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TTC 10 plus months, part 6

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mrsden · 14/03/2012 17:05

A friendly, supportive thread for those of us who are taking a bloody long little longer time than average to conceive.

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whatmess · 09/04/2012 17:17

Beryl I am convinced it was the operation as I wasn't ovulating before it, or if I was it was very very rare and hard to anticipate.

I just read that it takes about 13 days for implantation. As I haven't had any spotting and today is day 12, I am kind of holding my breath still. Dh and I are trying to be sensible and have reasoned that if the little bean does not stick then we at least know that the op has worked and have a few more months of the diathermy holes open to keep trying.

Stacks it was the symptoms that made me test. I already feel quite nauseous and keep getting sharp pains low down in my belly. I not sure what the latter are as I know cramps are not necessarily a good thing, but I'm trying not to stress about it. With my daughter I was completely symptom free until about week 8.

ArtemisTheHunter · 09/04/2012 18:08

Hello all

Congratulations whatmess! Fantastic news and fingers crossed everything is going to be OK. Great to see a run of bfps coinciding with easter. Happy to offer a gentle sympathetic fish slap to Frannie and Kitty but really hoping some of the good luck rubs off on you.

Well done to those who have been DIYing and managed to stay both married and sane. Nelly I hope the heating is fixed, why do these things always coincide with bank holidays??

Princess I'm horrified by your doctors' attitudes to your mc, why on earth would their personal religious prejudices have any bearing on your situation? Baffling. When I had mine my (young, female) GP told me to go away and 'think of it like a late period'. She made me felt like I was making a fuss over nothing. A few months later when that Nadine Dorries debate about compulsory counselling for women seeking terminations kicked off I felt like writing to Nadine and telling her not to worry, all those women were just having late periods. I don't want to get political on this thread but it does seem that our society is capable of massive collective doublethink when it comes to women and pregnancy, particularly around termination and loss. And then there are people who just don't have any humanity or empathy - Lisa your boss does sound like an absolute bitch. When do you get the results from your bloods?

Sorry I went off on one there, I didn't mean to! I only really logged on to say congratulations to whatmess, hello and welcome to philbee and hope the egg collection went well gin

Right, I should go pretend to be useful in the kitchen rather than leaving my dp to do everything... If I've timed it right I should be able to swan in with my offer of help just as he puts the finishing touches to whatever we're having for tea [bugrin]

lisacn · 09/04/2012 20:35

artemis I haven't had the blood test yet I'll do it on Wednesday, fortunately there is a god and she has been off on sick and is now on maternity leave, hopefully i'll be upduffed and on maternity leave myself by the time she gets back Grin hope DP made you something yummy for tea

GinSoaked · 09/04/2012 20:40

Hi all. Sorry just a quick post from me cos still not properly with it!! EC went ok- drugs were amazing and they got 12 eggs (a nice round dozen!), but I bled for a long time afterwards & nearly had to go to A&E to have the vein cauterised... Anyway all seems ok now and back home being waited on! Thanks for all your good wishes ladies. You are all v lovely and it really does help.

Oh and a big congrats to whatmess! Fab news [bugrin]

princesschick · 09/04/2012 21:01

Evening ladies, it's all going on! Spring has defo sprung across the thread!!! whatmess wow wow wow, fingers crossed for you, hang on in there sea monkey [busmile] [busmile] [busmile]

artemis as I am an ardent atheist (although very accepting and respectful of people with faith) I found her comments incredibly insulting, inappropriate and judgemental. Like perhaps I should feel smited for having sex before marriage. A 27 year old non virgin in the UK?? Oh and if for all the times I heard be thankful for an MC at 7 weeks, it's just a heavy period really I'd been given a quid, I'd be rich by now. NO it FUCKING isn't a heavy period!! It's a painful, distressing, confusing, long and painful process that we are not equipt to deal with in a society that constantly shows people popping out perfect babies after briefly waving their nethers at each other. I've been there twice, it's most definitely not like a period. Sorry for my language but it makes me so so angry that an MC can be compared to a period and played down. It's not fair. In fact, I have explained much to the objection of some former colleagues in graphic detail the difference between a period and miscarriage. Hopefully they won't inflict their comments on any others who go through it. As you say so much time and support is given to those who choose terminations (and rightly so, I believe that women must have choices) but why isn't there support for women who do not choose terminations and who MC, regardless of the stage of pregnancy? The information I was given at the time was poor, the care I recieved was poor, the NHS staff Knowledge was typically poor and I've really had to educate myself. Sorry for rant - it must be my hormones and hysterical womanly ways [buhmm]

lisa uh-huh - it still makes me angry and I no longer see that doctor. I have met some lovely doctors as well but it's amazing how the bad stuff sticks and affects. Sorry to hear about your boss. What a cow bag! Although sounds like you may not have to see her for over a year. Re-ee-sult! The company I used to work for were great but the boys in the office ignored me when I came back. Perhaps they weren't comfortable with random crying when they were talking about their new born babies. Morons. Good luck for your tests on Weds. Well done for civil DIY. I hid in the toilet after a heated discussion about not having the dishwasher next to the washing machine (to me there has to be a cupboard in between so I can have distinct zones for washing up and laundry). DH then spent ages explaining why his idea is more practical [buangry] and then made loads of sense which made me feel mucho stupido [buangry] [buangry], so I stropped, locked myself in the bathroom and then I came out and sheepishly blamed it on the hormones.... DH had the [buhmm] look about him. God help him if we have girls (eventually) or triplets if they artificially boost my mentalling hormones [bushock]!!!!!!!

gin hope the egg collection went well today. Hugs for bravery [busmile]

philbee hello and welcome to the thread. You'll get plenty of support from a very down to earth bunch of ladies. Sorry that you find yourself here and to hear about your MC. It's such a toughie to get through. Lots of hugs and sympathy.

beryl hope you had a nice day without your OH and enjoyed your choccies. What a sweetheart. My OH has gone out and after a day of DIY it's quite nice to have free reign of the sofa / remote and some peace and quiet. (see above to Lisa re kitchen zones!!!!)

nelly what a shitter about your heating system. Hope you're keeping warm today. God it's miserable out there, who stole spring?

frannie and kitty those it could be you fingers seem to be waivering above you. Oooo hope for more BFPs soon. Although, I will stay this - BACK AWAY from the pregnancy tests ladies and have a comedy fish slap each from me [buwink]

Well I'm going to make pâté on toast, because I can and don't have to feel guilty about pâté seen as AF has gone on holiday and my hormones tell me I get be preggo. Plus if I can't have booze I can totally indulge in soft cheese and pâté. Mmmn-hmmmmn.

lisacn · 09/04/2012 21:41

princess i can manage with preggy colleagues just but i'm so relieved that she is not around although I wouldn't wish any harm to her or her baby, but she was a crap/ unprofessional boss in general. Its annoying when DH's make logical sense, mine does from time to time, when I started on the steroids I told DH that there could be mood swings, his response 'so nothing new then' Shock he worried we'll have a daughter and she'll be feisty like me, fingers crossed Grin enjoy your quiet time on the sofa

gin glad they got 12 eggs, sorry to hear about the blood loss hope mr gin is taking good care of you

Frannieannie · 09/04/2012 23:54

gin sorry to hear you were bleeding so badly after your EC. Sterling work though, producing 12! Hope you are being well looked after and are being given lots of medicinal Easter treats.

princess those doctors are outrageous- I was so shocked at reading how badly you have been treated. No wonder you suffered depression afterwards. 1 insensitive comment from my nan leaves my reeling for days- let alone from so-called professionals. What century are they living in? It seems a lot of us have had disappointing experiences with healthcare professionals but thankfully bigots like that are very rare. They should be struck off! So sorry that you and lisa have suffered insensitive colleagues too. A girl at my work suffered a miscarriage and she said she wouldn't have got by without the support of the staff team. I've been lucky with the (very few) people at work that know about upcoming treatments; how you have coped without that support I don't know. It amazes me that anyone can equate a MC to a late period and the viability thing- makes me so Angry

stacks hope you get that early scan and that all is going well.

nelly, lemon and kitty (and anyone else I've missed) hope the 2ww isn't driving you too insane. Think the fish slapping worked for me- so thank you all. Today I allowed myself only 2 ridiculous google searches and 2 obsessional analyses of my FF chart. It seems to have helped the mentalling...and I managed to clean out all of my upstairs cupboards and drawers!!

artemis and beryl sounds like you both have lovely OHs. Hope you enjoyed dinner/ flowers and chocs!

Big wave to joycep and anyone else I've missed! [busmile]

TeuchterWahine · 10/04/2012 07:25

Hi, a newbie here. Me 35, almost 36, DH 38, TTC 10 months. Hormone levels apparently ok. Frustrated that it isn't happening. Overthinking everything - it's what I do Blush and know it probably isn't helping. And really hate the classification of 'older mother' at 36.

Stacks · 10/04/2012 07:37

Hi Teu, and welcome. Sorry you find yourself here though. What tests have you had from your doctor, and have you been referred on to a fertility clinic or consultant?

mrsden · 10/04/2012 08:01

Massive grrrr, I just wrote a long post and it's disappeared.

Basically I was congratulating what mess. And wondering if I've created a bus with all these BFPs. Wouldn't it be amazing if we got more BFPs in a cycle than a bus?

Welcome to teuchter and phillbee

well done on the 12 eggs gin. It's good you're back home and the bleeding stopped. Where did it come from? they don't do cutting with ec do they?

It was a quiet weekend for us. We finally got round to sorting out the spare room, I'm fed up of waiting to turn it into a nursery. We had a pregnancy announcement on sat, from someone we don't even know that well. They only got married in November, she was going on about how it was unplanned and such an amazing surprise that I wanted to shove her skinny latte down her throat. Then we met another couple we know in the same cafe and I swear she was acting pregnant. DH thinks I'm crazy but I've developed a sixth sense for these things.

AF turned up. I'm certain it was a dud cycle, AF is lighter than normal and no cramps. Please, please let me ovulate next cycle so I can at least think we're a little bit normal.

Waves to everyone.

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eurochick · 10/04/2012 11:10

Welcometo teuchter and phillbee.

That's great news on the EC, gin (apart from the bleeding - ouch).

I'm on CD10 and about to start ov testing (per my clinic's instructions) in advance of IUI. We still haven't decided whether or not to switch clinics to one that is open at the weekend. I'm waiting to hear back from one that is open at the weekends how late we can leave the decision to switch. It is an added complication that I could do without, to be honest!

princesschick · 10/04/2012 11:24

FrannieAnnie Great to hear some positive stories of support and good care. Nice to hear for a change :) Understanding and kind words make a world of difference. I'm lucky to have an amazing OH, supportive parents (I even work for my Dad's company from home so I don't have the stress of commuting any more plus it means I can got to the doctors / hospitals when I need to without causing inconvenience and I don't have to listen to wanky boys making insensitive comments) and lovely friends. The experiences have definitely toughened me up and I'm so willing to stand my ground now, so although really shitty, it has been a process that has made me a stronger person in some ways. I have also prioritized things such as my health (quitting smoking, drinking etc etc) and saving to buy a home suited to a little family. Also, I will never take my children for granted or moan about them like so many other parents do. So, although I wish I'd never gone through this, that the one shag wonder in 2009 was now a beautiful toddler and that I didn't know the ins and outs of my womanly systems - you can't turn back the clock so I'll try and take some wisdom from my experience. Wowsers, where did that come from?!

Teu Welcome and sorry you find yourself here. There's a whole lotta love and support for ladies going through this horrid extended TTC experience.

Very impressed with all the DIY efforts over the weekend. It sounds like there are some lovely spare rooms out there after the bank holiday weekend :)

Our house is still an absolute building site, I think we've watched far too much Grand Designs and other property porn over the years. I so love Sarah Beanie. I just hope that having gutted the place we don't end up on Help! My House is Falling Down (although I would love to meet her and possibly soak up some of those fertile vibes...)

MrsDen sorry to hear of the announcement. They never get easier do they? I'm also convinced I have a radar and constantly mentalling about who will be next. I know that we should be happy for these ladies, but I can't help feeling that it's just so bloody unfair, especially when it happens so effortlessly. Hang in there. It's all got quite BFP-tastic, maybe the finger will be pointed at you sooon xxx

Waves to all, wish me luck for all my ebaying efforts to raise money for my dream kitchen...

MuddyWellyNelly · 10/04/2012 11:37

Hello ladies. Sadly heating still not fixed. I'm working from home today as the engineer is due to turn up at some point. It's snowing outside. I'm wearing full on thermals, have the oil radiator and two hot water bottles and am still freezing. I didn't mind being without heating when we'd forgotten to order gas, or because our old boiler was on the way out; but really object when both of the above are sorted. Angry Oh no and they've taken the bunny ears away, I wanted to post a [buangry] as it looked quite funny when princess did it above!

In other, slightly better news, we have our appointment - yay!! It's just over 3 weeks away (so much for getting 6 weeks notice) but other than telling both of us to turn up at a certain time, doesn't say any more about how long I will be there for, what will happen. Presumably this is "just" a chat and nothing else will happen until another referral Confused

Sorry things still aren't clear for you euro, I don't know why this has to be so hard for some of us.

mrsden you sound rather resigned; but then you suspected you hadn't ovulated this cycle I think? Hopefully next one will be better :) How far away are you from IVF now do you think?

Hello teuchter - are you scottish Wink. Hope your stay here is short!

I am appalled at the general treatment of some of you by medical professionals, bosses, colleagues etc. The religious comments in particular left me open-mouthed. Cause for complaint, surely? Although it's hard to rock the boat when effectively you still "need" them.

Sorry about the DIY discussions princess - I hate it when OH is right Grin. My top tip though, is don't put the dishwasher against a wall! Ours has to be as the old owners didn't have one, and it was the only cupboard space wide enough. But every time you put in a mug or bowl or something that isn't completely empty, liquid or food splashes on the walls! That'd be true if it was in the middle run as well, but washing a floor is a damn sight easier than washing and re-painting walls all the time!

Great news on your dozen eggs gin Grin though not so much about the bleeding. I am feeling very positive for you. Egg collection on Easter (what with the historical link to chocolate eggs, and all Wink. Then a useful "Dozen Eggs" affinity. Hopefully these are all Signs. I was going to say I hope you are our next BFP, but I hope you aren't next, as there are loads in the 2ww already! (including me - but other than no spotting yet, I have no reason to believe anything different will occur this month.)

Better go and do some work, and refill the hot water bottles. Oh but wanted to say that we made the Jamie O 30 minutes meals Jerk chicken on Sunday (with leftovers yesterday) and it was amazing! Think it was kitty or wine who had raved about it before. I did feel however that I cheated on Nigella by not doing one of her Easter recipes Blush.

joycep · 10/04/2012 12:43

Hell yeah whatmess - well done you! Massive congrats. Mrsd - you have to also start the next thread as you?re obviously bringing some luck ?throw some my way would you & yours of course!--. I have actually lost count of how many we have had this round.

Gin - well done on the egg collection. Wasn?t being sedated scary? Are you off work? And sorry for all the questions but have you found it difficult to fit all this around work?

pout and wine - i hope there has been no blood on the walls with all the decorating in your household.

frannie - hope the 2ww has got better . mentalling is torturous. I guess i am pleased i don?t have any symptoms any month! And kitty - did you poas?

Welcome to the newbies - philbee, teuchter

princess - you sound like a girl after my own heart...rural sussex, organic vegetables and working for your Dad so you can slip away to hospital appointments easily Envy Envy. I can?t believe the way you were treated with your first MC and a doctor giving a comment like that deserves a call to the GMC. Dr Beer?s book does mention how it is a disgrace that doctors just fob MC?s off as ?one of those things?. The doctors I dealt with were generally ok, not particularly empathetic but pleasant. However I was disgusted that the EPU was in the same place as everyone else getting their happy scans. I couldn?t believe I had to sit there for 2 hours waiting for my scan to confirm it was all over whilst watching all those bumps and people coming out beaming with their scans. Some women who actually have to give birth after a late m/c are put on the maternity wards. It?s just horrific. And Shock at Artemis being told it was like a late period ? the first doc i saw told me it would feel like a painful period but not to think of it as one. If you go in to the care profession, you would think people would actually care but it seems many doctors go in it for other reasons.

mrsd - sorry about yet another pregnancy announcement. I have heard about quite a few pregnancy announcements lately. Whenever I ask after someone I find they are pregnant. I predict they are going to be pregnant before I ask about them . Even though i don?t really see these people, it really gets to me. Where are these 1 in 6??

nelly - how are you coping up there with no heating and snow? Brrrrrrr. That?s great news about getting the appointment.

Well I hope everyone had great Easter breaks. Mine was mixed. DH is getting a lot of stress and upset from family issues at the moment which is just making all this more stressful and upsetting when really we don?t need extra issues right now. We came to the conclusion that we really aren?t having a great time of things at the moment. Anyway on a positive note, 2 weeks after seeing my GP , I have a referral for the 14th May. I?m gobsmacked how quickly this has happened. I was expecting it to take 3 months. I?m about to go and do some photocopying of all my results so I can drop it all in to the ivf clinic. I?m not sure whether i can get any ivf on the nhs in my area ? my gp thinks i may get 1 round but i hope i will learn more from my nhs fertility meeting.

Hope everyone else is ok.

mrsden · 10/04/2012 12:58

yay for your appointments nelly and joycep, it looks like lots of us are moving forward now. We are going to the clinic open evening next week and then we should be able to make an appointment for our first consultation. I rang the clinic today to ask whether there would be a bigger waiting list now the other clinic is closing. The woman (I guess receptionist) was lovely and said that they've known about the closure of the other clinic for some time and have planned accordingly. She said they have taken on 3 new doctors. So it shouldn't be a problem. We'll see. I asked to make an appointment but she said they prefer to take initial appointments at the open evening so to wait until next week.

Brrrrr nelly, is it really that cold where you are then?

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MuddyWellyNelly · 10/04/2012 13:42

Great news on the clinic being prepared mrsden the fucking NHS should take note

Hooray for your appointment too joycep but sorry you are having a rough time. Life sometimes bombs you with throws lemons. But as someone above said, we are the extra-super-strong ones and we'll get through whatever shit comes our way. Even if we'd rather have an easy ride once in a while!

Yes I got up to do the secret-hobby beasts this morning and it was raining, but I thought I saw some sleet. 15 minutes later it turned to full on snow and everything turned properly white. Fortunately it's now just about melted again. The joys of living in Scotland I suppose! We have an old, cold house anyway. When we got our new (apparently crap) boiler fitted a few months ago, my SiL, her of the "getting pregnant is easy" fame, said "oh now will your house be warm so we can actually come and stay with our son". Hmm. So maybe the reason I have never got pregnant yet is because our house is too cold to keep a child healthy. Hmm again. Can you imagine all the judgy-pants comments that would/will go on when/if there is actually a baby living here! Sorry, slightly off topic rant there!!

joycep I think we had 4 on the last thread, and 3 so far on this one? Last ones were Izzy, purple, citysnow and yikes one other I can't remember Blush This one has been Stacks, whatmess and minipie so far I think?

Hope everyone is moving on to the grads thread when they feel ready, so we can all "keep together" when it is our turn :)

mrsden · 10/04/2012 13:54

eskimos get pregnant so I wouldn't worry too much about a cold house nelly. Anyway, I'm sure central heating causes germs to spread more easily.

joycep sorry you and DH are having a crappy time. We went through a phase a few months ago where everything seemed to be going wrong. Sometimes the ttc stuff seems so much that I think we shouldn't have to put up with anything else. But life doesn't seem to work that way.

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mrsden · 10/04/2012 13:55

there's nearly enough from this thread to make a proper graduates thread, woo hoo. I never thought that would happen. Please, please, please can the rest of us be able to graduate soon.

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MuddyWellyNelly · 10/04/2012 14:04

Me too mrsden - like someone up thread, I'm an ardent atheist (easter really is about the chocolate for me!) but I will pray to whoever is in charge of handing out BFPs that it must be time for all of us now :)

I can't believe I am allowing "no spotting 3 days before AF due" to give me the tiniest glimmer of hope. My turn for the kipper please Confused.

Good point on the eskimos. Thanks!

whereismywine · 10/04/2012 16:14

hello! hope the post Easter back to workness isn't too bad for everyone. Now, where to begin..

whatmess yay! I'm glad the yukky tummy hole paid off and wish you all the best. Do keep us updated.

frannie and kitty gentle kipper slaps that hopefully I'll be able to withdraw.

nelly brrrrr. Bloody boilers. I do like having a plumber in the family, pity you're too far to send him round. Stay away spotting. I do love that jerk chicken, so much nicer than the sum of it's parts would suggest. Glad you've got an apt. Not a great deal happened on my first one, lots of questions seemingly about how long we had been together and if we were deemed suitable! I think blood tests were ordered for fsh and the HSG wheels were set in motion. That was last fucking July. May things go much more smoothly for you!

joycep sorry Easter was a bit mixed. I find ttc is enough on it's own without other things being added into the mix too, hope things get better soon. Good news on the appointment front though.

euro good luck with IUIing, sounds a bit complicated etc with weekends but I hope it works for you.

mrsden glad about your apt too. I'm bracing myself for a wave of preg announcements including a second one in the time I've been trying which will be particularly galling. These days people have to have earned a bfp by experiencing trying for me to be ok with it. I feel a bit bad about that. Also a prolific Facebooking good friend is due any day. Woe. Hourly updates alert.

lemon ou est la lemon? Hope you're ok out there, is it near the end of the wait? Fingers crossed. It is getting more bus like on here I must say. Please magic finger of conception, do a rapid fire point at all of us so we can all have bumps together. Is there actually a grads thread? There was pixie too, which makes 8 since Christmas I think. Come back people and update us!

princess aren't some gps rubbish. I'm sorry you've had such rubbish things said to you, and you Lisa. as if a mc should be thought of as just a late period! Oh my god Shock it's nice to hear you feeling positive though. There are some ups to trying longer. Granted, there aren't many and it doesn't always feel like it, but it has made some things happen for me that wouldn't have otherwise.

stacks hold on in there, I know in your shoes I'd be waiting for an early scan before I could breathe properly. In fact, I'm not ashamed to say that I will be parting with the cash for two or three 8 weeks of not knowing would make me go actually dolally. I'm sure all will be fine and maybe try to be glad about not being sick yet - it will no doubt come!

pout how's the room.

gin I'm with nelly that I would see those things as Signs!! Sorry about the bleeding. I have actually no idea how they take the eggs out. I suspect it isn't by magical teleportation?

Welcome philbee and teu and waves to artemis and beryl and ladygee hope I didn't miss anyone else.

I'm still hanging in limbo. Next consultant apt is a week today and by god there had better be movement. And that is probably all my news really. I'm trying not to let the hope in this month as I had a real crash with my period this time. I think the spring sunshine had all gone to my head. I realise hope is important but I'm better when I'm realistic that I probably need help, than when I let nursery and name thoughts creep in. I actually don't want a January baby (well I do, but you know what I mean) so yah boo sucks magic finger. My acupuncturist told me she was opening my conception channel today as she deemed my chi strong enough. I silently wished her the best if British luck!

lisacn · 10/04/2012 17:09

joycep sorry you and DH are having other things to deal with, it really is the last thing you need, glad you've got the appt quickly

teuchter Welcome I too like nelly wonder if you are scottish although Wahine is maori so are you a scottish maori woman Grin

nelly hope your heating gets sorted, yay for your appt too, I agree Easter is about choccy for me too

mrsd what are they doing to help make you ovulate??? Sorry if this sounds stupid

Sadly I can't make the first big meet up as I will be in Italy eating lots of gelato Grin but def keen for the next meet up
well i'm nearly 1 week through the dreaded 2ww but not holding my breath this time

waves to everyone

mrsden · 10/04/2012 17:26

Why not a january baby wine? I always think january is such a boring month so maybe a baby would make it more interesting. I actually feel quite bothered about the fact that I won't have a 2012 baby. I started ttc in 2010.

lisa not a stupid question. I've got pcos but they're not bothering to do anything about it because DH's sperm count is so low that we need ICSI anyway. So the lack of ovulation is the least of our worries, which sounds strange I know! I've been tracking my cycles for about 18 months and in that time I think I've had 4 where I haven't ovulated so I'm not doing too badly I suppose. I think it's normal even for someone without pcos to have a dud month now and again. Strangely I didn't ovulate last march either so I'm thinking my body doesn't like that month.

My dud months are all the same. I get spots on my shoulders and top of back at the start of the cycle. And then get spots on my chin and forehead. I don't get sore boobs or mood changes. I actually feel pretty stable emotions wise. The cycles are actually shorter than the ovulatory ones, 27ish days rather than 32ish. And then AF is painless, no cramps and light with brown and dark red blood. Of course I'd never have noticed anything different pre ttc!

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whereismywine · 10/04/2012 17:37

I've had two cycles mrsden where my body really struggled to hatch an egg and when it finally seemed to the temp rise was lame and I got no period symptoms. I think it must happen sometimes and as you say, if we weren't ttc we most likely wouldn't notice. How nice will it be to not know when periods are due!! It would be vearly January which I've always thought must be a bit of a post Xmas time to have a birthday. I know someone who has their birthday then and finds it difficult to summon up party guests! But I'd love one then really or any old day. But I'd find the 9th a bit challenging. 9/1/13 makes me shudder in my odd number phobic ways. I have particular issues with 9! I know its ridiculous. BlushAnd just checked ..that would be the due date. Haha bring on my ironic odd number bday bfp.

lisacn · 10/04/2012 17:38

mrsdah I see, they didn't think your DH's sperm could be improved??? I'm amazed at how many people claim that a change in diet or vitamins can improve the swimmers, I go walking with a lady from another thread on here and she said it improved her DH's swimmers, i'm a bit nervous to find out about mr nickers swimmers now, I think I prefer to be totally ignorant right now, just in case his massive weight loss has affected them, I might get mad at him and start to force feed him Confused I know there is no logic to this of course Hmm

princesschick · 10/04/2012 17:41

Great news on all of these appt's coming up. Hopefully they'll all be fruitful. I've got my scan next week to check up on my bits. I was a bit surprised that it's a transabdominal scan and not fanny cam. Oh well, we shall see on the day. Also, my midcycle bleeding now would appear to have been a period as I am either on day 38 of my cycle (never before) or day 23 if I look back to the start of the previous mid-cycle bleed... Confused Still at least I haven't had to go for my blood test yet...

Nelly hope you're keeping warm. You could always tell your SIL that you are keeping the house cold to a) keep your OHs balls at a nice cool temperature for optimum sperm condition or b) to keep away any unwanted guests ;-) Oh and here's another comedy fish slap for you, although I've got fingers and toes crossed for you. Hang on in there on the 2ww. Maybe it's you next. Ooooh there's so many fingers looming around this thread!!!

Euro sorry you're finding it tough at the moment. Hope things feel better soon and you can make your decision as to which clinic to go for. I'm not there yet but have a feeling I will be making these sorts of decisions down the line if they are unable to reset and boost my hormones / discover I've PCOS or some other baby blocker.

Wine thankfully I've got a nice GP now, who seems to take me seriously and genuinely care about my mental health, emotional well being as well as my bad baby making equipment. Big fat phew in the princess's household.

Lisa soooo jealous that you will be eating gelato....mmmn...gelato Envy

Post work waves to everyone else... I've got to run to the post office to send off the small amount of work I have managed to do today Blush and pick up some sofa fabric samples Grin

xxx