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The Good, The Bad and The Yams!

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LookingAtTheStars89 · 31/05/2018 18:08

CALLING ALL YAMMER'S!

Yammer rules:

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. Please read the rules before posting!

The Yam Commandments are as follows;

  • Thou shalt not arrive one day and post BFP next day
  • Thou shalt not give advice to others when TTC for one month only
  • Thou shalt 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 shalt not be offended by strong language
  • Thou shalt 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 shalt not symptom spot during the two week wait and must be prepared for a telling off if you do so.

NEW RULE ALERT!

-Thou shalt not post pictures of positive pregnancy tests. We will be delighted to hear about it but no photos, please and thank you

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Chooklass · 09/10/2018 09:31

@bridget33 - don't know if you are still about but it was you who came up with Yam Fam! I nicked it!

Chooklass · 09/10/2018 06:31

Bored on bus, so started our new thread!:

Yam Fam! http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/3389057-yam-fam

Come over and sign in Smile

Owlpatrol · 08/10/2018 18:46

@ImpatientMammy well I've read about a study and I've randomly started taking it mid cycle and plan to take 1000mg one tablet per day. I'll keep you posted

@Pinkemi I've just noticed how bloated I am today as but appetite increase so that's probably why!

@Chooklass love yam fam

Chooklass · 08/10/2018 18:16

Yammers, we need a new thread soon! Anyone been saving up any good titles? Someone suggested 'Yam Fam' last time! Or '10 things I hate about Yams'? Or, since Hallowe'en is not far off - 'Nightmare on Yam Street'!

Pinkemi · 08/10/2018 17:45

@booksandbaths1 wow.. injections for 4 weeks! Im not sure i could handle that. I have one in the morning and one in the evening for about 12-14 days (depending on how well my body reacts.)

Feeling pretty bloated today im not going to lie.. and my appetite has gone down (which is a good thing!) Will have to test how my appetite is tomorrow when im bored in the office. Lol

Good luck with your ivf though! Im trying to stay positive..

ImpatientMammy · 08/10/2018 17:27

@Owlpatrol is the vitiman C the whole way through the cycle? I might try all this.
Any tips for delaying ovulation ? X

Booksandbaths1 · 08/10/2018 15:26

In terms of spotting before FP... yes I usually get it but not always. Hence I think mine is related to how well I ovulated and therfore how much progesterone I produced that month. I had my 21 day test done a few times and it fluctuated quite a bit (think they like over 30). I was 20 - 45. But I know some folk are much higher hence that's what I've always blamed my spotting on. Some cycles I get it for 5 days, others barely at all. I tried taking a few things like b6 but seemed to make naff all diff, but I'm sure different reasons might mean different results.

@Pinkemi well done on the injections! I start mine on Wednesday and I'm such a woos I'm making my husband give them to me. On long protocol so I'll be doing daily injections for ~ 4 weeks!! 2 weeks of down regging my hormones and then 2 weeks of stimulation. I might pop over to an IVF board to get some support during this cycle so might be a bit quiet over the coming few weeks. Good luck all: lots of tlc, shagging and yams of course!! 😂

Chooklass · 08/10/2018 14:55

Don't panic @maddiie! I had this and it was just that the results were 'inconclusive' and I had to repeat. If anything other than normal then you have to speak to Doc. Try and think of it positively - even if 'bad' news, you might just be about to figure out what's causing your long cycles then you'll be closer to fixing it! Knowledge is power! Smile

maddiie · 08/10/2018 14:25

The doctor phoned and said she's not willing to discuss the results of my hormone tests over the phone and that I need to go in and see her as soon as possible. They gave me the results from my blood tests over the phone a few weeks ago, and they were fine with no cause for concern. Guess I'm going to be getting bad news 

@Pinkemi Good luck with your injections!

Pinkemi · 08/10/2018 13:52

@Chooklass Only taken one so far.. got myself in such a panic i forgot to wipe the area with an alcohol wipe first. (sigh) And then the pen wouldn't press down.. you have to do it with quite a force! so i ended up making myself bleed. haha But actually it wasnt as bad as i thought it was going to be.

The ones i am going to struggle with i think are the morning ones.. they are less like a pen and more like a proper injection. Not looking forward to starting them on thurs!!

Chooklass · 08/10/2018 13:47

 @Pinkemi Thanks. How are the injections going so far?

Chooklass · 08/10/2018 13:45

Fingers-crossed @Owlpatrol !

Chooklass · 08/10/2018 13:45

@OrcinusOrca Hope your body sorts itself out soon - that sounds very frustrating!

I have really sore boobs this cycle (7/8dpo) and no spotting yet. Usually spotting starts when boobs hurt. So, obviously, I've totally got my hopes up now! Sad

Owlpatrol · 08/10/2018 12:53

I've started taking high dose vitamin c let's see eh!? I was really hopeful yesterday symptoms seems to make me feel pregnant but today I feel un pregnant Sad thinking of testing Wednesday for fun x

JustLikeTheySaid · 08/10/2018 07:36

It is meant to help with implantation - bromeleine or something? But only for 4 days after O because it can then increase miscarriage I read.

ImpatientMammy · 07/10/2018 23:26

What's the pineapple for? X

JustLikeTheySaid · 07/10/2018 21:00

I started from the first day of my period and then stop a few days after ovulation. Then I eat pineapple for 4 days!

I had a HUGE amount of EWCM yesterday although ovulation sticks still just saying high. Not sure that much is normal and it is quite blobby rather than super stretchy (sorry for TMI!!!). We BD anyway just to be sure...

ImpatientMammy · 07/10/2018 19:53

@JustLikeTheySaid that sounds good when in your cycle did you start drinking it? I hope it works x

Owlpatrol · 07/10/2018 15:23

Yeah I'm ok but feeling a bit off it today, I have all this motivation then it keeps waning, got a busy week at work so at least it'll pass the first week of the tww fast!

OrcinusOrca · 07/10/2018 12:21

So my FP vanished. Had a big red gush yesterday AM and nothing since  fucks sake! Something definitely isn't right. Makes me worry more because if I wasn't ovulating at least I could hope for something like clomid to force it, I think the environment is crap and I don't know how that can be fixed.

@Owlpatrol that doesn't sound nice, sigh. Gets hard to keep the positivity up doesn't it Sad

JustLikeTheySaid · 07/10/2018 01:50

Really sorry to see not so good news. Fingers crossed for next cycle.

I have tried drinking lots of not from concentrate grapefruit juice and it has definitely helped my CM be thinner and more abundant so it is worth a shot? I've been drinking half a pint of grapefruit juice topped up with half a pint of squash which seems to make it taste okay!

Owlpatrol · 06/10/2018 15:38

Oh no pink sending lots of hugs

Decided to take myself shopping bought a new outfit in new look and some cleaning products, so rock n roll! Anyway cramping started today so fairly certain I'm out as it's a tell tale sign I'm only 4dpo ish Sad only time will tell

Any ladies on their second....do you have any positive pre bfp cramping stories to keep me hoping for the rest of the month?

Saw a pregnant friend briefly today, not going to lie I was green eyed, due just before Xmas and taking a full year off, must be nice. Sigh

maddiie · 06/10/2018 14:15

Aw happy/sad for all of you getting AF.. it's bittersweet isn't it. Hoping I'll sync up with you Yammers I'm on CD81 and I'm desperate for AF now just to bloody start fresh. I might give temping another go next cycle, my cycles are getting longer and longer I think I need all the help I can get.

Good luck with injections @Pinkemi will be thinking of you tomorrow x

Pinkemi · 06/10/2018 13:43

Period has turned up. Spent most of the morning sobbing as had begun to hope that this was our month. Sad injections start tomorrow. (Sigh)

OrcinusOrca · 06/10/2018 07:26

Well I think my FP has just shown up two days earlier than last time, making a 25 day cycle. First full cycle on met was 27 and I had the hycosy this cycle.

I feel like I'm destined to be unable to have DC. All this cycle analysing and clearly there is something fundamentally wrong for me to be unable to blink and be up the duff like seemingly everybody else.

Will be EXTRA pissed off if my body is being a proper jerk and stops after the big gush I've had this AM Angry

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