Elderberry Pavlovas Unite - the over 30s TTC number 1

[Bunnygirlie]

Hi y'all, Welcome to our new meeting place :-) Let's refresh as usual -

Bunnygirlie - 32, married, TTC since June, due to OV this week according to app

Sooooo just when I was contemplating POAS this morning AF reared her ugly head. That's me out for this month. Onwards and upwards. Still at least I've saved myself a fiver and I know know that my cycle is back to its regular self!! Didn't have periods when I was on the pill so had forgotten how bad it is. Feeling a little sorry for myself today! Have decided to be a bit more pro-active in cycle 2. Dabbledbwith some Tesco cheapie op sticks last time and got a positive on those but am thinking of using Clear Blue next time around. Think the fertility monitor may be a bit extravagant at this early stage but any thoughts on the digital opk? Be a bit more reassuring to see the I think! Any experience of temping? Seems a bit of a fuss to me!

Sorry about af happylass. It is a bastard. Even if people say its your first month and u should be patient we still want it!
I used cheap amazon opk for last 2 months and if no result ill buy cb ones. Can't be bothered to temp either. Seems like a huge faf!

Haze, had blood test today and they are just testing TSH, do you mind telling me what the other 2 tests are?

I'm out girls :(

Chuck sure. So TSH is actually not a thyroid hormone, but a thyroid stimulating hormone produced by pituitary gland. How it ideally should work is that if your hormone levels are low, the pituitary gland starts to produce more TSH, this stimulates your thyroid and that starts producing more hormones.

So if your TSH is high then it means your thyroid hormone levels (those are the T3 and T4) are too low. It's the easiest and cheapest to test, so often doctors test only TSH and if that's ok, declare everything fine.

However, it does not always work like this. Just checked some of my old tests, at some point my TSH was normal, but thyroid hormone levels way too low and later TSH was too low, but levels normal.

Long story short - if TSH comes back fine but you have all other hypo symptoms, press for more tests.

happylass so sorry about AF. What a total bummer I got BFN last month (which was my first cycle TTC,) so I invested in the Clear Blue OV predictor, which I found very quick and easy to use, and I also bought a BBT thermometer to use alongside it. Yes the BBT tracking is more of a faff than the OV tests but I have found it quite informative and, had I not got lucky this time, I would know exactly what day next cycle would be OV day rather than waiting for the smiley face on the CB. MY BBT thermometer beeps when it reaches a steady temperature so I just stick it in my gob while i'm still dozing in the morning. Also it was the sudden increase in BBT which made me test yesterday

winkle

Hazle I'm feeling far too normal to be up the duff! I POAS stick again this morning just to be sure I didn't dream yesterday's BFP. AF is only due today so it is too early to feel real I think. DH is grinning all over his face, how is your DH?

janey I'm quite symptomless at the moment. Aside from a little tired and the occasional AF style pinch I feel completely normal. It just doesn't feel real at the moment, I think I am still in shock! I was in Dubai relaxing and DTD all the time when I OV last month and got a BFN, whereas this month I have had all kinds of shit going on at work and have felt really stressed out (not to mention all the stress-related wine i've glugged) and got BFP

Happy lass I like the cb smileys. I'd def invest - you can get then cheaper from amazon.

Sounds like the way to go winkle. Was a bit of a faff trying to work out if the one line was as dark or darker than the other line on the cheapies! Do I buy the CB digital tester and then the strips to go in them separately? Is that the right one?

Rach DH is very proud that his boys can swim. Reading the pregnancy book and and asking me every 5 minutes if I'm ok.

Anybody else on 2ww? Why does it go so slowly :-(

Winkle Sorry to hear that you're out.

As for methods of checking OV, I have tried most things. I have found temping to be useful to confirm ovulation, however I haven't done it this month and I feel better for it. I think that it made TTCing the first thing I thought of every morning.
I have a Clear Blue Fertility Monitor but I find I get on best with the cheap dip stick style tests. However it took me a while to get used to them.
I don't wait for the sample to come to room temperature but I have found that I need to test the second wee of the day. This is where the clearblue sticks can be an advantage, you test your first wee.

Roll on month 15 of trying :(

Have you been to the doctors etc Winkle?

Yes have had bloods, pelvic scan and SA. They said hub has 1% morphology. But they said that shouldn't affect TTC.

Booked to see the docs again in a few weeks. I want them to refer us to a specialist.

Winkle, we are a few months behind you! Month 13 this month. We have had bloods and SA and awaiting results. I am convinced there will be something wrong with one if us!

Hope u feeling a tiny bit more positive today winkle. Having a cry and a moan are absolutely fine x

Thanks lol.

I had the tiniest glimmer of hope that yesterday was a breakthrough bleed but no, Aunt Flo is living up to her name today.

Now I'm pretty sure we were promised some testing on Friday. Anybody? I want to start a Pregnant Elderberries thread soon.

Hazle I was planning to test today before curiosity got the better of me on Wednesday, and I agree a knocked-up Elderberries thread full of familiar faces would be great

Oh, a pregnant elderberries thread would be brilliant.... Fingers crossed lots of us will be joining you soon...

AF due 29th - when do I start POAS? Next Friday? Or too soon...

Accidentally drank waaaaay too much last night and am feeling horrendous today, totally irresponsible 2ww behaviour from me

One of my friends just sent me this e-mail - (I know she sounds nuts for the 'little bit psychic' thing but she's not!) - fingers crossed she's right about the pregnant bit -have absolutely no intention of POASing in front of anyone!

"Ok- well I?m going to tell you because it is only a dream, (but just to warn- I am, quite often, a little bit psychic) You found out you were pregnant! You actually did the test in front of me in my flat- was a bit gross to be honest"

ps I'm sorry winkle

janey what test are you using? The Early Response should in principle show something by Friday (although I used it last time and it didn't show anything til AF was due).

I bought some ebay cheap ones as I think I'm rapidly becoming addicted to POASing but also have in the cupboard at home a clear blue digital... Maybe I should invest in Early Response too?!

As I complained, I bought the cheap ones that were supposed to be really sensitive. Got a BFP on the Digital several days before the cheap ones started showing even the faintest lines. So maybe just wait til 29th and try the digital?

MN lore is that Superdrug own brand tests are very good.
3dpo here. Seems that AF is due on the day before my fertility clinic appointment!
Also I've decided that next month would be much better for due date timing. Honest.