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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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Pcos, periods (or lack of!) and a lovely bunch of ladies

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YouBoggleMyMind · 14/07/2016 22:00

Right here's our new thread ladies:

Ella, moomin, Amy, robber, danika, trying, Eskimo and anyone I have missed or is lurking.

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YouBoggleMyMind · 17/10/2016 19:34

IVF is hard work, invasive and a huge emotional and sometimes financial investment. If it's on the NHS, it's also a huge expense.
You will get there purple, I know it doesn't feel like it now but you will. Xxx

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PurpleRainy · 17/10/2016 20:03

I know boggle but ive known people who its worked for first time. Im naively thinking it would be easier than months and months of this. Im taking a break from clomid next month z

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YouBoggleMyMind · 17/10/2016 20:15

And I've known people who IVF hasn't worked and people who've had IVF and miscarried at 14 weeks. Each journey is individual. Obviously the ideal situation is that none of us are here, going through this shit, but comparing yourself won't help. One of my best friends got told she had a very low egg count and shouldn't wait. She got knocked up on her first try and she's due in 3 weeks. At that point, I was 18 months into this and a few unsuccessful clomid rounds in. I found it incredibly hard and our friendship has suffered because of it.

Can I ask why you're taking a break? Have you been advised to? Xxx

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YouBoggleMyMind · 17/10/2016 20:16

Sorry if my post seems harsh, I don't mean it to at all. I know how shit this all is. IVF scares me so putting it off and trying everything else before hand is my way of coping with the horrible situation I find myself in.

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PurpleRainy · 17/10/2016 20:39

Its ok boggle. My best mate has had 3 failed ivfs so i shouldnt be flippant. I just feel crap on the clomid and im getting worn down. Im starting to wonder who im doing this for deep down

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YouBoggleMyMind · 17/10/2016 20:41

Sad could you maybe move onto injectables?

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YouBoggleMyMind · 17/10/2016 20:42

You're under 30, there's nothing saying you can't stop and enjoy time with you DH and put the kids issue to the back of your mind for a little while?

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PurpleRainy · 17/10/2016 20:50

Im 30 boggle. The NHS wont put me on injectables due to risk of ohss. Im not overly impressed with them tbh and feel more confident in private unit weve visited. Dh is 38 so i feel time is ticking on for him Shock

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YouBoggleMyMind · 17/10/2016 21:04

Seems mad that it varies so much. Clomid could give you ohss and yet they put you on that. Just seems backwards.

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PurpleRainy · 17/10/2016 21:07

I know last week i was bloated with shooting painsConfused

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YouBoggleMyMind · 17/10/2016 21:41

Also can't understand why you don't get follicle tracking. I've had at least one each cycle, if not two. Come to my clinic and pretend to me Wink

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PurpleRainy · 17/10/2016 21:55

Boggle i may need to! Grin

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YouBoggleMyMind · 17/10/2016 22:31

See you Wednesday WinkGrin

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AmyC86 · 18/10/2016 00:03

I feel exactly the same rainy the situation is that awful - who am I acctually doing it for!!
I find it sometimes to be even broody for a baby lately Hmm but I suppose when the spontaneity has been taken away it's hard!

PurpleRainy · 18/10/2016 07:41

I know Amy a part of me is thinking is this someone trying to tell me something?? That kids just arent for me?

danigrace · 18/10/2016 15:07

So some NHS trusts do scans throughout clomid cycles to check for follicles and some don't?? How are you supposed to know what's happening if they don't scan? Is there something they do in it's place?

How's everybody doing?

PurpleRainy · 18/10/2016 18:26

Dani they just check d21 bloods and advise to use opks. I actually think i oved on 100mg but got my bloods done on wrong dayHmm thats why after taking a break i may try 100 again x

Pugmummy87 · 18/10/2016 20:32

Thank you for the welcome.

GP appt tomorrow morning and it appears that AF is starting. I hope this means I may be able to get day 3 bloods done at the end of the week and hopefully get the ball rolling.

Good luck for tomorrow boggle.

Elly1685 · 18/10/2016 22:07

Evening all,

How's everyone doing tonight?

Still awaiting for my referral letter for ultrasound and hospital appointment - not sure how long that would usually take. So it's day 110 with no Af but Sunday I had the worst cramps ever like I was about to come on - but nothing has made an appearance - weird right? Also my skin has decided to become like a teenagers skin and I'm having the worst acne ever. It's so frustrating as 3 years ago I did a course of roaccutane so finally had nice skin but now it's all gone back to how it was and everyday I'm stressing about how to hide it Hmm xx

PurpleRainy · 18/10/2016 22:57

Elly you sound how i feel! Really bloated , crampy today with diarrhoea. Having small bits of blood in cm im on 12dpo so i imagine its a period and im really tired! Im not even getting my hopes up.lol

AmyC86 · 19/10/2016 00:39

i have bad skin too elly never had bad skin Sad just so frigging fed up with PCOS

AmyC86 · 19/10/2016 06:09

Sad been awake ALL night long. on a night shift tonight too - hope that I can get a few hours sleep in before I get up and then come back to bed later on in the afternoon. Sad

good luck for today boggle

Elly1685 · 19/10/2016 07:11

It's horrible isn't it Amy. It's my bad skin that's annoying me the most as it's just all I'm stressing about at the moment! It probably sounds so ridiculous to everyone as in the grand scheme of things it's a minor issue but I've had bad skin since I was about 15 so didn't expect to still have it at 30!!!

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YouBoggleMyMind · 19/10/2016 09:28

No change so another failed cycle. Waiting for the clinic to give me a call as to what we do next. Think I'll start injectables if they offer it.

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YouBoggleMyMind · 19/10/2016 14:13

I think I shouldn't have taken clomid this cycle as it was a chemical pregnancy bleed rather than normal AF and I think that's why it's not worked.

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