Hello Jewcy Lovely to meet you. I'm blushing. I fear that Noks has very kindly bigged me up!
I'm not sure if it is still the case, but when I was young, whazzing on your tits couldn't get you pregnant. Maybe times have changed
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How far into the dreaded DRing are you? I got 9 days in. I know what you mean about not wanting to have sex. It couldn't have been further from my mind once I started treatment. For one thing I was really sore and it hurt! I think that the truth of the matter is that I was very very lucky. We had a last ditch attempt around day 14 when I usually ovulate. I reckon I must have ovulated that day or the next and then by the time I was starting downregging on day 21 the deed was already done. The day before my period was due I took a test and it was negative. But then my period became 2 days late so I took another test (and another and another!!!) and they were positive.
I don't know why I got lucky that month. Like Noks I had been preparing for treatment for ages. I'd been having weekly acupuncture for nearly a year. I took lots of supps, Omega 3, vitamin d, pregnacare conception, royal jelly (but then stopped cause it made me feel sick) and anti-oxidents (they also made me feel sick after a while). I stopped drinking alcohol for about a year, coffee and all caffeine including chocolate for about 5 months and really upped my protein to 70g per day before treatment. Hummous and carrot sticks became my best friends! I had seen a nutritionist at Zita West and she helped me a lot.
I'm essentially lazy and don't exercise except for weekly ballroom dancing. and I try to meditate to combat stress.
The only things I did differently that month was I had hypnotherapy to try to help me relax before treatment as I was very very anxious and was convinced that it wasn't going to work before I even started. I had also started a strict elimination diet for a skin condition that I have and I think that that might have reduced some of the inflammation that was obviously in my body and was coming out through my skin.
So thats about it. As you can see, some things are the same as Noks and some are different. I guess the point is that it is all very personal and what worked for me may or may not work for someone else. Like you, I scoured the net for success stories and tried to copy them.
Finally, just to say that I'm 42 now, will be 43 when Shazlett is born (fingers crossed that all goes well). I was starting to believe that it was never going to happen. They gave me a 5% chance on my own and 15-20% chance with IVF. I thought that time had run out for me and then at the very last minute, properly the last possible day that it could have happened, it did.
As Keep said, yesterday another Mumsnetter joined our thread, she had also got a BFP 3 days into Dring and now our Noks has another miracle BFP. So it can happen but sadly we don't know why. I still don't believe that it is true even though I've had some reassuring scans. Part of me still thinks that it is a dream and someone is going to wake me up and tell me that it was a joke.
Tomorrow I have the nuchal scan so I'm abit apprehensive. There is a milestone to pass at every turn. but bit by bit I'm getting there.
I really really hope that you are successful with your treatment. That you are all successful. We want to have you over with us worriers! I wish you all loads of luck. We have all been through so much to get this far and everyone here knows what that precious BFP means to each and everyone of us.
Much love
Shazzamattazerly x