Welcome bayeauxt, indeed you have been lurking for a long time now! My MC was in July and I'm only just getting a "normal" cycle right now. I guess sometimes it just takes some time for our bodies to sort themselves out. So here's hoping that this one will be it for you.
louise any news? I'm hoping all has turned out not to be as bad as you thought. I'm thinking of you.
cake thanks for doing the list, indeed it's right for me, was on CD30 yesterday, that is, 9 or 11 days past ovulation, depending on who I ask. Am still feeling positive about it all. Not because I really think I'll get a BFP, but rather, because my cycle has finally sorted itself out. Yay!
lee how good to hear from you And how exciting. I'm sure if you do get a BFP, although somewhat unintentionally, you will be ready for it then - and will be able to deal with it all. Your story reminds me of times bygone... When you really, really don't want to get pg but you think "just this once" (or rather, you don't think at all) and then you're worried sick for two weeks until AF arrives... if only people had told us earlier that it is not always so easy to get pg!
tfls how are things going? I sort of remember you wanted to know about "my" cycle-tea... still interested? Haven't been taking it yet, will start next cycle if this one doesn't work out.
zayja I happen to know a little something about fertility treatment. First, I'd be a bit suspicious of a doctor who doesn't first ask for the man's sperm to be tested - it is the easiest and cheapest of tests, and yet, sometimes it only gets done after the woman has suffered through complicated, invasive, and expensive diagnostics. Although in some cases, there are good reasons for doing it this way. Also, for the sperm, they will want to re-do the test three months later - so if you are thinking of starting treatment soon, you should better get the first sperm test done quickly.
Second, the test where they check your tubes for permeability is actually linked to higher fertility. It appears that in some cases, the tubes are slightly blocked. The test actually clears them out, so in the cycle immediately following the test, your chances to conceive (naturally!) are actually higher than before.
So, on the one hand, I'd say: Get that dye into your tubes ASAP and you'll be pg before x-mas . On the other hand, I'd say: Send your DH for a sperm test instead, have a relaxed holiday time, start doing your own tests in January - you won't be starting treatment proper until March or so anyway. This also means that you will be giving your future bean an extra chance or two to be conceived naturally anyway. I hope this helps. Feel free to ask other questions. Though I'm not a doctor, but I've been talking to women doing IVF for two years now.