TTC through Donor IUI or Donor IVF or just undecided - all welcome! #makeithappen #loadsofBFPs!!!!

Thanks Pez, it'll be a couple of months before I get to FC so I thought good to start now, I've been tracking cycles for last 6 months anyway (have been suffering painful periods so GP asked me to monitor cycle lengths etc) good luck today, testing at work!! X

Ah ah hoping, I'm exactly the same! This week waiting to have my IUI is excruciating and I can't even begin to imagine what the 2ww will be!!!

char, I tracked my cycle for 4 months before going ahead with the first IUI. I used the cheap opk (green ones) that you can buy of Amazon. Buy plenty so you can test several times a day!
For the IUI this month I also bought the expensive (£27!!!) dual hormone test from Clearblue but my clinic says it's a waste of money and they ask me to use the cheapies instead. Needless to say I'm using both this week!
I also took my bbt every morning and tracked CM on the Kindara app but there's plenty other apps you can use for this.

I found it really exciting for the first few months and then I got slightly obsessed with it all so I now only take my bbt around ovulation time.

Today is the first day I'll have to test during the day while at work

Oooh pickle I'm planning to use the same clinic as you, where is the satellite clinic going to? (if it happens).

I'm planning to start tracking my cycles, which ovulation kits would everyone recommend?(feeling like a complete novice and have no idea where to start!) also any other tips/suggestions people have please!!

Lol yeh I imagine I'll be the same!

Not sure how I'm going to cope with TWW, it's killing me waiting for period to start so I can phone clinic and confirm iui for this month. I've never been a patient person gosh this is hard. Don't even get me started on waiting 9 months once I finally get pregnant lol!

Hope u feel better soonshoes
Mmmmm ginger biscuits and ready salted crisps 😍Make me hungry

Fab news about work kwick

I'm currently feeling very grateful I can still drink alcohol at the mo! One of those days ..... wish I had some ready salted walkers crisps tho to go with

I second the ready salted crisps. Also apples and belvita breakfast biscuits. And ice pops/lollies. Lots of water.

And sleep. All of the sleep. All of the time. Growing a tiny human is exhausting.

Ginger biscuits and ready salted crisps were my saviour. Little and often. And keep yourself hydrated x

Kwick - I found frequent tiny snacks the key to managing nausea so I started carrying oatcakes around and eating half at a time. And do nap when you feel the need if you can - we've got a good excuse

I've been unwell since Friday and I'm fed up now I don't know whether its the world's worst cold or something more sinister so I'm off to see my GP this morning. I'll try not to cry on her

Haha my last few appointments at doctors have left me in tears too xx

Thanks Taydex

Hey hoping. Put a star either side of the word to bold it.

Little one is doing fine thank you (apart from having a meltdown for most of today!). She's mostly a happy little smiler and lets her mummies sleep overnight so I think I got a good one!

xx

Hey Taydex how is the little one?
Loved your pic of baby and your two boys xx

Oh gosh can someone remind me how j put a name in bold? X

Good luck for your consultation on the 13 th PICKLE - I remember feeling really excited that the journey was beginning X

Ok so just wanna say... staying in PJs all day and not washing up is totally what us mummies do. Your training is going well!

Welcome back hoping. I had squiffy smear once which led to many colposcopies. Fun fun!

Welcome back hoping glad to hear you are ok Hun, that must have been very scary!!
Glad to hear things are back on track! Totally get the day dreaming about babies-I think about 95% of my day is consumed with thinking about babies
Realised it is actually 3 days and 16 hours (id changed my time so I could give myself extra lives on a silly game app to waste time whilst waiting for appointment-doh)

'Kwick' you're pregnant - congratulations!!! Xxxxx

I've found the chat again! I was looking at the donor conception topics and couldn't understand where this thread had gone!
Hope you are all well - going to take my time and read back through thread to catch up with everyone.
I think I last posted when I had my smear in November - it hurt and result showed I needed a colospocy. I was so nervous and again another painful appointment for me in December!
I found out early January that I'm ok ( I have Cin 1 - one third abnormal cells and body will normally kill abnormal cells by itself) so I've bought some sperm and just waiting for period to start this week and going to call clinic to go ahead with iui this month. All I do is daydream about getting pregnant while also telling myself it might take a few gos yet...anyhow going to see how your journeys are all going xx

Yep got to see the hunky surgeon one last time,then I cried and said how much he's changed my life #emotionalwreckcantevenblamehormones!

Meh, I didn't even get out of pjs yesterday, apart from taydex we dont need to be yummy mummy's just yet,just yummy mummy's in the making

kwick how are you doing? Any new symptoms? What's the next step?

Sorry that was a bit of a waffle for simple answer of no 😂