Fertility Appointments and Beyond.... the journey continues

@PurpleUnicorn01 I’ve been having a small clear out and started eBaying stuff lately.

So my period slowly picked up pace. I do wonder if the acupuncture did help, took nearly 24 hours before it was looking heavier/more normal. And then I got my regular hormonal migraine so in a way going in on Saturday is helpful because otherwise I’d have been going in today with the migraine still ongoing.

@thislittlebird i love a rage clean! I mostly lob things out lol

@beckyCarlos seriously, sometimes I have to wonder how we got here. 🙃

I did stab a box of dettol wipes that wouldn’t open with scissors quite aggressively, that made me feel better for like ten seconds. I’ve been rage cleaning and tidying. We decided to get some decorating done so I’ve also been applying testers to the wall. I can’t focus on work very well so I’ve just been doing the bare minimum and some of my own stuff to feel better.

@thislittlebird 🤣 what struggling to conceive does to us! Controversially perhaps, I'd say do the bare minimum for work, just what you absolutely NEED to for today, otherwise let yourself feel everything youre feeling, cry, shout, hit some cushions, stress eat, rage nap (is that a thing?) ... this sucks, let it out, and we're all here for you x

@beckyCarlos my life has reached the stage where I got some red blood and took a photo so I could prove it if I needed to at the clinic 😭🙃😩. This is a terrible existence.

I too have been down the ‘how to make your period...’ Google search rabbit 🕳 . In my case it was be heavier and something worked for one month but not much helped overall.

I’m at home alone and should be working but I can’t, sorry to my employer but I’m struggling to remain even vaguely calm. I did a mindful ivf meditation, then I put some classical music on and that just made me cry.

I’m going to tidy the house so I’m doing something.

I think @Gracie2021 will have started by now too.

@thislittlebird amazing news about your tests! So bittersweet with your bleed though, maybe the acupuncture will have kick started things and its taking a couple of days to work through. Although I say this as someone who was mad as a wasp before christmas because my second covid vax made me miss a period fucking up my dates (before I knew about the polyp)... i started googling 'how to make your period come' and there was nothing helpful although you could look up acupressure points that you massage (similar to where they do puncture) but it didn't work for me. I didnt know the womb could reabsorb the liking. Wtf. Bodies are insane (and really uncompliant!)

Sending you lots of love and hugs (and alcohol) x x

@PurpleUnicorn01 I actually went on Tuesday, maybe it was too late to have a positive impact on my silly body. But I hadn’t been for over a month because of Christmas and was due to go a week earlier and cancelled. I’ve tried to book again and will keep going regularly.

Hopefully this lame period will be enough but I wanted it all to go to plan, and nope. Can’t manage that 🙃

@thislittlebird great news about your results but so annoying about your bleed. Are you going to book back into acupuncture? Its great for stress too.

They’ve booked me to come in for a scan on Saturday. I really wanted all this to go well. She said they want to see fresh red blood and of course I can’t produce any of that this month 😭. I don’t know what happens if they scan me and I’ve not bled properly.

@Juno231 I’m so sick of all this. It’s definitely started but it’s not going to be a normal period for me, by the looks of it. I’ve asked the clinic if they want me to come in tomorrow, worst case it’s next month instead, I guess. The nurse I saw at Care a year ago said your body can reabsorb the lining when stressed so maybe it’s that.

Just got off the phone to the doctor and all my thyroid, prolactin results were fine!!!! I fasted this time because the internet said it was best to do so with prolactin tests, even if my doctor didn’t mention it.

@thislittlebird I'm so sorry your body is playing rogue again - it's typical isn't it! A few days delay won't matter in the grand scheme of things though, hopefully AF shows asap. Let us know how the doctor's thyroid/prolactin update goes!

August 2020 and Jan 2021, I mean. From Feb 2021 I started acupuncture.

Everything is going wrong. Now I haven’t had a proper bleed. I had this issue for months between August 2020 and Jan 2020. From Feb 2020 I started acupuncture and it went back to normal. In October I missed acupuncture and it happened again, then December I missed it for over a month and guess what? I’m not bleeding properly again. I’m so tired and stressed and can’t even start ivf.

I’m on hold to the doctor for my thyroid and prolactin results.

@PurpleUnicorn01 yeah it's something done. From a bit of reading it seems thyroid issues might not be great for iVF so if it is abnormal I'm going to have to ask the doctor to speak to me urgently about it all. Talk about cutting it fine.

@thislittlebird at least your bloods are done. One thing off the list!

@beckyCarlos imagine them saying that 😩

So I rang for my test results (Gp ones) and the lady on the phone said my live, kidney, bone and FBC are all fine but my thyroid and prolactin haven’t been reviewed by a doctor yet. Erm well why would they review the same results separately? I can only assume that means they’re not within normal range which is why a doctor is reviewing them. I have to call back tomorrow but I have no idea what all this means for the ivf.

It never comes when you actually want it does it 🤣 hopefully the people there didn't say 'are you sure youre not pregnant'! Fingers crossed it shows up soon x

AF did not arrive today. Pffft. This is typical. We went for our blood tests anyway, guess I’ll be going back in a couple of days.

@beckyCarlos right, I agree! I’m not missing my slot I’m sorry lol. My cycle might have started tomorrow anyway.

Yeah @thislittlebird definitely go for the blood tests! If its anything that needs you to be CD1 you can just go back another day (i am so cynical now 🤣 6 months ago I'd have said 'oh no, ring and make another appt, but not now 🤣)

@PurpleUnicorn01 that’s what I think too. I don’t want to give them the opportunity to tell us to go away and come back another day when he can’t just take other days off.

@thislittlebird id get the bloods done at least personally

@beckyCarlos I hate that sheet! They're so small lol.

That's come round really fast, good news.

So I have a dilemma. I read the IVF appointment email and it says reschedule if you haven't started your period. I haven't, I'm hoping it'll be tomorrow, but I don't know what to do about the appointment. We both need blood tests, if you were me would you just turn up anyway and tell them you're here for the bloods because your DH has scheduled the day off?

@thislittlebird I always seem to rip the paper sheet that they give you! I've just looked at the BPAS website and thats really interesting! Thanks for flagging it!

So, for me, fingers crossed, but I'm looking to start downregging on my next cycle, so end of feb! With stims mid March, and egg collection w/c 28th... eeeek!

Forgot to add Guys FET price is £1,400. Similar, but good to see more options for more affordable treatment popping up.