TTC Super Ovulation part 2

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hey ladies,

There are a few of us who are ttc after mc's, however there will be ladies out there who are also ttc for the first time or second or third without success. If anyone is on, considering or had success on a super ovulation programme then do join us. How long did it take ? Did you try IUI with it.. ? Did you have PCOS?

Kicking this off and hoping some of you will join....

part 1 here:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/1385998-TTC-Super-Ovulation

Fantastic news jaffa!! Loving the positive vibes on here right now :)

Actually that's a really good idea buzzy, I hadn't thought of that. As it turns out I contacted the airline and they've put a note on our booking to say I will be carrying this inboard, so it should be ok. I thought what you did about not weighing hand luggage but apparently this particular airline frequently do just that. It would be just my luck to get caught out!

jaffa great news on your scan

Wow just catching up on the news, so pleased for you Kittens & Jaffa. Must be such a relief having a scan and seeing a heartbeat.

Duggs good luck with starting back on the super ov, I did one cycle and then didn't do cycle 2 for a few months but Mr S said it would still count as 2 and not back to cycle 1.

Mel I have found my cycle is much shorter on the letrezole and last month af arrived about 12 dpo so didn't finish the pred either.

Well what a surprise another huge bfn for me this morning so have letrezole at the ready for when af appears. Felt pretty fed up this morning but hectic day at work took my mind off things.

Good luck to the people yet to test this month.

Would one of you ladies who have been on here a while do a list of what all the abbreviations mean for us newer ones please? I've been one here about 3 months now so have worked out most of them, but there's still some I'm struggling with (although you can normally work out roughly what they mean). xx

Kittens and jaffa fantastic news on your scans!

Ari great news also about your OH's super swimmers. I'm glad you finally got the results after all that time. I know exactly how you feel about it all being your "fault". My OH's results were fine, not exactly super sperm but all within the normal parameters. I know I should be really happy that they are fine, but I was almost hoping that there would be something wrong with him too since so far I have been the one with the ever increasing list of issues!

Pebbles sorry to hear about your BFN.

I am interested to hear that Letrozole shortens your cycle. Mine is usually around 25-26 days with a 12 day LP so am hoping that I don't end up with a LP defect as well.

Buzzy I'm with you on the hand luggage. I mean what do people put in it? I can understand wanting a few things on a long haul flight, but a couple of hours to The Med?? I also find myself wondering what on earth people pack in their enormous hold luggage too.

Off to NLC this afternoon for my first follie scan. Not really too sure what to expect and definitely not getting any hopes up of more than one. More worried about the whole injecting myself bit after reading the how to leaflet last night!!

Waves to all.

Oh bugger pebbles, sorry to hear you got a BFN.

I don't think letrozole shortened my cycle. My first cycle on gonal f was ridiculously long though.

I usually take hand luggage only when I go away. Can't be arsed with all that waiting around conveyor belts for my case! I tend to travel light.

LJ if you go to the top of the page, where it says "Mumsnet Talk" and go to the Talk bit, towards the end is a link you can click on called "Acronyms" which will give you all the abbreviations.

Breezy good luck with your scan. Honestly don't worry about the injection. I was really scared to the point I felt sick when I took delivery of the box, the first time. Then I did the injection and it didn't hurt in the slightest. The needle is so fine you can hardly feel it.

I'm off for the weekend now. I will be with OH's whole family (there are a lot of them) who will all be speculating as to why I'm not drinking. Should be interesting. I suspect I'll be outed by the end of the weekend.

Thanks for the words of encouragement kittens! I am sure it isn't really that bad. I really don't mind injections at all usually. I think it is just the thought of doing it myself that is worrying me!

Have a lovely weekend away and I hope there isn't too much speculation!

I dont understand it though as when I had scan on day 14 the follicle was there so must of ovulated after that ( I had injection that day too)
Am I right in thinking as long as you have a 10 day lp it's ok?? Well onto this month
do you think I'd be wise starting dtd early just in case I ovulate early??
Thanks ladies x it's awful getting bfn :(

I'm a wuss I get oh to do injection!!:/

Yes, I would definitely recommend DTD early just in case. Louise always recommends that. I've always had a 10 day LP and Mr S wasn't too concerned, but I did start taking Vit B Complex during my last couple of cycles which may have helped.

OH is scared of needles so he probably would've fainted if I'd asked him to do mine for me!

pebbles Oh bugger it, so sorry about that wretched BFN. This is such a sh*tty ride, in a fair and just world we'd all have bouncing babes by the dozen by now, just for sheer persistence and effort if nothing else!

breezy You just hit the nail squarely on the head for me. Excellent to hear your OH's swimmers are ok, but you are so right - I am obviously pleased there's nothing wrong with the male side of things, but at the same time it does mean that the whole problem is Me, which kind of piles the pressure on. I'm not one to look at things that one is a failure normally, but you know, it's kind of hard not to in this instance. A very silly part of me still hopes that something comes up in the LAD/DQa/karyotyping tests that we still have to have (although I have a feeling my OH is postponing having these tests as long as possible towards the end of the year, at which point he'll say "well there's no point in having them now, is there, since we're giving this up"!), just so that it doesn't all come down to me and my obviously failing body. I can almost see him thinking "well, my tests were clear, so obviously there's nothing wrong with me" in a smug kind of fashion. Crazy thought, I know, but it's there.

mel Definitely worth DTD early in case of early ovulation - that's what I would definitely have done this month if I could have, and I wouldn't now be worrying that we missed our time because I'm fairly sure I did indeed ovulate early. I think they say every other day is fine in the 'lead up' to ovulation, due to how long sperm can live.

breezy Good luck with your scan, let us know how you got on. And I'd echo kittens .. I am the worst person in the world for injections and I really don't like having to do these, but not because they're bad to do - they're not, they're actually really easy, and not at all painful. I haven't bruised or anything with them either. I did suggest to OH last time that he might like to do it for me and he just looked at me as if I'd gone stark staring mad. Mind you, I'm not entirely sure I'd want him sticking a needle in my tummy either, I'd panic he would get it wrong!

You did make me smile!ive got my mother coming to stay too, tricky!!

Good luck for your follie scan Breezy and hope you get a good result. Know what you mean about hand luggage on short haul, all you need is a book or a magazine to keep you I occupied! Honestly the injection is really easy as it has a very fine needle and it goes in easily.

Ari I seemed to have missed the news of your oh's test, so glad to hear everything is ok .

Mel as far as I am aware 10 day lp is fine.

Congrats Jaffa and kittens can I ask how long youve been on superovulation for??
Just had to pay £53 for ovitrelle at central hOmecare, 20 plus delivery but I wasn't aware there was a minimum spend, does that sound right?? It was free delivery last month as ordered Letrozole too last month x

Mel I've never used Central Homecare so not too sure about costs with them, but I do know that for next month (if we are not spectacularly lucky on the first go!) I will be getting the Ovitrelle from NLC as it was eye wateringly expensive at my local Boots! Also good luck for the BD with your mum there!

Scan went well. All very quick, probably the quickest 200-odd quid I have ever spent! Lining was good at 8.something mm which he seemed pleased at. I was happy too as my AF seemed to be getting lighter each month. Had 2 good sized follies on right ovary, one 17.6mm and the other I can't remember. There was another smaller one on the left ovary (found after much prodding around - it always seems to be hard to find??!!) but he seemed to think it was too small to be of any use. So trigger shot tomorrow morning and lots of BD...good job it's a long weekend!!

Hope you all have a great bank holiday, even in the rain!

£53 mel??? Ouch! It's £20 if you get it at NLC, I get it when I have my follicle scan. Or with the gonal-f from Central Homecare, still £20 and I've never pair postage.

Good follie scan breezy, busy weekend ahead for you :)

Maybe it's because you order gonal f too?? Would Cheryl post the ovitrelle?? I live in York :( x good news on the scan breezy

Don't have my scan at new life unless I really need to go as its too far x

Gosh yes, Mel, I find it far to go to NLC from NW London, let alone from York! Lovely part of the world though, although being a fellow Northerner I may be slightly biased!

Just a quick tmi one for you ladies, I'll apologise now. I recall reading some of you saying that the Letrozole made you have bleeding between periods. Have any of you found you have bled after BD? Thought it was the normal "fall out" but when I went to the loo there was watery blood mixed in. Never had this before and BD was far from rough!! Will be interesting to see if the same happens again tomorrow!

No I've not had this sorry, implantation maybe??x

Hi mel good to see you on here.

It's my second time doing super ovulation. The first time, I conceived on the 5th cycle. Unfortunately I miscarried at 10wks. Testing revealed a chromosomal problem, so I decided to try again. I conceived on the 1st cycle this time, by some miracle (we think it was dtd in the runup to ovulation or evening primrose and starflower oil, or both).

When I organised to have ovitrelle delivered, it was £20 + £14 delivery. I wonder if delivery varies across the country - ? But I've paid £40 in Boots before, I think - ? £4-something anyway. Not £53! That's a lot!

pebbles bugger bugger bugger re. the BFN. Hope you're having a blue cheese-themed weekend. It's so hard, the grinding, relentlessness of it all. Thinking of you prepping for AF.

breezy like everyone has said, the needle is really ok. I'm not squeamish, and I made DH stand there while I did it (fat chance he'd do it for me), but it's really the slightest thing you've ever inserted into yourself!

Thanks, all for well wishes.

Ok, I'm nearly there with all the abbreviations having looked up the "acronyms". Although I can work out what they mean from the contect they're written in, can someone help me with bfn and af please. Thanks x

Big fat negative (pregnancy test) as opposed to bfp. AF is 'Aunt Flo' for your period.

Hope you are all well. First bfn on the SO programme on 10dpo. No af yet but not sure if that defo rules me out. Have any of you gone on to get BFP's after the initial bfn ?

Hi rainbows it's good to have a bfn and make sure ovitrelle is out of your system, as it's HCG which of course is the hormone that gives you a bfp. Many women don't get a bfp til 14dpo or later. And I'm sure you know this but in case you tested at the time of your post, it's best to use your first pee of the day. I had a bfp saying '3weeks' and then tested in the middle of the day and it went down to '2-3 weeks,' and I scared myself that hcg was dropping and I was miscarrying. Silly me!