TTC for 10+ months, part 4

[eurochick]

Time for a new thread as the other one is just about full.

Fingers crossed for lots of patiently-awaited BFPs on this one!

kitty I didn't actually get much work done yesterday, but I tried.

Nelly I don't really want the bars to be healthier either, they're very nice as they are. I do like to have some idea what I'm eating though, so like having a calorie, sugar and fat count. Even if I do ignore it and eat 2 bars in one day? A metallic taste is an interesting symptom, I've no idea how early you can get it in pg. However it can also be from a cold or sinus problems in my experience (though rare for me, I have had it a couple of times). Fingers crossed for you!

Izzy congratulations on the weight loss. I think I've managed about 1lb since new year, but that could easily be the wii fit measuring wrong? Sorry to hear about your back problems though, I hope it gets better soon. Back pain is one of the worst things to have to put up with.

Gin I too find smear tests very uncomfortable/painful, but didn't know you could ask for a smaller size! However, the internal u/s they did on me I hardly felt at all. Not sure why, I didn't look at the size of the probe or anything before they started, but definitely no discomfort during or after.

Euro glad you hardback from the clinic, I too am very embarrassed about AF and the thought of any procedures done during it. I hope you get lots more information soon, it must be very unsettling to not know what's going on or what's planned.

pout I asked my sister once how she knew she was pg. She said she had all the signs of AF turning up, but it was just a bit too early. She knew something was off and tested. I don't know what her AF symptoms are though, sorry.

No news from me at all, just waiting for AF to leave properly so we can start planning some SWI. Going to do OPKs too - I usually ov around CD16, what day would you start peeing on sticks? Just the CD10 they recommend?

You will probably pick up an LH surge 24-48 hours before ov, so start using them a couple of days before that so you know what a negative looks like.

Sorry, I forgot to welcome whatmess to the thread. It sounds like you've been through a tough time, hopefully you'll find this thread supportive.

stasi I've never used OPKs but I think you need to use them early enough so that you see a change when you get a positive if that makes sense?

euro I've put on weight over xmas and I can't blame steroids. Mine is down to sitting around like a tub of lard. We go skiing next week though so that should help though!

nelly - oooh at the metallic taste. You didn?t drink alcohol last night did you? I sometimes find that can leave a metallic taste in the mouth the next day. But obviously praying and hoping this is your month
gin - sorry your smear wasn?t nice. I was 29 before I went for my first smear because the whole thought of it terrified me. It wasn?t until my GP gave me a thrashing that I went. But I have found that with this whole process, you start to become accustomed to everything they throw at you. So with IUI they put a catheter up me for 30 mins. And I find it quite amazing how me this normally nervy, scared individual managed to do it. I mean I was in my late 20s before I had the guts to use tampons for god sake!! And as people have said, dildocams are much slimmer and smoother. It?s just getting over that first hurdle and doing it once and then it starts to become normal ? which is quite scary!
euro - i didn?t quite realise how close you were to ivf as well. Don?t worry about the blood thing. They?ll be use to it. I just had to keep saying that to myself to try and stop myself feeling ashamed. Totally understand a long cycle freaking you out. That?s how I felt before xmas with that 6 wk cycle. Out of interest why have you been put on Letrizole if you ovulate anyway? Can?t you just take the steroids with every natural cycle? I?m just curious as to why both our private but different gynaes wanted to give us ovulatory drugs when that department seems to work ok....
kitty / nelly - i?ve been having poached eggs on oatcakes/ryvitas (yummm, i hear you say!). I am finding I need cheese with them to keep me going for a bit longer as I walk for an hour to get to work. I may start mixing it up a bit as I don?t want to drop dead of a heart attack! I?m eating things like tuna, ham, cottage cheese and salads for lunch. And dinner i am having stir fry, fish, all meats and lots of veg. Always slightly paranoid about blocking up my plumbing so need to keep eating fibre. Sorry lovely thought.
pout - i normally know the show is over when my boobs deflate and that is around 9 dpo. In fact my boobs are so painful every month now that i often have suspected it?s never a good sign. Even when i was pregnant , they were slightly sore and bigger but I never experienced the pain I do now. I am hoping the progesterone cream i am rubbing in and the new diet will even out these hormones.

gin - sorry your smear was so horrid. As others have said, it's usually down to it being poorly executed and other scans/examinations aren't as bad. After all the internal scans, a HSG (which wasn't straightforward) and other examinations down there, I still find smears the worst.

pout - a couple of months ago I'd have said that spotting from 4DPO was my main symptom but my acupuncture seems to be pushing that further back each month so I now only have a couple of days of spotting (and it's much lighter). So I'm still trying to tune in to any other signals my body might be sending out to say it's all over.

mrsd fatima - I think egg collection is the thing I'm most worried about too but I'm hoping that the drugs will mean I'm pretty out of it and it sounds like it happens quite quickly. I'm trying to only think about one step at once at the moment but random thoughts about what can go wrong at each stage keep popping into my head. Need to keep busy to keep them at bay!

Hi everyone,

This thread is moving at a right old pace, so I thought I'd update the list again ready for the next thread:

wine ttc 12 months, me 34, nothing appears to be drastically wrong yet bar a 9.5 fsh that consultant thinks was done on wrong day. Mr wine 32, 7% morphology which seems to be a problem and not a problem depending on who we talk to.

Nelly ttc 17 months, me 37, blood tests show nothing major wrong, no further tests done on me yet. OH 34, both SA all within normal ranges. Unexplained so far, need to get to the doctor asap to get a referral sorted. Normal-ish cycles but they are quite short, although LP seems ok.

Pixiepops ttc 13 months (currently on cycle 15), me 35 - ultrasound, hsg & blood tests all ok apart from low amh so time is of the essence. Currently on month 2 of clomid, if no bfp after 4 cycles our consultant's going to refer us for ivf. DP's 36, his only SA was good.

Karbea ttc 13 months, me 37 - blood tests all ok, not further tests done yet. DP's 38 - 1 SA done results "average" (whatever that means). Going to ARGC on Monday! Yikes!

LemonDrizzle ttc 16 months, both 32; all tests done at 12 months: nothing wrong with me (except slight irregularity, but we are talking a range of 24-31 days, with most 26-28), DH's SA okay but low volume and possible (head) morphology issues - after deliberation they sent us home to try more. Next step is IUI in Feb, then IVF in summer/autumn. Debating whether I want intervention yet, because it took my parents 6 yrs.

Gin ttc 18 months. Me 33, DH 32. My 21 day blood tests all fine, no other tests as of yet. DH's two SA disastrous! Count of 3 mil, very few normal forms and crap morphology. Urologist said ICSI was the only chance of us being able to have a baby. Our PCT won't fund any IVF, despite the fact we meet all the criteria. DH has an ultrasound on his bits next week and we then both have to go back to the urologist in late Feb for the results and to discuss next steps. We would like to have a go at ICSI at some point this year, if we can find the money...

cakes82 ttc 15 months, married 20 months. Me 29, DH 28. (af irregular range of 22-43 most around 25-26) DH's SA satisfactory, bloods done not really sure if all ok. HSG done and all seems fine. Depending on consultants opinion, possible diagnosis of PCOS and being prescribed Clomid. See consultant Feb/March.

citysnow ttc 14 months. Me 35, DH 35. Irregular and longish cycles before accupuncture started in May (now about 30 days rather than 38-44) so trying to pretend it has only really been 6 months...All tests done and show nothing so we are unexplained. IUI due to start in Jan 12 (with clomid?!) And now a BFP

ladygee tcc 13 months. Me 29, DH 32. DH SA is below average on all counts (don't remember all the stats). HSG showed blockage at the opening of my right tube. On NHS waiting list (13 months). Starting self-funded ICSI at the end of Jan 2012

euro ttc for 15 cycles and was casual with contraception for a couple of years before that. Me 35, Husband 36. My blood tests fine, although I only just scraped a reading of 30 to confirm ov. TV u/s fine. HSG - tubes all clear. Hubby's 2 SAs fine -some below average scores but on different factors across the 2 tests so the fertility clinic thought this was fine. Officially diagnosed with "unexplained infertility". Now awaiting NHS IVF. In the meantime I am seeing a private gynae for immunology testing, which has found high NK cells. I am now taking steroid treatment after ovulation to try to suppress NK cell activity. The private gynae has also prescribed Letrozole and a HCG shot to give ovulation a boost and try to speed things up. I'm on the second cycle of trying these treatments now.

joycep ttc 19 months (22cyles). Me 32, DH 29. DH SA fine (7% morph). 1 m/c at 7wks 17months ago. I seem to be fine with a low AMH level for my age. Shortish LP. Tried Clomid for 2 months. Progesterone Suppostories. 2 x IUI cycles. 3rd IUI cancelled.

kitty 32, DH 34. TTC #1, on cycle 16. DH's first SA showed poor morphology (2%). Second one count and morphology better (7%). Third one morphology disastrous (

Hello ladies, hope everyone is having a good day, and not working too hard I'm definitely not. I have name changed, no prizes for guessing, I've moved from one season to another

Yes izzy I am in cursor heaven, thank you thank you thank you. However I have just realised now that I am also a bit of a rubbish typist, I try to go far too fast and make loads of mistakes. Sorry about your back pain, I have to wear the lead apron when my horse gets x-rays (there have been a lot in the last year!) and they really do weigh a lot! Hope you get some shagging in soon. Amazing work on the weightloss, huge kudos. I'm sure the food chat isn't helping!

Ladygee and others, I'm not sure I see what you see in Sherlock, I think he's a bit odd personally

Sorry the smear was horrid Gin but hopefully the ladies have reassured you about dildocam.

I'm sure the cake will work fine pout, I've never tried all in one and it is def easier if the butter is soft first, I tend to cheat and have a few secs in micro if I have forgotten to take it out of the fridge in time. I am glad my mentalling is cheering you up! More of that later... LOL at Doggy Foxy Gozzle. Mmmmmm!

I usually know I'm out 7DPO. Or at least that is the day that I have my Snap moment, which makes me think that it's game over. But then I get very confused by the whole thing. If it's game over at 7DPO, then why do you need an 11days+ LP? So surely it can still be possible for all of those days? And I just read something that implantation is "usually" 10 days after conception, which means my 7DPO snap can't mean it's game over. So if that's my peak progesterone day, does that mean that it's progesterone that causes the Snap? .

Fatima can't remember if you said, but would egg collection be GA? I am sure my sister had hers under GA, but I might be wrong.

Hope the period calms down soon euro and as others have said, the docs/nurses will have seen it all before, many many times.

Glad we've managed to make you feel a bit better MrsD - the whole thing is just so emotional. I am impressed by how well you know your body, despite thinking I have been obsessing for the last 18 months, I don't think I note things that carefully

Stasi do you have to be careful with what you eat now? Sorry if that's a TMI question! Anyway glad you liked the cereal bars. You did inspire me to have a look at some of the others things I ate yesterday. My lunch seemed fine, but we had filled pasta for tea that was a bit high in sat fats, but i think I was within my 20g for the day.

joycep good luck with the boob rubbing . Yes I did drink alcohol, I suppose it could be an odd wine? But hey, I found this and prefer this theory :

One of the benefits of a metallic taste in the mouth is that it can alert a woman to her pregnancy long before she tests positive on a home pregnancy test. While levels of human chorionic gonadotropin, or hCG, generally don't rise high enough to be detected in urine by home pregnancy tests until at least the first day of a missed period, pregnancy hormones start changing a woman's body as soon as she conceives. In their book "What To Expect When You're Expecting," Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel note that many women taste metal within a few days of conception.

Read more: www.livestrong.com/article/225282-a-metal-taste-in-the-mouth-in-early-pregnancy/#ixzz1jiktWY25

So anyway you will gather the metal taste is still here, but then I also have a sore tooth (wisdom coming in, I think). And also am sneezing so most likely is I am getting a cold. But then there are odd goings on in my bowels, a sort of weird mix of being bunged up, then feeling like I have to go to the loo NOW (3 times in 12 hours), which have led to me suffering from euro's "EAP".

Oh dear, I think I may share a bit much to random strangers over t'internet

Starting with a quick update of the list and then a more chatty posts (unless I am busted at work

wine ttc 12 months, me 34, nothing appears to be drastically wrong yet bar a 9.5 fsh that consultant thinks was done on wrong day. Mr wine 32, 7% morphology which seems to be a problem and not a problem depending on who we talk to.

Nelly ttc 17 months, me 37, blood tests show nothing major wrong, no further tests done on me yet. OH 34, both SA all within normal ranges. Unexplained so far, need to get to the doctor asap to get a referral sorted. Normal-ish cycles but they are quite short, although LP seems ok.

Pixiepops ttc 13 months (currently on cycle 15), me 35 - ultrasound, hsg & blood tests all ok apart from low amh so time is of the essence. Currently on month 2 of clomid, if no bfp after 4 cycles our consultant's going to refer us for ivf. DP's 36, his only SA was good.

Karbea ttc 13 months, me 37 - blood tests all ok, not further tests done yet. DP's 38 - 1 SA done results "average" (whatever that means). Going to ARGC on Monday! Yikes!

LemonDrizzle ttc 18 months, both 33; all tests done at 12 months: nothing wrong with me (except slight irregularity, but we are talking a range of 24-31 days, with most 26-28), DH's SA much improved. Next step is IUI in Feb/March

Gin ttc 18 months. Me 33, DH 32. My 21 day blood tests all fine, no other tests as of yet. DH's two SA disastrous! Count of 3 mil, very few normal forms and crap morphology. Urologist said ICSI was the only chance of us being able to have a baby. Our PCT won't fund any IVF, despite the fact we meet all the criteria. DH has an ultrasound on his bits next week and we then both have to go back to the urologist in late Feb for the results and to discuss next steps. We would like to have a go at ICSI at some point this year, if we can find the money...

cakes82 ttc 15 months, married 20 months. Me 29, DH 28. (af irregular range of 22-43 most around 25-26) DH's SA satisfactory, bloods done not really sure if all ok. HSG done and all seems fine. Depending on consultants opinion, possible diagnosis of PCOS and being prescribed Clomid. See consultant Feb/March.

citysnow ttc 14 months. Me 35, DH 35. Irregular and longish cycles before accupuncture started in May (now about 30 days rather than 38-44) so trying to pretend it has only really been 6 months...All tests done and show nothing so we are unexplained. IUI due to start in Jan 12 (with clomid?!) And now a BFP

ladygee ttc 13 months. Me 29, DH 32. DH SA is below average on all counts (don't remember all the stats). HSG showed blockage at the opening of my right tube. On NHS waiting list (13 months). Starting self-funded ICSI at the end of Jan 2012

euro ttc for 15 cycles and was casual with contraception for a couple of years before that. Me 35, Husband 36. My blood tests fine, although I only just scraped a reading of 30 to confirm ov. TV u/s fine. HSG - tubes all clear. Hubby's 2 SAs fine -some below average scores but on different factors across the 2 tests so the fertility clinic thought this was fine. Officially diagnosed with "unexplained infertility". Now awaiting NHS IVF. In the meantime I am seeing a private gynae for immunology testing, which has found high NK cells. I am now taking steroid treatment after ovulation to try to suppress NK cell activity. The private gynae has also prescribed Letrozole and a HCG shot to give ovulation a boost and try to speed things up. I'm on the second cycle of trying these treatments now.

joycep ttc 19 months (22cyles). Me 32, DH 29. DH SA fine (7% morph). 1 m/c at 7wks 17months ago. I seem to be fine with a low AMH level for my age. Shortish LP. Tried Clomid for 2 months. Progesterone Suppostories. 2 x IUI cycles. 3rd IUI cancelled.

kitty 32, DH 34. TTC #1, on cycle 16. DH's first SA showed poor morphology (2%). Second one count and morphology better (7%). Third one morphology disastrous (

I think we are past worrying about oversharing on this thread!

Pixie we are at a very similar stage (and age,until I turned 36 today). I am on my second Letrozole cycle and gearing up for IVF.

joycep I didn't realise how close i was to IVF either! When the gynae referred us on in November he said the waiting list was a few months. I thought that would be until I first heard from them. But I got a letter very quickly with an instruction to contact them on CD1, and within 6 weeks, or they would cancel the referral! I would like to put the brakes on a bit and give it a couple more cycles before I reach IVF. Hopefully tomorrow I can find out what the timescale is for actually starting treatment. I suppose it could still be months off and they just want to get these tests out of the way. Who knows. I have been given very little information about the process so far.

I know that this particular hospital had a disasterous set of results a year or so ago on its IVF programme, when there were no pregnancies at all for a while. There were building works going on and I reckon someone must have pulled the plug out on the fridge or something because it didn't work for anyone. I reckon I am being seen so quickly because of this. My private gynae pulled a face when he heard where I had been referred and asked if I could try to get somewhere else. I don't have the mental energy to fight with the system at the moment, so I have left it. I wouldn't want to end up with a massively long wait anyway. We are in the fortunate position of being able to fund another round of IVF ourselves if this doesn't work, so I figure it is not the be all and end all that it isn't the best fertility clinic in the country.

Re: the Letrozole, my private gynae calls Letrozole + trigger shot his superovulation programme. Basically, I think it makes you push out more than one egg, increasing the chances of there being a good egg present and the sperm finding it. In contrast when I asked about Clomid when my NHS gynae was referring me for IVF, he said there was no point as I am ovulating, so there is clearly no consensus about this! I am slightly terrified of multiples although I can see that twins would be nice as it would mean I never have to go through the trauma of ttc again! But think of the stretch marks. Eek.

Hello lovely ladies!

It is real, we are waiting to start IUI in the next few months , the appointment was good, smear fine (even though I had bleeding afterwards), all hormones still very much normal and DH's SA excellent :) this time. I recommend lots of wine, and shagging for fun to everyone now. We've been put on a waiting list and will hear at some stage.

Welcome to the newbie, your name is on the other page, sorry! Sympathies for your MC, and sorry you had to join us. But we are lovely!

Poor mrsd soooooo sorry about your experience with your "friend" - with friends like her, you really don't need enemies. That sounds awful! She was useless and would go in my banned-until-further-notice category if she had behaved like that. I have had some useless responses, but all in all people have been good (even if I had to train some of them ). But you definitely did not let your DH down, it is just too much.

Much kodoos joycep for the new diet. I hate ryvita, so that is the part I particularly admire! Let's hope it does good things, and great to hear it makes you fuller! Hope the cream helps against achy boobs...

Nelly excellent symptom spotting, I had odd bowel actions today as well (about 10pdo) but mine seem very related to the scary appointment, which produced impressive adrenaline levels beforehand. But fingers crossed this will be your month (and maybe mine too, as my DH seems to have doubled his number of swimmers...)

How is the dress pout? Has it arrived yet? Loving it sounds like and excellent reason for ordering it, so I really hope it's as you hoped and fits beautifully.

Keeping things firmly crossed for all those nearing IVF, ladygee and fatima. Don't worry about the bloody business, euro. They really have seen it all before. It is moving quickly now, isn't it? Exciting!! Sorry to hear about the messed up cycle pixie, although surely ibuprofen cannot be that bad?

Big wave for everybody I missed out, having been away for most of the morning I really ought to do some work now.

Happy birthday euro, we X-posted! Hope you have a good day. Have some lovely wine and cake (and screw GI for the day).

(I had to add a year to my and DH's ages in the stats as well... )

Happy Birthday Euro!

The inconsistencies are strange, my consultant told me that clomid would mean I'd produce more than 1 egg (as I was ovulating normally beforehand too). He did say it'd increase the chance of multiples, though bizarrely I'd completely forgotten that!

Hello Ladies,

Sorry i've been awol lately, it's so hard to find the time for everything :(

I hope you are all well.

Looks like a few of us will be starting IVF(ICSI) around the same time! I re-start acupuncture tonight, haven't been in ages, and I have a scan on Thursday. I think after that I will know which protocol im on (i'm assuming long) and when we start! eck! It has all happened really quickly for me, but hey i'm not getting any younger!

Nelly fingers crossed for you!!!!

Happy Birthday Euro
Have you got any plans to celebrate?
LOL at the hospital turning off a fridge

nelly ohhhh, weird bowel too. I have read that frequency in this department is a v. good sign.
Stupid question time but what constitues "conceiving" (in regards to metal mouth blurb). Is it when fertilisation happens or implantation?

joycep God I hate crackers. I hate crunchy, dry textures. Are eggs super bad for cholesterol? Interested to see how the Progesterone effects the achey boobs, my boob is getting ridiculously sore (like you, I fear this is bad) and now apppears to develop a large vein and stretch mark type lines (which fortunately go once it deflates).

pixie Don't worry about a couple of Ibubrofen. Aren't they just bad once you have an implanted bean?

Have missed loads of you out but really just wanted to come on and wish Euro a happy birfday

Happy birthday euro. Hope you're having a lovely day.

lemon glad your appointment went well. Not long to go now til IUI!

pixie Fingers crossed you spot OV soon. I don't think a couple of ibuprofen that early in your cycle should affect anything.

karbea is your scan on thurs your day 21 scan at the start of your protocol or one before that? Hope it all goes ok and enjoy your acupuncture

My acupuncturist just cancelled my appt this eve as she's not feeling well but rearranged for thursday.

When consultant mentioned possible use of Clomid he mentioned possibility of multiples.I said thats fine I wanted two anyway get it over and done with in one go! I hadn't thought of stretch marks lol I think I would put up with pretty much anything if it meant I had my even more complete family.

Good luck to everyone that is well on the road to IVF. Your BFP is getting closer!!

cakes having seen the astonishing size my friend who had twins got to, I am a little terrified I must admit! Beyond my flippant comment about stretchmarks, there are also other things to think about with multiples (natural birth is much less likely, there can be complications like twin to twin transfusion syndromer and so on). But as my body isn't managing to get one embryo to stick at the moment, I am not worrying too much!

Thanks for all the birthday wishes, folks!

Gah, managed to lose a whole post, due to my own stupidity rather than computer fail this time!

Anyway the gist was - I've done yet another poo, I'm probably not pregnant but thanks for the FX anyway. pixie I am sure the ibuprofen would have had no effect. Happy Birthday euro. Hello to lemon and hooray for better swimmers/being on a wait list. Hello to karbea, no need to apologise for being awol. Sorry about cancelled acupuncture ladygee, and to anyone else I've ignored in my cross-ness.

Oh yes, pout I was assuming it meant after implantation, as surely your body doesn't know that fertilisation occurred if it didn't/doesn't implant? Or am I wrong on that one?

euro I haven't thought of any of the bad points of pregnancy and childbirth in general. In my little bubble I will have one or two very nice healthy babies in the simplest best method possible and all will be well in the world. Like you I can't get one embryo to stick in the first place never mind everything else.

Mrsden and ladygee I'm a bit nervous about EC. I've never been in hospital for anything other than minor injuries in A and E so i've never had any kind of sedation.

Muddywelly They tend to do EC under concious sedation at MFS unless there's other reasons for GA. Hopefully it will be fine

Mrsden Sorry about your experience telling your friend we've told a few friends because they kept asking when we were going to TTC. They all knew that all i've every wanted was children so it seemed obvious to them that we'd be pregnant not long after getting married. Most of them have been fab, even getting excited about the impending IVF. I have had a couple of "why don't you adopt" comments. Yeah because it's so easy to adopt and i'ss a like-for-like with IVF

It amuses/depresses me reading commments on the Daily Fail website if there's ever a news story about IVF. Always so many "just adopt", "natural selection" comments.

euro If you wanted to switch hospitals, they can refer you anywhere. We've switched from one to another; it has delayed the process a bit but we're having private treatment anyway (in the hope we don't need the NHS go). But if you want a few more cycles to get you're head round it, it might not be a bad thing?

Oh and HAPPY BIRTHDAY EURO or maybe

Amusing story for you, last time I went to the doctors I had to have chlamydia swabs for the nhs referal. The lovely nurse rinsed the speculum under the tap first before ahem inserting it. Only problem was, she ran it under the boiling hot tap!!! And then wondered why I was a little tense. She nearly burnt my fanjo off

Well... still no call from the hospital and still no AF!! I'm now a full 36 hours late. Which is odd because my boobs have been throbbing for a week, i've gone up a whole bra size! I've had some on and off cramps, but none at the moment to say AF is imminent. I really need it to arrive over night so i've an excuse to ring the hospital and don't feel like i'm harassing them oh and definitely no chance i'm pregnant, unless i've done something i've forgotten whilst drunk

Lady gee it's the first scan, I should find out when we start on Thursday excited!!! I could be pregnant in about 2 months time!!!!!

Oh Fatima, I've lost at what stage you are... (sorry)... But I've heard af is often late just before treatment starts.

Hello, finally managed to get back on MN. Thank you so much for your messages about the dildocam, all massively reassuring. You really are a lovely bunch of ladies and a great comfort :)

Only time for a brief post but happy birthday euro! Hope you are having a lovely day.

Btw, somebody was saying the Cumbersnatch is a bit of an arse in real life? I have met him v briefly. He seemed nice enough but def much better as Sherlock...

Good luck to everyone starting ivf and iui. All v exciting. And sorry to hear about rubbish unsupportive friends mrsd and kitty. I find some people have v little understanding & full time mums are often the worst! Dont be upset for sharing - you really had no choice. Such a shame she reacted like that. Waves at everyone else & sorry for crap, short post.

karbea Hopefully i'll be starting injection on CD21 this month. I'm egg sharing with my IVF though so i've been waiting for the phonecall to say the recipient is on CD1, so I can find out for definite. Was meant to be last week