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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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Bubblegum89 · 20/03/2018 10:10

Thread 6... 😑

A safe place for those of you who have been trying to conceive for 6+ months and even yams aren’t helping. Come and have a good ol’ bitch and a moan without judgement. Please read the rules before posting!

The Yam Commandments are as follows;

  • Thou shalt not arrive one day and post BFP next day
  • Thou shalt not give advice to others when TTC for one month only
  • Thou shalt not participate in one-up-manship and realise TTC is shit for everyone in different ways
  • Thou shall allow posters to be fucked off with the world and everything in it at regular points in the month
  • Thou shalt not be offended by strong language
  • Thou shalt not tell everyone to eat yams
  • Thou shall accept being called a muppet for testing at 7dpo at 9pm at night

And most importantly...

  • Thou shalt not symptom spot during the two week wait and must be prepared for a telling off if you do so.

NEW RULE ALERT!

-Thou shalt not post pictures of positive pregnancy tests. We will be delighted to hear about it but no photos, please and thank you

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Pob13 · 27/03/2018 08:13

Permission to rant. Close friend just told me shes pregnant. And she was on the pill!!! WTF!!

Si1ver · 27/03/2018 08:14

@ronswansonstache I've been giving blood all the way through TTC. I'm a universal donor so they're quite keen to have my blood usually. The nurse and I have an understanding that I don't donate in the tww and that I take responsibility for any increased risk. Which is minimal. So long as you're clear on it they tend to be ok.

Yesterday was particularly shit. They'd contacted me directly (by text) to ask me to donate. They knew I'd cancelled my last session because I was pregnant. They clearly hadn't connected the dots. Also nothing in the pre-reqs said anything about not being pregnant in the last six months.

However, on the bright side, I bought my IVF meds yesterday and I got a massive discount on them bringing them down to £550 from £1.1k. They're getting delivered the same day my relaxing, luxurious scratch is taking place. I've also booked some time off and an Airbnb for the trip. It feels more positive and real now.

JaggyJobby · 27/03/2018 08:29

MyRHR is dropping consoderably, FP will be here any day now. I'm not gonna be with DH during next FW either. 😭😭😭

JaggyJobby · 27/03/2018 08:31

@Si1ver nice one on the IVF med discount! Exciting that things are happening.

ronswansonstache · 27/03/2018 08:46

S1lver, thanks - I've had advice to that effect since being turned away - I think the nurses at the centre were probably just being very risk averse & as I was quite taken aback by being told I couldn't donate (also O- so always being asked to go in) & I didn't have the confidence to argue the point.

Hope today is better for you!

LookingAtTheStars89 · 27/03/2018 09:21

It's my birthday! The last year of my 20s Confused lol. I'm am taking a day off from my no sugar diet so I can relax and have a bit of fun. I'm going to get my hair done in a bit and then have lunch with Mr Looking and my Mum. It's rainy here but I'm not going to let that spoil my day.

Si1ver · 27/03/2018 09:30

Happy birthday @LookingAtTheStars89 have a great day.

@JaggyJobby sorry about to. Have some wine.

Si1ver · 27/03/2018 09:31

Not to fp. Sodding auto correct

LookingAtTheStars89 · 27/03/2018 09:37

@JaggyJobby. Sorry to hear that x x I'm expecting mine soon too, the pre period insomnia has started Sad

LookingAtTheStars89 · 27/03/2018 09:38

@Si1ver. Thanks :-) Can you smuggle me out some clomid for my lazy ovaries while your med shopping? Grin

Si1ver · 27/03/2018 10:21

And my fp has started to days early, which means were back to rejigging all our dates. Ffs.

@LookingAtTheStars89 I've sent you a pm

MynameisJune · 27/03/2018 11:15

@si1ver where are you getting your meds from? Don’t the clinic need to prescribe them?

@jaggy sorry about fp being on its way. And for not being with DH next fertile week. It’s so frustrating knowing you’re having to miss a cycle.

Hi to all the newcomers, welcome to the lovely but mad house.

LookingAtTheStars89 · 27/03/2018 11:45

@Si1ver. Thanks :-) I will pm you later x

bridget33 · 27/03/2018 11:57

Hi everyone, so I have my pelvic ultrasound this afternoon. Does anyone know if they tell you the results straight away? Am feeling a bit nervous about it...eek!

bridget33 · 27/03/2018 11:59

Also, what does the f stand for in 'fp' - am still getting used to all the acronyms Hmm

DoAsDreamersDo · 27/03/2018 12:15

Afternoon Yammers 🍠 I’ve been away for one day and I’ve had 2 pages to catch up on!

Welcome to everyone joining us. Sorry that you’re here, but apart from being sweaty we are very nice 👍

I’m annoyed with myself because I’m having every bloody pregnancy symptom going except that my FP isn’t even due for a couple of days 🙄 I need to start a separate thread don’t I so that you can all tell me I’m a knob head.

DoAsDreamersDo · 27/03/2018 12:15

bridget the f stands for fucking

Si1ver · 27/03/2018 12:19

@MynameisJune the clinic have prescribed them. The prescription was emailed to a company called fertility2u, who did online blood tests for me earlier on in the process who quoted for us.

Then the clinic email the pharmacy direct for confirmation, there's an online signature process and the drugs are shipped with guaranteed cold chain shipping.

Si1ver · 27/03/2018 12:23

@bridget33 fp is an acronym specific to this thread btw. It's not generally used.

minime2017 · 27/03/2018 12:49

Hello yammers. Running the gauntlet a bit here. Following my spotting/bleeding last week i went to epu to comfirm suspected miscarriage. Had an internal scan where the lady spotted a sac and said all was as it should be at this stage. A glimmer of hope was given. Days on im still bleeding with occassional cramping . Took a hpt today and its fainter than the one i took last week. Back to epu next week by which stage i hope all this is over. Complete rollercoaster all month. Scared at the thought of how this will all end (hate the thought of intervention) and then ttc to have this happen all over again. When can i have wine?????

Paranormalbouquet · 27/03/2018 13:02

You are all very busy yammering today! I've got a lot to read on my lunch break!

@Pob13 I'm surrounded by pregnant people at the moment. It's shit. @Si1ver well done on getting such a big discount. When are you due to start your cycle?

@bridget33 I've had a LOT of pelvic ultrasounds and always got results immediately. Most people have a normal scan so fingers crossed for you. I always cause great excitement with my short scarred cervix and adhesion filled uterus. And obviously when there's a miscarriage going on there's usually a lot of expressions of surprise that I conceived at all. Really gives me hope for the future.

@minime2017 how many weeks are you? I'm so sorry this is happening. The waiting and rescanning is the worst part. Did they see a source of the bleeding?

Paranormalbouquet · 27/03/2018 13:07

As for me I have the pleasure of at least 2 people looking into my vagina this week. Quite probably more. Colposcopy tonight where we will spend the first 10 mins trying to locate my cervix- it's so short it's nearly impossible to find. Followed by as many biopsies as they can get- they seem terrified they'll miss a cancer hiding behind scar tissue- it doesn't react normally to the vinegar so they are DESPERATE to just remove the minimal cervical tissue that I have.

Then on Thursday I have a recurrent miscarriage appt complete with ANOTHER dildocam. Hopefully will be formally listed for surgery then.

Thankfully it's holidays next week!

Paranormalbouquet · 27/03/2018 13:08

When I say tonight I do of course mean this afternoon! As I have so many I ask to be either first or last on the list to try and plan my day.

LimpLettice · 27/03/2018 15:33

Hope tonight goes smoothly Paranormal. Dildocam tomorrow is about my 6th in 6 weeks and until you lot said it it never occurred to me to wear a dress. I've been awkwardly struggling out of jeans and boots every time and trying to concentrate on what they say whilst putting me Bridget's back on behind a sheet of paper. Tomorrow I will be prepared Smile

Minime that's what happened to us last month. Consultant found the sac and said it looked great, but we already knew it was terrible odds. I almost wish he hadn't said as the renewed hope was painful. Thinking of you, the waiting is horrible.

LexieJean · 27/03/2018 16:26

Well yammers I have a long weekend away and there’s so much to catch up on!

@limp tentatively hopeful for you that this ones a sticky bean 🤞

Welcome newbies! We are indeed a sweary sweaty bunch!
Good luck to all those with various dildocams scheduled.

@minime sorry to hear this 💐

I just cried on the plane at couple in front of me with tiny baby. Feeling quite hopeless and like it will never happen.