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The Berries: On knockerwatch, sniffing willies and clinging to the coat tails of the continued clusterdiff (thread 21)

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barkingtreefrog · 30/05/2014 10:20

The smallprint –
Berries have a strict entrance criteria (TTC #1, over 30, TTC for 12+ months, NO instadiffers, must have a special pot and definitely no mention of baby dust or baby dancing).
Those not abiding by the rules may be escorted from the premises.

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barkingtreefrog · 12/06/2014 07:12

Just nipping in to give bushy a berry squeeze and some Biscuit to get you through today.

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CatsCantFlyFast · 12/06/2014 07:20

We have memory foam

Bushy, good luck for today

greatbigbushybeard · 12/06/2014 07:28

Cheers everybody. Gotta start filling my bladder!! Off to a course after, which I'll be late for so may not be able to update you until later in day.

happylass · 12/06/2014 07:30

All the very best of luck today Bushy. Will be thinking of you.

RosieintheAlps · 12/06/2014 07:35

Good luck bushy! Keeping fingers crossed.

FeatherFeather11 · 12/06/2014 07:50

Thinking of you bushy. Berrie Power coming your way. Last day of honeymoon and phone is sketchy, but will be checking in as much as poss. Xxx

tigerdog · 12/06/2014 07:57

Thinking of you bushy x

beakybeak · 12/06/2014 08:28

Good luck Bushy

Bunnygirlie · 12/06/2014 08:37

Thinking of you bushy x

RevoltingPeasant · 12/06/2014 09:10

Bushy fx for good news. I have a good feeling about you :)

lumen · 12/06/2014 10:16

Enjoy the last day of honeymoon feather!

tigerdog · 12/06/2014 12:40

Feeling much better today - phew!

OttersPocket · 12/06/2014 12:48

rp I'm angry on your behalf at that train company numpty, how are you doing today?

bushy Wishing you all the luck today, I keep checking for updates.

rain I can't believe my wedding is so close either! I've got my hen in two weeks which I'm looking forward to. happy, when is your wedding?

barking , funky and rain I'm in two minds about being offered the Gonal-f and scans for 6 months. The issue with getting diffed in the first place was that I didn't ovulate on my own. So the first year of ttc was a total waste of time as there were never any eggs for the spermies to get to. I then responded well to the Clomid in that I ov'ed on a very small dose and got diffed after 5 cycles. That was an mmc though (edd approaching - horrible feeling). Because the Clomid 'worked' the FC told me to try again with it after the mmc. So 4 cycles later I get diffed again but it was a cp. FC tell me to do 3 more cycles of Clomid. I have this cycle and one more left. I've been ttc for nearly 2.5 years now and I'm utterly, completely fed-up with it. I'm scared that although I can get pregnant I can't hold onto them. I want IVF so that we can say we tried and, if it fails, we can move on and look at adoption (the process for which you can't start until 6-12 months after failed IVF). BUT, I also don't want to start the 2 chances with IVF that we get here without exhausting all our possible options, because if IVF fails then we're all done help wise (NHS wise anyway) and we're at the end of that journey. I just want a family, my own or adopted. So, I think I have to give the injectables a go and if that doesn't work, go for the IVF next March.

Sorry - that was a bit of an essay.

nolly3 · 12/06/2014 13:00

swinging in to wish you luck,bushy

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barkingtreefrog · 12/06/2014 13:06

otters that's very similar to me. Ttc 2.5 years now, no luck on my own, clomid and iui both worked but not convinced I can hold onto it. We're also looking towards adoption post IVF (we only get one cycle) so when they said we could have 3 rounds of IUI first I was really pleased as we hadn't hit the 'end of the road' yet. If I was you I think I'd want to see if I could do 3 cycles then move on to IVF, especially if you get 2 rounds. It's a bit of a compromise between getting to the most likely treatment quicker but giving everything a go first.

bushy hope you're ok.

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RevoltingPeasant · 12/06/2014 16:06

Bushy.....? Fx for you!

beakybeak · 12/06/2014 16:14

How are you today RP?

Hoping everything went well Bushy

RevoltingPeasant · 12/06/2014 16:28

Am off to see my GP soon. I had an appointment to talk to her about getting booked in etc but I decided I'd better keep it so going in a minute. I'm allegedly at work but not really concentrating.

Everything much the same, sadly :(

tigerdog · 12/06/2014 16:30

I obviously have too much time on my hands with not being at work this week, and have been thinking about ttc issues a lot. I'm officially now unexplained and am out of ideas.

I flit between being glad there is nothing wrong (and just hoping it is a matter of time) and being frustrated that there must be an issue that just hasn't been identified yet.

There seems to be a lot of us berries who are unexplained. Has anyone had a private consultation that has shed more light than the standard NHS tests?

tigerdog · 12/06/2014 16:38

rp its not over yet, still hoping for you. xx

greatbigbushybeard · 12/06/2014 17:15

Ladies!! It's good news!! There is a baby bushy in there, fetal pole and heartbeat seen and measuring 6 weeks so it is a week behind where we thought it should be.

Bit of a palaver getting it done. We got there nice and early putting an hour on car thinking that would be enough. I'd drank a cup of tea, fruit juice and pretty much most of a litre of water. We were first there and sat there, half an hour had gone and five, yes five bloody people were called in before us. My dh asked at the desk as we were getting near to needing to put on more time on the car and she said we'd already been put through or something, er clearly not and I was really needing a wee!! Anyway got seen not long after and she did the over the tummy scan and couldn't see that much but could see my bladder was huge!! So I went to relieve myself, she did the famed dildocam and cld see fetal pole and heart beat, they picked it out with red and blue blobs so I could see it. Teeny weeny!!

We then had a quick meeting with a doctor who said that the weird bleed could be tissue from uterus that fetus dislodged when burrowing but that there were no bruises or haematomas or injuries to uterus. She did say rp that bleeding in pg is v common as the pg is burrowing in. I did say I'm still spotting a bit, brown blood, which she said was ok. She said if it gets a lot worse and is bright red with pain to call them. She did say it's a viable pg and that it is measuring 6 weeks, which is a week behind which could mean something or not but that the difference in dating is done my millimeters so it could be nothing but , and I did ask, it could also be that it turns non viable but not to worry. I'm to book in with midwife and at 12 weeks have next scan.

So there you go!! Smile I had better press post before you all combust!!

lumen · 12/06/2014 17:19

Fab news bushy so happy for you and your dh GrinGrinGrinGrinGrin

nolly3 · 12/06/2014 17:23

hooray bushy!!! wonderful news!!! (hi everyone else too, been reading and thinking of you all esp rp but madly busy…)

CatsCantFlyFast · 12/06/2014 17:29

BUSHY GrinGrinGrinGrin
Into the chopper for you!

RosieintheAlps · 12/06/2014 17:34

Yay! Good news Bushy! Congratulations! Smile
more sharing of happiness Smile

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