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The Elderberry Pavlovas who occasionally sausage wang – a fabulous thread for 30+ ladies TTC #1 (Thread 8)

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Bunnygirlie · 06/04/2013 22:56

Newbies very welcome provided they meet the strict entrance criteria (TTC #1, over 30, TTC for 3+months, must have a special pot, NO instadiffers) and bring a bouquet of sausages when they join!

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PuppyMummy · 09/04/2013 20:27

Sydney I'm happy to share hsg story/info!
we went to our gp in Sept and I had a couple of blood tests and oh had sperm tests. as these were normal by Nov when all were completed (oh had 2 tests) we were referred for a fertility app at the hospital.
Doctor there asked for more blood tests and hsg. That appointment was March. with follow up booked for June and hsg to be done before that.
It has to be done between day 7-10 so is a small window, luckily it all fell right and I got it done straight away.
The actual hsg was fine (but I have had a colposcopy & Dr said to me if I was ok with that hsg would be fine!)
I found it like a longer smear with more people in the room! it was painless and she said straight away my tubes looks fine.
The Dr will go through it properly with us, along with the other blood tests in June.
Its not been a quick process but at least we can keep trying in the meantime.

any other questions feel free to ask!

BombasticPeanut · 09/04/2013 20:34

Haha charming checking out your well-accessorised ovaries! I didn't get any spotting/soreness but then I never bleed at all. My uterus is the proverbial stone, there is no getting blood out of it. Sounds like she was a bit rough, didn't hurt at all for me..?

Boodle yum, Peruvian ovary-stimulating porridge. Sounds mega. I already have a zillion lotions and potions, but I am a sucker for black magic alternative remedies because I don't have to wait for GPs to prescribe them! What time is your appt tomorrow? I want to live vicariously through you!

Boodlebum · 09/04/2013 20:42

My appointment is at 2.30, as long as I manage to park! I've never been to this particular hospital before and all I know is that the car park is tiny. No way I'll be missing the appointment though - might just have to abandon the car in the middle of the road or something!

I too have rather a lot of pills and potions. My parents came to stay recently (to hold house and feed the furbabies) and I filled a very large bag of fertility / TTC / DTD paraphernalia and hid it at the back of my cupboard.

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Bunnygirlie · 09/04/2013 20:47

Crikey lots of people with appointments at the mo! Blood test appointment for me Friday, DH has jizz test next week! Can anybody tell me the next step after this pretty please?

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Bunnygirlie · 09/04/2013 20:47

Or is it just like puppy says above?

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CharmingCats · 09/04/2013 20:48

Feeling like a wimp, really, but it was very tender when she was steering it around and I was bleeding as soon as it was over. Think my full ish bladder was making things difficult (I had gone before I left the house, about 45 mins before. How could it have filled up in that time?)
Nurse told me it would be like putting a tampon in. Didn't have the heart to tell her that I've never done that. Yes, I'm weird..... But after a few failed attempts as a teenager, I gave up and have never needed to do it. Running packs of the pill together ensured no af on holidays etc. surely a tampon doesn't make you sore?

Boodlebum · 09/04/2013 20:49

Bunny, I suppose it will depend on your results! When DH and I were at that stage it went like this: For DH, he had to schedule a second SA as he had a slightly low motility result (was normal on the following SA). For me, bloods were all "normal" and I was sent for the dildocam. I also had swabs done at the doctors around the same time as my blood tests.

BombasticPeanut · 09/04/2013 20:54

It certainly shouldn't charming (unless you still have half of your hymen intact and the tampon gets stuck behind it on the way out, not that I'd know about that of course). I have a friend who had a 'friable cervix' and she always bleeds after smear tests, have you ever had a problem with that?

Bunny sorry I've lost track, are you already under FC or just GP?

Boodle I have a mahusive cardboard box in the kitchen full of Agnus, red clover, yam root....oh God. I'm mental aren't I?

BombasticPeanut · 09/04/2013 20:57

I'm very upset that the doctors don't want to look at DH's swimmers. Everyone else has had swimming tests!

Boodlebum · 09/04/2013 21:03

I think this TTC-lark has a habit of making us all go a bit bananas!

Thundercatsarego · 09/04/2013 21:03

I have an appointment tomorrow too!

cherrycoconut · 09/04/2013 21:08

Hi to lovely berries old and new. Sorry for AWOLness - I?ve been thinking of you all and hoping you?re doing OK.

Peanut and Boodle Yay for self medicating! I do think there?s a lot to be said for getting all the knowledge you can and supporting your system wherever poss.

Merkin sorry to hear you?re still feeling out of sorts. Totally understandable though. Take care of yourself

Cats glad to hear all went well today, even if they were a bit rough. I?m the opposite from you though, only used pads a couple of times ever. Hated them so much the damn things fill me with dread! My dildocam was fine even though I needed to pee desperately and had to sit on my fists at one point so Dr could locate an ovary that was hiding behind a full bladder. Still if something had been not quite right surely that would be part of the exam and would have been noted? We're all different afterall so try not to worry.

Bunny my DH hated his jizz test, he had to come home in the end and do an emergency hospital delivery later that day. IYSWIM!

BombasticPeanut · 09/04/2013 21:12

Evenin' Thunder! Jealous of your booze, stupid detox

Oooh all these appointments! You will all be SO diffed soon!

cherrycoconut · 09/04/2013 21:13

Pip glad to hear you're in the system now. Good luck tomorrow Boodle wow, lots of berry appointments. Hopefully results will duly follow.

Barking I've just caught up on the amazing wooly mice. So cool, I lurve them! Someone knitted us a bride, groom and a lucky sweep for our wedding day and I love them. Such a personal gift, awesome.

cherrycoconut · 09/04/2013 21:14

A not so quick me update. I?ve been keeping my head down and attempting to find myself a more even keel --mostly failing truth be told?hence my silence. But I?m doing OK in a waiting limbo kind of way. No more results back yet but we?ve got a date through for the FC in early May already which is great and I?m seeing a nutritionalist on Thursday who I?m expecting will ban my red wine and cake and prescribe lentils but if it helps well I guess I better suck it up. DH is in mourning already and insisting we binge out on a takeaway tomorrow night which is something we never do!

Other than that I?ve had lots of acu which has been a godsend. I can?t rate my practitioner highly enough, she?s been totally amazing through all of this.

I?ve gone back to work part days this week to try and ease in gently to minimise stress ? HR and my team are being fab but the workload is still looking like it?s about to crack under the strain. I?m trying not to worry about it ? I have told my boss who makes all the right noises but sadly doesn?t appear to have done much to actually help. I?m trying to fend off the lurking feelings of guilt and responsibility!

So my new zen status is another reason for keeping away from the computer a bit more plus I?ve had about all I can stand of incessant symptom Googling which is sending me a bit stir crazy!

Frogcatcher · 09/04/2013 21:16

Well I went to the hospital today which is just as well or would be feeling v left out by now but unfortunately it was with DP to see someone about his stomach problem rather than anything TTC related. Unfortunately we did get lost at one point & walk past maternity which I did point out to DP was a bit tactless of him on CD1! We've agreed that I'm never giving birth in that hospital anyway as due to the catchment area I'd probably be the only mother over 20 let alone 35. I want to travel a further 10 miles to go to a much nicer one!

Boodlebum · 09/04/2013 21:20

Cherry, I'm glad to hear you haven't got long to wait until your FC appointment. I know it's easier than done, but try not to let those guilty work feelings in; just do what you can and take it slowly.

Frogcatcher · 09/04/2013 21:20

Oh & welcome back cherry. I x posted with you - stay strong. Sounds like the acupuncture is amazing.

barkingtreefrog · 09/04/2013 21:28

I'm home alone. Had intended to visit my Grandma & stay the night on the way back from helping my mate with her house but she was out all afternoon and out again this evening - at 84!!! So I'm back home a day early and have no DP and no dog. More Sad about the no dog to snuggle up to!

So, I put pizza in the oven and got on my laptop (making a photobook for the couple who got married last weekend). Woodburning stove on and catching up with 'The Village' how much pg and giving birth can they put in one episode? Really? so kicked my shoes off and swung them onto the sofa, kicking off the little side table the pint of coke a treat, we don't usually have any in the house I had just poured out which emptied into my trainers and all over the floor. So I get up and run to the kitchen for a bowl of water and a cloth only to realise the pizza is burnt. So now I have burnt pizza and no coke.

BombasticPeanut · 09/04/2013 21:28

Ah cherry sorry you're having such a rough time. Is the acupuncture helping? I had a good weep on mine today, first time I met her too! Felt a whole lot better by the end of the hour though Grin

frog def stay away from a hospital full of instadiffers! Plus the one full of us golden oldies will probably have nicer curtains and better left-behind chick lit.

BombasticPeanut · 09/04/2013 21:31

barking I'm not laughing. I'm not laughing. I'm not.

Would you like to share my tulsi tea and some salmon salad?

Boodlebum · 09/04/2013 21:32

Barking - that's rubbish! Seriously, with all the TTC-crap that we're putting up with, we need little 'pick-me-ups' like pizza and coke. I'm really feeling your pain, sincerely!!!

(No matter how I try to word this, it sounds like I'm taking the piss, but I'm really not, I promise!)

CatsCantFlyFast · 09/04/2013 21:40

cherry have a huge hug, nobody expects you to be doing well in your tough/horrible circumstances. Just keep plodding on and don't be down on yourself for not being any better than that. Take care of yourself too, little treats etc as small things that make you smile are always worthwhile when everything else is a bit crap. Thinking of you x

barkingtreefrog · 09/04/2013 21:41

'tis ok. I have smartie cookies Grin. you can't tell at all that I went to the supermarket without DP supervising

puppy that really isn't a quick process, that's rather depressing Sad. 3 months between first FC appointment and the follow up?! Shock I've got my FC appointment a week tomorrow. I was desperately hoping something might happen a little quicker than more blood tests and another 3 months to wait Sad.

CatsCantFlyFast · 09/04/2013 21:41

Er... Can anyone see 2 posts from me tonight or have the gremlins arrived and stolen one of them?