The millionth 2ww

Heys girls!

@ANP2020 God i know what you mean with trying to lose weight...I have exactly the same thing where I weigh heavier at AF and at ovulation so it does not help at all! Glad to hear you are in your fertile window and managing to dtd alot. I am keeping my fingers crossed for you. We need a BFP soon on this group for sure!

I am currently 13DPO today and my BBT has dropped this morning so AF arriving tomorrow more than likely. I am ok about it, I already had a feeling it was on its way anyway as I got my progesterone results back and it was only 24.7 nmol/L which is only 0.6 up from last month so didn't make much difference being on the higher dose. So I have been upped to 7.5mg this month and got to go again with the day 21 progesterone blood test and see how that goes. It is really frustrating to think that the 2 months on Letrozole have felt like they was wasted as I didn't respond to the doses but I know it is all trial and error and just finding that dose that my body will respond well too. So fingers crossed the 7.5mg is the one!

Hope everyone else is doing ok?

x

Hey guys

how are we all? So I’m cycle day 14 today, we’ve dtd three times so far during this fertile window! It’s so tough to dtd on demand! Such an effort haha! I’m going to try and see if we can manage again tonight. Hard to stay motivated when it’s the 100th month trying haha!!

still feeling hopeful but as I’m monitoring my weight closely I’ve noticed I’ve been holding weight or gaining over the past two days and I’ve googled it (of course) and weight gain due to water retention is a thing!! Who knew!! Life is unfair isn’t it when your dieting weight gain and ovulation, weight gain at AF 🤣 only leaves a two week window to lose anything!!

@Annapolis35 im sorry to hear that you need another procedure it must feel as though it’s just one thing after another! But your health is the most important thing and at least you’ll have peace of mind it’s all sorted before you fall pregnant! I hope it all goes ok! I hope they can answer all your questions about how it will affect future pregnancies

@Shaker21 how you getting on? did you get your progesterone result?

@Jen05p welcome 😊

That’s fantastic @Shaker21 the bbt looks really good! Sounds like your progesterone is rising really nicely so let us know how the blood test goes. Fingers crossed for you.

@Jen05p I had abnormal cells and high risk HPV following a smear test so had to have a LLETZ before Christmas and now need another one as the first procedure didn’t remove all the bad cells. I’m just focusing now on getting this out of the way and recovering from it, then in March be back on ttc once all has healed. It’s been a bit of an ordeal but will just take one thing at a time.

@Shaker21 ahh fingers crossed!! Hope the increased dose helps.

Mine is not for a "reason" as such, I think they just want to explore some options to help with the conceiving. As my blood tests and tubes check all went well. I think it's almost like an extra boost to ensure I ovulate (which I do every month so it's very frustrating). Hope it does work but it was our first cycle so maybe the next time.

@Shaker21 sorry just went back to the first page and saw this is your second cycle with an increased dose.

Hi @Jen05p I had my 1st round last month of 2.5mg and currently 9DPO on 2nd round of 5mg. I do them unmonitored without trigger. I ovulate on my own naturally and have regular cycles but my progesterone isn't high enough in luteal phase so been put on Letrozole to have a stronger ovulation/egg to increase progesterone. 2.5mg didn't do it enough so been on 5mg and waiting for blood results to see if that has done the trick. What are you on Letrozole for?

Hi @Annapolis35 thanks for the welcome and letting me know about @Shaker21. Apologies I wasn't on the old thread. What's the reason for the cervix stitch?

@Shaker21 hii thanks! I'm also on cylogest since 2 days after the trigger. I partly think my af is coming soon but this progesterone is delaying it. I am going to test tomorrow which would be 14 days since the trigger and I guess take it from there. How many cycles of letrozole have you had/with or without trigger? I think my case is more unexplained at the moment but they haven't concluded that as of yet as I'm about 1 and half years trying for second.

Hey girls. I am feeling a lot better than I was thanks. I am 9DPO today and can tell that progesterone has been ramped up this cycle. I have had way more stuff happening like nausea, heartburn, vivid dreams about positive pregnancy tests...my BBT seems to be going well so far so just waiting and seeing what's happening. I should get my day 21 progesterone blood test results tomorrow or Tuesday so looking forward to seeing what they say.

Sorry to hear that you've got to take maybe another month off ttc @Annapolis35 but definitely need to make sure your health is first especially with abnormal cells like that.

Glad you managed to find the new thread @ANP2020 haha! You sound like you're alot more upbeat and positive than before which is really nice!

Yes any questions you have @Jen05p I may be able to help with let me know xx

@Shaker21 really sorry about the pregnancy announcement. I hate those people who have sex once in the month - fuckers haha. I hope you’re ok and must be nearing end of 2ww wait now? Let us know how you get on.

Hi everyone sorry I must have missed the alerts too. @pinkpirlie its such an anxious time and I really hope everything goes ok for you. Maybe get a scan at 9/10 weeks? I hope you’re recovered from Covid now?

@ANP2020 welcome back and that’s amazing on the weight loss! Well done. I’m glad you’re feeling positive about everything!

well my AF did arrive bang on time but unfortunately I have been called back in to have more treatment on my cervix. I don’t know what it means for fertility or on a future pregnancy but will have a month out minimum. So everything is quite uncertain again and I’ve been feeling a bit down about it as I was so looking forward to things looking up for us. I have a lot of questions for the doctor and need to make sure this doesn’t affect fertility, and from what I’ve read, I would probably need to have a stitch put into my cervix and be monitored more closely if I ever got pregnant again. But this is the priority as the abnormal cells are quite serious. So just trying to be positive about things and not get too down. I am worried as I am 35 and things just seem to be against us in ever having a child.

@Jen05p welcome to the long ttc club! @Shaker21 is also on letrozole so may be able to offer some advice. I am hoping this does it for you. It’s all so stressful

Hi all, hope it's okay if I join. I'm ttc2. Baby No1 is 2.5yrs old and was conceived naturally approximately after 15-16 cycles. It's taking "long" again and I think we are at about 17 cycles. I went private and have finished first round of letrozole 5mg and ovitrelle trigger. Currently 10dpo from approx the trigger last Monday (maybe peak last Wednesday). I got really bad cramps last night about 4am which woke me up. Feel on and off today so really just think it's AF coming in few days as it's happened so many times before.

I've had all the fertility tests and all came back fine. My partner recently had SA so although we have the results waiting for my fertility DR to review as we are unsure what it really means. His GP said they look fine but he's not an expert ?! Let's see.

Hello everyone!!

well I completely missed the new thread!! Even though I’d been tagged I must’ve missed the emails! So I went to the old one to catch up and found my way!!!

how is everyone? I can’t believe it’s been a year! Well I definitely thought I’d be pregnant or have a little one now but how naive I was haha! All my friends who were trying last year with me have now all had their babies so it’ll be our turn soon!

im feeling positive about this cycle! About to enter fertile window tomorrow! Although I feel it’s dangerous to feel positive haha! But I’ve been doing my keto diet for some time checked my fasting blood sugars this am and they’ve finally dropped to a healthy range! I’m about 2 stone down from original weight now (had to re loose everything that went back on when my Nan died) and I feel healthy! Although I’m rattling with vitamins 🤣🤣

had my day three tests repeated again this cycle and FSH, LH and oestrdiol all within range!!! So 🤞🤞🤞 i just actually have to muster up the energy to start trying 🤣 we didn’t bother last month and had a month out.

I’ve got an appointment to discuss a formal pcos diagnosis early March so we’ll see!

@Annapolis35 im
delighted the house sale has gone through what a huge relief!! I’m so so pleased! that progesterone is good! Anything over 30 confirms ovulation!

@Shaker21 im sorry that all sounds rough! I wonder why the progesterone ended up lower than the non medicated one! Maybe just your body getting used to it! Hopefully the increase will help! I’ve got everything crossed for u!
sorry about the announcement, it’s so hard to hear when you’ve been struggling to get pregnant! I’m always happy for people but it’s also feels like another knock! The thing that usually helps is not knowing their history - ie could’ve been trying for ages! But knowing what you know makes it a little bit harder! But yours will be so close I’m sure! It’s going to be a good year!

@pinkpirlie i bet it was such a relief seeing that little heartbeat ❤️ I’m so happy for you!

welcome @kalixxx how u getting on! And congratulations @saltandvinegar1 x

Hey @Annapolis35

That progesterone level seems really good 👍🏻 I think going private for your oh is a good idea too. Can only be a good thing and a lot quicker too! Sorry to hear AF is arriving...it does become such the norm when it happens over and over for so many months.

I am doing ok, I have been struggling the past few days or so. I found out on Thursday last week that my sister is pregnant. They weren't trying yet and only had sex once 3 days before ovulation so is a really kicker! I am 3DPO today and got my next blood test Friday for day 21 progesterone after being on 5mg letrozole this cycle so shall wait and see what that comes back and where to go from there.

Hope everyone else is doing ok x

Hey @Annapolis35

That progesterone level seems really good 👍🏻 I think going private for your oh is a good idea too. Can only be a good thing and a lot quicker too! Sorry to hear AF is arriving...it does become such the norm when it happens over and over for so many months.

I am doing ok, I have been struggling the past few days or so. I found out on Thursday last week that my sister is pregnant. They weren't trying yet and only had sex once 3 days before ovulation so is a really kicker! I am 3DPO today and got my next blood test Friday for day 21 progesterone after being on 5mg letrozole this cycle so shall wait and see what that comes back and where to go from there.

Hope everyone else is doing ok x

Afternoon ladies hope you’re all doing ok? I am probably cycle day 1 today, had some brown discharge and now waiting for AF to arrive (I’m certain it will). I just found out my progesterone day 21 test from December as I think we are gonna see a fertility consultant privately - my oh was referred for a sperm analysis and the local ish center has said they can’t do it and referred us to a hospital 100s of miles from us so we are gonna get a private one instead.

Anyway the long and short of it is that the level was 43.4 which I think is good? She didn’t say which measurement but I am guessing n/mol. Hope you’re all ok… I feel quite positive and ok re AF, it’s happened so many times now I can’t bring myself to get sad about it arriving anymore.

Fantastic news @pinkpirlie I am chuffed for you. Scans are such an anxious time so I am very glad you saw a heartbeat! Yea fingers crossed over here but I’ve learnt to not think “this is the month” as it never has been so far! X

@pinkpirlie hoping everything went ok for you xx

Hey ladies how are you all doing? I am cycle day 21 and I think I ovulated sometime last week and we dtd eod or thereabouts so are covered. Am feeling alright though, hope you’re all fine xxx

Hey @Shaker21 thats quite dispiriting and I hope the increase of the dosage has a better impact. How do you feel about it?

I am doing alright, am on day 14 or 15 so in my likely fertile week. We are just dtd every other day/every 2 days. I am not tracking now and won’t again so that’s quite nice. I am feeling pretty good, it’s nice for the stress of the house to be gone and to be able to relax fully again! I am trying to get away from having ttc as a focus of my life and just enjoy being without having a baby, it’s definitely helping having that mindset

Hey guys.

Just sending an update over from me...

AF arrived yesterday after my 1st round of letrozole 2.5mg. I got my blood test results back and progesterone was 24.1 nmol/L which is lower than my previous unmedicated cycle where progesterone was at 32.2 nmol/L I think. So any way, fertility consultant said it was still on the lower side so I am starting 2nd round of Letrozole today of 5mg dose and will have another blood test to check progesterone this cycle also.

Hope everyone is doing ok? How are you all? X

Today is CD11 for me and I've just had a positive OPK which is freaking me out lol usually I don't get one until CD13 or 14! So I guess my 2WW starts again today/tomorrow, hopefully I will be able to control myself when it comes to testing this month!

@saltandvinegar1 congratulations 💕