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TTC 10 months plus, supporting each other and staying positive. Another BFP one of course :-)

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victoria401 · 11/02/2015 20:43

New thread for the rest of us to get our BFP's on, by whatever means!!!

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Metalhead · 13/03/2015 19:08

Which clinic is that laura, if you don't mind me asking? Maybe we'll combine our next summer holiday with a bit of IVF...

Lauraqc · 13/03/2015 19:40

Ah he didn't say Metal just left it up to us to decide whether we wanted to do home or abroad. I've got to lose 2st before we can go anyway (unless we go private which we might do in August or later)...

lildottie · 13/03/2015 23:11

I'm surviving mama and I think really that's the best any of us can hope for. I think I'll feel better when I get a date for follow up appointment x

Mamama31 · 14/03/2015 08:18

Lil sounds like your doing the best you can right now, and I understand that, you really need your follow up app to start focusing on something again. Be kind to yourself xx

lucieloos · 14/03/2015 09:52

I think it's probably ivi Alicante metal. It's quite a bit more expensive in Spain than Czech I think but could still be cheaper than UK.

Glad you are hanging in there lil do you know when your appt will be?

lucieloos · 14/03/2015 09:53

Sorry lil just read your other post and can see you are still waiting for an appt x

Metalhead · 14/03/2015 10:14

Thanks lucie, will look that up. At the moment I'm leaning more towards not bothering with IVF for various reasons, but can't hurt to look...

I hope you get your follow up appointment soon lil so you can start making plans for the next stage.

IfYouWereARiverIdLearnToFloat · 14/03/2015 11:56

Hi ladies... we've been TTC for >14 months. One MC last year & I've had acupuncture since to sort out my ovulation & stabilise my cycle. I've had my D21 progesterone which is now normal. DH has handed in his sample & awaiting results next week. I'm currently 2 days late but BFN from 3 tests so far.

DHs GP has told him he won't refer to fertility clinic as we're not both patients at that practice and my GP seems to think there are no problems & is very blasé about the whole thing... I'm driving myself mad at the moment waiting for AF & hoping it's not coming.

I'm not sure how to push the whole thing forward now - I know I need to go back to GP but what do I ask for?

lildottie · 14/03/2015 14:47

hi river, all the fertility stiff at clinic will be in your name anyway so just get your gp to refer you I would think and ignore the jackass gp your dh has!! fx you will get a bfp and not need to bother though!

Brindler · 14/03/2015 20:45

River my husband and I are also at different gp surgeries (been married 10 years but he's still registered at his mums address!?!). My GP still referred us, my husband just had to ask his gp for an sa referral and I had to take a copy of the results to my gp so she could send them off with our referral to the fertility clinic. So it can be done. And we are even under different boroughs/health authorities!

Roxy1212 · 14/03/2015 23:21

After 30 months of TTC I am finally experiencing the dreaded sloooooow couple of weeks! I've never felt confident so far that a BFP could be on the cards (despite symptom spotting like crazy) but I'm sure I O'd this cycle and I think I might possibly be having implantation carmping - the wait is a nightmare!! How do you guys fill the gap between Oing & testing? Any distraction tips? Here's hoping we all get our BFPs this month :D

IfYouWereARiverIdLearnToFloat · 15/03/2015 00:48

Thanks for the info Lil & Brindler. I think DHs GP is being awkward - I'll speak to my own GP next week if/when AF finally makes an appearance.

Roxy I have no idea - since I MC in July my OV has been really late in the month so only a week to wait & no real hope of a BFP. Until this month... I've been having acupuncture & finally ovulated D13 - I'm now 3 days late and driving myself insane. Hoping yoga this week might chill me out... and planning to throw myself into uni and work this week. I can't shift this hope/dread combo going on in the pit of my stomach though.

lucieloos · 15/03/2015 19:13

Hey, hope everyone is ok and has had a nice weekend.

AF arrived for me today, it was my last one before starting ivf (well technically I have one more but having endo scratch this cycle so can't ttc). I thought I would feel quite emotional and upset when it arrived as it means that ivf is definitely going to happen for us but I don't really. I feel a little excited if anything and just glad that the waiting is finally coming to an end.

So I will have my endo scratch just before the bank holiday weekend hopefully and then will start my meds just after bank hol weekend! I've sent an email to the pharmacy in Czech to order the drugs and also checked with my Dr about booking flights. Hopefully I will have some answers in the next couple of days and we will be well in our way!

This time next month I will be making final preps and getting our bags ready to fly off to Czech and hopefully our dream baby..eeekkk!!!

IfYouWereARiverIdLearnToFloat · 15/03/2015 21:08

Lucie this sounds like a very exciting start of the journey to meet your bubba. It's funny how sometimes you expect to feel emotional but you somehow manage to take it in your stride.

I'm still waiting on AF. Now 3 days late & BFN again on CBFM this morning. I just broke down - it's been about 6 months since I felt so scunnered with the whole thing that I couldn't hold it in. Feeling much better tonight though.

And we bought a proper family car today! DH is excited there's room for a buggy AND our dogs & it was nice to talk about where baby seats & stuff would fit. Hope I don't bankrupt us buying pregnancy tests first.

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victoria401 · 16/03/2015 10:07

Wow pages and pages of ivf chat! This is a me post I'm afraid, I'll read up later and reply properly...

Af arrived this morning, 2 days after I expected it. Had massive ov pain 16 days ago. It was obviously not ov pain? Confused.com.

Dh did his sperm drop this morning. Got a stupid idea in my head that I could convince the clinic to rush through the results so we could have iui this cycle. Dumb huh? Asked if I could talk to someone this morning when we popped in but no one was available. It was a hive of activity in the clinic this morning, more than I've ever seen it! I've got a number to call this afternoon but I can't see it happening. We don't even know if his morph will have improved. Tell me I'm being ridiculous? I was all set to chill out and relax until after our holiday in May. Why am I doing this to myself?!

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Mamama31 · 16/03/2015 13:09

Lucie that is so exciting! I'm sure you just want to get on with it all now! I'm so excited to hear all about it :)

lucieloos · 16/03/2015 13:55

Thanks mama, yes very exciting! Drugs are now on their way and endo scratch is 31st March so only a couple of weeks away!

Vic I really hope you can get dh's results asap and can go ahead with IUI this cycle. Keep us posted.

Mamama31 · 16/03/2015 19:02

Vic good luck with sa results! We will be waiting until April for ours!!! And the sa was done in Jan! I've quit chasing everything, I'm just going to assume we will get the results back at our review app in april. Everything takes so long, ive given up trying to chase things. Hopefully yours comes through asap for your iui!

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victoria401 · 16/03/2015 19:58

So this morning dh had his sa drop off at 8am. I asked if there was anyone I could talk to about IUI and they said no everyone was busy but gave me the nurses direct line and said to ring in the afternoon. 2pm I call the nurses and explained my situation... "Saw consultant last year who agreed to IUI, meant to start in Jan but hubby was ill affecting his sperm, said we'd wait a few months for a re-test, hubby dropped in sample this morning, unfortunately due a few shorter cycles my day 1 is today is there any chance of starting IUI this cycle?". Expected a big fat no chance. The nurse said she'd look at our notes and call back in about an hour. TWO hours later a call back. "Hubby's sperm in normal ranges, come in for your baseline scan on Wednesday"!!!!! Was so not expecting this!! Bit in shock I think. No idea if Wednesday I will get my drugs or what?! There looks like a lot to take into work after and then lug them home on the bus after....

Roxy welcome to the group, great that you've ovulated this cycle, fingers crossed for you after 30 months!!!

lucie Good luck with the scratch!

mama chasing gets results sometimes Wink when is your review?

River Good luck with seeing your GP. Let's hope that your BFP is just taking a while to show up. Keep us posted.

Hi lil brindler metal Lindsay and anyone else who knows me Wink Hope you had good weekends. Mine finished today! I've had 6 days in a row off work, 2 of those were because of a darn cold from hell though. I was ill from last Monday and only really felt properly myself again Sunday afternoon, just in time for af pains this morning! joy. It was our anniversary weekend. 7 years of marriage. Spent Saturday night in a B&B. We were in the Forrest of Dean so went for a walk Saturday and Sunday. Spent from about 3pm in the pub and then went to our room to watch the Voice and Casualty from 7pm, saddos! The room was dead nice though Smile

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Mamama31 · 16/03/2015 20:20

Vic that's great news! Good for you!!! And I know chasing can get results, I'm just being blissfully unaware at the moment and in the mind that whether I hear the results now or in april at our review...it won't make any difference as we won't be starting Treatment until the end of the year due to waiting list! I'm much better emotionally in this mind set but always hoping that with such a long wait ahead of us that it will happen without treatment! Optimistic....even after all this time lol

lildottie · 16/03/2015 22:11

Vic that is fab news! do you think the improvement could be him finally ditching the fags? tell him I'll deck him if he touches a fag before the iui!!

mama I think that's the best mindset to have. knowing sooner won't speed things up. and just keeping on shagging will give you the best chance of beating the odds!!!

Mamama31 · 17/03/2015 08:15

I hope so Lil! That's the plan for now anyway!!

Ellabella1 · 17/03/2015 08:42

Hi all, newbie here! We have been trying since December 2013. Cycles were pretty regular and temping showed a temp rise every month. We thought it would just take time. For the last 6 cycles though we get to 8dpo and I heavey spot until 13 dpo when AF finally arrives. It's starting to feel like the 2 ww is over before it even starts. I decided this morning that we need to get some help and find out what's going on. Any words of encouragement for booking that gp appointment!

Metalhead · 17/03/2015 09:38

Exciting times for you lucie and vic! Hoping to hear some good news from you both soon.

Welcome to the newbies, I hope you won't be with us for long (in the nicest possible way) Smile.

Nothing to report here, CD12 so still a while to go until ov.

spinningirl10 · 17/03/2015 16:50

Ella, do it! Get it booked. Knowledge is power and if there is a problem there's likely to be a solution. I wish we'd gone for tests sooner!

Af arrived for me this morning. I feel ok about it, although we'd done well with dtd I had no symptoms and didn't feel that it was our month. So onwards we go and hoping we'll maybe get a Christmas babySmile

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