TTC first baby 1 year + thread 2

@Mrs71 omg see someone else. At this point you should've seen much better results. Not to add, from what I'm reading, the dose she prescribed you is completely wrong. 50mg is not enough even as a maintenance dose (unless you take it three times a day, which is also wrong for such low dose) and the initial dose is 300-900mg daily split into three doses every eight hours for four weeks. Is your result now 0.2 or 0.02? If it's 0.02 like you said, it's worse than before. Either way, see someone else. All you need is a better prescription and someone who knows what they're doing. I'm not even a doctor, but common sense here - if current low dose didn't make much difference then try increasing it.

@FlapJackered keep us updated, hope it all goes well!
Has your DH considered steroid treatment for his sperm antibodies? It is definitely a treatment for that. It's only a 7 day course with good results. He might have to see someone privately though, I don't think it's a well-known treatment but there are plenty of studies on it.

@FlapJackered good luck!!

@Mrs71 sorry I can't help with thyroid levels or anything but the wait is really frustrating, I'd definitely get a second opinion as we all know how much the waiting around gets to us!

I've completely forgot to do my temp this morning so I haven't done it in over a week, it's actually nice to just ignore it and not know if I've ovulated! I'm going to get back on track in November though and really concentrate as we have no plans. I don't know about anyone else but every time I have plans like going on holiday, weddings, working away it falls at the worst time of my cycle! It's like My body knows and waits to ovulate at the worst time possible 🤣

Dh gets his SA results Friday so fingers crossed they come back good

Good luck @FlapJackered. I'm sure it will be fine.

Thanks ladies, on my way now 😩

@FlapJackered I'm sure you'll be fine, they'll find a way to knock you out for the surgery, even if it's a club in the head 🤣 (in the worst case).

@KatBeCool @RosettaR @starkid Thanks 😊 Its actually next Weds but I still am pretty surprised that it's so soon, as they said it's a 4 week wait but actually is more like 2!

@Katbecool Its ridiculous ppl telling you to relax in those situations. They say the same at smears and I'm like 🤨. Really hope this is your month 🤞 That's really useful to know 're ewcm too!

@FlapJackered good luck to you too! I hope it goes really well for you xx

@KatBeCool 🤦🏼‍♀️ I think the phrase 'just relax' should be banned from all conversations surrounding fertility!
I should be out the same day, but I have a history of not responding that well to anesthetic so fingers crossed. 😬

DH and I have just booked ourselves into the Fertility Show in Olympia. 🙈 Hopefully it will shed some light on the ivf route!

@PineappleC good luck with your appointment as well! Ask questions!

@RosettaR the 10,000 is not just one tablet, the ones I have are 1500 each so I took six. I was offered a prescription but those things are horse-sized. Did your gp tell you how much to take? If you're deficient, you do need at least 6-10,000 a day for a few months or possibly even higher depending on how deficient you are. Did they tell you your number?

@FlapJackered good luck with your surgery! Do you get to go home the same day? How long is the recovery?

Has IUI today. Was a new person doing it. And she's like "I won't do it until you fully relax all your pelvic muscles" while I'm laying there with my legs spread, speculum in, long needle shoved all the way into my uterus. Relax? You insane? Just hurry up and do it. And she scratched me too, I had a bit of blood later on, like couple drops.
She made a comment that I had a lot of ewcm. It definitely wasn't as noticeable outside. So if you ever wonder if you have enough, chances are it's all inside.

@FlapJackered @PineappleC - good luck with your appointments Wednesday

I've not been tested for vitamin D- guess I should ask about it when I next see my consultant

@KatBeCool that's interesting it's not just me with the vitamin D! Where did you get the 10,000 iu? I've bought Vitabiotics but that's just 1,000 so not sure that's enough. Maybe I just take two a day.

Good luck with the appointment @PineappleC.

@KatBeCool that's great news about your lining! And the follicles! Sounds like you're in the best possible position this cycle!

@RosettaR that sounds like a really reassuring appointment! Interesting about the vitamin D, what amount did he recommend taking?

@starkid sorry the hsg was so horrible, that's great it's all done though!

@PineappleC 🤞🏻for your appointment, that's great it's moving so quickly for you!

I have got my operation on Wednesday it will be good to get the cyst out but feels slightly bittersweet as it's the day after my due date from my miscarriage and I will be in hospital, but not for the reason I expected 😢.

@Katbecool that sounds really promising for you this month 😊

@starkid sorry yours was a bit more painful than I'd said! At least it's now over, I think that seems like the most painful test most ppl have had!

We have our first consultant appt next Weds. I feel very lucky that things are going quite quickly with the referrals, and hope the appt is helpful 🤞

@RosettaR I was vitamin D deficient too a few months ago. I didn't think I'd be that low and I was taking pregnacare also. DH got tested too and he was borderline low, like the last number on the normal scale. I was taking 10,000 iu, but now down to 6000. Not having access to the sun during the majority of the year is definitely noticeable. You need at least 10 minutes per day of full body sun exposure, they say.

That's great news @KatBeCool.

I had an appointment this morning with the endocrinologist I saw privately. It turns out I am slightly vitamin D deficient. Even though I've been taking Pregnacare for 18 months now. So I will be buying a high dose vitamin D supplement to add to my growing collection of supplements.

He also said my progesterone was above 50 on day 17, so he said that means my ovaries would seem to be working well. And he was much more reassuring about AMH, he said the normal ranges for each age group are huge and massively overlap, and there's a lot of uncertainty about what it all means.

I am meeting my younger sister for lunch and will have to try not to give her too much unsolicited feetility advice. I will tell her to take vitamin D supplements though!

@KatBeCool - so happy for you!! 😊

@Mrs71 apparently it CAN get better! Just one day later and my lining today was 9mm!!! That's amazing! But I suppose having seven follicles helps since they produce a ton of oestrogen. There were still seven today, 13-15.5mm. So trigger is Saturday and IUI on Monday.

@Mrs71 - I didn't see it, but have had a couple of smears and a speculum up there for the chlamydia test only 2 weeks ago and it honestly felt triple the size think they usually get a smaller one out for me... I know they did for the chlamydia test for sure (doesn't bode well for future vaginal birth fun does it 😂 )

@queenqueenqueen I think you should check with your GP just in case. They will probably say the same as mine but still worth checking.

Yeah @rosettar, makes it a 2 week cycle for me (well 17 days) very strange 😕