TTC #1, cycle 13 and fed up! Whose with me?

Everything crossed cautiously for you @Theawkwardblonde 💐

Probably good that they know though @Theawkwardblonde, fingers crossed.

I had my covid jab yesterday and it’s absolutely destroyed me today lol. Feeling better now but I better have some decent antibodies after the 24 hours I’ve had

@Theawkwardblonde ah I've been wondering if you're police or not. No wonder you're so stressed! So pleased your pregnant hun, hope all goes smoothly. I guess you'll go for an early scan? X

@Theawkwardblonde so did you have to tell them then? How many dpo are you? Xx

@Rosie189 not too long then! It's defo a positive step honey. Yeah we have those to complete before our private consultation in March. Did the questionnaire for the nhs yesterday as we have a virtual appointment on weds. Thank you 😘

@notyetamumbuttrying My tests are Thursday. Feeling much better about it actually. Think I was just having a wobble as it makes the possibility of having ivf feel very real. It’s feeling more like a positive step now. I think if everything is ok we’ll probably just keep trying naturally for another 6 months or so and then go for ivf if we still haven’t had any luck but either way hopefully we’ll be pregnant or doing ivf at some point this year. I have quite a few online forms and consent things to look at so need to spend some time doing those. Although don’t think we need to complete them till before consultant appointment which is another 6 weeks away. Hope your appointment goes all ok.

@thislittlebird good going! Let us know x
@Rosie189 how are you lovely? Still nervous about the tests? Are they early next week or late? I have a virtual call on weds, filled out a questionnaire so I guess it's to go through those answers before we get seen in person.

Congratulations @Theawkwardblonde finger crossed that everything works out for you!

@Theawkwardblonde wow, tentative congrats! Fingers crossed for you x

It’s super hard to know @notyetamumbuttrying. Because if they’re going to put me on progesterone tablets of some kind or on clomid then I want to get cracking with that straight away. If I need a hycosy first then I want to get it out of the way, too much time lost already to waiting around. I emailed the private clinic last night. Can’t hurt to talk to them about how they would proceed, hopefully they’ll reply today or Monday.

@thislittlebird yeah it is long! I would speak to the private clinic if you can. Or if you can wait until you get your letter through with nhs first as perhaps it's quicker now. Our situation is different in that it's male factor and he had to see a urologist first. If it's just to put you on clomid first rather than straight to ivf, it might go quicker and you get the drugs soon...hard to know what to do for the best isn't it x
@Theawkwardblonde wow wee great news!! Understand your caution but congrats 🥳 all the same x

God that’s a long time @notyetamumbuttrying. If they’re going to do something like put me on clomid I don’t really want to wait months for that, you know? Wondering if it’s worth asking the private clinic what next steps would be.

Also, GP told me before they needed to put us on the right path, and I guess I’m on the non ovulation path now. Not sure if that will be quicker because more drugs based initially? Dunno.

@thislittlebird sorry to hear but great you're getting referred! I got bloods and scan done with the gp, and we got the referral based off dhs sa result. This was bk in sept and the referral then came through urology as he had to get tests with them first. So we've technically been waiting since December for this feb appointment but it's more like September as that's when we first got tested.

Finally got my test results from nhs 21 day tests and I’ve got low progesterone. It’s 10 and should be 30. So they’re referring us today. Have been waiting so long so I’m just pleased to get the nhs referral.

Did you get your first nhs fertility appointment @notyetamumbuttrying? I’m struggling to recall. If you did, how long did it take from referral to appointment?

Hope your AF came eventually @Theawkwardblonde

@Rosie189 similar timelines and tests as us! Best of luck lovely 😊 don't be terrified, all positive steps forward! X

Booked private scan and bloods for next week. DH will have another private SA done. Then booked consultation for mid March with a private dr. I’m mainly terrified about taking this next step but hoping it’s a positive one.

@CurbsideProphet ooh March will be great if you do! We're looking more n more likely to go private so if we do we should be starting end of March all going well!

We haven't watched the Rhod Gilbert yet. DH is quite sad and emotional so I don't like to suggest it.
@notyetamumbuttrying I keep reminding myself we will likely end up paying for at least one round anyway, so it's better to hold my nerve now for our NHS round. We might get to start in March 🤞🏻

@Rosie189 good he's opened up and is happy with the plan. Mine asked me today when we will start if we went private. I was like erm the appointments are booked in so as long as it's short protocol we'll start at my next period after then. Would be 30th March.
Good luck with contacting the clinic and your gp!
@CurbsideProphet yeah makes sense! A few months is not a bad wait time. I hope you find out soon!
@thislittlebird I still need to watch it and was going to suggest watching it last night but chickened out 🙈. Will suggest it Friday as we're both off then.
Cd2 today and feeling particularly meh 😕

@CurbsideProphet I think cause we’re unexplained at the moment we’d have to wait to the two year mark for treatment. Although obviously if I could get my scan it may something may show up. Going to contact private clinic this week then will look at getting back in touch with GP after that.

[quote CurbsideProphet]@thislittlebird my fibroid is a bit of an issue in that it is close to my left ovary, but it's nowhere near the endometrium which would would have been a concern. It's definitely medium sized, not small.
DH has recorded the Rhod Gilbert documentary. He wants to watch it on his own. I'll encourage him to watch it soon if you thought it was good.[/quote]
That’s good @CurbsideProphet, glad it’s not too obstructive.

Yeah I really enjoyed he RG programme. He did a great job of making it funny and also sensitive.

@Rosie189 fertilitynetworkuk.org/trying-to-conceive/nhs-funding/scotland/