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Where there’s a Yam, there’s a way

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Bubblegum89 · 08/01/2018 21:55

Thread numero four-o.

A safe place for those of you who have been trying to conceive for 6+ months and even yams aren’t helping. Come and have a good ol’ bitch and a moan without judgement.

The Yam Commandments are as follows;

  • Thou shall not arrive one day and post BFP next day
  • Thou shall not give advice to others when TTC for one month only
  • Thou shall not participate in one-up-manship and realise TTC is shit for everyone in different ways
  • Thou shall allow posters to be fucked off with the world and everything in it at regular points in the month
  • Thou shall not be offended by strong language
  • Thou shall not tell everyone to eat yams
  • Thou shall accept being called a muppet for testing at 7dpo at 9pm at night

And most importantly...

  • Thou shall not symptom spot during the two week wait and must be prepared for a telling off if they do so.

Welcome and welcome. We’re all very nice and friendly despite being horrible bitter old cows ☺️

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Si1ver · 30/01/2018 12:57

@Bubblegum89 going against the grain here, if you're self funding IVF I'd be saving that cash. Get a last minute deal off travelzoo or similar. The cost of the holiday you're proposing is about the same as a round of IVF at the clinic I'm looking at. Let me know if you want me to send you the price list.

@Milknosugar1 ask for another opinion. Is there a different GP you can see?

Pibbee · 30/01/2018 12:55

Sorry, muppet alert here but I don’t know much about FSH levels.... What does yours mean @Milk? Sorry you are upset :(

WonkyDonk87 · 30/01/2018 12:40

Milk that's utter ballbags, totally understandable to feel how you do. Unmumsnetty and Brew

Milknosugar1 · 30/01/2018 12:31

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WonkyDonk87 · 30/01/2018 09:34

Book it. Life is too short and if you need the money for IVF you can sort that later. Don't deny yourself now!

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Bubblegum89 · 30/01/2018 09:29

P.s. I really need to start using paragraphs lol

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Bubblegum89 · 30/01/2018 09:28

Ladies, wwyd? 2017 was a horrible year. I need a break. I want to go on holiday in the summer. DD is off to Florida for 2 weeks with her dad so instead of moping about her house, I want to get as far away from it and from all of this crap as I can. Just a week or so in Spain, nothing too crazy. I just want sun and cocktails and to not worry about infertility and ttc for a while, just me and OH. I priced it up yesterday for the two of us with flights and accommodation and it came to £1300 for 10 days in August. Annoyingly I can’t go during term time as I work in a school so have to pay for the overpriced holidays lol anyway, is quite a lot of money really as it doesn’t take into account spends. I don’t know yet if we will need fertility treatment but if we do, which is very likely, we will have to find it ourselves. So, would you forgo the holiday and save that money to one side in case you needed it for IVF or would you just go on the holiday? I’m in two minds. Could do with saving for what will probably be the inevitable but I also want away from this bloody place for a bit to forget about it all and chill out for once

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BiscayTrafalgarFitzroy · 30/01/2018 07:53

Yes I thought slightly off too but it was fmu so fingers crossed for a strong + later this afternoon!

SoozC · 30/01/2018 07:31

We had this conversation on the last yams thread, or maybe the one before that. I have one of those retracting cups so I can take it into the loo at work discreetly and it's not damaging to the environment!

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Dolwar · 30/01/2018 06:58

Hmmm... slightly off I think. My very first positive opk was this month after the Clomid and it was barn door obvious.

Ps just took my bloods myself as the nurse messed it up last time. Saves time at the surgery Grin

BiscayTrafalgarFitzroy · 30/01/2018 06:46

Mine is a plastic Ikea beaker!

What do you think yammers? Positive or slightly off? Also had a temp dip this morning.

Where there’s a Yam, there’s a way
phoebetrixabelle · 29/01/2018 23:15

Mine is an old mug saying mornings suck Hmm maybe that's a bad omen, it's clearly the mugs fault!!

Rubberduckies · 29/01/2018 23:10

My pee cup is the bottom of a plastic cup. I cut the bottom off so it's not too tall. It's a bit wider than a proper urine pot so much easier to pee in it without getting any on me......!

Teachermummy83 · 29/01/2018 23:04

Loving the pee-tubs chat Grin
Mine is one of a pair of little stainless steel kitchen bowls, one now lives in the bathroom, the other regularly holds tuna mayo...... Very careful not to mix them up!! lol

WonkyDonk87 · 29/01/2018 23:01

If we knew.... we'd be on the other boards har har.
Pull up a yoghurt pot chair and join the room. Smile

phoebetrixabelle · 29/01/2018 21:36

Hi everyone,

I've looked through forums for AGES but this is my first post. Been TTC since Aug 2016 when I came off pill. I'm about to turn 32 and my doc sent me for tests - blood ones to check if I was ovulating and an ultrasound and all came back ok. Whyyyyy is it taking sooooooooooo long?!?! My sister in law had a baby and then got pregnant again nearly straight away!! Everyone else is getting pregnant!! Why?????? This is the first month I bought an expensive ovulation test where you check over 10 days but doesn't seem to be matching up to the app!! So fed up Confused

Dolwar · 29/01/2018 21:22

milk in some ways it helps as I do understand the underlying physiology a bit better and I can interpret the results and put them into context without getting hung up on things that are irrelevant. I can explain things to DH as well. We'll just have to watch this space, should get the results later this week as the GP rang me at home the following day last time (not sure if this is also slightly preferential treatment Wink).

bubble that just sounds cr*p I'm sorry.

pibbee, wonky mine is the lid off an old can of Batiste dry shampoo!!

Pibbee · 29/01/2018 21:17

Tesco low fat strawberry yoghurt!!!! I love the fact that not only a) you pee in a yoghurt pot but b) you have specified the supermarket, fat content and flavour of said yoghurt. Excellent stuff.

I, on the other hand, have designated one of my extensive collection of shot glasses as a piss-receptacle (pisseptacle?!). I hide it from DH in a bit of the bathRoom cupboard which he never ventures into. Don’t worry, I chose one of the crappier ones out of the collection🤣🤣🤣🤣. Or, at work, I piss in a small plastic cup. Given that I have taken on an extra role at work, the aim of which is to reduce our environmental impact, and given that one of my own ideas in that regard is actually to stop supplying those throwaway plastic cups, I fear I may be shooting myself in the foot here if that plan goes ahead GrinHmm

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Bubblegum89 · 29/01/2018 21:16

Oh and the hycosy, that’s just to check my tubes but it can pick up adhesions in the uterine cavity too as they inflate your uterus when they inject the dye in. The consultant said that if anything is picked up, she will go back in and do a hysteroscopy which is a camera inserted into the uterus to look properly at it which is the only thing that can accurately diagnose scar tissue.

Thank you milk just makes me a bit sad that she takes no interest :(

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Bubblegum89 · 29/01/2018 21:14

Pibbee I know tonnes of girls who have had surgical terminations and all of them have gone on to have kids with no issue. It frustrates me so much. One that I did something so regrettably stupid and two that out of the tonnes of people who have had the same experience as me, I’m the one who is now suffering. Mind you, I guess it had to be someone. My AF is brown spotting, few hours of dark red bleeding on day one and then two-three days of brown again. My lining looks good apparently but I’m not convinced. The symptoms of Asherman’s Syndrome are periods that have stopped or got lighter since some form of infection or surgery like a d&c (chlamydia I think can turn into PID and that’s what causes the scarring, not the chlamydia itself) infertility and pain throughout your cycle. Drs think it’s very rare but it’s mostly just underdiagnosed. I’ve been on an AS support group since last year and it’s really interesting what some of the ladies have been through.

As for my mum, like you said, I present the opportunity to talk about it and she chooses not to ask. I don’t get it. I could say something to her about it and ask her why she isn’t interested but tbh if she doesn’t want to make the effort to ask us how things are or how we’re getting on, I’m not going to make the effort to inform her. I’m lucky OH’s mum is very supportive as I don’t really have anyone to talk to other than OH.

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WonkyDonk87 · 29/01/2018 21:13

😂😂 Milk I've designated a Nutella glass from the 90's that has Scooby-doo characters on

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Pibbee · 29/01/2018 21:08

When you go for your hycosy, will they just look at tubes or uterus too? I thought hycosy was just tubes isn’t it? I want both looked at I think

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