Feck off with your babydust - The hut of gl/doom, home of inadequate reproduction

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ok, so the hut disappeared so I decided to open a new one. tis a 20's style gin joint!

That is rubbish. Hope you can rearrange soon.
I am also pissed off. I have realised I am ovulating and finally feel well enough for SWI. DH has just fallen asleep on my shoulder having necked 6 bottles of beer and gone to bed. So now I am left at 9pm with his "I'm still feeling a bit poorly" ringing in my ears sat on the sofa watching crap tv. He will be snoring by the time I get to bed.

ninja it's rubbish, isn't it. I hope the retail therapy helped a bit.

lissie that is so annoying, hope you can get a new appointment soon.

bex, I hope you made up for it in the morning - poorly or not!! :)

Thank you for all the advice for helping mrhende stay in the mood! Went shopping for some lovely undies yesterday...success!! (thank goodness, they cost an arm and a leg and are extremely uncomfortable!)

Hi sadly have hither remained too sickly. I was being self indulgent esp considering we agreed not to try this month because we are so ill! (Shakes some sense into self). Next month?!
Glad the undies helped Mrs h!

I meant to write "both" rather than "hither" but hither sounds pretty cool as an alternative! (sometimes wrong predicative text is amusing).

Hello ladies, finally got on here to check the news after a busy weekend... Hope you had a good one!

Right, i need some advice, may be a bit of a wierd one ... DH is going away on business around the crucial time... As i am on Clomid, i dont want to waste a cycle (i only have two more cycles left on Clomid after this month!), initially i was thinking we'll just have to SWI a lot before and a lot after the trip with the hope we catch it, but what if i ovulate in the middle... Anyway i wondered how easy or not it is to get DH to prepare me some before he leaves that i can use if i get the smiley face on the ovulation test. Anyone know/have experience?

Thank you!
XBX

no idea on that I'm afraid Bisous, maybe google might help with optimum length of time it can be kept and how?
well, I went to the docs ths morning and I'm now booked in for 21 day blood test in feb in a couple of weeks, dp has a pot to fill and rush to the path lab at the hosp and I was told that when the results are in (and obviously depending on what they are) we are fairly likely to be referred to the assisted conception clinic at the local hospital! The doctor was really lovely and has said he will check with one of the other gp's there (whose name I now have) who is their resident fertility expert if I need to be tested for anything else. I am glad I went and I feel like I am actually taking up what little control I have of the situation.
How is everyone else this sunny monday? Hope you all had a nice weekend?
ps if anyone know anythign about what to be tested for in 21 day blood test then do let me know......

Hi Ninja, it's a good feeling when you feel like you are doing 'something'. i do the 21 day blood test every month (for the past 5 months), for me they test the hormone levels to check that i am ovulating. Initially i wasn't so i was put on Clomid. But i am halfway through the maximum number of cycles and even tho' i am ovulating, still no BFP!

Good luck hun, hope it gets some answers and solutions for you!

thanks bisous, there is so little you can control that i think it feels good to be doing something, anything!
I hope the clomid works for you soon. Have you bought yourself a thermal bag and a turkey baster yet

Lol a nice idea but thinking about it there is no way DH would agree!! Just hoping my ovulation works with DH travel dates!!

Evening ladies!
Bisous my DH wouldn't go that far either! Good luck, hope things work out time wise.
Ladies can I get some advice? I've had my 2nd round of 21 day progesterone checked- my results were 15 and 20, should I be concerned that they are low? My GP was a bit vague and just said it was "fine".....I'm not too happy! What do you think?

sorry bex I have no idea what the levels are meant to be as have not been tested yet, won't be till 18th feb. if you do find out let me know and likewise i'll question them when i get tested. can you call the gp back to discuss some more?

bious you could just not try this month...
don't shoot me down in flames it would save you a month's clomid if you know he isn't going to be around at the crucial point

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Hmm my Dh has suggested 'not trying for a while' cos we both need counselling to deal with ongoing issues. Not sure he's suddenly too keen since I refused to go back on the pill and said not making babies would either be through abstinence it condoms...ha ha!
Generally day 21 results are ideally above 30 but over 16 indicates ovulation took place. I think I'll see what the results are in 4 weeks time before u harass Gp again.

Hahaha Broccoli good one! Unfortunately i'd already started taking this round of Clomid when i realised .

Sorry Bex I've no idea what the levels are supposed to be. My OB/GYN just told me to take Clomid coz my levels weren't good.

Getting so worried the Clomid won't be the solution to us getting a BFP and what the next step would be. OB/GYN said something about collecting DH contribution and putting it in exactly the right place at right time (assisted fertilisation or something like that i think it was called) and then i guess it's IVF and that sounds like such an ordeal, do i really want to go down that road or should i just accept we have DS and let it go?

Knock knock can I come in?

I know there will be people much further into this journey than me, but AF has just found me and I've had enough!!

My story (in brief) DS 1 took a year and a half to conceive (was a bit longer than that without contraception but didn't try properly to start with), Started trying for number 2 when he was 5 months and now 10 months down the line. So fed up with being asked when I'm planning number 2, but even more frightened of the day coming when people stop asking IYKWIM!

I always dreamt of a big family, 3 or 4 children and I'm feeling like I might be cheated out of that and that upsets me. I know I should feel lucky that I have one child, but getting there nearly finished me off!
Never had any checks etc, DH won't have it, so just got the carry on as we are and hope for the best...

hello, glad you found the thread.
Maybe you should ask your doc for a blood test? even if your dp doesn't want himself tested? do you chart/ temp/ use opk's etc?

its difficult when all around are popping out babies with what appears to be ease, and when people keep asking. I have a ds and have been trying for 10 months now and i would like 2 more if i can manage it. after self diagnosing today i think my estrogen/ progesterone levels are skewed but since my blood test isn't till the 18th i'll have to keep guessing.

Hi Ninja, thanks!

I think I will ask, just to be sure. Think I'm functioning 'normally'. Cycles vary a bit from 29-35 days but I can spot ovulation mostly by cm monitoring and confirm with OPKs.

Our guess is that DH has a low sperm count, for various reasons I won't go into. That's why he doesn't want to see a doctor, because he already thinks it's his fault so he doesn't see what it would achieve. I can't push because I don't want to upset him.

I think it's difficult at the moment because nobody knows how long it took with DS, so they just assume another one will be along asap, which of course it would be if we could!

What makes you think your hormone levels are skewed?
And how old is your ds?

your poor dh, does he take any supplements? I know zinc is supposed to be very good. he shouldn't blame himself though, it doesn't do either of you any good.

ds is 3.4 and was conceived first month of trying. since having him i have had a loss of libido, but still have very regular periods and pmt etc. Having read up a bit (i know you should never self diagnose really but i like to get armed with info in case i need it) it sounds like i have more estrogen and less progesterone. still, we'll see hopefully in a few weeks!

its been a little quiet on here in the last few days but hopefully people will pop up soon.

I know. He doesn't like to think about it too much, and I don't blame him for that, whilst at the same time being sad I'm not pregnant and having no-one else to tell apart from him, which makes him upset because he thinks it's his fault! We both take vitamins for conception- wellman/woman, the male one had lots of zinc. He eats seeds and nuts every day too.

Fingers crossed your blood test shows something positive :)

hello, ive switched over from symptom spotting to gloom.

ttc #2 taken 15 months so far...

went to see gyn after gp referral expecting to have polyps confirmed and removed only to find I dont have polyps but just whatever he called it (had an accent so not sure what he said) but anyway its normal in my age group (late twenties btw )so unexplained cause of our troubles atm.

He is moving quickly and now the next step is day 4 and day 21 bloods, dh sperm and an ultrasound. I have to chart my bbt and in a couple of months go back when all the results are in. Didnt expect this at all. Read so much on here about others going through these tests but wasnt expecting it to happen to us and quite so soon. Though I should be pleased someone is willing to progress this for us im just in shock.

Need to eat more biscuits and drink hot chocolate now

instead of hot choclate why not join me in a mojito?
I need some perspective, I keep seeing pregnant people everywhere and its getting right on my tits today.

glad you feel you are getting somewhere bossyboop its nice to take some control (if you can call it that)

Ive never had one but always fancied trying

Seems like they are all over, even tv with all the celebs displaying their bumps or new arrivals.

All this is going to mean is its back to the drawing board googling like mad and diagnosing myself with allsorts of nasties. Need to get a BBT thermometer not sure what to get though just need one that is accurate unlike my normal thermometer which said DD was a cool 35 when she blatantly had a high fever but thats another matter in itself, now shes over the worst I think I need to chill out!

Hi bossy, nice of you to join us. Can't stand mojitos myself, quite like gin. After AF came yesterday I thought I might just drink quite a lot of wine. Sick of trying to be good not drinking-grr! How long did it take you to conceive number 1 if you don't mind me asking?

Think I might start charting too- so if you find out where to get that thermometer let me know!

Glad things are moving for you now, I just heard the wait to see a Gyn consultant here is 9 months so I'd better get myself to GP!

That brings back memories of drinking gin aged 17

2nd month of trying which was very lucky and no time to chart, symptom spot or anything. I expected it to take longer 2nd time round but im not worrying so much about having a baby now more worrying I have something wrong with me. If its just something that affects fertility I can live with that but if it was something more serious. Oh well best not worry about it until I have something to worry about, hopefully not come to that but I expect the anxiety isnt going to help! Think I will get a thermometer from amazon they have kits where you get so many pregnancy tests and ovulation strips with them.