One year+ TTC part 4

@Netflixnchilli I'm ok :) Nearly 27 weeks now 😬 Not too long to go now!

So happy for you @NatW2021 … I remember that feeling, you must be on cloud 9 🥰 enjoy every second x

Congratulations @NatW2021!!! such fantastic news!

how is everyone else doing? Are there many of us still here TTC?xx

@NatW2021 Yay! That's brilliant news 😬

@NatW2021 such amazing news, completely, completely thrilled for you. Enjoy every second! X

@NatW2021 ahh how exciting, it's so magical seeing that little heartbeat! Have you got your booking appointment scheduled??

We have a gender scan booked for Sunday when I will be 16+1 and I cannot wait!

Thank you Ladies I had my 7 week scan today and saw a little heartbeat I still honestly can't believe it!! X

@NatW2021 congratulations! All the good wishes for a healthy pregnancy ❤️

@Koalie @TheBirdintheCave @missmoosh Thank you!!!! We are cautiously very happy I'm still in total shock 😭😭

Oh my goodness @NatW2021 that is a very real positive! Over the moon for you. Soak it all in and enjoy telling hubby 🫶🏼 x

@NatW2021 Oh my gosh! Congratulations :D

@NatW2021 oh bless you, I know the feeling, what's helped me a bit is just saying I'm pregnant until told otherwise. I would defo tell your husband though, regardless of what happens his support will be needed!
Will you be able to get access to an early scan?
So happy for you!!! ❤️

@FlyOnTheWall89 @missmoosh I am in total shock and disbelief!! I wasn't going to test but my pains have been really bad and thought if something is happening then it's got to be postive if not I will stop symptom spotting.

I've done more tests and all positive, after 2 1/2 years of torture and heartbreak here we are. I am massively guarded and don't even want to tell my husband incase something bad happens but for now after seeing a million negative tests I need to just embrace this 💕

@NatW2021 you are defo not seeing things!!! Congratulations!

@NatW2021 omg omg 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼. You are not seeing things.

Ladies please tell me I'm not seeing things!!! I'm 5dp5dt I've had severe back pain and intense cramping.

Honestly I am in disbelief and convincing myself it's a false positive

@Koalie Wonderful news 💙 congratulations and such a lovely time of year to enjoy the newborn bubble. I keep reminding myself I could be holding my baby this time next year 🙏 xxxx

@Koalie Congratulations! 😬😬 I hope you're enjoying your delicious newborn snuggles 🥰

@AgeGapBbe I remember you :) Congratulations to you too! Fingers crossed for a sticky bean :)

@FlyOnTheWall89 thank you! Yes we had a c section … we just got put on the ‘emergency’ list for that day, however it was still the lovely calm birth that we wanted because it wasn’t technically an emergency 🥰 x

@Koalie big congratulations!!!!!! how time flies - feels like yesterday you were wobbling re your AMH. Enjoy that perfect newborn bubble! Did you have a c sec then?

@AgeGapBbe how does this happen so so often - mega congratulations .... I've been there and it doesn't feel real. Enjoy it and take it a day at a time. I felt incredibly anxious.

@AgeGapBbe Congratulations !! That’s great news. And what a relief right before your appointment :)

I also have an update for you all. Little baby Leo made his entrance into the world on 5th December ! (the day after my birthday 😆) we had an elective c section scheduled for the 7th but my waters broke when I got into bed after a big birthday curry on the night of the 4th and so they obviously had to whip him out within 24 hours. He was a teeny tiny 6lb 10oz ☺️ x

I’ve not been on here for a long time… I was getting myself in the zone for IVF (appointment next Friday) then yesterday was THIS!

@Koalie Thanks, it's hard because I do everything in my power to make this work, you name it I've done it, including all the IVF stuff which is as you know next level for for the female. my DH wants this to work but doesn't seem open to possibility there is a deeper issue. It's nobodies fault but we need to know what we are dealing with to give us the best chance. If it was me I would have had the DNA test done 2 years ago but I've had to get the balance right with my DH. When I mtokd him what the DR said (he was in work so it was just me on the call) he seemed a little bit resistant to it potentially being a problem with his sample. It's so hard to deal with this possibility when it's not something i can personally control and I just feel like a nag telling him to do this and not do that. Sorry had to rant x

@NatW2021 good idea ! If you can also get him to have a handful of walnuts and glass of tomato juice a day, that’s also supposed to improve semen quality (my husband screwed up his face like a child whenever I gave him his with his dinner 😂)

Yes, it definitely could mean they were fertilised with good sperm if they made it to day 5 but it’s still not a guarantee. Even people with low DNA frag can have day 5 blasts with chromosomal abnormalities. X

@Koalie thanks for all that info I'm going to order them and he can get started as dont really want to wait till February time when we do the test then wait 3 months for it all take effect. Hoping we can do the next round in March if it comes to that.

So could it be that the embryos that made it to day 5 and looked good were fertilised with normal sperm from the sample? If it is DNA related we don't know yet x