TTC first baby 1 year + thread 2

@Mrs71 did you have any symptoms at all other than the spotting?

@Mrs71 congratulations, that's wonderful news! I won't be offended, it's lovely to have a bfp on this thread finally.

Here's hoping you will be the first of many!

@Mrs71 congratulations! Maybe fixing your TSH was a key to it all.

@KatBeCool thanks, 12mm sounds manageable. If it was too long I think I would really freak out!

@Mrs71 I know what you mean about acupuncture, I feel ttc is taking all my money and I haven't even paid a deposit for ivf yet. I also don't know if it is doing anything, the first cycle I had it my luteal phase was a day longer but it's gone back to 12 days since then. My antral follicle count was a lot higher after acupuncture, but that could have been something else or maybe it just varies month to month anyway. Have you noticed any changes to your cycle or anything?

@Mrs71 so great to hear that your TSH has improved so well! Do you have to keep taking your medications or do you get to stop at some point?

@RosettaR to be honest, there's not much to teach, it's so easy and simple. The syringes have gone through so much improvement that even a child can do it. Everything is pre-measured for you, there is no guessing or estimating, you barely have to do anything other than jabbing yourself and that can be described in one sentence. And yes, needless are very thin and short. Ovidrel was a bit longer but still only maybe 12mm long. Reading the instructions and watching YouTube was more than enough. But definitely use ice.

Can't believe they didn't teach you @KatBeCool! That's really bad.

Yes, good luck with it @FlapJackered. The needle is short right? I've been telling myself it will be so I hope so!

Good luck with your injections and meds @FlapJackered !!

@RosettaR they went through how to prepare all the injections and where to inject etc etc. It was really helpful, I just have the memory of a goldfish! I should have recorded her showing me!

@KatBeCool good tips! I need to start making notes.
I have Bemfola, Cetrotide, Ovitrelle then progesterone, a blood thinner and an immune suppressant steroid for after transfer. 😬

@RosettaR they didn't teach me! They said they would but it never happened. I didn't care to anyway so I didn't press on. I just read the instructions top to bottom and watched videos on YouTube. About 4 cm diagonally down to the left or right of the belly button is the least painful spot, that I learned by trial and error lol.

Sorry for the out of date post, it didn't want to post ...

@starkid I am about 5 dpo and trying not to symptom spot! Af is due Christmas day which is a joke.

@FlapJackered I would also be keen to know how they showed you! @KatBeCool how did they teach you for the IUI?

@FlapJackered here are some tips for you :) keep them upright. And ice the area you're going to jab for at least thirty seconds, you'll barely feel it then. Once the needle is in all the way, don't push deeper, there shouldn't be a indent. And the videos will tell you the rest, it's pretty easy after you do it once. What are all the medications you got?

@KatBeCool luckily I didn't have to practice on myself. It was totally overwhelming and I forgot everything within 5 minutes of leaving the clinic 🤦🏼‍♀️ I am just going to have to hope the instructions in the box are good, or watch some YouTube demos!

@starkid @KatBeCool good luck you two! 🤞🏻 I reckon I will get a positive opk tomorrow, probably my last Opks for a while!

My meds arrived today, these are half of them that need to be refrigerated...it's ok, I don't need to eat 😂

@starkid 11 dpo, not sure why, but I'm nervous. My boobs aren't sore yet again.

Can't believe how many of you are so close to ivf.

@FlapJackered how did you find the injection lesson? Did you actually get stabbed lol?

Quiet on here this week, how is everyone doing? Where is everyone in their cycles?

10dpo for me, due Thursday. Very dangerous time of the month as symptom spotting mania kicks in! (Nothing much this cycle though except white watery cm, which is probably nothing...)

@RosettaR that is really annoying they didn't warn you about the tests. We had to have them yesterday too. I know the feeling that something is going to stop it all from happening, I think it is natural to feel like that after all the road blocks we have come across on the way here.
I am on short protocol, it is all done on my natural cycle so I should have egg collection mid January. 😬 Everything is ready to go! I should get all my drugs in the post next week. Terrified but excited! I just hope I do the injections right.

@starkid as Rosetta said I am sure it will come around quickly. I swear the whole ttc process will make us so good at being patient!

So now the clinic have said we need to have the hepatitis and hiv test results before the start of my next period, i.e. before Christmas. So now we have to pay to have those done privately next week, or else delay ivf until March. It's so frustrating because if I'd known we could have had them for free at the gp in November. I'm also now really worried something else is going to trip us up later on. There are so many things, I feel like I need to hire a full time project manager to coordinate!

@starkid I'm so sorry you have to wait until February. Hopefully it will all come round quicker than we think.

Oh finally got my next consultant appointment through for mid February...

@FlapJackered good luck with the consultation today! Are you on short protocol? Do you know when you are expecting egg collection? I will be long protocol and egg collection should be sometime in the week of 17 Feb if everything goes to plan. My fingers are very much crossed though for us both this cycle, it would be wonderful to get a last minute miracle!