Right. Started my period this morning, onto cycle 12 and I mean BUSINESS. No one seems to want to talk to us until we've been suffering endlessly for over 48 years, so I'm taking matters into my own hands.
I've obviously read all there is to know about conception and what you should/shouldn't take bla dee bla but I'm looking to go back to basics and would like some MN knowledge, please.
Me:
- 28 years old
- Regular periods my entire life
- Average cycle 29 - 30 days
- Average luteal phase 12 days
- Periods usually last about 4-5 days with only 2-3 days of heavy bleeding, not too much cramping
- Quit smoking a year ago
- Don't drink much alcohol
- 1-2 cups coffee a day
- Breathtakingly beautiful and perfect in every way
- Healthy diet - I calorie count on My Fitness Pal, diet is mainly Mediterranean as I live in France
- Have had 2 chemicals, I believe, but also possible that the lines were evaps and it was just a dodgy batch
DH:
- 31 years old
- Never had a period 🙂
- Healthy, works out, good diet, quit smoking a year ago, no issues in the bedroom, good sex drive, very good at getting things off of high shelves etc etc
Supplements I take:
- 120mg - 240mg CoQ10 daily
- Folic acid daily
- Vit D daily
- Vit C every now and then
Supplements DH takes:
- 120mg CoQ10 daily as long as I have enough left for me, if so, he goes down to once every couple of days until we can get more
- Vit D
I bought Maca powder recently, I've read the good and the bad but I think I'm willing to give it a go, so will take 1 tsp daily and DH probably will do the same.
Mentally, I'm flitting between "I'm so fucking DONE with TTC screw babies and their stupid little STUPID faces, I don't need one!" or wailing on the bathroom floor in a puddle of my own tears, OR floating around the house in an impenetrable bubble of positivity repeating the mantra "everything will work out in the end" whilst waving around smoky sage and fairy tears. So all in all, pretty good.
I'd just like some advice, really.