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Conception

When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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TTC Super Ovulation part 2

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suemays · 17/05/2012 17:45

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

OP posts:

Pebbles73 · 20/06/2012 17:09

Hi ladies, has got busy on here since I last popped on! As I am not super oving until next month have just been lurking.

Kittens did you ask to go on the hydroxy or did Mr S suggest it? People seem to be doing quite well on that so seems like a good option. Glad your scan went well. Pred is making me so hyper this month, find it hard concentrating on one thing and then find can't remember what I did/said!!

How long until you get your results Ari?

Havingkittens · 20/06/2012 17:45

I asked if there was an alternative to pred, knowing full well about hydroxy but not mentioning it as I didn't want him to think it was because of us comparing notes. I told him it made me feel really bad and that I'd been on it for over a year and was a bit concerned. I think the fact I've been on the pred for so long was what swayed his decision. I find the pred the same as you. Really hard to think straight and rather agitated to say the least.

Pebbles73 · 20/06/2012 17:57

Thanks Kittens hope hydroxy is the thing that works for you. I guess I will have to be on pred for a while before asking. Just have to think of the bonus of having great skin for once! Did I see you say in here you can't have laser hair removal while on it? I have one of those home lumea ones somebody gave me and have used a few times recently.

Abney · 20/06/2012 18:04

Hi all. AF turned up yesterday which was good timing as just returned from hols. Due to take Gonal F today. Can someone advise if you inject into your tummy?

Kittens all the best with your follies. I hope it will be your turn this month.

Havingkittens · 20/06/2012 19:05

Yep, in the tummy. Be prepared, it made me super tired! Doesn't hurt at all though. Even less so than Ovitrelle as the dose is much smaller. Good luck!

Havingkittens · 20/06/2012 19:07

pebbles they wouldn't do laser on my face at the clinic as they said steroids thin the skin so more susceptible to burning or damage, I guess.

lemonsherbet · 20/06/2012 20:37

Ladies I may be joining you. Saw Mr S who has now suggested SO. I am not sure because I know I am ovulating monthly at least that is what the OPK says. He has given me the info to think about.

Abney · 20/06/2012 21:13

Hi kittens thanks for your help. Just did it. Was scared stiff that I would do it wrong. Let's hope I have plenty more follies next time and thanks for warning me re tiredness. Does anyone know of anyone getting pg with Gonal F? I started off with 3 follies but due to the last few times only having 1 follie Dr S advised me that I should go on Gonal F. I paid about £34 each for them. Is this the lowest price do you think? I got them from Boots.

Havingkittens · 21/06/2012 07:38

£34 each for Gonal F? How did you get them? In vials? I got a pen, like the Ovitrelle from Healthcare at Home. Can't remember the exact amount but somewhere around £90 for 300 iu which covers all 4 doses.

lemon, I was getting positive OPKs before I started on SO so I think the idea is just to produce more than one egg so there's more chance of fertilization.

Arianrhod · 21/06/2012 08:24

abney They use gonal-f with IVF, so I'm sure there are plenty of ladies who get pregnant on it.

lemon I ovulate regular as clockwork every month, but I'm still doing SO - for me, just to give my body double the chance to get pregnant each month, that's all. I would say it's been no hassle for me - the Letrozole has given me no side effects when I'm taking it, and apart from not liking injecting the Ovitrelle (it's not difficult, I just don't like injections), even that's been fine.

buzzybee123 · 21/06/2012 10:40

i paid £134 for a 450iu pen from healthcare at home about 2 months ago

lemonsherbet · 21/06/2012 15:35

Does anyone know how you arrange the scans? I live about 3hours away and do not think I will easily be able to get to see Mr S. I work full time and so can only really make his saturdays at the moment.

buzzybee123 · 21/06/2012 15:56

lemon you can have a scan closer to home and have the results read by Mr Shehata but you'll have to pay for the privilege, it wasn't cheap but can't remember exactly how much. If you are going to book a scan with him you just call Cheryl and she organises it

I can't remember if it was this thread where someone asked about sharp bins for your needles. Boots sell them for £1.75, personally I think they should be supplied.

Arianrhod · 21/06/2012 18:25

Thanks buzzy, what do you do with the sharps bin once it's full, do you know? I asked at my local pharmacy, they didn't know other than to ask at my GP.

Havingkittens · 21/06/2012 18:26

Healthcare at home gave me a sharps bin with my gonal f

buzzybee123 · 21/06/2012 22:22

kittens I would have expected them to give me one but the didn't

ari your GP should take them or advise you, they will have their own to dispose of.

Arianrhod · 25/06/2012 09:09

Morning ladies, hope you're all doing well on this fine sunny day!

Can I ask a quick question please - did any of you find the Letrozole played funny tricks on your AF? I am on CD8 today, AF lasted CD1 to CD3 with some spotting CD4 then nothing CD5 & 6 but then I started bleeding again yesterday on CD7 (with some light cramping too) and a small amount today too. It wasn't huge amounts, but enough for me to classify it as a "light bleed" day rather than just spotting. I don't get it - how can your AF restart after two days of nothing? What gives? Anyone experienced anything like this at all?

brownstag · 25/06/2012 09:23

ari My only experience so far is of my abandoned letrozole cycle a few cycles ago; I only took one tablet, but I ovulated much earlier than usual and my period was much heavier than usual (which I was pleased with, as I felt it meant a thicker lining).
Also, sorry for the appalling memory, but was it with you I was discussing the Athens test? I still can't find the info, so if it was you, please could you send it to my inbox. Is there a way of searching the thread you're in?
Thanks!

Arianrhod · 25/06/2012 13:16

PMd you brown .. :) And the way I search the thread is set it to show all messages (top of the thread option) and good old Find/Search on the web page. I'm sure there's a more technical way of doing it :)

Well I did some reading around, of course, and it seems this can happen with Femara/Letrozole, I've read quite a few ladies saying it happened to them too, their AF seemed to restart itself a couple of days after it finished. Comments have been from their consultants to the effect of it's your body clearing out old lining, and it is browny red rather than bright red so that would seem possible. Who knows .. hopefully when I have my scan on Thu all will be fine and it's nothing to worry about!

CareBear1 · 25/06/2012 18:46

Ari I've had almost exactly what you describe both this month and last month. I didn't really pay much attention as I get all sorts of random bleeding.

Arianrhod · 26/06/2012 09:39

Thanks care .. well I've now had a three-day AF and a two-day AF this month, how bizarre! I don't ever get random bleeding and this is a little unsettling, but hey, if it's what Letrozole does, then at least I know it's not my body doing weird stuff all by itself! :)

mrsmellow · 26/06/2012 13:39

Hi ladies, I wonder if I can ask a letrozole related question please? I have PCOS and had one cycle of clomid, but a scan showed that my uterine lining was thinned (as a side effect) so I have been told to take letrozole. Fine, except I'm on holiday and my gynae had suggested I had a scan on CD14 to check I wasn't developing many many follicles and at risk of multiple pregnancy - i.e. her advice would be to not have sex if lots of follicles developing. From what I read on here, most people are just put on clomid or letrozole and sent away - is that your experience? has anyone heard this advice? I am seeing her privately and secretly suspect that the extra scans are a money making venture... I recognise it is good to see a follicle developing, but don't want to (as she recommends) find someone to do a scan while I'm on holiday and then abstain from holiday SWI (which must be more fun )
Thanks in advance

Arianrhod · 26/06/2012 14:26

Hi mrsmellow ... I have to have a scan between day 11 and day 13 of my cycle to see what follicles have developed and what size they are, then Mr S tells me when to take the trigger shot. I understand he is also looking at the same time to make sure there aren't too many follicles, due to the risk of multiple pregnancy, as you've been told - so I don't believe in this instance your consultant is just trying to get more £££ out of you :)

mrsmellow · 26/06/2012 22:35

Thanks, I ll try to get a scan in that case.

brownstag · 27/06/2012 09:40

A very faint line 13dpo on an internet cheapie, first month of letrozole, only 2 weeks on hydroxychloroquine. Off to find a First Response.

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