The Good, The Bad and The Yams!

FP due today. No sign of it yet but did an IC this morning and it said ‘lol no, like fuck are you pregnant you barren old hag’ or something along those lines so now I’m sad. I’m 41 now, I don’t know how much longer I can keep this up. Now I’ve got to go and be nice to children and parents, one of whom asked yesterday if I’m planning on another child. I waved my cobwebby uterus at her and ate two biscuits. ☹️☹️☹️

@Booksandbaths1 ooh yum! I spotted last cycle day 24-28 was v depressing but bloods all came back fine this week....only on ovulation day I think or 1dpo currently

@Chooklass I've got a chocolate eclair in the fridge that is calling to me 😀

Oh thanks! I'll have a look now!ronswansonstache

Welcome @Booksandbaths1 !

I've not coped very well with FP this cycle ... ate a cheesecake for dinner after being low sugar for ages. Feel sick now!

Thank you @orcinusorca they are banana, cinnamon and maple. Made with wholemeal flour to make them "healthy" ha. I see you're taking b vits to try and lengthen luteal phase. Mine varies from 9-11 days but with spotting... be interested to hear if you find the b vits help yours. I've just had my progesterone retaken at 8dpo to see where it's at.

Welcome @Booksandbaths1 what muffins have you baked? I would kill for a muffin right now. Am eating so much sugar and rubbish at the mo!

Thanks @owlpatrol I feel ya re all the pregnant ladies. Last weekend 2 friends called me within hours of each other to tell me their happy news. Oh and I've just been made redundant... so feeling somewhat crapper than usual. Ho hum, someone pass me a muffin and a glass of wine 😀

@LookingAtTheStars89 sorry for the late reply that's ace about that book!

I'm ov day today or yesterday and I have an earache...im pregnant right? 😂

Seen a few of my friends get positives this month I'm so hoping it's my month too!

@Booksandbaths1 welcome hugs!

Saw grand total of 4 pregnant women after work dp thought I was overacting and we spoke last night and hes still like "what will be will be" I have no idea how he keeps that attitude!!!

I think I ovulated yesterday or maybe today so bring on the tww managed twice this fw so optimistic as ever until next week!

Hi ladies, I hope you don't mind if I join? I'm 34, ttc #1 for 9 months/11 cycles. Feeling pretty fed up & depressed tbh. It is heartening though to hear about other's journeys through this and seeing some pretty pics of chooks. I'm currently craving booze and carbs... i blame pms and impending FP. Have just baked a batch of muffins.

@peachesarenom - I've seen Kate on the recent 'fed up' thread on the conception board. For some reason, I was drawn to the title of that thread!

@OrcinusOrca no.. my periods have been pretty regular over the years.. sometimes a bit late and sometimes 1 or 2 days early.. never 5! I have about 2 stone to lose to get my BMI under 30.. about 4 if i was going to be healthy BMI range.

@LexieJean I'll think about it.. Part of me is on board with it.. but another part of me is still screaming.. "no.. there is still a chance!"

@Rubberduckies thank you so much for the advice. I'll see what the GP says tomorrow, then maybe get DH to talk to the lab if it's still no clearer. Then I'll have to start looking at getting myself some tests done.

@LookingAtTheStars89 My DH is really fit & healthy, rarely drinks etc so it's difficult to know what else to do! Hoping the vits work. Next step is a hycosy for me which I'm dreading! I found the hysteroscopy excruciating.

That's good. Just a be aware that not all Gps fully understand all the SA results. Ours was really unhelpful and it was very upsetting until DH spoke to a lab technician who explained it all properly and was much more reassuring, and gave us some advice. I don't think the lab could talk about specific peoples results - but I think Dh said something like if a sperm count was xxxx number - what does that actually mean because the Gp didn't seem to know, and they were so helpful! Fingers crossed you get the answers you want tomorrow!

@HidCat thanks

@Rubberduckies the GP wasn't in yesterday so should be calling DH tomorrow, so hopefully he can give a little more insight. I'm just impatient and want answers now! Feel like we've been waiting on these results for months!

@Mellp can you speak to a Gp or someone at the lab to ask? It might have been normal but borderline, or it might just be normal practice. We found that our practice were happy to provide a print out of the SA and then we could research the numbers ourselves

@Rubberduckies that sounds like you're making positive steps. I hope the next SA shows continued improvement for you.

@Mellp normal sounds pretty good to me, maybe they just want to double check to look for changes?

Sounds like a great book @looking 😂

Hi everyone. After some advice really. DH had his results from his SA yesterday. Receptionist just told him it had been stamped 'normal' however she said it needed re-testing (she didn't know why). This was his 2nd test as he had to re do the first one as he didn't store it properly. Is this common practice or should I not get my hopes up about the 'normal' result? Thanks

Bit late checking in for the new thread..... we're on cycle 14 trying for our first. Husbands sperm isn't great but we did manage to double his motility and sperm count with some internet research and a variety of supplements!

Tomorrow we have a private fertility assessment because we're getting stressed not being able to speak to someone who knows what they're talking about! So another SA for him, and a Hycosy for me and then chat it over with the consultant. Hoping a spring clean of my tubes is all we need..!

@LookingAtTheStars89 that's brilliant 😆

Lol at 'Give me my yam' book! 😂