What do we want? Positive pee sticks. When do we want them? NOW (and we are Brooking No Argument)

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The last couple of threads got lots of people pg. Let's hope this is another lucky one.

You mean more so than we already are Tock.....

Hi everyone, mind if I join you? Am in need of some brooking... We've been ttc no 1 for 10 months, nothing happening, so we've started down the Dr route...

maybe ditto for my wedding. I love that piece and was in tears on the day too, wimp!

Nice to meet you all, and smegs can I just say you have now fuelled everyone's mental. No longer does af mean we aren't preggers. Argh!

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Keep welcome!!! I too have just started down the dr's route, we can weather it together!

Thanks sparkle

We seem to have some sperm issues, so am interested in tocks thoughts... Plenty in number and v good mobility, but poor morphology. We're already doing less booze, healthy eating, vits. Anyone know if we are fighting a losing battle if only 3% aren't deformed...? He's doing a repeat next week

Yes sparks, you'll have to poas now even if af does come !

maybe it sucks... Am sure the more you look the more there is to worry about!

I totally agree Keep But you have us lot now, so it takes some of the worry off

Everyone is welcome here Keep

Thanks! What have you had so far?

I have had day 3 bloods, which were fine. They are going to do another day 3 and then a day 21 on me, and DH has his pot for his, ahem 'sample'. Then wait for results and go from there. How about you? A lot of us have had various investigations, so advice is always on hand

Day 3 and 21 were all fine. Swab showed an 'imbalance', urgh sorry, which is now treated, but they said wouldn't have affected fertility. I'm not convinced, as it apparently shows lower ivf success rates, so why not the same for natural...
Dh did one sa, see above, was v upset... Says he'll do the next one on Tuesday, but let's brook I get a bfp on Saturday instead! (Feeling there's no chance despite ridiculous amounts of shagging, but we have done that every month!)

Brook brook

How long have you been trying maybe? I've never had a chemical or anything, which seems unusual if you read the threads on here, seems like people either fall easily, or it takes ages

Ooooh another vote for Trumpet Voluntary by Clarke here too :)

Hi keep. Welcome to the luckiest conception threads evah!

Quite a lot of us have had investigations done, some with not-so great results but I think we can all attest that it just takes one good sperm to meet a good egg . I had a horrible AMH result, v bad for my age, and was gently being directed towards IVF before this little bean snuck under the radar. Has your DP made any lifestyle changes besides the pills etc? Cutting down on alcohol, wearing loose trousers and pants made from natural fibres, eating more healthily - it all helps. I hope he gets a better result this time.

I know I made a joke about my situation, but please don't go putting any weight on it. I tested when I felt pregnant and got a BFP - the fact that I was 4 weeks ahead of where I thought I was is great, but highly unlikely! Best of luck for your BFP this weekend, I'll be brooking for you.

Well. That was garbled. Hope it makes sense in places!

Hi keep :)
I was worried about lack of chemicals etc too, but did get updiffed after about 10-11 months so it doesn't necessarily mean anything imho. How long have you been on your healthy lifestyle? I think it takes 3 months for new sperm to grow, so the changes don't take place overnight :)

Hi Keep, I am new here too, I am definitly in the take ages camp. Quick question possibly cos I m stoopid I am doing OPK for the first time this month, my cycles are anytime 4-6 weeks (though last one was 9 weeks, with sickness, sore and leaky boobs, loads of CM and really tired, mother nature is a cruel biatch) should I be PIAR daily or will 2 daily be ok? I am using t'interweb cheapies if that helps and because I will be doing this for months and the others are really expensive Also, should I invest in some really expensive CBP OPK so if the cheapies say start smacking, I can check the result, or are the cheapies usually realiable?

TIA

BTW we walked down the aisle to Michael Nyman - Molly, and back up the asile to Queen, dont stop me now

I agree with Fluff Keep I think it is just a question of time for most. I have been trying for 15 months now. Though I am married to a shift worker so timing was not always our strong point. Though I have had an early m/c and a few chemicals.

As for the opks Boo I'm not sure how much the expense matters. Some people never get a positive, despite knowing they are ov'ing

Hi Keep - you have found yourself a semen expert here! Our lowest figure - 4% - wasn't morphology but the superfast swimmers (should be around 25%)!!! I think the good news is that with lifestyle changes you really can make a difference to spermies. I think it's agreed that it's more of a battle to fix some female fertility issues. However, the MAIN change that my DP made and which I believe really swung it for us is that he started having acupuncture and taking Chinese herbs (as well as giving up alcohol which is also v important). We also held off the SWI for around a week until I was v close to ovulation and I think this meant we had better quality swimmers to work with. I even gave him a good strong coffee just before nooky!! Can you tell what a control freak I am btw? All in all it took 3 months of him sorting himself out and we got there but that was unfortunately after at least a year of TTC in the dark, ifkwim, during which time I turned 40 so all a bit panicky.

Take heart and hang out here with this marvellous - you will find out so much and you even get to have a larf.

Calamity - try daily from early on (say cd9) but from cd13 try to do 2 sticks until you get a positive... though I'm no expert on ICs so others may say different...

Calamity I always get a result on Internet Cheapies, ok sometimes not as strong as the control line but a definite line. I only do them once per day (when I get home from work) until I got a positive followed by a negative. Sometimes got 2 or even 3 days of a positive.

Hi Keep so nice to have new members.

Very excited the iPhone has been despatched!!!

bloody hell thought i was being ignored and then loads of messages came up!! thanks everyone i shall be on youtube later having a listen (they block it at work grrr)
sparks u may call me face haha an exbf used to call me cartoon face and its kinda stuck but he too would usually shorten it to face rather than cartoon. apparently i look like a cartoon character hmmm suddenly thinking i maybe shouldve took this as an insult

calamity do them daily till they star to get a small line, then twice a day. I've never used cbd, am a cheapskate! I don't always get a positive even then, but take the darkest one, then 16 days later af!

My dh hasn't had a bath in 8 months!! We never really drank much but lessened since 6 months, and vits since then. Not sure what else we can do...

I am going to conduct our own experiment though, his last sa we had swi 5 days before, so doesn't give a good pic of what he produces in shag week! So next time we will get him at the min, 48 hrs. My thoughts are maybe the weird mutants hang around linger, and the new fresh ones will be a higher quality, which would be opposite to tock*.... Will report back!

oh and was it tock whos partner is suggest delaying their wedding because i think it a poor excuse i am getting married when i want and if it just so happens im about to pop then so be it hope i get preg before that would happen thou

Afternoon everyone. I've caught up!! I had 18 pages of read back to go through. Really should have been doing work, but wanted to read the good news from Tock and Smegs first hand. I'm totally overjoyed for you both.

Welcome to all the newbies, as a little introduction I'm another long term TTCer who got a BFP after a HSG.

Biscuits I must have had my LMP the day before your DS2 was born, as my bean is the same age :)

was just wondering where you'd got to the other day

Hope all is well. Are you having an early scan or anything or holding on until 12 weeks?