The Hut of Gl/Doom... Please don't ask about our reproductive plans as a smack round the head with TCOYF often offends

Hi all,

thank you for the licks LOTGK made me laugh!

Hairy, what a nightmare! They are vague, vague vague those fertility people and then they start talking and it all becomes more confusing.
Hope they give you a firm date soon.
6 months might sound poo, but it is a lot better than the three years people were waiting in my area. Sorry not much help, but could be worse.

Galway how did you get on with the bloods. Will you hear soon about the results?

AF arrived for me after 24 days this time, so better than 21 days last time.
I should be going for the donor embryo cycle in November. Not really thinking about this in depth, but thoughts of a strange child, looking like the postman keep popping into my head.

hairy - sorry to hear you are battling the system, hope you get some good way to vent all the frustration.

I have "waste of time" blood tests to go get tomorrow, day 21 progesterone check, when I am on progesterone suppliments. And AMH test to tell me how ancient and useless my eggs are...... I just hope that when they try to tell me the results they will not be offended when I stick my fingers in my ears and "La la la la" loudly. I don't want to know!.

I am so fucked off today and have just had a mini meltdown. :( so I have ventured in here to let off steam.

First I phoned IVF Wales who said they aren't treating anyone privately for at least six months. What a fucking smack in the face, that was our plan b for Dec/Jan.

Then I phoned to chase up my lap and dye 'wait' and she said 'it won't be too long'. What the fuck is 'too long' or 'not too long' - why are they so friggin vague?

...and breathe... it turns out it should be the next few weeks I find out the date, and there is another centre set up to do private IVF locally :)

oooh so we are still cycle buddies then

i missed you all too

The absinthe disappears.

I am 4dpo and starting progesterone again (why do I put myself through the torture?)

Rowing - how is the cycling going?

LOTGK - I have missed you

ok, we are still ttc. dh didnt want to stop just yet so we decided to give it a go. boubt it'll work, but hey ho. am currently 5dpo and bricking it.

how is everyone? absinthe?

I am currently in waiting for ov, think it might have been today, but will know in next couple of days.

Well done on the cycling, even if it is will clock-watching and all that, it is better than my pathetic attempts at pretending to do exercise!!!

Hi all,

Galway, that IS peculiar isn't it - the 10 day thing!
I do think the exercise bike thing is helping, I drag it in front of the telly and watch something, whilst obsessively checking the clock to see if I can stop yet. The moment I reach 20 minutes I am off of it like the seat is on fire.
Only problem is I'm still eating cake, so better toned, but it's all under a layer of lard.
Have you had a bfp this cycle?

Re the hut, it may have slipped down too far in 'Conception' for people to see it, but hopefully they are all doing better.

Rowing - it must be something wierd with a new moon or something, as my cycle last month was only 19 days, ov'd on day 10 too I thought. I just blamed it on a post-m/c hormonal blip!

I had all the tests including the thyroid one and all came back negative. All except the pregnant clotting one that showed raised levels so I have now been told 150mg asprin daily from positive test.

I am theoretically trying to get fit and lose a few pounds at the moment, but in reality, just being a bit lazy with the odd occasion of exercise! But am going to get massage for relaxation and relief of muscle tension. Hoping this will help!

Hope you get your cycle sorted and continue with your cycling for fitness! Sure the next clinic session will go well.

It is funny that this thread is so quiet at the moment, hope that means that everyone else is having a positive time at the moment and in no need of the hut!

Hi all,

Galway, have you had all the tests now? I am probably going senile, but did you still have to have thyroid?
Is anything being done to change the 'window' which is currently very large and has been left open accidentally?

I have had a funny cycle, last one was only 21 days and this cycle I seem to have ovulated at day 10, so hmm! Not really going to work for flying out to a foreign country.
I have emailed my two possible clinics to say I am going to wait until the end of October, mainly to get back into a normal pattern.
Have been doing 20 mins on my exercise bike every day, very slowly, like an old vicar, but still, it's something isn't it!
Will be in tip top form for the embryos, she says hopefully.

nothing happening here! What about you rowing?

'Ello ello ello! What's going on here?
Anybody with any news?
Galway?
TTOM?

Hi all,

Galway, ooo, that sounds interesting about the clotting test. I have read that is quite a common cause of miscarriage, on the many TTC threads I have joined. SO you have a bfp, with the aspirin this could be good, couldn't it!
I didn't really 'get' the thing about the window for implantation, are the consultants doing anything about that?

TTOM I always feel a bit funny giving information on here, it wouldn't take a genius to figure out who I am. I suppose it just takes being on the wrong thread at the right time.
Don't want to do the old 'my friend was polycystic' which I'm sure you get a lot, BUT my friend went on a very low-sugar diet and conceived her son. She also has some other issues though, something to do with platelets, which means she is always cold. Not sure how that could have impacted on her ability to conceive.

I do sympathise with you, it was so hard when we were still TTC au naturelle, every month was stressful. We had to have sex at the right time or one of us would be upset, which isn't very conducive to actually doing anything.

I am feeling sad, but haven't got time to dwell because school goes back next week and the whole Summer seems to have been taken up with the last FET, so I am now panic buying school uniform. On top of this DP is really not talking about much, I think the pressure is really getting to him.

LOTGK I'm glad you are at peace with your decision, you did sound so unhappy, that's no way to live life, and there is a lot of life to live.

Hi ladies, I'm an old timer but had to name change as was outed in RL. I'm just in the process of being fobbed off by the FC so feeling a bit down. Haven't gone through a fraction of what some of you ladies have so feel a bit of a fraud but am now at the point of wanting to scream at / shake each pregnant friend as they make their big announcement. It's been 12 months now and I've just been told I'm polycystic but they're not going to do anything about it. Grr!

Hi Rowing, I got my results, all normal except the TEG clotting one, so on asprin from positive test (yesterday!), not relying on this current one as tests staying very very faint over last three days. When do you start on the next stage? Is it a couple of months? Sorry the last frosties did not make it.

I think LOTGK might be not coming this way again. But I have been pleased to read that she is at peace with stopping ttc now. I will miss her being around the hut.

I'm here too! Teasonme are you new?
I am in between fertility treatment and it's a all a bit much so this is a good place to come.
We had our last two embryos transferred and they did their best, but didn't grow so it's all a bit sad and feels quite 'endy' because we won't be using our own gene pool after this.
We are going to be trying donor egg/sperm due to age and my blocked and damaged tubes.
What is your situation?

Galway it's funny calling you a different name. How are things? Did you get the other tests done yet?

LOTGK are you looking in?

GPS how's tricks? Are you moving soon?

theteasonme - I'm here, I am r'days in a different disguise. Are you ok?

Is anyone still around in here?

Hi everyone,
sorry should have come back and let you all know what happened.
The transfer went OK, it was quick and I was on the flight home the same day. Unfortunately, even though the embryo implanted, it stopped growing so the transfer didn't work out.
I am feeling quite sad now because it was the last of our embryos and I won't be undergoing IVF again, so we are now moving on to donor embryos. Haven't even had time to think about it, just starting the whole process again, and I feel absolutely drained and exhausted.
DP has gone very quiet.

Hi Rowing - how you doing? hoping your little frosties are settling down nicely! How many did you have transfered?
Sorry I've not been on sooner - been mental with builders and then Harry's little welcome to the world party...

Rainbow how you doing?

Hello to everyone else x

Ohh forgot to say, the people in Italy still sorting out administration issues so the whole thing's still up in the air - driving me a bit mad to be honest - I guess its a distraction from other stuff though

Hey Rowing Things are ok at the moment, just trundling along going to accupuncture and the herbalist and hoping that af turns up this weekend so then at least I'd be on a semi normal cycle length.Going camping with DS from tomorrow, will be lovely.

How's things with you then? so you should be on day 10? when can you test? I can see what you mean about having been through it all so many times before, maybe that's good - I mean if you are a bit blase then at least you aren't worrying yourself senseless over it.

Hmm, progesterone rage is that like roid rage only with more swearing? Have a good weekend then dear, thinking of you and the frosties

Thanks GPS how are things with you? Any more clarity on where you will be living in the next 12 months?
I don't have much to report on the frosties, not much happening, this is day 3, so they would probably have implanted, or not by now.
Bit boring really, have been here so many time already, but trying to visualise a positive test whenever I feel a bit resigned or start planning the next move.
Very volatile all the hormones though,taking progesterone makes me feel a bit of a rage. Should had heard me in the car.