Anyone else trying to get pregnant ? 3

Bayleaf - did you used to be a fireman on London's Burning???!!!

That GI stuff is really interesting - I have been told in the past I have gluten allergies and maybe this is one of the reasons I am not conceiving (can't stop eating bread and pasta!) All the recent press about the Atkins diet says it is safe - so that may be the best approach - then I could be slim AND pregnant!! Whooppee!!

Bayleaf - I have been following your experiences and wish you tons of luck and positive thoughts!

Josiejump, that's awful! We forked out for a private appointment, I shall certainly expect more for 95 quid!. You must have been so disappointed, what an anti-climax (no pun there!).

Bunny2, all I remember of our first visit to the consultant ( besides him being horribly late for the appointment making me miss an afternoons work), was being asked to go away for a month and fill in a chart detailing every time we had sex. I remember feeling cross and deflated as I knew that we were doing it often enough and at the right time, and having waited so long for an initial appointment felt that this was just wasting more time. Hope your appointment is more productive ( mine was in 1995 so I expect things are completely different now).

Well, the results of my blood tests show no hormone problems and I do ovulate so I should be able to conceive. My gp thinks itis likely that our problems stem from the fact that I have a very long and irregular cycle so pinpointing ovulation is difficult. We have been referred to the infertility clinic, does anyone have any advice about the sort of treatment I can expect. Will Clomid be prescribed for my cycle or is it more for women who do not ovulate at all?

Bayleaf, excellent news about the blastocysts ( all new to me, it would appear that the FET technology is way in advance of when I had the last one in 2001 ). Have been thinking of you and keeping fingers and toes crossed!

oh Bayleaf - I'd be testing from today and driving myself mad..! Hope you can stand to wait another few days (week?). Huge amounts of good luck vibes coming your way!

Just worked out when I maybe should be trying next month, and we're probably going to be on holiday.... I'm not 100% sure as I'm only day 19 today, so a few days either way on my cycle length and we could be around - we're only going away for 3 days, but it's looking like those 3 days if my cycle's its usual 28 days.... I hate either not being able to plan anything in advance, or keep missing attempts.

Ho hum. Can't do anything for the moment - but hope for a 26 or 31 day cycle!

bayleaf I was wondering how on earth you could already be day 8 -then remembered that the defrost started a week ago! At least this way you just have a slightly-longer-than-one-week wait!! Good luck for whenever you decide to test...

P.S. Apparently exercise is also the key in helping women with PCOS to start ovulating - my hospital dr. said it's even more important than losing weight - starts everything working apparently.

I hate exercise.... but have started doing power walks twice a week, and occasional (very occasional) bout of exercise at home!

It's not flipping easy, is it?!

Bayleaf - all sounds hopeful and exciting - fingers crossed!!

I'm also on a huge diet (bleugh) - one of the symptoms of PCOS is being overweight, and with its links to insulin problems, a low GI diet is recommended. Unfortunately I like my rice and pasta too much....! But I've lost nearly 3 stone since September (I was VERY overweight) and have about 2 to go. Hoping this will make a difference to my chances to conceive - certainly both my GP and hospital dr. were pleased I was losing weight and said it would help.

Good luck to all....!

Am I the only one who thinks "GI food" sounds like American army rations?

What is GI food? Bayleaf - how's it going?
Really hope one of us will be posting some good news over the next 4 weeks. It seems to have been a long time since we heard a 'success' story!!!!

I think we are classified as apple-shaped, the worst kind of fat to have apparently. . We are at risk from all sorts of nasties. It was great having slim legs when I lived in mini skirts but now the words mutton and lamb spring to mind.

Thanks bayleaf ... with all you are going through you still have time to support someone else ... thanks! I may be being thick though but I don't know what GI food is ... I will check out that website to find out.
bunny2 ... funny isn't it? my weight IS sitting around my middle ... and a bit around my bottom and thighs ... still got bony shoulders ... and lower legs ... mmmmmm... very interesting Meester Bond ....

Hi Bayleaf - I'm still knocking around, just find it difficult to get on the computer, what with the kids and dh hogging it.

Hope today went well and that you're taking things easy. How long will you have to wait before you know?

Ghosty, I read somewhere that extra fat, specially carried around the middle, can affect the uterus, apparently that is surrounded by fat too. So losing the spare tyre can help some women to conceive. Unfortunately my middle is whre all my weight goes. I have slim arms and legs, a great bust and about two stone in the middle.

I am hoping that having the persona device means that we don't have to bd every night from when my period stops to when it starts again. This is the approach we have adopted over the past 6 months and its exhausting!

Thanks StripyMouse ... you are a star! Glad to hear my doctor might not be barking mad!
I am a life time member of Weight Watchers so I am the queen of dieting ... so I will just have to go back there ...
Thanks again ...

Ghosty - your doctor may have hit on something, don?t know enough to be of help really other than to offer support. I know when I was trying to conceive I latched onto any idea where I felt that I could do something prqactical about it as it made me feel in control again and more positive - that is not to knock the ideas, just how I felt.

TTC can make you feel so helpless at times as you can end up thinking that there is little more you can possibly do and your body is almost "failing" to keep up its end of the bargain! The frustrating part is that there is a fair amount of science and fact involved in the successful process of making a baby and yet there is the x factor lurking around to make the best made plans go haywire at times.
Like you I was slim at conception of number 1 (not as slim as you though!) and was concerned about putting on weight afterwards affecting my fertility as I had heard the stories. I lost two stone (not just out of fertility concerns but general embarrassment and a desire to become more healthy) and then went on to try again with relatively immediate success (not bragging, sorry, just being honest). I have no idea if that played a part but I feel relieved that I did it. I am still overweight but feel ok in myself for me, IYKWIM. By many people?s build and personal body shape I am still overweight but know that I am within my own body?s "bandwidth" for want of a better word. Looking at your height and weight, I would say that it sounds pretty ok to me if I were you, but everyone has their own bandwidth and just maybe you fall slightly outside it on this occasion. I would trust your doctor and give a sensible weight loss diet a go if he/she advises it - certainly can?t hurt and might make you feel more positive by doing something other than counting days and looking at temperature charts. Good luck.

(ps I used the slimming world diet mags for inspiration as that claims it is the only diet officially approved by the midwives assoc. as being safe during pregnancy with proviso of following doctors advice...made me feel that if i did fall pregnant my baby wouldn?t be missing out if I followed a more radical diet that can lead to missing nutrients)

Thinking of you bayleaf...hoping that May/June will be a lucky time for all of us ttc. I say that every month, but you DO have to stay optimistic, don't you?

COngratulations on the job bayleaf, and hope it all goes well today.

Didn't mean the winky face in the middle there ... don't know how that happened!!