Thanks secondtime. Like everyone else though it seems I convince myself I'm pregnant every month, and then the disappointment when I'm not is so horrible...hence I am trying not to get tooo excited.
The doctors app is just the standard follow up for when you go to see your gp after being unable to conceive for a period of time; you can go after 12 months if under 35 or 6 months if 35 or over. I didn't get to go til we'd been ttc for 8 months even though I am nearly 38 😞 because of work and just generally fitting in a suitable app with the right gp around life....
Anyway the first thing they do is check your bloods on days 1 and then 21 if your cycle for things like lh (day 1) and progesterone (day 21), just to make sure you are ovulating. I know I am anyway due to temp rise and many other signs, regular cycles etc, but the doctors need proof and the blood tests give them this. They can also detect lower than normal levels of some hormones too which could indicate a problem, eg due to age.
Next, after the bloods, is pelvic exam and then scan to check for any abnormalities and blocked tubes etc. So I'm onto the exam stage.
You can imagine having to engineer appointments on particular cycle days, also around work and childcare.....! Which is why I am only onto this bit even though my day 1 bloods were taken way back in mid November!!
Next steps oh and me have to go in together; then he has to give a sample; then referred to the fertility clinic to see what is next - dependent on the outcome of all these tests and investigations, obviously. Could be ivf; could be clomid or other drugs for me; don't know yet.
The whole thing will take months which is frustrating and anxiety inducing when you feel you are running out of time....but at least I've got the process started. I wish I had done it sooner but honestly I kept the faith and kept thinking it would eventually just happen...and I still do, strangely enough! I think, well why not?! Although i am older as far as we know there is nothing wrong; we are both fertile and I ovulate every month, and most months our timing has been spot on.
I think I am probably deluded and need to stop thinking this way. Hope I get some answers with the test results tomorrow, or at least make progress with moving to the next stage of the whole long long thing...!
Gosh, that was a long one, sorry!!!