Thread 30, TTC #1 | Hilda hopefuls are still riding the shag wagon

[Jamon]

Calling all OPK-ers, Temp-ers, Clomid-ers, Femara-ers, IUI-ers, IVF-ers and anyone else on the TTC #1 Bus.


We've been going a while now so the novelty has well and truly worn off and we're slightly battle scarred and bruised in the cervix area. We don't get a lot of baby dust in these here parts, we just keep it legs spread and fingers crossed (LSFX). We love a baby bomb from a prior bus-mate but if we get told to 'just relax and enjoy it' ONE MORE TIME you will get a punch in the face!


Hop on board, post your stats and prepare to be dazzled by the wealth of TTC knowledge we long-timeys have to share...


Key:
HS - have/had sex
GOS - good old shag
ELH - enthusiastic lavatory happenings
LSFX - legs spread, fingers crossed

I would definitely go for it flash! As Flora says, for yourself if for nothing else fx for you & for Harriet testing this weekend too!

Skipper hope your wedding was wonderful & you enjoy your amazing honeymoon

Sorry October seems so far away for you jam. You mentioned maybe trying IUI, will you do that before October or will you ask for that once you've seen them before going straight to IVF?

Pyjamas sounds like the IVF is going so well for you, will there be other scans or will you just go in on Friday?

Hope you are doing ok too Kerry!

Had my scan today and to my relief (so much so that I actually sobbed) all is in the right place. No need for further follow up at EPU so back to normal antenatal care now & hoping so much for a boring 7 months ahead. Hope to still keep checking in with you guys occasionally if that's ok? Still don't feel confident enough to join the Feb 2018 boards & by the time I do, if I get that far, I'll probably be too much of an outsider to contribute (had a sneaky look & some of them have been posting since 4 weeks)!

Hope anyone I've missed is doing ok too

So so glad your scan went* well scandal*! Fingers crossed for a very dull 7 months!!

I'd go for it flash 👍🏼

I've got another scan tomorrow at 8am along with more blood tests where hopefully I'll have a better idea of timing. I'm really feeling it today - hard to describe, just very aware of my ovaries and need the loo all the time! Follicles must have grown more... No other side effects so far though, I feel very lucky!

flash and harriet good luck for testing day soon ! I'm going to crack out the FRER on thurs but still early days as only 9/10 dpo then.

Glad you're feeling better basset hope your levels even out soon

flash id apply for the MA if you can. It will be a good distraction and keep you motivated.

So pleased your scan went well scandal must be a huge relief. Fingers crossed for a dull and uneventful 7 months ahead.

Glad things are going well for you pjs good luck for your scan tomorrow - is it just to check follicle size?

I've been really emotional today. Had a meltdown at work which was embarrassing and got sent home as I wasn't in a fit state to work. Been for a haircut and done some shopping instead so feel a little more human. This TTC journey is so stressful. I may need to see a counselor. I thought I could cope but clearly not. Anxiously waiting for thurs now for my colposcopy then make a plan from there.

Flash totally agree you should go for this! Positive creative fulfilling... tick tick tick. Get on it!

Harriet the steroid stuff sounds confusing, can they not advise you more on it? Fx testing and hope AF stays away - for all testers

Sounds like you're making excellent progress basset . I take beta blockers for palpitations / occasional anxiety and find they really help a lot

Hello rainbow hope you managed to catch it

Smitten I will put you down. I must have missed "hopeful twat" but agree what a fabulous phrase

Glad to hear everything is going well scandal what a relief. Please feel welcome to stick around. I went back and forth over IUI so much and if it was on the NHS I would definitely do it. However it costs about £1000 a go and I decided the heartbreak would be too much if it didn't work and I lost the money too. Plus our only known problem has been male factor which IUI doesn't help with. Just want to start IVF really ☹️

You're doing so well pyjamas hang in there

Otters big hug for you, it's completely overwhelming at times xx I would really recommend this book I'm reading - it's called Conquering Infertility. I would also look up local support groups on fertilitynetworkuk.org getting real life support is so important when you are struggling. I've contacted a local group to me and I'm meeting the organiser next week. I'm so looking forward to properly talking to someone who understands

otters

This is where we're at with the list. Give me a shout if we need changes

BFPs due
Katie - 29 June
Alexia - 1 July
Bassetmum - 3 July
Otters - 3 July
Flash - 3 July
Harriet - 4 July
Mouse - 17 July
Jam - 22 July
Smittenpears - 31 July
Pyjamas
Kathrino
Winging
Quiettime
Piehunter
Tommygirl
Jeds
Pugmummy
Binky
Hopefulbunny
InspectorPenguin
Rainbow 🌈
Chlo
Anaconda
Hep
Skipper
Flora



Grads
Kav
Mrsg
Wanting
Music
ScottishLady7
Starmist
FXSkip
Dixiechick
NS
Presh
Gimble
Peachytech
Starfish
Colourmylife
Poppet
Peaches
Tonks
Miranda
Mac
Mrsbluebell
Glitter
Carley
Missy
Scandalicity
Kerryleanne

So sorry you had a tough day otters - hope you're feeling a bit better. Not surprising it all got a bit much, you have a lot to deal with right now 💐

That's a good link jam - I've contacted one closeish to me as well. My friends and family are great, but none of them really understand. And thanks for the new list! Won't know new date until transfer day, but will keep you posted!

Otters, sorry you're having a tough time. It's so exhausting sometimes. Even having a good cry can make me so exhausted that I don't want to do much of anything.

Pyjamas FX for your scan tomorrow!! X

CD8 today for me and the EWCM has started. I've been getting a LOT the last few cycles for the middle 2 weeks of my cycle. Does anyone else feel like a ghost buster?? #tmi

Mouse 😂😂

Girls can anyone recommend that cheap scan place / chain please? Need somewhere central London. Want to check out the clomid is going okay. Have just finished another 5 days at 50g this time.

first small sign of pink this morning. maybe AF will actually turn up soon.

on the plus side, it means that next ov will be after i return from a week long work trip..... so not all bad news.

Sorry otters that sounds like a tough day. Good that you got to go home - maybe you just really needed a break.

flash definitely go for it! Where is it if you don't mind me asking? I've always wanted to do something like that too! Though we have no money atm so won't be happening any time soon.

jam the group sounds really good - well done you for being so proactive!

pyjamas hope scan went well this morning. It's amazing how quickly stuff is happening! I guess this is roughly how it works for us all each month and we're not even aware of it!

I'm 6dpo today I think. No real symptoms to spot though I have certainly been trying!!

hep so still no full on AF? Have you tested?

jam re the scan, I had a bad experience at ultrasound direct in the city. Think I mentioned before how they (a) told me the yolk sac had disappeared when it was obviously still there in my NHS one a few days later and (b) said I had polycystic ovaries when I don't. It was the cheapest though and lots of branches, so maybe another branch wouldn't be so bad?

Scan all done and egg collection scheduled for Friday! Aaaargh! I've got 6 or 7 dominant follicles out of the 9 (which may grow enough by Friday) so they're going for it - they said my bloods and womb lining are perfect and we're good to go. Can't believe it!! Must. Keep. Realistic.

harriet i tested on saturday (cd31). today is cd35.

The annoying thing is that when i have been this late before, I can trace it to extreme anxiety/stress. But I didn't think i had been bad this month at all !

jamon thanks for the recommendations. I will check it out. The private clinic offers free counseling so I may take it up.

Thanks mouse I probably do need a good cry. Haven't really had one yet!
Hope your egg is ready soon!

harriet good luck for the 2WW. I've been obsessively symptom spotting but not come up with much yet!

hep hope you know one way or the other soon

pjs eek so exciting!!! Perfect bloods and womb lining calls for a celebration! Hope they can get lots of eggs. Will be thinking of you on Friday

So I'm feeling a little better today. A little calmer but I'm sure it's all buried inside. Maybe I'm hormonal (obsessively symptom spotting again) but I'd be surprised if I get a BFP this cycle given the lowing progesterone and lack of symptoms. Just trying not to stress about colposcopy tomorrow. Meeting up with a good guy friend later tonight so that will take my mind off things as there will be no chat about fertility or colposcopy!

Jam I used ultrasound direct. I was at the time very sad that I'd paid £90 for such awful news. But with retrospect, she was kind, extremely thorough, and that scan might have saved my life.

Harriet it's at St Mary's University Twickenham. My original degree is English Lit and Creative Writing from Warwick (might have just massively outed myself there) so it feels like it would be a good fit. And the classes are two hours, two evenings a week, so I wouldn't have to give up work.

Thanks for all the support everyone. I think I will definitely get my 5000 words finished for the application and then take a closer look. Perhaps I might also invoke the Law of Sod by applying.

I cannot take real credit for 'hopeful twat' as I stole it from the TTC after miscarriage thread where it has now become enshrined, but I thought everyone on here would appreciate it so just think of me as Walter Raleigh bringing back potatoes!

Scandal so thrilled to hear about your scan. It gives me hope. Have you joined the grads thread?

Pyjamas I'm so excited for you. Hope all the eggies are fat and juicy by Friday!

Otters sorry you were feeling down but glad you are feeling a bit better today and that you have somethign nice planned for tonight.

Hep sorry the lateness limbo continues. Will you test again this week, or just wait it out?

Mouse can't get the ghostbusters theme tune out of my head now!

I am utterly symptomless. My boobs hardly hurt, which I'm thrilled about as normally they are agony. I have been feeling nauseous and knackered, but I think that is just how I feel at this time in my cycle. The spotting continues so I think bfp is unlikely. Just want AF to arrive again so we can start fresh with a new FW, and so I can have sex again! 6 days in a row seemed like loads, but it's all I get all month!

Morning ladies,

Wow PJs - I'm very excited for you too - its all happening so quickly!

Hope you are OK Otters - the whole process is just such a shitstorm without the additional stress that you have been put under. Hope that everyone goes well tomorrow and enjoy your evening tonight.

LOL Mouse. Ghostbusters indeed.

Hope you get some clarity soon Hep - how frustrating.

How was the clomid gone this month Jam - is that a higher dosage than last month?

So we received the forms for the fertility clinic last night and they are all completed and ready to go back. I phoned our Fawlty Towers GP surgery to find out when my last smear was and also had to confirm whether I'd had an abnormal one... which I thought I had when I was at uni but she couldn't find it on the file - she managed to confirm I'd had all my childhood injections and an unstable hip at birth but the smear results were nowhere to be found. Seriously... this place is ridiculous.

Also booked in for more 21 day bloods and a thyroid function test - first I had heard about requiring the latter but nevermind - its booked now!

I'm like you Flash - just desperate for AF to leave the building now so that we can get onto it again.

As always, I seem to be playing catch up with the thread!

scandal, so pleased that the scan brought some good news for you. I hope you can relax and enjoy the next few months!

Flash, I agree with all the others who say go for it. Life's too short to sit around waiting.

Otters, I'm so sorry that you're finding it so hard at the moment. I hope you're feeling a bit brighter today but it's utterly and totally understandable given everything that's going on in your life at the moment.

Pyjamas, glad that everything is progressing well so far. Keeping everything crossed for Friday and lots of lovely juicy eggs!

Flora, my FC insisted on a thyroid function test too which I think is prob sensible given the number of people who have undiagnosed issues. So much poking and prodding though :/

Nothing much to report here as only CD10. Was thinking about making an appointment at the FC to discuss options/timing but I keep chickening out.

Well flora with my now diagnosis of an overactive thyroid and the high chance it was what has been causing my ttc issues i would urge anyone who's been struggling to get their thyroid tested.

Sorry ladies, should have been clearer. I'm totally OK with getting my thyroid checked but I did expressly ask my GP on Monday if there were any other tests that I needed to have before the referral and she said no... I'd have expected that they should have the form from the clinic that has those requirements.

That sounds perfect flash! I did English lit for my undergrad too, though there wasn't any creative writing element which was a shame!

Nice to hear from you kath. I know taking steps to get treatment can be really daunting, but it might actually help you feel a bit more in control. Did for me anyway but everyone is different and can totally imagine feeling intimidated by the prospect too. Have you set yourself a deadline?

Hi can I join? Been ttc for 4yrs.. only took seriously last year when diagnosed with MS.. just got letrer to start icsi treatment. Partner has low sperm count. Please what can i do that anyone has any tips/tricks/miracles of anything we can do or take to help this along?? Thanku x

Thanks for the clinic advice. I've booked ultrasounds direct on Monday which will be Day 12. I'm already paranoid they are going to find too many follicles developing and tell me not to try this cycle. At least I'm getting it checked.

Well done pyjamas it's all happening so quickly!

Hope you get clarity soon either way hep xx

Hi kath hope you're doing well. It is daunting I can completely sympathise. Like Harriet it also helps me feel more in control but it doesn't stop it being stressful and overwhelming.

Bloody hell flora your surgery sounds disastrous. Losing smear test results is really serious!

Queen you are very welcome. Sorry it's been such a long time and you've had health problems too. How are you feeling about starting ICSI? When I did my OT training I did a placement in multiple sclerosis. I don't know a huge amount about the condition, but the mum's I met said their MS went into remission during pregnancy and they felt really well. Hope you are getting lots of support with managing that and TTC