thanks all! DH has to go in for 1:30pm today to give his sample and then I'm due in at 2:45pm! They said they may want to scan me before though - feeling a bit nervous about my lining - convinced this is the issue but we shall see. May insist on oestrogen if this fails although not sure if they will listen as I get the impression the NHS have a "one size fits all" approach!

MPP I had to stop myself from laughing loudly at work about your wind! Have you expelled it all now and feeling less windy today?!

Morning all!

Bloody hell Brenna, that is an impressive amount of exercise! I'm getting tired just reading it! You deserve a few pounds after all that. Good luck with the blood test results!

Maple, everything crossed for you today! Keep us posted!

Hi Stealth! Hope you are doing ok. Thats interesting about now being able to thaw and retest. I didn't phone and ask them to test in the end. DH was a bit non-commital, so we decided to leave it but it is playing on my mind quite a bit and I think we've made a mistake there. Time will tell, I suppose.

Star, I hope everything works out for you this cycle. 6dpo is still very very early, but I can totally understand not getting your hopes up. Your next apppointment will be here before you know it!!

Good luck for tomorrow, Sammy!

Lucie, glad to see you're doing ok . Our plane was delayed last night so we didn't get home til almost 2am and poor DH had to be up at 6.30am for work. I, however, have only just dragged my butt out of bed! No news about our embryos yet. They said they would email, so if I dont hear today I will try and chase them. 2dp5dt, and I'm already stressing out. I woke up yesterday absolutely convinced that it wont work, and had a mini-meltdown, but I'm a bit more hopeful today. I am also finding that I am noticing every little twinge - something I havent done since our early ttc days. I was quite crampy yesterday though, but I think that was more my tummy than anything else as I had a ridiculous amount of wind . Seriously, I probably could have hung out the back of the plane and powered it myself with my arse. DH thought it was hysterical. Popping to Tesco in a bit to get some hpts, with a vague notion of testing the trigger. Is this wise?

Congratulations on being pupo mpp! That's really great news about all those embryos. When will you know how many you'll have for the freezer? I see what you mean about keeping a lid on being excited. Ok, it's certainly not 100% but I'd let yourself get pretty excited about getting this far, you have a really good chance and I have everything crossed for you!

You too Lucie! How are you bearing up? Hope you're keeping relatively sane

Great timing on the opk maple. I really hope your iui goes ahead tomorrow - I can't see any reason why it wouldn't. If your partner has no sperm issues then you could probably get away with having sex tonight, but there's no need really as it hangs around for a few days so you're covered by yesterday's effort.

Waves to everyone else - hope you're all doing well.

Afm, to those who were asking, I did shag in the end with 4 follicles and against the dr's advice. It just felt like too good a chance to pass up and I couldn't fathom using protection. That said, I'm currently 6dpo and feel exactly the same as every other sodding month so not thinking anything different will happen. Pleased we have our next appointment on 1 Sep so can get going with ivf hopefully in October.

Goodness brenna, I'm exhausted just reading all that! You are hardcore!

mpp congrats on being PUPO! Don't worry too much if you can't test (although as lucie says, if you can get them to do so then do!). banana and I had a much higher number of embies (I had 20, she had 12) and with a 50% abnormality rate I could have done a lot of failed transfers if I hadn't tested. With lower numbers of Frosties whilst it would be gutting to have a failed transfer your odds of having 2 duff embies in a row are much lower. Also, it is now possible to thaw and retest (banana did this on some of hers from the first round) so if you're really keen you could follow that up too.

maple good luck for tomorrow! Smiley faces and cm sound very promising. Sounds like you've got all bases covered.

Congrats MPP!! Fingers tightly crossed for a sticky one!

Brenna I'm so impressed with all your exercise! Makes me feel even more like a sloth! I really should do exercise - I don't do any at all. I'm pretty sedentary!

Good luck tomorrow mrsren.

I had a solid smiley today (was empty until last night - never get the flashing one). Called the clinic and left a message - I guess they may do IUI tomorrow (dependent on lining) but worrying as DH has a meeting he has to go to but they haven't told him what time it is grrr! We shagged last night and have to abstain today for potential IUI tomorrow which is annoying - tmi had lots of ewcm (or could have been left overs I suppose!) just now so feel sad we can't take advantage of it! Really hope I haven't ovulated by tomorrow!

Welcome Skipper. it is such a tough position to be in but I find the fact that I am trying tests and things helps. Just to be doing something is easier.

Congratultions MPP. I would guess if there was anything to know about the STD test they would have told you and probably not gone ahead.

I have been out for a hillwalk today. I got up, walked my ancient dog who wan't coming with me (which kind of breaks my heart not to take him). Cycled to my friend's house and then we drove with his daughter up tot he hills. Climbed two Munros, drove back. Cycled home and walked my dog. 36,378 steps so far today and DDog needs another walk yet. I did Abs blast at the gym last night, rock climbing the night before, HIIT training tuesday night, yoga on monday night and cycled to work and back every day. I really hope I have lost some weight this week.

I got my bloods taken for the retests yesterday.

Very helpful thanks, I won't be going for another few weeks but it's good to know what kinda things might happen. I wish you luck with your next steps, keep us updated :) x

Hi Skipper,

The GP asked general health questions, how long we had been TTC for and did an internal and external exam on me. Then sent a request for an ultra sound which happened the next week. Also gave me forms to have bloods taken on day 1-5 of my cycle and day 21. My DH had to have a separate appointment the following week and had a similar exam and got a pot for a sperm analysis.

I'm back on Monday to find out the next steps.

Hope that helps X

MrsRen - can I ask what your GP asked you the first time you went? How long did it take before they sent you for fertility testing and is there a big wait?

Excellent news MPP :-)

Welcome Skipper, we are 14 months ttc and are in the process of fertility testing and it definitely feels better to be doing something!

Good luck with the lining maple :-)

Thanks Lucie! I think I might do that actually. It took us ages to come to the decision to get them tested last night, and I think we were both a bit taken aback when she said she didn't recommend it so neither of us said anything. I can't remember what she said her name was, but the name on the report is Pospisilova Hana.

Well, I am PUPO! We had 2 x grade 1 hatching blasts and 1xexpanding blast, 1 x early blast and 1 x morula that they want to check again tomorrow, so at least 1 frostie! One of the 7 cells and the 5 cell arrested at day 3. I feel strange. I don't want to get too hopeful, but at the same time its hard to ignore the fact that this is likely our best chance in over 2 years of ttc.

Lucie, the ear explanation makes sense! I think I was imagining huge needles through your ear! DH and I had a long talk last night and decided to go ahead with testing, but when we asked in the clinic, the doctor said she didnt recommend it as we have no history of issues and I am under 35 (just!) so we didnt and I am already regretting it :-( Also, they never gave us our STD results. Does that mean everything was fine? Not that I was expecting anything else, but I would have liked to have been told, I think.

Thank you everyone, that's very kind of you :)

I look forward to listening to your stories and I hope we can share good news together in the future.

Welcome skipper - sorry you find yourself here. Good luck with the doctors! Like MPP it helps to feel like you are doing something about it!

MPP good luck for tomorrow!!

Lucie I had been wondering about the needles in the ear too! I've been drinking pomegranate juice for almost 2 weeks but will try the raspberry leaf tea. Also just ordered floradix after sammy mentioned her AF had been heavier after taking it!

Banana, I will also miss you but can understand your reasons. I think you are amazing, and I've often found your strength and determination incredible. You've been such a big help to me and everyone else. Like Star, I also lurk on other boards and see you pop up to help and offer support where you can. I wish you nothing but the best and will be thinking of you xxx

Brenna, good luck for your blood results and DH's SA!!

Lucie, thats so fab that you've gotten two frosties! Hoping for good news from the tests for you! Not surre if you saw my earlier post about your ear and the tests? We were going to go to the lake today but the weather's gone a bit pants (though its cooled the air alot, which is fab!) so we just mooched about a bit. We are geocachers and there are quite a few in Brno so we collected some. So nervous for tomorrow, I don't know how I'll get to sleep tonight. We are travelling home Sunday night as we were originally expecting EC to be Tuesday.

Maple, hope your lining thickens up for you and your iui can go ahead.

Welcome Skipper, though sorry you find yourself here. Staying positive can be difficult when you're struggling, and its lovely to have somewhere to come to talk to others in the same boat. Good luck with seeing your GP! I felt better when we started down that route as it at least felt like I was doing SOMETHING, if that makes sense!

Waves to everyone else!

Hi all,

Been lurking around the Conception forum a lot recently because I'm having some difficulty conceiving. I've been getting a lot of valuable information from people and I am determined to stay positive.

Age: 28 (soon 29)
DH Age: 35
TTC: #1
Cycle: #12
CD: #CD22

Planning a trip to my GP in 3 weeks time, I have private medical insurance through work so may even use that if I don't get the answers I'm looking for from the NHS.