Sixth Form Common Room part III - post mc ttc & pregnancy

[ZamMummyInGabs]

Hoping to continue the trend of the lucky thread....

Tina DO go and get a copy of the results from your GP (just ask the receptionist, they may make you pay a few pence for photocopies) and then compare the results with the normal values on the results they give you and with the link I just posted. Sometimes things get missed or interpreted differently.

Thanks ladies. Thanks to mummya for that link. One question (that I should probably know the answer to!) - what's amh? To be honest I was so shocked that the results were actually back without several phone calls that I just asked for the progesterone and took her word for it that the results were fine! I'm not even sure what unit the results are in - although 43 would be fine for either

ladybee

AMH stand for anti mullerian hormone and is a measure of ovarian reserve. Low AMH means low reserve

bee if it's not full on AF yet, is there a chance it could be implantation spotting?

Hi ladies,

I am officially 2dpo but we missed the crucial time! Nearest SWI was 2 days before temp rise - what do you think the odds are? Damn it!

Knitter, pleased everything looks ok with you. I was so relieved to get back on the waggon in the end.

Dachs hope the injections aren't too bad.

Lady could it not be implantation?

Tina good luck with the doctors.

Waves to mummya digi jolls bbb aandr and all xx

Huh, well spotting remained just that today - a few bright red spots on the tissue (tmi). I was on my feet all day today and was certain gravity at least would get AF started if it was going to. Temps were still high, but i didnt test this morning - let's see what tomorrow brings.

Thanks for all the info. I had a bit of a wobbley this morning after less than 2 hours sleep when I took my temp and it was 36.4 (coverline 36.5) but after another hour in bed it came up to 36.77 and now it's 37 so I'm putting it down to lack of sleep . I knew I'd end up obsessing about this charting thing! . Plus I'm a little bit ill with a sore throat, dd has had a temperature and cough so didn't go to nursery this morning, luckily dh was able to take a few hours off so I could sleep.

Fx for implantation spotting ladybee :)

Sorry mouse, I meant to say that you never know, maybe some swimmers survived to wait for the egg? I hope so!

Hey mouse, was wondering where you were. I actually think your timing is pretty good (especially if you want a girl! theory being that girl sperm swim slower and are hardier than boy sperm) Its always better that sperm are ready and waiting for the egg rather than the other way around, they have to go through a 7 hour process called capticitation before they are able to fertilise an egg. So if they are all lined up and capacitised (just made that word up ) when the egg shows up then mores the better. Remember that if you CM quality is good, the sperm can survive for up to 5 days.

suspenders on for ladyb

Wow, just when I thought there was nothing I didn't know about this ttc malarky! I never knew that MummyA, you are a true fount of knowledge! Thanks! I will keep positive then - only 14 days to go!

am keeping everything crossed and suspenders at the ready for all of you! :)

mouse thanks - the injections are actually fine - the needle is so tiny you really can't feel it. Am just hoping the drugs are doing their thing and that there will be lots of nice big follies on Saturday. Chances are they won't be growing as quickly as they would like though, as both previous times they've had to up the dose when i go in for the second scan, so I'm not holding my breath.

mummya sorry DS is sick - hope he gets better soon :)

Fingers crossed for follicles Dachs!

I knew MummyA would be able help Tina and Mouse - she knows everything I tell you . Hope your DS gets better very soon.

Mouse I thought we missed the crucial time for DTD, thought we were too early but apparently not, so there is definately hope.

LadyBee oohhh, getting suspenders ready for you too. Fx for you.

Hope battery is having a lovely holiday

I think I spoke too soon on the MS getting better but hey ho and all that.

Waves to all as ever.... curry is calling me

Am very very low today didn't test in the morning as temps down - though still above cover, spent most day berating myself for wasting the progesterone as I suspect it's just that lengthening my LP a bit and am not up duff. Will be 14 dpo tomorrow so hopefully even my IC tests will show something either way then and I won't do progesterone tonight. Just peed off with the whole thing really, had a moment of madness just wanting to go straight to IVF when at least I'd know fertilised egg would make it into my uterus - quickly realised it's not something to wish for so don't send any whales my way dachs - I just wish stupid body would play along, have no symptoms, boobs deflated and feel normal. So much for optimism. Sorry for downer. Just struggling today, AND I hate getting snippy with DS when I'm like this, it makes me feel like I'm a useless mum to the one I'm lucky enough to have. Maybe I don't deserve another

ladybee . I know exactly what you are saying, I regularly think that I'm a horrible grumpy mummy who should concentrate more on the child I've got and stop obsessing about another one. And dh and I discussed making an appointment at the local fertility clinic last night if this isn't our month. Not for ivf, but I want to speak to an expert and pay to get my tubes tested as I can't get that on the NHS. How you are feeling is completely normal, don't beat yourself up over it. And I'm truly sorry that you don't think that it's your month.

Good luck to dachs!

Think positive mouse

Waves to freezing and mummya x

My temp is 36.9 today . I'm expecting it to be down over the weekend though. I'm not feeling the optimism right now!

((( ladybee ))) sorry you're feeling so . I am still keeping fx that it's only IB spotting and not over yet this month. It's just so bloody frustrating isn't it - I remember having the same fleeting thoughts re ivf; not that it's something to wish for but there might be some comfort in knowing that you'd got to the next stage. It feels so futile to be waiting for signs of implantation every month when you have no idea whether the egg was even fertilised!

However it's not over yet, but I agree should be a result at 14dpo. Very much hope it's the right result - you do deserve it, without question, although sadly there's not always much fairness in the ttc lottery

Tina fx for you too - how many dpo are you now? And loup - how's it going?

mummya hope ds feels better soon

dachs how're things going this week? When are you back for a scan?

izzy 12dpo today. And resisting the urge to buy tests in the chemists later when I go out to get a haircut! Going out with my family tonight for my sister's boyfriend's birthday then out on saturday with dh for an early anniversary celebration so it'd be handy to know if I can drink!

izzy Drugs are making me grumpy and uncomfortable, so hopefully they are working! Back for another scan tomorrow.

bee don't worry, no whale coming your way! :) Hope you get the result you deserve - if not, then it will happen soon.

tina FX for you too.

lady that you're feeling you might be out this month, but I'm keeping my fx too that It's not over. Good luck testing tomorrow.

tina glad the temps are still up! . I've got EVERYTHING crossed for you!

dachs glad the ivf injections aren't too bad. Happy frolicking this weekend!

a&r so sorry about your day at work and colleagues daughter. How cruel life is. Its so unfair.

knitter glad to hear your results have come back ok.

mouse I agree with others, dtd 2 days earlier is better than too late or even on the day. There should have been plenty of those suckers left!

Found the bf chat very intersting and helpful-bookmarked lots of info! It's amazing how many women actually struggle when actually all you ever hear from mws is that it's the most natural thing in the world and making you feel like a uselss crap mother If you can't do it.

Where has the sun gone? day off today and wondering what to do. Sat here listening to the birds who have set up camp in our chimney wondering what to do about them!

Hope everyone has got nice weekend plans. We should be working on our vw camper. Body work will hopefully be finished today (fx please it passes it's MOT) so we'll be cutting and fitting door panneling and a floor all being well! Shoud be going away in it in 3 weeks so lots to do!!

Awww thanks guys. Had a little weep and then got up and made DS dinner and let him 'help' by washing a sink full of plastic containers which he loves doing. Felt very shamefaced about my melt-down but feel much better having let it out, sometimes you just have to off-load, don't you?

Tina that's all sounding really good - fingers crossed for you!

Collie I agree the only-positive messages surrounding BFing can be quite disheartening for those who try it and find it difficult. I think there needs to be an acknowledgement that most of us no longer grow up seeing BFing happening or see it around us when we're about to try it ourselves so really it ISN'T natural behavior it is very definitely learnt and it like any behaviour that involves co-ordinating two people closely, it takes practice! And the message that babies will always do it right is rubbish, in my mind. DS always clamped down and I needed to encourage him to drop his jaw. He never opened wide like they said in the leaflets. Oh and that 'If it hurts, you're not doing it right', message - so unhelpful. So many of my friends got really confused about that if they had painful let-downs or toe-clenching starts. It eased but only with time, not any change in their technique. RANT over.

We've had quite a week - stuff arrived so I'm overrun with boxes, trying to find places for everything. Then yesterday I helped my mum on her stall at an enormous food expo - something I've never done before but really enjoyed it even though I was knackered afterwards. Unfortunately we discovered when we came home that someone had tried to break in to our house and had broken a window. They didn't get in but we still had to deal with reporting it to the police and getting landlord to sort a glazier. And today DH got a call saying someone had tried to use his credit card fraudulently. Sheesh.

Here's hoping for a calm and easy weekend. Even if it doesn't bring a +ve test.

I'm out. Spotting's started. Off to phone the clinic!

oh I'm sorry tina :(

which clinic are you using?

The London Women's Clinic has a branch literally down the road and I've heard good things about them so we're going there on the 9th for a scan, semen analysis and consultation.