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New thread..... let's get going!!

Well done Dessie

[waves to Flick] hope you're well m'dear. I do lurk on the Grads thread every now and then to see how you're all doing.

Massive congratulations Dessie!!! Hoping everything goes well!!

Hoping for some more BFP!!! Xx

Thank you guys! It's slowly starting to sink in!

A big thank you from me too and a massive congrats to Dessie! I will be joining the Frolickers in Ante-natal shortly so I hope to see you there!

Fingers crossed for everyone and bring on more BFPs!

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Woo-hoo for the BFPs! Congrats ladies and, like Flick said, hope you'll come and join us on the Frolickers ante-natal thread [bugrin]

Congrats Dessie too - love to hear success stories.

I had a positive OPK on Thursday, then had excessive exercise (race) on Saturday, took ibuprofen, followed by margarita's yesterday (more tequila, will I ever learn?! [bublush] ) so am bound to be pregnant on that cocktail? I guess I'm on a 2ww now - my very first. Frankly any embryo that managed to form and stick following this weekend will be one tough cookie!

Cave any news??

Hi mellow, fingers crossed you've got a resilient bean in there!

No news here, I thought I might have had a positive OPK this morning, but I suspect it was an evaporation line. The line wasn't there when I first tested, but was an hour later (yes I look at the tests again!). The CBFM didn't give me a high reading, so I'm fairly sure I'm not there yet. Saying that, there was a definite increase in CM earlier today so fingers crossed its not too far away!

Congratulations Dessie!!!

Not a lot of news here, no symptoms, at all, so I'm preparing for a negative result on Friday. So we've been discussing our next move, possibly donor eggs, possibly another round of IVF, but the IVF doesn't give us a very high chance, and tbh, I don't know if I can put myself through it all again for a 10-15% chance. But then when I say that, I think it makes me seem weak, IVF isn't that bad. But it also depends on what the donor egg waiting list is like. Ah, I'm all over the place at the moment, I don't know what to do for the best. I know I should just wait to see what happens on Friday, but I've become an expert on how it feels when you're not pg, and that's how I feel, so I want to be prepared.

Anyway, enough moping, sorry!

Sorry you're feeling down, Josie. I really hope things turn around for you, I'm sending some of our 'out-of-the-blue good luck' your way!
I'm at the docs tomorrow. Wanted to get a definate from the doc before announcing (how do people wat til after 3 months to tell people?!) but to be honest the evidence is stacking up....2 positive tests, sore boobs, constant nausea, exhaustion...pretty sure I am definately pregnant! Don't get me wrong, I'm not moaning..this is NOT the thread to be moaning about being pregnant! Ha ha! I have worked out my dates and reckon I am 6 weeks, due on December 1st. Will be keeping an eye on you ladies and wish you all the best.

Hey ladies, I'm absolutely gutted, AF has just arrived. Really thought I might be pregnant this month, even had what I thought were pregnancy symptoms. Was even geting excited about taking a pregnancy test! Feel completely deflated & upset!! To top it all off I can't even drown my sorrows in a bottle of wine as I'm on night shifts the next 3 nights looking after mums & their babies, great!! :-(!

Sorry it was just me me me just knew you'd all understand! Xx

Just thought I would pop my head round the corner and say hi :)

I know lots of you wont know me but there are still a few names I recognise, although I do wish you had all got your BFP's by now. For those of you who do recognise me I thought I would update you. Next month brings me to 3 years of trying (yes I was on the original frolickers thread!! After the mc at the back end of last year I thought I would break in two (I would have been due next month - which I still think will be a very difficult few weeks). However on a positive I am now married and we are starting IVF at the end of this month. So scared it wont work but I know I have to have a positive mental attitude.

Josie I hope you dont think I am weird but I have been reading your posts and keeping track of your journey (it has taken me a while to post as it reminds me of the days when I thought it would be so easy!!) and I can feel your pain, we have very little chance of IVF been sucessful and also looking into adoption etc, I really hope your IUI works - I am keeping everything crossesd for you.

Sorry I cant post more personal messages but wanted to let you know I am thinking of you all and you all have a very special place in my heart.

Zippys how lovely to hear from you, I'm sorry that you are still on the TTC journey, but you sound like you have a plan.

Josie hope you are feeling a bit better today. Try not to stress too much about "symptoms", many women don't get any at all. I'm keeping everything crossed that Fred and Ginger come through for you.

No ovulation to report here, we're just keeping trying and will see what happens.

Zippys lovely to see you, sorry to hear things have been so difficult for you, you've done extremely well to get back on the horse (so to speak) and fingers crossed for your IVF. I don't think you're weird, actually, I think it's rather sweet that you've been keeping track of my journey. If you need to talk about IVF, feel free to PM me, I'm no expert but I know what it feels like to go through it

Thanks Cave, feeling a little optimistic today, it's amazing how many people have said they had no symptoms before a BFP, so you never know. I'm trying so so hard not to test before Friday, I bet tomorrow is the longest day ever! I hope you get some sign of ovulation soon

Hi all,

Sorry for the absence again, just taking things slowly at the moment and trying to not think about TTC too much. Had my lap & dye yesterday and had a chat with the consultant afterwards. He also gave us DHs most recent SAs and said this time all results were very healthy and either within or above the healthy range so it may have been environmental factors affecting it last time or it may be the changes we've made since that have improved. Either way we are happy.

Lap & dye went well, I don't have pcos but I did have endo which he has removed apart from a small patch he couldn't completely remove at the base of my right Fallopian tube in case he damaged the tube but removed enough that when they did they dye it went through fine in both tubes. My right ovary was stuck to something and pulling so that has been 'released' he said I shudnt get any pain with sex now it was only mild but pain is pain.

Plan of action now is basically shag like rabbits until next appt in October at which point we will be referred for a funded ivf cycle. As I'm only 29 he suggested if after six months there is no pg we maybe try clomid for 6 months to ensure we have exhausted all other avenues before ivf but that is our choice, we can go straight for ivf if we want. So..... As soon as I'm up and running we will get down to business and keep our fingers crossed that this has done the job. feeling very positive even if I'm feeling very sore and uncomfortable.

Good luck testing today josie! Hope you are feeling a bit better, there always seem to be so many options don't there, I wasn't expecting to be given options yesterday, I thought I'd be told what I needed to do and that would be that but now we have things to think about :/

Congrats to the BFP ladies too, hope you have uneventful pregnancies!

hi zippys I remember you! We are fast approaching the three year mark of coming off the pill now, seems such a scary number doesnt it. Everything crossed that IVF works for you x

Sorry not to name check more but I'm so behind with everything now. I'll probably be on less and less for a while as I'm just going to chill out and concentrate on 'intercourse every 2-3 days' as the consultant prescribed and other than that try not to think about it for the next six months.

Best of luck everyone! x

Glad the results came back ok Raspberry, and that the op went well.

Good luck today Josie, I have everything crossed for you

Still no ovulation here, I hate this "on the cusp" malarkey! I've been getting 2 bars on the CBFM for 4 days now! Just pop already!

Quick post as on phone - test was negative. Debating our next move now but trying to come to terms with this first, we're absolutely devastated. Will update properly on tuesday

So sorry to hear that Josie (((hugs))) for you.

I've still not ovulated (CD 27) and yesterday my best friend told me she is pregnant. I am very very happy for her, she's been trying almost as long as we have and is 5 years older than me. She's already 14 weeks and had been holding off telling me till she absolutely had to as she was hoping I'd be pregnant too. Naturally I've been a bit upset, we cried together then I cried again on DH after she left but in a way it feels like she's given me a bit of extra hope and motivation, if that makes sense.

Anyway, hope you're all enjoying your weekends.

Cave it's so good that you can cope with your friend being pg. When my best friend got pg I was in a very bad place (and it had taken her 2 months) and as a consequence we've fallen out and no longer speak. I'm hoping if I ever get pg we'll rekindle our friendship, but for now I can't cope with her as she complains constantly about how hard her life is going to be with a baby, it's not what I need right now, so it's really good that you can still have her support, and she yours

Thanks Josie, to be honest if it had been anyone else I'd have gone to pieces! However, as she has been TTC almost as long as we have, and in that time has suffered a MC and lost her mum to cancer aged just 57, I honestly couldn't be happier. As I said we cried together and she was so concerned about how I felt about it all. She also said she'd be asking DH and I to be godparents

How are you feeling today?

Feeling a bit sorry for myself as my friend has posted a pic of her 31 week bump on fb. I'm so jealous it hurts. I suppose I'm more sensitive at the moment. But I'm keeping busy until I start to feel better (got DH building me a pond!) If I can cling on to the fact that even if it doesn't work, I can adopt (which isn't something I'm ready for yet, but if the time comes, it would be amazing) so one way or another, one day I will enjoy taking my children out and spoiling them etc, one day.

Erm, I've just been on the website for the other clinic, and they say they offer a personalised service, so might change my meds, and that their egg donor waiting time is approx 8 weeks!! I can wait 8 weeks!! But if they can try different meds it'll be fantastic news. I'll actually be quite sad to leave some of the nurses at my clinic but I'll do whatever it takes. SO I'm going to ring them off the hook tomorrow. I'm a bit excited now. I know a lot hinges on what they can and can't do for me and I might be getting ahead of myself, but if I can be excited for a change then I will be

Right, I've phoned the other clinic and I'm going to my GP tomorrow to get a referral! They do short protocol and they give a higher dose of the stims so I'm hoping to get an appt soon and try a different protocol. The only bad news is that their donor waiting list is based on people supplying their own donors so if it does come to using a donor I'll still have a long long wait on my hands. But if I can try short protocol I'll do it!! I'm feeling so much more cautiously optimistic now! That's great news!

That is good news, well done for making the call and fingers crossed they can get you into the system quickly.

No news here, CD29 and still no ovulation

Hello to everyone. I'm new to all this and trying to learn the language so sorry if I write things in full! I am 24 and me and my bloke are going to start trying for our first bambino! My dad died unexpectedly 6 weeks ago and it has made me realise life is too short and that the timing may never in fact be right and to just go for it!

Welcome Lulabells, come on in and make yourself at home!

I'm so sorry to hear of your loss, and your reasons behind TTC are totally understandable.

Ask lots of questions and hopefully you'll have a nice short stay