TTC 10 Months Plus, Supporting Eachother & Staying Positive :)

[mama31]

This thread is for anyone trying to conceive for a lengthy period of time who may be considering/attending further tests/scans or is about to begin fertility treatment. I hope this thread can provide information and support, alleviate fears and can help one another to remain positive during this difficult journey that can only be understood by those experiencing it.

Please join and share your story, knowledge, support, laughter and tears.

I have not POAS!! Yey! And no spotting so far. (had it last cycle)

Realised i've not taken pregnacare or folic acid for a few weeks! Idiot.

blue are you mid cycle spotting? I have no idea i'm afraid unless its some sort of ov bleed? Saying that i did used to get it years ago (when i was not ttc.... )

Totally flipped my lid at my boss today. I'm afraid he's a total twunt thouh so deserved it.

Day 2 of diet gone well. I'm in the zone!! (resisted wedding cake, chocolates and mini rolls at work...)

Counting down the days niw.....

Sorry blue i see you are cd14.

Yeah mid cycle ive never had ovulation bleeding why would it just start?

Not sure blue, I've had it only very occasionally, maybe once or twice, and have wondered if it was ovulation spotting or just possibly dtd a little too enthusiastically that caused it?!

Maybe give it a couple of days and see what happens?

notta well done on not poas!

Got a print off of dh sa results. I have no idea what any of it means! Off for a Google now to see what I can find out.

Imaginary can I ask what the count and morphology was?? Just want to compare with DH as I thought his morphology was a bit low, but I'm told by GP and most places on google that it's ok.

Notta good work on the diet! Ive also been in the zone all week...well since Monday! diet and exercise back on track and feeling a lot better for it to be honest. Hoping I can keep up the motivation. And you haven't poas! Yay! And no spotting! Double yay! :) good luck Notta! Keep the willpower!!

Blue I'm not sure about your bleeding. Perhaps could be ovulation bleed, ive not had that before but it's apparently quite common. Hope it eases off asap.

Sure mama.

Total count was 80, form says normal is >15, I'm guessing this is million.

I haven't got anything that specifically says morphology, but there's a bit that says 'normal forms' which I think from googling is probably morphology. It says on his print out that normal is >4% and dh's was 11%

How do those compare to your dhs? (if you don't mind me asking)

Its the motility bits that I'm not really understanding, there's too many components! We've not spoken to a doc yet so will have to ask her I think.

imaginary that is BRILLIANT news! So pleased it's something else off the list. How are you?

Hi everyone! So nice to catch up with all your posts and see what everyone has been up to. I had a great time visiting friends in Spain and a challenging but successful biz trip too.

cd15 for me today. I've oved around cd17/18 recently but haven't done any OPKs this month due to travelling so not sure where I am. Going by CM etc, I actually think I may have oved earlier but not sure. Gonna do OPKs the next few days anyway (and DTD lots too obvs!)

Nice to here you SA stories imaginary and mam because we will be there in a couple of weeks!

Hope everyone is well xoxo

Thanks m33r yes its nice to know all is good with him. If im reading it right, and im not sure i am, I think his motility is in the normal range but might be right at the lower end of it so gonna get him on some vitamins, but other than that it looks great. Just confirms its probably my stupid cycles that is holding us up! I'm OK, had 1st lot of blood done this am,back again next Tues so feels like were making some progress at least. How are you?

Hi lindsay, glad you had a good trip! Yes plenty of dtd for you now you're back, hopefully you can still catch ov this month. Yes seems to be a lot of sa going on at the moment, its nice to try and understand it all together!

I'm good thanks imaginary. At my usual optimistic stage - 3dpo and thinking this will be our month. I felt much better when we got out initial tests too.

Good stuff, it could absolutely be your month, glad you're feeling positive

Imaginary if you go to page 27 on this thread my DH results are there. His morphology was 7.40%. Someone said it should be above 14 or 15 I think but from what I've read above 4 is normal and also your form stating that has eased my mind also. Your results sound great!!!! :)

M33R how are you doing lovely?? I don't even know what cycle day I'm on and I'm not doing opks either! Just shagging! That's all I'm doing!!!

I read somewhere that strict new criteria had been brought in which put it at 15%, but in doing so it meant almost everyone would 'fail'! Dh's form says >4% is 'normal', and ive also read that elsewhere online, so im not worrying about that. I think 7% will be fine mama.

Thanks Imaginary.

Imaginary hurray for you! Must be a weight off for you, but at DH waiting so long to tell you! Men! How did your blood test go yesterday? Did they tell you when to ring up for results? I also have one tomorrow, which will be 6dpo so hopefully that is close enough for us! If I even ov'd at all... I am too scared to ring up for my results in case they do confirm that I'm not ovulating!
MB sorry I can't help you with flashing smileys, I just use the CB ones with a smile or no smile! How are you getting on in your TWW?
lil how annoying about the spotting but very jealous of your holiday! Whereabouts are you?
Blue also crap about spotting for you! maybe we should all start taking AC, seems to be doing the trick for mama! I think I might start next cycle, I've read it can do good things to encourage ovulation.
Hi Lindsay! nice to hear from you again, glad you had a good trip.
Cd21 for me, managed to dtd cd12, 17,18 and 20. Really had to encourage DH to get down to it last night, definately felt like a chore more than anything, I don't know how to not make it seem like a chore anymore. Sigh.
Diet not going too well for me, had a maple and pecan pastry earlier,mmm, but did balance it off with an apple!!

I'm in Cyprus . and it seems today the spotting has become cd1

Hiya mama. I'm good thanks! What a great approach this month! I hope it works for you. Even if it doesn't it's a helpful load off your mind. I didnmt use them last month and was fine until I was a day 'late' the. I wish I'd checked as my lp is 16 days.

imaganinary the results sound great!

ginger I'm afraid I have no tips on keeping it 'natural'. At first I tried not to tell DH when i was fertile but it just got silly as it was Very clear when I was ov-ing owing to my sudden enthusiasm! We did have a couple of months like that too; I'm not sure how we got through it, it just passed and we've not had any really forced moments is ages. Good luck!

Hi everyone, good to catch up with you all and seeing us all at different stages.

AF arrived bang on cue today which means I actually get another shot in May on a 27 day cycle. I have day 2 blood test tomorrow and husband's having his sperm test done next week ( we are calling it his 'wank and drive' day!). We've both got a sense of humour and are quite relaxed about it all which I think helps! DH has had his second acupuncture appointment so far which seems to be reducing his stress. Didn't think he'd take to it so well so really proud of him.

Diet was going well until I ate half a jar of Nutella I told my husband to hide from me but found last night,get in!!!

Hey ginger blood test went OK ta, was in and out with the nurse within about 40 seconds! I wasn't gonna ring for results of this one as I thought it was to compare against the day 21 test I have next Tuesday? I don't really understand to be honest so just going to have these then speak to the doc after to see what she says. Good luck for yours tomorrow - do you know when your results will be in? I know it's a bit scary thinking of what the results could show, but I'm in the mindset now after all this time of 'I'd rather just know even if its bad, then we can move on to the next step'. Anyway, im sure itll all be fine, try not to stress - good luck tomorrow!

lil hope you're enjoying Cyprus despite af's arrival. How rude of her.

Notta sorry af for you to but at least on time, no confusion, and onwards to the next chance! Glad your dh's acupuncture is going well and helping him.

CD 16 here, managed to dtd CD 11, 13, 15 and 16. Positive opk CD 14 so think we've done all we can this month as dh off on a stag do in the morning and not back til Sunday afternoon. Hopefully it will be enough!

Whoops i meant nonconformist not notta!

Evening ladies

Another day of spotting never had this before bit whats weird is im not having the horrible cramping and tummy pain I had at ovulation last month.

ginger im already taken AC it's my second month taking it.

non good luck with the tests. Ive only had day 21 not had day 2/3 one yet.

I need to get dps sperm test results printed he never asked grrr

Question re opks mine got gradually darker from cd9/10 but dont seem to have got any darker this week (fertile week) but its never got as dark as control line. I will keep doing them but I kinda thought it would keep getting darker especially if this bleeding is ovulation!

Hope you can see the pick sorry its sideways lol

blue have you tried doing a digi when the line is quite dark? I sometimes think it's not that dark then the digi comes up positive. I use the ICs til it's get quite dark then switch to digi for the smiley reassurance.

Are they in order left to right blue? The one on the furthest right looks darker than the others and looks like mine does the day before I get my very dark positive. Keep going maybe you're just a day or two off!