Trying to conceive for 10 months or more. Thread 5. All ten plussers welcome.

[lucieloos]

Thread for anyone TTC for over ten months. Please feel free to join us!

I'll make sure I check in more often Lucie Glad your NHS appointment went well.

So pleased to read that your hcg has doubled Sammy, roll on the 9th August!

Not much longer for you Itsme FX.

Brilliant that the clinic are able to fit you in tomorrow MPP hopefully all is ok but good to know you have the back up of a freeze all cycle.

Good luck for your FET Banana, hope the Gonal-f does the trick with your lining.

Have a lovely holiday Star

I feel no different, no sore boobs and aside from some cramping on and off- nothing! I don't have high hopes. Test date 27th July but do you think a sneaky test on Saturday might be late enough?

Itsme I felt NO different at all. Except for a bit of cramping. Which turned out to be mythical implantation cramping!! Other than that I had absolutely zero symptoms whatsoever xx

Sammy that's fantastic! I'm sure it'll feel like ages while you're waiting for your scan but it'll be here before you know it.

Good luck with this cycle Banana!

Glad the NHS appointment went well Lucie :)

waves to Stealth and Trixie

I've no experience, itsme, but I think if I was in your place I'd be tempted to poas on Saturday Hope you're doing OK!

In haste Sammy bloody fantastic. Trust me the anxiety will not end here but please enjoy this moment.

Lucie - great news.

Itsme Mpp and Banana - thinking if you all - no time for longer messages sorry

Itsme, how many days past transfer will you be on Saturday? Anything from 8dp5dt should give you an accurate result providing you use a frer. Good luck x

Excellent news Sammy!

Just popping on to say a tentative congratulations to sammy x x still think of you often hun x

I'm only 5 days so a cheeky test on Saturday morning it is!

Good luck itsme x

Just out of interest for those that have taken progesterone how long after stopping it does your af normally arrive?

Thanks stealth - it feels forever away!

Banana - I'm keeping everything crossed for a gabby lining off the back of this! Understand what you mean about wasting the stabbing and the eggs though.

Lucie - you suddenly have loads going on! Eek. Good luck!

Itsme - I still feel no different and technically I'm 4+4 today. It means nothing! Like banana I think I did get implantation pain around 6days after my day 3 transfer. So you'll be 9dpt on Saturday? I think it'll be accurate! When is OTD?

Lucie - when I stopped prog it was about four days before AF arrived.

Thank you everyone for the congratulations. I like bananas 'today I am pregnant'
Waves to chops, lively to hear from you. Hope baby chops is doing well?
I've had one spot of red blood this morning and then just a bit of brown mixed with left over pessary this afternoon.

Talking of pessaries. Did you know that once you have a bfp the NHS won't pay through the clinic for anymore progesterone even though you have to keep taking it until 12 weeks! BUT you can go to your GP to ask for it. What a faff! Xx

Lucie, for me it was day after stopping first time. Second time I was on injections as well as pessaries and took 3 days. This time AF started before I stopped them but was the same day as the first cycle (equivalent of 15dpo)

Yay for no more blood Sammy hope it stays away now! When I was on NHS the clinic provided me with extra progesterone after my bfp so maybe it varies between health boards. I have to say I've been really impressed with my NHS clinic. They told me today I would be doing two progesterone injections next time which amount to £15 a day! Just as well they provide it until week 12 or I would be broke!!

Just back from my blood test, so much easier and they seem like a really efficient place. Would definitely use them again. They do lots of pregnancy scans and things like that so maybe someday I can go for something nicer. Results should be through in 2 days.

Lucie - 3 days for me after stopping progesterone.

Congrats spammy

Waving to everyone else.

So I'm now on my third period since the cycle of crap. We technically would have been allowed to cycle this time but consultant wants a month of the pill first and I didn't feel ready for that last month. So I think I'll start the pill tomorrow and we will prob be cycling in September. Need the pill to quieten down the old cysts then its planned for the same long protocol as I got a good number of eggs but icsi. This will be our second and final shot. I'm a lot more pessimistic and anxious this time round.

That's interesting Lucie, another postcode lottery. It's just annoying that here you can still have it on the NHS but it has to be through your GP not your clinic!

Glad your blood tests sorted, def worth the extra money I'd say.

Nice to hear from you bean, I think a failed cycle makes you much more cautious. I for one went in to my first cycle with high hopes of a bfp. This cycle (3rd transfer, 6 attempt!) didn't really think it was possible it could work.

I did a digi this morning and it says pregnant 2-3. I thought it might still say 1-2 after the nurse saying my numbers should be higher so I'm pleased.

Yes it is annoying Sammy, another hoop to jump through but I'm sure you'll get it sorted. From memory the 2-3 weeks for a digi is 200+ but it's a big jump for the 3 weeks which is 2000+ so maybe try that one next week.

Bean, nice to hear from you and good you will be cycling again fairly soon. I think it's only natural to feel pessimistic if you've had a failure but you never know this could be the one.

God I wish I could get anything out of my GP

Because my treatment is private they won't prescribe anything remotely fertility related.

Wouldn't prescribe progynova or Cyclogest once I was pregnant as they said my fertility clinic would have to prescribe them privately

Wouldn't test my thyroid after the miscarriage as they said they wouldn't do any investigations until I'd had three consecutive losses and a first miscarriage was just bad luck (it wasn't)

Won't prescribe thyroxine as TSH is within normal range (

Quick update from me: just out of my appointment. All cells normal and we are good to go for ivf! They'll recall me in a year but if pregnant, I must wait til baby is 3 months old. So happy, I cried!

Hope everyone is OK. I'll catch up later when I get home :)

MPP, woo hoo that's brilliant news! When are you due to start?

Banana, so sorry, it's all so expensive. I pray that this one works out for you.

Well done MPP it's nice they sorted it so quick :) yay!!

mpp that's brilliant!! So, so, so pleased for you

lucie Oh god the meds are the least of it. Every blood test during my cycle (FSH, LH, oestrodial, progesterone) is £134. Every pregnancy blood test (beta hCG and progesterone) was £96. PGS was over £4000

The meds seem almost cheap in comparison!!

Yes I know banana none of it is cheap is it unfortunately. This is why I'm out in Czech but even there we have spent a small fortune

Can't believe the clinic where I had my blood done last night have apparently collected the blood in the wrong tube. There is a folic acid serum test and a red blood cell folate test which is what I asked for but they have done the other one so I have to go back down tonight. Apparently I need a red blood cell count with it as well but she said as a gesture of good will they won't charge me for that as it should normally be £30. Nothing is straight forward!

Thanks all! Right, proper catch up!

Sammy so happy for your digi test! That's awesome for you!

Lucie oh God, I can't believe you have to go back for another test! That's bloody irritating! I suppose at least they are not charging you. As for when I start, AF averages CD30 which is Friday, but varies 28-32 so literally anytime now! I had a few cramps last night (was panicking they wouldn't be able to do the colposcopy if she arrived!), and more this morning (which could have been from the procedure) so I'm just waiting

Banana it's so expensive! Im with you on the tempting fate thing. I worry too much about tempting fate too, but hopefully it will be fine. Thinking of you.

Bean thinking of you too. I can only imagine how much harder it is the second time and I have everything crossed for you for your next cycle.