Thread 4: Ttc without ease, loopy length cycles, post pill poas and everything in between!

Wow so many newbies! Welcome all!

Don't have time to catch up properly but glad your results seem positive cookie, glad your GP appointment went well marmite and highhopes hopefully you'll get some answers!

I am away from DH now until sat so I am glad that's not my ovulation day or I'd be out this month already!

Thanks moonlight! I'm getting my bloods on 1st sept which seems ages away! Will do my swabs tomorrow and hand in. DH is feeling nervous about doing his 'part' in all the tests but I'm trying to tell him not to feel too sorry for himself- I'm the one who's had the most probing!! Xx

highhopes at least it's all done now, hopefully your Dr will go through things a bit more then? Did they say when you'll speak to the Dr?

cookie at least your baby making bits are good to go then! It's surprising what they can see with the ultrasound. I had one a few years ago for bladder problems and they did my kidneys to check stones and things. Never heard of duplex ones?! Glad everything is moving forward for you, hoping you'll get some answers soon then. When is the blood test? How is your dh feeling about it all?

Thanks for the welcome Bobo , I know I'm at the very beginning of a potentially looong journey so learning to be patient! Really helpful to read more about about everyone's experience though and great to feel the positive energy and support!

Hey everyone,
Congrats Sarah! Fab news - love the fact that more Bfps are rolling in! Glad your appointment went well marmite. Exciting times for you!! Highhopes, I totally know what you mean about the 'awkward silence' part of scans, I sort of wish they'd just do a wee running commentary so we know what they're looking at! Hope the results are ok xx

Thanks for keeping me in your thoughts today girls! The scan results were a bit mixed to be honest. Ovaries and uterus were fine but she said I've got duplex kidneys (which I don't believe can affect ttc??). Does anyone know anything about this?? Strange that the ultrasound picked this up! Next stage is day 21 bloods (which I've cheekily booked in for day 27 as this roughly should be my equivalent ovulation wise). I done a urine test at the appointment and have also got a lovely STI home swab kit home with me to do (all procedural she said!!). DH has got sperm analysis appointment next week then that's the boxes ticked for us to be referred to a fertility clinic! I'm a bit sad it's resorted to this but glad the ball is rolling. If it's happens naturally, in the meantime, then I'd be overjoyed!!

Phew, sorry for the blabber! who is next to test? Xx

Congratulations sarah! Here's hoping this is a lucky thread!
Sorry AF got you high, fingers crossed the uss either gives you some answers or reassures you everything's ok. Anyone else due to test soon? I've finished work for 2 weeks now and off to Wales at the weekend, so hopefully plenty of time for BD although no idea if/when I'm ovulating, just hoping for the best x

Thanks Moonlight my scan was a very uncomfortable 10 minutes of poking around and unbearable awkward silence! The sonographer said my right ovary looked polycystic and then she made me do a pregnancy test (which was of course negative) and said she'd send the full report to my Gp, so I'm not really sure what to think!

Highhopes hope everything goes ok for you too?

luci 😂 go on girl lol

Bobo last time I did an ov test there was not even a faint line. So hopefully this is the start of something and will do them every day now to see if it gets darker. Will be hard doing it at midday tho, I work in an office so not exactly easy to pee in a pot! 🙈
Should I do one in the morning and one when I get home?

Will try and dtd as much as poss this week. Dh is really busy at work and really tired, I may have to spill the beans if he doesn't play ball. Will try the art of seduction first! 💃🏼

Time for some more poas then!

Does anyone use other tracking methods too? I'm wondering if I should do temping/ similar.

Oh and cookie hope everything went ok with drs results?

Jjspoon here with a namechange (just to confuse things!)

Congrats Sarah!

Speak of drs after bfp mine didn't even want to see me! Here they ring you to speak to you and see what your problem is then book an appointment or advice etc so she just gave the the phone number for local midwives and I rang them direct to make my booking appointment. Funny how different everything is round the country. Same again though that I had to choose what hospital already as they do your scans and things there.

Lucibee def negative, the line has to be as dark if not darker than the control line to be positive. It test for the surge of hormone LH which we have in our bodies all the time, hence the faint line

I'm doing one opk a day in afternoon. Today's looks darker than last few but not dark enough! Fx it's on the way. We are dtd regularly just in case as haven't really got a handle on the dates yet. Cycle 4 of proper trying btw.

Great news for those of you who have bfps! Good luck for those testing soon X

Here's the pic, what you think? Should I keep doing them this week? Or am I just hoping there is a line there and there isn't lol.

If so dh is getting pounced on this week!! 👉🏻👌🏻

I took an ov test just now as if I was on a normal cycle I would be on my fertile week this week. (I don't actually know if I am as this is first cycle off the pill)

I'm sure there was a second line but was reaaaaaaallly faint and I may have been imagining it. So I'm going to do them every day this week and see if the line gets stronger. Fx!

I took a ovulation test today but still negative. I try and do mine twice a day just to catch it. Nothing so far. Had the odd day where it looks slightly darker than usual. Had bad heartburn last night and a wee bit this morning. Had some cramps end of last week into the weekend but nothing much today

Oh Liverpool Woman's will be great sarah. I'm in Manchester and have a choice between Wythenshawe and St Mary's. Going to do a bit of research tonight and look at reviews.

It it a shock when it happens so early, not that I'm complaining! It was only second cycle of trying 'properly' for me too.

Bet you can't wait to see OH tonight! I have mainly been using IBS and UTI as my excuses so far!

Fx for anyone else testing soon!

Congratulations Sarah!! My sister gave birth at the L'pool Women's and they were really good. (I live on the Wirral...our location/choice of tv and cycles seem to be pretty similar)

So nice to hear what happens next marmite, I haven't thought much past dtd and keeping an eye on dates! Desperately trying not to get carried away but I guess that ships already sailed!

Hello to tata and grow

Sorry, that should say 13dpo - can't count!

Thanks looby and Luci! I'm so happy. Can't stop shaking though. Didn't expect a BFP so quickly. Especially not today as the reason I tested was I thought AF was coming.

It was Cycle #2 although I suppose that's my first "proper" cycle following a real AF. Think I ov'd on CD15 or there thereabouts which would put me on 12dpo today. xx

Hi all can I join you on this thread?

Ttc since May - came off pill in Feb and very irregular cycles since. Started opk's last month but not had any +ve tests yet. Don't know if I'm not doing them right or just miscalculating the timings or what! Still having AF though. Currently cycle is anywhere between 21 and 37 days. Right now on CD 17.

Look forward to chatting

Congratulations! How exciting, bet you're over the moon!