i ned some hand holding and distraction...

Panda - yippy, you have got to 7 weeks today. Things are looking good. I hope you get sensible doctors this week and not silly ones.

Picnmix - if it were me I would be using the cheap internet tests from now to be testing out the hcg. Watching it slowly disappear and then ofcourse when it reappears being certain it is 'cause you are pregnant!""" but I am a poas-aholic!

I am doing ok, I am 5+3 today, and starting to feel a little queasy at times, but generally ok. The continued gradual increase in the darkness of the hpt's is encouraging me too.

I really hope we all get what we want with babe in arms next year.

Ei hoorah for sickness it is always a reassuring symptom to have when do you get the results from your gp?

I'm liking your positive attitude Ei, I have massively high hopes for you this time.

6+6 is great!!

I have no symptoms. Nothing. Not even a sore boob. Am sat drinking decaf tea (Sainsbury Red Label - only decaf tea I've found that doesn't actually taste that bad) and googling how soon I can test after an hCG shot.

Have read that 10 days past the iui is ok to start testing as it takes 10 days for the medicated hCG to leave your system. So, Monday it is then!

(although don't mention this to my husband, he thinks we should wait until the day the nurse told us - 14 dpiui which would be Friday - waaaaaay too far away!).

Ei, I think you need to start making very loud noises if they don't sort out an early scan for you. Given your history, I would say its fairly important to work out exactly what is happening! When I had to have bloods for my mc, they took the bloods in the morning and had the results by the afternoon. You shouldn't have to wait until Tues. Naughty NHS pissing you around!

Rant over.

x

panda - so sorry you are going through this horrible limbo-land. Not fun at all. I am disgusted that they will not take you to check things out. My mum and sister both had pregnancies without ever getting positive pregnancy tests, it happens. To just leave you in this situation, knowing you are under the care of a consultant gets me cross. As you can tell, I am continuing to think positive thoughts for you, I hope you get help soon.

ei at 6 weeks you should be able to call the epu yourself and book in for a scan. I went to the same hospital for scans for both my mc's and they've got my details on record so when (not if ) I next get pg they'll book me in for a scan at 6 weeks. With your history you should be entitled to self refer for a scan.

PnM spotting perhaps a slow reaction to the insem?

Wishing you both the stickiest of stickyvibes.

Panda - don't worry - be happy!!!!! If it helps, both my mum and my sister had good healthy pregnancies with negative tests! My mum only found out at 3 months with an internal exam. My sister was 4 months and still testing negative, but then had a scan and voila, a 4 month baby! So those tests (whilst the key to getting a scan!) are not worth worrying about. Sounds like you have experienced this faint line thing before anyway. So lets keep the positive thoughts here. Since you have been told to take heperin injections from 6 weeks, I would demand an immediate referral for a scan regardless of the urine hcg tests. If not can you find a friendly EPU that will see you without a referral?

I am now 4weeks5days and lines are clear now, but I keep testing everyday. It just gives me confidence that things are still progressing. I have the occasional wobble still, wondering if it is going to go wrong again, but I keep kicking myself and trying to think good thoughts instead.

PnM - thinking positive thoughts for you too!

Hi Ei

Firstly congratulations again If I was you I would ring first thing in the morning and demand an appointment, if anything it will give you something to focus on and hopefully will put your mind at ease a bit, secondly doesnt matter how faint the line is, a line is a line, when I was pregnant with the twins all my tests came up with ridiculously faint , tilt 5 degrees to the left and squint slightly lines , I was nearly 10 weeks before I got a good strong line.

I am keeping everything crossed that it all goes well for you, you really really deserve it (((((((((((((((((hugs))))))))))))))))))

((((((((((((((((((((positive-vibes))))))))))))))))

Yay to being 6+3! Am excited for you! Don't blame you for wanting to see it in words, you must need some serious reassurance right now!

Am surprised that the doc has insisted on fmu pee test, would've thought, given your history, he would've put you straight in for a blood test? Ah well, at least you'll hopefully get a scan in the next few days.

I have some weirdo spotting going on today - am only 4 days post IUI so any thoughts of it being an implantion bleed are futile, is waaaaay too early for that! Have no idea what it is though, am trying not to panic over it though.....

Good luck with the pot peeing tomorrow, let us know what happens.

xx

Yes - panda, you can't start a thread then leave us in limbo. I hope everything is ok?

mowmi - thank you, it is good to see you! Hope all is going well with you now?

Any news EI?

Rainbow - Hello! Hope this one is a lovley sticky one for you love. x

picknmix - wow you are restrained, if it were me I would be buying 50 and testing out the meds til I got a negative then watching for the positive to appear!!!! but then I am a poas-aholic!

panda - hope you are doing ok, and that you get a good doc to see tomorrow

How is everybody doing today? Have you retested Ei? Hope Monday brings an appt for you so you can get some answers - I remember you saying DD was a faint positive so fingers tightly crossed for this one!

DG sorry to hear you're back at the beginning again, hopefully you can get those cycles regulated to below 6wks.

How's it going Rainbow? Am willing this one to be a sticky one! Is so difficult to remain positive I know but each time is different and its got to be your turn for a break this time!

My SIL sent an email asking when we were going across to visit them next year as they live in australia. How do you answer that? Well, ask me in a few weeks once we know whether the treatment worked?? Is difficult!

Have purchased 10 pregnancy tests from access diagnostics so can test everyday - not supposed to test until 14dpo as meds stay in system til then which will give false positive, bets on I can't wait that long though!

Panda - congratulations, let us keep our positivity going here, we need to focus on the possibilities that things might just go right this time, and we might become bump buddies!

Picknmix - well I am sure I will still be here in 12 days time to be anxious with you. Had you not considered getting the cheap internet test strips, much cheaper for an obsessive POAS-er like me!!!! I can test every day and not feel guilty about it!

ei no surprises with that bfp - yay!!! Keeping my fingers crossed for you. Will you get a scan next week?

PnM wishing lots of fertilisationy vibes your way!

Am on cd2. So I have a 16 day luteal phase. Am hoping, with acupuncture and a low(ish) GI diet, to bring my cycle length down to less than 6 weeks. Maybe this cycle will be lucky.

Yay!! I will be hugely optimistic on your behalf Ei!!

I do understand totally what you're going through though - my last mc was my 4th and I really just wish I hadn't known and had thought it was just a late period..... But a line is a line etc and I hope you can get an appt asap with your consultant.

I had my insem this morning so will be frantically freaking out in about 12 days time. May have to get the cheapo tests in so I can just test every day. last IUI I spent a fortune on tests!

How are things in camp DG? Rainbow congrats on the test getting darker - will you be able to get an early scan given your history?

(whispers) congratulations PandaEis!

Panda - it does sound like you are pregnant, and at least you won't be squinting at faint lines at this stage. However, since you have gotten this far, you could wait til Sunday. That would make you six weeks which would mean that on monday you could go straight for scan and start heparin injections if all is well. If I was strong enough that is what I would do. I will be checking back here later to see if you did the test this morning.

I fully understand the heartbreak of recurrent miscarriages as you know. I do not enjoy these first weeks, they are a constant round of "waiting for the inevitable" whilst "hoping it will be different this time".

I admire you for being able to hold out till now. I wish I had the same strength, I would love to be able to go straight to scan stage at 6 weeks and not have these torturous few weeks.

For me however even getting to scan stage is no reassurance, but it does increase the hope that maybe, just maybe, this will be the one.

Take care Panda. Be kind to yourself.