mistletoe of course you can talk about it here. So many hugs and hope you and DP can be kind to yourself
Sunday I echo the others re supplements. I run my consultant on a need to know basis. I did ask him about inositol (and other supplements related to diminished ovarian reserve) and he said no problem. I would imagine with soy isoflavones and agnus castus, because they haven’t been researched in any meaningful way, and they can’t advise whether they’re a helpful or unhelpful thing to take, no Dr is going to recommend them, because they don’t understand them. If you’re not on meds, I wouldn’t mention them. If you are on Clomid, I would personally avoid anything that could possibly interfere with your hormonal cycle, as it could mess up the Clomid,
stealth have PM-ed you re: consultant . Fx for the Clomid!
MrsC Good luck for your appointment - do keep us updated. I hate myself for being bitter about other people taking their children for granted. As though all it takes to make a baby is to have some sex and at some point you get pregnant. They have absolutely no clue about temperature taking, OPKs, ovulation induction, endometrial lining, progesterone levels etc. Urgh.
Rosebud congratulations on ov-ing again! This is brilliant news. Here’s hoping!! Hoping the cramps and sore boobs are a good sign 
If I ever get to transfer I’m going to be a nightmare on progesterone, as apparently the progesterone pre-AF symptoms mimic early pregnancy symptoms - except that as I don’t really have any pre-AF symptoms apart from cramping right before it’s due, so I’ll be symptom spotting everything! I’ve never in my life had sore boobs, so dunno how I’ll know if anything feels different because of the progesterone pessaries, or because there’s something else going on!!
AFM, thanks v much for letting me rant. Basically there’s two separate (but related) lining issues. The first is for IVF transfer. My lining hadn’t thickened up enough during my fresh cycle for a transfer, so would have had to be freeze all even if we hadn’t had the sample issue on the day (i.e. we’d have frozen embryos rather than unfertilised eggs, which will be fertilised when thawed). Hence we will have to do a medicated FET (frozen transfer cycle) where the whole focus is giving me oestrogen pills and patches to build up my lining to a sufficient thickness for a transfer to take place. We don’t yet know how I’ll respond to the meds - it might thicken up a treat. So then the issue is the same as in any other cycle - ie is the embryo chromosomally normal and could it implant and turn into a baby?
The second issue is my lining during a natural cycle. The problem is that the oestrogen meds used in a FET cycle prevent ovulation. So I’m not sure if there’s a combo of meds that can my lining to thicken up without stopping ovulation, so that we can at least try naturally in between IVF cycles.
Seeing the consultant next Friday to discuss next steps. The priority is def the IVF cycle and if we can do a FET before Xmas (or if it’s worth doing another stims cycle as soon as we’re allowed to, and batching both lots of eggs together to try to get more chance of a decent blastocyst). Will raise the natural cycle issue but obv the priority is what we do immediately next. Just so weary of it all. Can maybe one bit of my sodding body do what it’s supposed to do??!!
Oh and as well as one of my dearest friends giving birth to her daughter last week, this morning got a FB message from my husband’s brother saying he and his partner are expecting their second child.
And so it goes, and so it goes…