Thread 24. TTC #1 - It's been a tough start to the year but 2017 is still the year of the BFP

Thank you ladies. Didn't get much sleep last night think I spent half the night gearing myself up for a battle. Thankfully it didn't come to that. A couple of things he mentioned. Don't stress if my day 21 bloods don't come back positive straight away. You need to be bang on 7 days from the start of your period to get peak results and as most women's periods vary by a day or so at least, it's not unusual for them to try again following month just to make certain they are getting the right information. I said I was now 37 he said that's OK (lol) although fertility does peak and drop don't get overly hung up on it just now. Bloods booked based on af arriving on time next week but fingers crossed I don't need them.

kwick glad you had a much less stressful trip and now back home.

miw are you weeing on another stick in the morning? You should see a nice set of lines.

sk1p i have 4 gp's. One is a write off, second is quite new and I've never had much dealings with, 3rd is lovely lady but quite hard to push for tests etc... don't get me wrong she's a fantastic doctor but there's no persuading her if she's set her mind to something. My bet on gp 4 paid off haha.

But you are right girls it can be soo hard if you have an unsympathetic gp. This is hard enough with out banging your head against a brick wall to get help.

WOW biology 101 tonight! Now have strange visions of floating eggs hiding were they shouldn't be!

kwick its true it's not as bad as 50 percent, I was told by the doc that the remaining tube catches the egg from the other side about 35 per cent of the time. But only 66 per cent of people who've had an ectopic have a uterine pregnancy within a year of trying. So it's not all doom and gloom by any means but things are less in my favour than they were.

And technically your egg could be floating around! Around 5 per cent of ectopics are not in a tube and that 5 per cent includes abdominal and other non uterine places! So some must not get caught by a tube and go floating off. Very rare though.

Thanks Binky, although I wouldn't wish this on anyone it is reassuring to hear that someone else has been through this. Bleeding is still there but (TMI alert) more brown than red now and a lot lot less than it was Friday and Saturday. Counting that as AF unless I learn otherwise so now onto CD4 today.

Great news for you miw!

Fingers crossed for you all! X

hep good point, well made

True kwick but you don't have to worry about drunken speculums, or grumpy scanners......

Ladies I know the repetitiveness of TTC can become monotonous and also mind numbing as you learn to protect yourself from horrific disappointment if another BFN.
But just a couple of plus points for those of you doing it au naturel:

• apart from OPKs and HPTs you do not have major outlays
• you get to have loved up times with OH (unlike my way whereby scanners/speculums are shoved up my fanjo, I have to stab myself, and so on)

Look at this boob ache!

gee and Pyjamas - HA HA! Repeat after me, our eggs are not floating around in the netherspace/void region of our bodies!!

I've had really painful boobs since ovulation and now its died almost an instant death. I'm trying to look in Clue to see some pattern, and sometimes it stops a few days before AF and other times it doesn't. I've certainly never had boob ache for such a prolonged time before though. I'm not saying I expect a BFP, quite the opposite, I'm just saying that there is absolutely no repetition or common ground with my symptoms.

Thank you Kwick, got some ordered today so hopefully get to grips with them soon!

Winging your BBT story did give me a chuckle!

Congratulations Miw! Lovely news for the start of the week

They're not connected?! WTAF. This explains everything - all my eggs are floating about in abdominal space.

I had no idea that the tubes and ovaries weren't connected either geeup...I clearly wasn't paying that much attention during biology lessons at school With all of the mechanics involved, I find it hard to believe that anyone manages to conceive at all!

Supper, well I guess that's something to be proud of!

Glad your brother is doing better macs.

Good work on the PMA hep. This will be your cycle

I know geeup!!! Get this - your womble is pretty mobile too - except bit connected to fanjo. That is why when they do the insemination/embryo transfer you have to go in with a full bladder (yep ladies, imagine lying legs akimbo with speculum up the fanjo with a FULL bladder) so that your womble lies flat and they can get maximum aim for magic potion/embryo. CRAZY!!!!

Kwick omg I've been ttc for 22 cycles and didn't know despite endless googling and obsessing that your ovary wasn't connected to the tube. Just googled it and found out "The small gap between the ovary and the end of the corresponding tube allows the egg to float freely in the abdominal cavity after it has been released from the ovary. The fingerlike ends (fimbria) of the fallopian tube sweep across the surface of the ovary and wave the egg into the tube after ovulation." Insane. My bloody eggs are probably all lost and floating around my abdominal cavity

miw Congratulations!

Supper During my smear test, my doctor could not find my cervix!
She made me move in different positions to try to find it, it hurt so much at the time but now looking back I found it quite funny!

I'm having bad cramps today but still no AF.

Thank you everyone for your help. Yes I meant either acupuncture or reflexology. Sorry for not being very clear! I'm leaning towards acupuncture. My appointment is on CD15 so it's good timing for ovulation.

Good luck for Friday pyjamas and fab news peaches on your successful docs trip.

Sk1pper I'm only 4 months in and I'm already super bored if it. Goodness knows how I'll cope if it goes on another 6-12 months. DH is getting frustrated too. I think the novelty of lots of DTD is fast being replaced with 'has it worked yet'.

Welcome to anyone new.

and hugs for anyone that needs it.

Looks like I am all caught up!!!

I am nearly home!!! Just caught like a tinned sardine on train to Finsbury Park - but so much quicker than a cab. Am shattered!

Ladies calm down!!! This is me on a reduced travel schedule - day trip to Brussels - no plane, no heavy lifting. Ok?

That is the spirit jam!!!

flash I was told by FC that ovaries and tubes are fully mobile - infact both tubes try and get released egg each month - so if you only have one tube (like I only have one ovary) it should not make much of a difference?

hep It has been an honour and a privilege to have known you for a year. You are still in post MC fertile boost land so I have my LSFX for you!

miw thank God I am catching up on thread - had I been live your photo then disappearnce would have been most disconcerting!!!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!
Now please test tomorrow with FMU and a FRER!

Welcome mrsc and adriana!!!

This is fab news peaches!!!

mac news on brother sounds encouraging

sk1pper I hope work sent you home early! Why on earth have you gone back so soon?

pyjamas I had to wait for my next cycle after hycosy - due to risk of infection but may be different as doing iui.

Welcome miri!!!
What a journey you have been on already! You may try another thread I am on which is all about donor IUI and donor IVF - if you search #makeithappen you will probably find it

tonks I would go with whichever relaxes you more! I do not find acupuncture that relaxing but way beats having someone touch my feet - which I find excruciating!!!

Great pma hep

Right need to make a move, more to follow (15.31)

Only skimmed the thread but congrats miw!!! Will catch up with the rest later!

Oh gee that makes much more sense! In that case tonks I'm biased and would say go with acupuncture but that's only because I have it and love it!

tonks following on from Macs perhaps speak witj who you're seeing an explain you can only have 1. They may make recommendations based on that.

Had a smear test this avo and nurse said I had a 'long vaginal vault' She had to use a longer speculum that is only usually needed with tall ladies (I am a hobbit-like 5"2). I got excited and wondered if I'm ovulating but she didn't seem to think it would make that much difference. I've never been able to find my cervix myself wherever I am in the cycle, so maybe it's just an anatomical quirk.

Gave me and DH a bit of a chuckle once I told him though

Tonks - I've tried both. If I understood you correctly you'll be having a course of either acupuncture or reflexology (not just one appt) but just not both! I think reflexology is mainly about relaxation so if you suffer from stress that's the one. Acupuncture is believed to right certain hormone imbalances via body's energy lines (as well as being relaxing) so if you're looking for something to "fix" maybe try that one? HTH.

Thanks london

Your PMA is great hep

tonks I practice acupuncture (for pain relief as a physio, not for fertility) and it's great for relaxation. If you're only having one session, I'd try a time it well. Maybe around ovulation? Sorry, don't know much about reflexology.

skipper normal for me is 29-33. So I had a 30, so fairly regular.

Great PMA Hep xxx

Tonks - I agree with flash - not sure one session of either treatment would be enough.

Xxx