Yo yo!! Calling all Ladybros over 30 TTC #1. Join the Berries aboard the Charabanc of lurrrve. Bring real Champagne, from the actual Champagne region. No Colombian builders allowed.

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The small print:

The Berries have strict entrance criteria: TTC #1 for 12 months+, over 30, NO instadiffers, must have a special pimping pot and absolutely no mention of baby dust/dancing. Not that we're fussy

Current passengers

WildflowerMarmalade 40 - TTC for three years. FET done in June with immune treatments - waiting for result... Six embryos in the freezer after two freeze all cycles.

Minx 35 in August - TTC 2 years. Stage 4 endometriosis, both tubes blocked, 1 buried ovary, IVF booking in appt in July, hoping to start IVF soon after

Smidge 39, TTC since Jan '13. Unexplained. IVF#1 Short protocol July '14 BFN, IVF#2 Nov'14 and IVF#3 Feb '15 both Long protocol BFNs. High NK cell immune treatment. Natural FET in June '15, awaiting result.

Happylass, 37, TTC since Aug 2012. 2 failed ICSI cycles and 1 failed FET. Hoping to start long awaited NHS cycles in late August provided pesky smear test is sorted by then.

Beaky 35, ttc coming up 3 yrs, 2x failed iui 1x long protocol ivf cancelled 1 BFN following IVF

Tigerdog, 34 (soon to be 35) TTC since Jan 2013. Unexplained. IVF#1 May 2015 resulted in a chemical pregnancy. Now transferring clinics in the hope of a second round of IVF on the NHS and considering an NK cells biopsy in July/August.

barkingtreefrog 36, ttc 3.5 years. clomid bfp summer 2013 then mc @7 weeks, iui bfp summer 2014 then mc @6 weeks. Factor V leiden thrombophilia diagnosed at the repeat mc clinic. IUI bfn Jan 2015, IVF bfn April/May 2015. Currently awaiting nk cells results before a FET possibly in August/September.

Lumen, 35, ttc since Nov 2011, unexplained, two IVF cycles in 2014, both bfns, waiting for lap&dye and results of numerous bloods, aiming for one last IVF cycle.

Kuma - 40. TTC 2.5 years. Low AMH high FSH - DH antisperm ABs. Failed IVF June 14 and March 15. Looking to change clinic and try another natural cycle in June 2015.

Lucieloos, 35, TTC 18 months, low AMH & sperm motility. 1st ICSI in Czech Republic in April BFN.

Rain, 33 ttc since March 2012. unexplained. mystery bfp oct 13, MMC Nov 13. NHS IVF starting in June

Argh, no dog to walk at 6am so lie in until 6.30 available and I'm wide awake at 5.30 . Decided to be productive so listened to my hypno track from last cycle. I've been busy redecorating my womb room.

Dizzy congrats, looks like you were right .

Wow Dizzy that's amazing. A line is a line is a line - no matter how hard it is to believe it.

Great news dizzy

dizzy I had a feeling you wouldn't be a berry for long - two weeks tho, that's good going! a line is a line is a line, that's the rule! congrats!!!

Waaaa congrats Dizzy that's brilliant! In your face fertility clinic!

Three tests down, all of them positive. I guess this shizz is real.

Unsurprisingly, all my test results were normal and progesterone levels look good. Additionally, I don't have PCOS, according to the tests, OR she thinks I may have 'fixed myself' by losing weight.

Feel like a bit of a sham now but thankyou for all your kind words berries. I will check in still and I hope it happens for all of you.

Wow great news dizzy congratulations!!! A most excellently timed FUFC!

hope you are all having a good monday so far...I'm feeling brighter today.

so, I had an unplanned visit to the FC today (basically, because I had that cyst after taking clomid last month, a few weeks ago, the fertility nurse said she wanted to do another internal ultrasound, as soon as af turned up (which it did over the weekend), to see if the cyst had grown), if no growth, then she said I would be able to continue taking clomid.

well good news is the cyst has disappeared all on its own. as its CD2 for me today, that means I've been given the go ahead to start my 2nd month of clomid 100mg.

she also said she was really happy with the results of my 21 day blood test, so it looks like clomid definitely helped improve things.

so here we go again...lets hope august is a good month for me

clem I’m really sorry that af turned up, such a horrible thing after such a full on month of getting your hopes up. But glad you are feeling brighter and that the fc are keeping a close eye on you. Good luck for month no. 2. Fingers crossed in just a few weeks you’ll be diffed and off the thread too!

barking redecorating your womb room sounds like a productive way to spend the wee hours of the morning…. Did you choose any particular colour…?

tiger I’m so glad that tiger dog is feeling better now. Sounds like quite a scare! Looks like you have some lovely things coming up, enjoy your time off!

rain really glad you had a lovely time with your friends at the BBQ

Thanks so much for your support berries, it feels good to get lot of that stuff off my chest and share with other ladies who understand what I’m going through. That little glimmer of hope can be a source of pain, but it does keep me going. When I imagine what my life would be without children, I know that’s not what I want and it spurs me to carry on.

clem fingers crossed for this month.

sesame I painted it stripy . I love stripes . I joked with DH that with him away a month, who knows how many rooms I could introduce stripes to in the house before he got back . DH happens to hate stripes. Which is unfortunate as I wore a stripy wedding dress at our wedding .

A stripy womb of amazingness… I love it! Are we talking full on zebra, or something more psychedelic? Or maybe deckchair?

sesame Think deckchair, plenty of colour (nothing garish mind) and differing thickness of stripes .
Embryo is going to grow up with my interior design tastes . Or prefer magnolia after over exposure to colour in the womb. One way or the other .

Clem great news the cyst has gone and fx for the next round.

Barking I love a good stripe. But also a good spot! I went through a hearts phase without realising until dh put his foot down!

Sesame yes, that glimmer of hope is the killer eh.

Morning all. Just popping in quickly to say congrats dizzy. Didn't have time to post yesterday. Also great news that your cyst has done one Clem and that things are moving forward for you.
Barking hope you're doing ok lovely lady and you're managing to find some distractions.
I'm off on my hols later but will be pom poming for you all from my sun lounger.
Hope everyone is well and has a good week.

Happy hols happy!

I too am a bit dotty beaky! Mr T and I are in an ongoing debate about whether I can buy a heart shaped door knocker. It's tasteful, honest!

Loving the striping womble barking! How are you managing?

Tiger dog is defintely back to normal and giving Mr T the run around, spitting out her meds!

Have a lovely holiday happy!

Happy Holidays Happy
I'm doing okay Tiger. Work is a little bit mental right now so I don't get much chance to dwell on anything during the day!! Totally lacking energy and just collapsing on the sofa every night.
10dpo today and definitely not symptom spotting or wondering whether to pimp on Thursday .

Oh, minx what an arse . Here's you with a lining not thin enough, and funky has a lining not thick enough. Could you do some kind of trade?! When I was a teenager I had very skinny thighs and my best mate was more chunky. We used to joke that she was going to donate some of her fat to me - leg to leg liposuction .

Delays suck and crap timings suck as well.

I seem to have no energy and no appetite. I ate a bag of monster munch when I got home at 5 and other than the nasty stab at 6 I've not got off the sofa since. Plenty to do but I can't be arsed. And I've just realised I haven't eaten dinner. And I don't feel hungry .

Happy hols happy, hope you have a lovely break.

clem great news about the cyst. I hope its second time lucky for you.

Oh poop minx how frustrating. Come on AF! Baseline scan for me is a week tomorrow - if my cycle isn't affected by the buserelin then AF is due here this Friday. I'm stupidly worried about it coming a couple of days late and having a Carrie moment while in the old stirrups.

Is the stim jab worse than the down regging one? I'm getting on ok with it but it's seemingly not getting any less uncomfortable. I have a doozy of a bruise from my jab two nights ago too.

barking I hope there's room for some c*nt bunting in that stripy womb room (sorry, wrong thread ). I could make a symptom spotting related observation here but let's keep you focused away from that. How's the barking dog barking going? Have you had any more calls from DH?

Aw Minx I was thinking of you going to mustachio towers today. That's so rubbish, any delays are just so disheartening, as if long protocol isn't long enough. Otherwise it sounds like a good busy weekend you've had.

Oh Barking I'd be starving by now! Hope you are feeling ok otherwise and not too stressed either. Any word from MrB?

Happy have an amazing holiday! Enjoy your cocktails while you can

Tiger that sounds like a door knocker I'd like! Glad tigerpup is doing much better!

My head is in a bizarre place at the moment, I feel really annoyed most of the time and it's stressing me out. I hope this goes away soon.

X post Rain! The easiest injection is the gonal f pen, the buserelin and merional were pretty much the same for me and I was hit and miss with pain/bruises.

I know it's neither stimming or downregging but fragmin is fucking horrible. Nasty blunt needles that take a right effort to push in. And then tonight it got stuck halfway in and I had to force it further until there was a 'pop' .

No word from dh. No idea if/when he'll be back in civilisation. Might not be until just before his flight home, which is still 12 days away.

My glands are up, I feel run down. I get this every iui/ivf cycle, it seems to really take it out of me, even when I'm doing a 'natural' cycle with one injection and three pessaries a day
One more day at work, then two days with a friend and his daughter, then d day..

Oh no minx sorry you're womb isn't their yet. I also needed 3 weeks to down reg on long protocol. You will get there.

rain hope af comes soon! My first clinic liked to do a dildocam on the first day of af, it's just one of those things you get used to I'm afraid. I found stims jag exactly the same as the dr jag I even used the same needles.

Sorry about the evil stabby needle barking that sounds so sore! When is your OTD? We're waiting for your stripy piss stick

Glad that tiger dog is back to her old self tiger!

Aw beaky don't be stressed out

I plucked up the courage to call the fc today about a new cycle. My stomach was churning waiting for the nurse to call me back. Anyway they've booked me in for a blood test tomorrow morning to find out what's happening with my cycle to see when I can start again....

OTD Saturday Sesame.

Glad you've plucked up courage for another cycle .