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

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

Itsme - I just did my menopur mixing tonight. It's fine. It looks complicated when you see all the syringes but really it's just squirting 2 lots of water in to some powder!
I've cried at many an appointment, usually for no real reason. It's good to let it out, and the nurse will definitely be used to people crying!

Oh no Maple. You are having no luck.

Fingers crossed for this month MrsN

Best of luck Sammy

Awww, Itsme. Maybe this time you will break the run. Or you could get them to test for you.

Tomorrow morning we will find out the result of the referendum and I will have my bloods taken. Big day tomorrow. I have voted already but the result will likely make a massive impact on our lives, so I am jittering about that as well as the bloods. I will be glad when tomorrow is over.

Maple, there seem to be pregnant women and babies everywhere at the moment.

Good luck this month MrsNucky

Have my scratch today - eek! Looking forward to getting out of the office for a bit but not looking forward to the actual scratch.

Brenna - good luck for tomorrow!

Conversation at work today went like this:

Colleague: 'have you and mr sammylou discussed when you might like to have children'

Me: gobsmacked for about 15 seconds then 'well yeah, but it's a long story... Not one I can tell in the remaining 5 minutes of our journey'

Colleague: 'oh god, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to pry'

She was genuinely mortified. I had been thinking about telling her anyway as she's lovely and her bro has had IVF so think she'll understand. Now I'll probably have to, although she'll probably never ask again! X

Itsme and sammy good luck for the drug mixing and injections. You are both really strong ladies but more than entitled to cry when ever you need to. Better out than in (although politically that statement is questionable).

Sammy what a difficult conversation you had.

Trixie hope the scratch went well.

Waves to everyone else, I'm starting to think I need a new nn on here after yesterday's election. Brenna for you.

Oh Sammy . Someone wasked me on the way into work yesterday and asked how my baby was. She was in the yoga class with me, so knew I was pregnant, has seen me weekly since and has somehow failed to notice that I did not get any larger or leave on maternity leave 2 months ago. Awkward conversation there too.

Woke up to find my life massively further complicated and then went to get my bloods taken. Surely today can only improve from here?

lol - Boris re name change!

Brenna - ouch. What an idiot your colleague must be. Do you see her regularly in work?
When do you get your blood test results?

I see her at least weekly.

Bloods back in 3 weeks to a month.

Brenna that's a long wait for the results
I have a pg colleague who for some reason really gets to me. We used to be friends. Now for self preservation I only talk to her about work. She's so baby obsessed now that I don't even think she's noticed that I've stopped sharing things about my life with her!

I have my first post stims scan tomorrow. They're doing it very early so that we can reduce the dose if it looks like OHSS might be a problem. I'm so worried that there are going to be no follicles at all! Xx

Hi All,

Can I join? Last week I got my 12th period of TTC, gutted as really hoped that would be the month!

I'm 32 and TTC for #1

My periods are regular but fairly light although doc said in the past that shouldn't be a problem. I think I'm ovulating normally as I get positives on the ov sticks.

We've made an appointment to see our GP so it's a bit of a waiting game to see what comes out of that.

I've been reading through this thread and has really helped feel like I'm not alone.

X

Everything crossed for your scan today. They are doing coagulation tests, antibody tests, hormone tests and genotyping, so I am not surprised it is going to take a while. Luckily AF arrived yesterday so by the time I could possibly be pregnant next we will be getting the results, so it actually makes no difference to me whether it is 2 or 4 weeks.

Hi MrsRen and welcome. I hope your GP is helpful.

Hi Mrsren, and welcome. 12 months was really hard. It's when you first start thinking something could actually be wrong. Of course it's just as true that there might be nothing wrong and your bfp is just round the corner.
You've done the right thing getting a GP appointment , must likely you'll get booked in for blood tests to check ovulation and hormone levels, then your DH will need to provide s sample for semen analysis. As you're at 12 months, you should then be referred to a fertility specialist whatever the results.

brenna - I see, well at least it doesn't matter in a getting pg sense. Still a bit annoying having to wait though I imagine.

Scan went well. I have 15 follicles ranging from 8mm to 18mm. And my lining was 7.4mm! That's good for me so I'm pleased. I am to keep stabbing for 2 more days with another scan booked for Wednesday! So fx lining will thicken up a bit more. Looks like EC might be Friday now. Xx

Wow Sammy that seems to have gone so quickly! I had my scan this morning and can start stimms tonight. My lining is very thin, is that a good thing at this point?

Argh I'm just so bored I want this to hurry up!

That is great news Sammy. Everything crossed for you.

We are filling the gap by going on holiday. That will make the time pass.

Best of luck Itsme. No idea about the lining. Sorry.

Arrggghh I'm behind again! We got a moving date for much sooner than expected so I've been frantically packing!

I'm so sorry for all the baby bombs, and for annoying and intrusive questions. It's so hard, and I think you're all dealing with them brilliantly. Plus, having this thread to rant on is always brilliant.

Awesome news Sammy! Good luck for your scan tomorrow. Here's hoping for a nice juicy lining and EC Friday!

itsme also no idea about the lining I'm afraid. Good luck with starting stimms though!

Welcome mrsren though sorry you find yourself here. The year mark is a hard one, but I've always found I feel a little better when I've got a plan or appointments lined up. It feels like you're doing something then. Fx the doctor will get things rolling for you.

AFM, AF arrived 3 days after coming off the norethisterone, so right on schedule but was lighter than it usually is. That worries me a little as everything I read said I could expect a heavier than normal AF after it, and AF is usually very light anyway. I guess I just need to wait til next AF and see how that is. Moving date is in two weeks, barring any issues, so the plan is get into new house, unpack computer, contact Czech for prescription, order meds, and get moving so estimated time would be August/September by the looks of things.

Hope everyone is OK! :)

Hi there, just back from my hols today so haven't had chance to catch up properly yet. Had a lovely time but have come back with a stinking cold so not feeling as refreshed as I hoped at the moment!

Sammy, great news about your scan and good luck for tomorrow. It's all sounding very promising!

MPP, sounds like it's all happening for you! Good luck with the house move and maybe we can compare notes about Czech soon!

Af arrived for me whilst I was on hols which is good news. I just have to wait for the next one now which should be another 2.5 weeks or so and then it's all systems go again. Have been busy sorting prescriptions and meds. I'm looking forward to getting on with it again.

Thanks itsme - yes, your lining should be thin at the beginning of your cycle. Less than 3ishmm I think.
Once you get started it goes so quickly!

Ooh where are you going Brenna?

MPP - thank you for another scan tomorrow so fx!
Glad AF arrived in a timely manner! I can seriously recommend liquid iron - it's improved my AF amazingly. It's on Amazon, called something like floradix.

Welcome home Lucie, lively weather you've brought back with you
Glad AF is behaving for you too!

Banana - any news on your AF? Was your hysteroscopy today?

Waves to everyone else

Lucie!! How was the holiday? I hope you had a fab time, though obviously coming back with a cold sucks. I hope you feel better soon. Glad AF arrived with no mucking about. Hope the next one does the same.

Sammy ill have to have a look at the liquid iron. keep us posted on how the scan goes tomorrow!

I have some news. Our house sale, as I mentioned, goes through in two weeks but there have been 'unforseen delays' to our new house which means it may not be ready til late August. Our buyer doesn't want to wait so we've agreed to move in with my mother until our house is ready. I was quite upset because this would mean our first cycle might not take place til October or November but tonight we've discussed and agreed to try to go forward now. I'm hoping the change of address mid arrangement won't be a problem for reprofit (or the almost a stone ive somehow managed to gain in about 5 weeks! ) but I've sent the email asking about these issues and said if it's all good can they please now send me the prescriptions. Kind of nervous! Lucie, I will finally finally be joining the forum you mentioned tomorrow. I've got the link and I've set aside am hour to join and read tomorrow morning withere my coffee! :)

Thanks MPP will do, it's at 8am. I'm all nervous again

Sorry to hear about the delay with your house, so annoying. But yay for getting the ball rolling with Czech! Great to have a step forward planned.

Is anyone else having trouble posting from the app? I'm having to come on the mobile site to post. Not sure how I report it??

Oh MPP that sounds stressful. I hope it all goes well.

Where did you go Lucie? Better having the cold now than during a transfer.

We are off to Italy, to visit DH's family and bury our first babies ashes at the family plot, then on to romania for a wedding.

Welcome back Lucie I've just seen in the news what happened in Turkey and thought of you, glad you're back safe and sound.

All sounds really good Sammy, good luck for Friday, hope the OHSS stays well away.

Welcome to the thread MrsRen, the year mark is awful but good that you have made an appointment with your GP.

Had my scratch last week and it was fine. Was expecting AF tomorrow but had some spotting yesterday and thought it was starting early but then it stopped which is really odd for me.

Morning all!

Sammy how did it go? Hope you weren't too nervous and you feel better now!

Brenna that sounds like a difficult trip with many mixed emotions. I hope you are OK.

Trixie fx crossed af stays away tomorrow and thats a positive sign!!! :)

Oh and Sammy I don't use the aop, I just go to the website on my phone so no help there I'm afraid.

Thanks all for your kind words and making me feel welcome.

I will let you know how I get on at the Doctors, the appointment is next week.

I've got my fingers crossed for you all x

Hi ladies

Been reading all your news - been lying low for a bit as just feeling really down and wallowing a bit

sammy AMAZING news about your follies and your lining. This is all sounds so brilliant!

Lucie welcome back from hols, glad AF rocked up and so pleased you can get cracking again so soon

MPP it’s all going off for you! Good luck with the packing, the move, we’re all thinking of you

Welcome mrs

itsme congrats on getting going woohoo!

brenna good luck with the results - and with the trip, will be thinking of you

Trixie so glad the scratch went well

Well yesterday was the HyCoSy - absolute shitshow, came home in floods of tears, DH is absolutely fuming as there seems to have been some major fuck up in the referral and I got treated like shit by a bitchy consultant who said there wasn't any point me being there if I needed the endometrium assessed as this was a tubal patency test. So somewhere there was some major miscommunication.

She also said I have some adenomyosis. Which would be strange, as my consultant literally wrote the textbook on endometriosis and adenomyosis, has done umpteen pelvic ultrasounds and looked inside my uterine cavity with a camera. And the symptoms of adenomyosis are painful heavy periods. When my issue is barely there periods. Urgh.

Obv this has raised way more questions than answers. Seeing consultant tomorrow, so there are a LOT more questions in the notebook of doom

In other news, I got my AMH re-tested out of curiosity.

In Oct 2010 it was 28.8
In June, July and Oct 2015 it was 1.5
Yesterday it was.....get ready.....62.2

Scan yesterday also confirmed PCO. So I’m officially out of DOR territory, it’s safe to say

It’s sad, as a few months ago I’d have been bouncing off the walls, but now we know my eggs aren’t the problem and having all the eggs in the world makes no difference if my uterus is buggered and I can’t sustain a pregnancy.

Hugs to you all

xxx