The Elderberry Pavlovas: still chasing that 'copter in the hope of a festive BFP. Thread 16 (the one where Happy was left in charge!!)

[happylass]

Here we go again.....

The smallprint –
Berries have a strict entrance criteria (TTC #1, over 30, TTC for 6+months, NO instadiffers, must have a special pot) and def no mention of baby dust or baby dancing UGH !!! Ooooh aren’t we strict!

I've plucked up the courage to text the friend who had twins the night before my 2nd scan that confirmed it was all over. I'm going round to visit on my day off tomorrow. In view of that, I think I'm more likely to give tonight a miss if I'm remotely wobbly about it as I don't want the potential of a bad night before I have to be brave tomorrow.

barking that's still a great move. Agree, fireworks are boring anyway!

maybe she's forgotten it's otd

Kitty I'm awake and I've PIMPed for the hospital but my appt isn't until 10am and they'll phone with the beta result in the afternoon. I did dip an IC in it and I can see the line clearly now. I did another digi last night that still only showed 1-2 weeks but I'm resisting the urge to go and waste more money on another digi. Got 2 Frers arriving from amazon in the next few days.

Good luck today lady! Will be thinking of you.

Our FC appointment is also at 10am. Bit nervous as they go through all the tests we had a couple of months ago and decide on a plan of action. Will keep you posted.

Sounds like some good decision making to me Barking.

Hope all goes well Lady.

Oh, Lady - does that mean they will tell you for sure? (Sorry, don't know how these things work.) Heart in mouth and fingers crossed!

Much more mundanely.... I think I OV on Sunday because I had 2x positive OPK days over Fri and Sat (am and pm both), and then on Monday morning my temps went up to 36.68 and they are normally in the 36.6s or 36.70 post-OV. However there is no obvious drop and FF obviously thinks I haven't OV yet?

Could someone cleverer than me take a look and see what you think?? FertilityFriend.com/home/47fae3/

tia!!!

Break a leg lady! I just knew we'd have some bfps whilst I was on holiday!

barking I would have gone with self preservation as I'm a wuss in general. Good on you for texting your friend, tomorrow wil be tough but we'll be here if you need us x

gil hope your appt goes well!!!

Good luck Lady and Gill for today, and Barking for tomorrow! I put off seeing my pg friend for so long that her baby was 3 months before i plucked up the nerve. It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be, but I did cry lots afterwards (but also felt better, if that makes sense).

RP my chart was this same this last cycle, but with a gradual climb, i think I had guessed at an OV date, but after 3 days of higher than usual temps there was a pop up msg from FF saying that it was basically overriding my OV date and changed it to the day before I had put.
My guess would also be that OV was Sunday, FF will prop mark it up after tomorrows reading. Do you know why that day is an open circle?

Bunny, hope all in all you had a great holiday!

Not long now lady how exciting!

Hope all goes well gil

Barking I'd skip tonight. You're getting there and taking big steps IMO - keep on at your own pace.

Because I was also thinking about festive drinking as a compensation for no BFP... Love a mulled cider (or six) at the Christmas market in Edinburgh with DH so focus on that.

News from here: have told MiL about PCOS and difficulties getting BFP. She was brilliant and I feel pressure off. House move all went smoothly - only one broken glass. And in the midst of it, after c.120 days, AF arrived Can't recall ever being about that before but this time means more accurate blood tests and therefore another step to getting me in working order...

Hi mrs, wow - defo for AF! Glad the move went well and good for you re MiL!

Hope it goes well Gil. RP you've ovulated but FF likes to see 3 raised temps before it puts red cross hairs.

Hope it goes well Gil. RP you've ovulated but FF likes to see 3 raised temps before it puts red cross hairs.

Hope it goes well Gil. RP you've ovulated but FF likes to see 3 raised temps before it puts red cross hairs.

sorry about that, on my phone!

So we've been approved for IVF! All the blood tests were good as well as DH's SA. They are more concerned about me overstimming so will be keeping a close eye on that. We'll be doing the short protocol. They want to wait ~3 months after my fibroid removal op (20th nov) so looks like I'll be starting treatment in Feb. given I am 40 in March I will get priority for treatment. It turns out that we're only entitle to one round on the NHS so I don't feel like we'd be missing out once I turn 40 (IYSWIM). If they're able to get some good embryos but are unable to put them back in for whatever reason they they go on the freezer and I still qualify for treatment until they are all used up.

Fantastic news gil!!

Lady so I've definitely OV then, have I?

Birdy open circle because I temped late that day.
Thanks, think you are both probably right :)

Great news, Gil, and not long to wait at all! Also just found out I'd only be entitled to one round IVF. Feeling kind of gutted to be honest

That's great Gill, sounds like you've got a really clear plan! I had a positive urine test at the clinic, still waiting for them to phone with the beta results. Then it will be another blood test in a week and then arrange the scan.

Brill news gill! Feb is not too far away at all!

lady fingers, toes and everything in between crossed for you. Sounds v promising!!

mrswalker congrats on af and the house move!

gil that's fab news, really pleased for you that they've confirmed you're on the fast track to Babytown. It must be such a relief!

Lady sooo exciting!!

CD20 here and twiddling my thumbs waiting for the clinic I spoke with to call me. DH seems to agree with the choice so it'll probably be down to me and how I feel after a chat with them. I still can't believe it's actually coming to this, and I'm trying to be less sad over things not happening naturally and trying to think positively about my body (which is hard) but I know it's time to try something new.

Great news Gill! Not long to wait at all in the grand scheme of things!

Congrats lady too on your official BFP!

Hugs for Sid. Agree that this isn't at all the way I imagined thigs happening. Just try to remember its the final destination that really matters and not how we get there!

Beta was 49. They said they're happy with over 30 but still seems quite low considering I'm 15 dpo and getting positives since 10dpo. Next blood test is a week on Thursday so I'll keep pimping until then.

Fx lady!!

lady fx, I know you think it sounds a but low but if they are happier with over 30, 49 is almost double 30! fx you can relax a bit sometimes, Re Pimping - I may have mentioned this before but you mentioned cb digis- they are notorious for being unreliable with the estimating weeks - lost of people have had different results on tests done at the same time, or gone from 3-4 one week to 1-2 the next and blood tests have proven that everything is fine and the digis are just not as consistently sensitive as they claim to be.