TTC 10 Months Plus, Supporting each other & Staying Positive :) This thread will be the BFP one!

[victoria401]

This is a thread for ladies who have been ttc longer than 10 months who have started the ball rolling with tests and treatments. We are all here to support each other though these darker days to the baby shaped light at the end of the tunnel!

Bobsy I'd definitely go get print outs from gp. then cone back here and we'll help you decipher them. has ur Dh had an sa?

booking hsgs seems to be the hardest thing to do. not like you can tell your body to wait for the NHS! glad the us went well though.

Hi ladies
Feeling so sorry for my hubby right now he is so privet about everything and we just found out he has to do his sperm sample in the house next week then bring it to the receptionist in our doctors. Doesn't sound to bad but the receptionist is his mum's best friend :0. He is really annoying himself over it Poor him :(. I told him she will think its a urine sample he said he already thought of that one and the sample will be to light lol.

Hi Blue It's hard to keep away sometimes but I think we can talk so much more in depth here about it all than to DHs or friends at times! Hope the clomid goes ok when you start it.

Welcome Bobsy I would try and see another GP or move to another one that has an idea about the NHS fertility process. Your one clearly doesn't.

5 days post HSG and still cramping and having a little bit of brown blood when I wipe (yesterday was actually quite a mix of red and brown). Rang up the hospital and spoke to the fertility nurse who said that they've never had anyone with an infection post HSG and the only people who bleed afterwards for days are those that bleed between cycles (not me). They offered me to come in and have a swab if still persists.
I didn't tell them that we dtd the evening of the HSG and I ovulated 24-48 hrs after. Surely the chances are that I haven't conceived straight away and that this isn't implantation????please somebody slap me and stop my mind from wandering

Thanks everyone, I think I am going to have to see a different doctor and see what else can be done. I feel like I've been dismissed now because of my age, the annoying thing is that she was completely understanding of how I felt but there was nothing else that could be done medically. I will also have to find out exactly what the blood tests were for, I get so nervous when I go that stupidly don't ask things that I should ask.

lildottie No he hasn't, the doctor never even suggested that but I can't imagine OH would have the test anyway. All he ever say's is 'it will happen'

Lindsay81 I have the Fertility Friend app on my phone to track my cycle and I take my temperature every morning and I have also been using the CB OPK's so I know I'm ovulating. It's so annoying what she said as I am now feeling very negative and that surely can't help. I will ring the doctors to find out exactly what the blood tests were for.

Welcome Bobsy I definitely echo what others have said on here that you should investigate further. Have a look at one of my posts on the previous thread about some sort of private consultation - my friend paid £250 for a consult (The Spire Harpenden, Herts) but it led to her being re-referred to her own hospital back on the NHS but they all took her far more seriously she felt. Not how it should be but perhaps you need to get the ball rolling.

H is not yet back to 'DH' but he has apologised and said he hit out at the one thing he knew would upset me. I've still barely spoken to him (not like me at all) as I need to make him realise it's not ok for him to speak to me in that way.

Still waiting for af to arrive here - no sign or symptom of it at all, hope family stress isn't messing with my hormones :(

Blue I've got hopes for you on the Clomid - I don't think since I've been on this thread I've heard from anyone actually taking it so will be watching with interest...

Non also got hopes for you after the HSG, crotch watch for you by the sounds of things!!!

Lindsay you've just given me a little kick of excitement that statistically one of us MUST fall at some point soon...!!!

FX for us all xxx

Um...getting up to go to the loo 4 nights in a row, when normally, never? And no I'm not drinking a gallon of tea before bedtime.

Strange. I really do try not to symptom spot, but....

tutsyflower can you take the pot in? In a paper bag? Poor your DH but I'm sure she has seen it all before. you. Can remind him of this next time you've got your legs in the air in front of an entire medical team... bobsy can you try writing your questions down before you go to help you remember to ask the right things when you are there? It's what I do because otherwise I get flustered and forget. I think your DH will have to have an SA though - ladies isn't that your experience? I'm not there yet in the testing process but my understanding is they have to test both of you at about the same time.

Warm thoughts to all.

Hi Ladies. Hope you don't mind me joining.

Have been trying to conceive for a year with hubby, we already have one child who is 3.

I had very irregular periods (one every 3 months roughly) until about 3 months ago when I became regular, one period each month. Not quite clockwork but within few days of date due on.

I've had all sorts of tests and scans and have seen gynaecologist and he's not concerned at all and says all is okay so should catch.

We caught really very quickly with our first, was the first month we tried! So getting very disheartened now that we have been trying for a second for so long.

Anyway.....i am now on cycle day 40. Longest cycle since became regular is 36.

AF hasn't shown up and I've been getting BFNs.

Monday, I thought I had finally come on, went to loo, wiped and there was blood so bought great at least I know what's happening....was like a light period. Went to loo a second time and same happened. Then after that it all just disappeared and nothing has happened since. Sorry for info but this morning I had a rather large amount of mucus.

Could it be a sign of implantation? Could I still get my BFP?

Hi ladies. Off work with a stinking cold and HSG tomorrow!

tutsy there is such a thing as patient confidentiality and even though it may be embarassing for h to hand in his sample, it won't be gossiped about with his mum. Do they do the analysis at the gp's?! Usually it needs to be handed directly to the lab as I needs to be warm and fresh or the little guys start to die. It shouldn't be going in the normal sample transport.

non when I had the bleeding and cramps after dildo cam I phoned radiology and they'd never heard of anyone else bleeding and that was that. Useful. I had no bleeding after 2nd dildo cam at the clinic so radiology must have done something to me! Were you not told not to ttc after HSG? I heard that it was no good for the egg with the dye and xray.

Laura that was very harsh of h to say that to you! Talk about right where it hurts! I would have booted him out for saying that! At least he has apologized now but still. Sounds like he does need to grow up. My h is the same though, talking about getting new car and new HD 3D tv etc. Men huh? I think he needs the responsibility of being a dad to finally be a grown up and seeing what is priority.

blue I also have high hopes for you with Clomid x

Bobsy try and get him to have this as. if its a count issue its better to know because that can be easily fixed. and if its something worse at least you will know. def see another go though and find out what the bloods were.

trusty I agree that it shouldn't be handed in at drs, it has to be at the lab within the hour. I'd speak to the doctor and check they are ordering the right tests. there are other non fertility related tests where timevdiesnt matter so they may be doing that one in error.

blue fx for the clomid. at least you are on countdown to something now!

Vic hope all goes well with hsg tomorrow. sorry about the cold

Laura I don't blame you for still not speaking to him. I'd expect flowers, chocolate and wine on top if an apology!

Hi ladies, sorry I've not posted for a while but as going a bit mad with this crazy cycle I'm having, finally got a +opk today on CD31 so hopefully I can get my post-ov bloods done soon.

Blueberry that's interesting that you can get +opks and still not ovulate, maybe I'm having similar issues? Will be very interested to hear how you're getting on with the clomid, and fx it will bring you a BFP.

Non glad your HSG went well and I hope the spotting/cramping has stopped now.

Notta sorry about your DH's sperm results, have they said if there is anything they can do about it?

Sorry you're still in limbo with AF laura, and I would be absolutely livid if my DH said something like that! That's absolutely disgraceful, I hope he has apologised and realises just how out of order he was.

Hello and welcome to all the newbies [waves at bobsy], and sorry if I've forgotten anybody else. Oh and good luck for your HSG tomorrow vic!

Vic The leaflet they gave me just says to avoid sex 14 days prior to HSG, nothing about afterwards! No-one mentioned it afterwards so didn't think about it. Maybe that's why I'm spotting and cramping now but the spotting is finally easing.

Oh well, just means I'll have a smurf as a baby if we conceived this month from the dye!!!

Lol Non how funny!!

Thanks all - 'DH' definitely needs to grow up and I'm hoping it'll kick in when we're expecting - I don't know what I'll do if it doesn't.

Vic good luck for HSG tomorrow, hoping it's the start of exciting times for you!

vicky Good luck for Hsg today ps when I had mine done she could see an egg getting ready and told me dtd that night. I asked about the dye etc and she said its not a problem it doesnt stay in your body long! Plus it clears your tubes so all the better for baby making! Dont forget a pad you will need one.

Thanks for all the nice comments...

Had to leave work early yesterday because was ill and off today just feel so nauseous tired and run down and around 11dpo.

good luck Vic. don't forget to pop some pills an hour before.

Hi I'm back. Tubes are clear! Feeling like I need to cwtch up on the sofa and be nice to myself right now though, even though I'm not in any pain or anything. Well just kind of a weird ache, but not in my uterus, must be my cavity. I'm rambling...

Anyway, none of you warned me I needed to produce a wee sample! I was bone dry!

Hope the rest of you are ok x

Great news Vic! Take it easy for the rest of the day, you've earned a rest on the sofa.

I had my first acupuncture session this morning, it went ok I think although I had to lie down afterwards as the headache she said should go away actually got a lot worse! Anyway, going back in two weeks so we'll see what happens. Also got another blood test tomorrow to check for ov.

Darn forgot to ask about ttc this month!

a pee sample?! I didn't have to do that! what for?

To do a preg test lil

Got a bit of brown discharge now, but the whole thing wasn't as bad as I thought. It was quite hi-tech too, a movable bed etc!

Glad you're ok Vic well done and hope this is all you needed to get that elusive BFP!

I gave my seat up on the train tonight to not one but TWO pregnant ladies; I fear the universe is trying to tell me something :(

why on earth did they do a pg test before a test that is to be done before you ov? weird! glad it went OK though

Just to be on the safe side I guess, so I didn't sue if I'd have lost a baby because of it.

I need to get myself healthier and sharpish. Had the worst cold ever this week, crap food and lots of wine the last few, and very little exercise! Really need to get back on it in case the Dr decides to start treatment soon! I know there is no waiting lists at the clinic we are at!

Hi all

Just got off the phone with a nurse kindly reading me out my blood test results. Apparently they are 'normal' but I wanted to share as she said she thought that the FSH one was low 'but it might be fine for this point in your cycle but I don't know.'
Rubella and thyroid - all fine. Won't go into the details.
Progesterone: 28.5 which is normal in a range of 16.4 - 59 - I can only presume that's the range for the 21 day test?
FSH: 2.5 Apparently the doctor said it was in range but also said that the range was 3.1 to 24.2? The nurse said that maybe the range was different for the 21 day test.
LH: 1.9 'within range.'

I'm not sure if I feel enlightened or not and of course I'm wondering about the FSH.

If any of you lovely people can shed any light, please do. Gently!

Hmmm view the LH and FSH for fertility are usually read from the day 3 tests along with prolactin, follicular phase. The day 21 luteal phase is just to see what the progesterone level is post ovulation, which they like to be above 30 to produce a thick enough lining. Are you due to have a day 3? I'd speak to the doctor you saw first rather than getting an unsure nurse to read the results.

Hi view I think the same as Victoria re the FSH and it sounds like they've just measured it at the same time but are a bit clueless! It's definitely a Day 3 test.

I wouldn't worry about your progesterone, like Vic said it should be over 30 but remember it is a spike/ peak and so you could easily have caught it as it was rising or dropping. I think 28 is fine. My first was 20, which they said was normal (umm, OK!) and when I had it done on the same day a few months later, it was 34. So it just depends when you catch it.

All in all, it looks to me like you ovulate fine and you may just want to check the other ones with a doctor and ask why they were done on Day 21.