STOP! Yammer time. 🍠

[SparkwoodAnd21]

New thread!

Why are these things so expensive @pinkemi I don’t know anyone who’s used anything like this. If you thought their testing and plan would make you stick to the healthy/alternative options then maybe it would be worth it. Or can you motivate yourself by thinking about that as holiday money and creating your own plan? I’m pretty lazy but you might be able to motivate yourself!

@michaelknightscar I’m changing job. I can’t justify staying somewhere that’s making me MISERABLE because I might get pg. it’s been nearly 2 years. But then I only have statutory benefits so I lose nothing.

I'm so glad of this thread and like you said we've all been trying for so long it's almost a joke and infertility is never spoke about. I'm sort of in two minds whether yo class myself as infertile yet as waiting for all the results back and I feel like end of the road if I say that even though I know there's options before adoption....anyway af due tomorrow and onwards so I'll keep you posted although every sign of it coming anyway !

How long have you been trying @MichaelKnightsCar? It took me 18 months to get a bfp. Ended in MC, but still.

I did my first injection last night and then went to bed early and slept like the dead. Apartment is booked, flights are booked, scans are booked. My lovely mother is paying for taxi transfer to Stansted as she doesn't want me driving myself and my husband can't drive.

@LexieJean I did change jobs not long ago so it's keeping my interest right now but it was a sideways move and I feel ready for the next rung. It's tough. I hope you find something awesome soon!

@Si1ver we've been trying for 10 months so not long in the grand scheme but I'm late 30s and my husband is early 40s so we haven't got time on our side sorry for your mc loss

@MichaelKnightsCar I understand the concern. We're late 30s too, which is why we're self funding IVF, it's quicker than wrangling with the NHS. Also, I spent a year in denial convinced I would get pregnant. Which was the second year of TTC. So that didn't help.

Oh Silver good luck! When will you fly out? Hope the injections aren't too painful/crazy inducing. All the fingers and toes crossed.

@Si1ver good luck with ivf I really hope it goes well for you. We've had our initial tests done on the nhs already, husband has had to be retested this week and we have initial info finding/consultations at 2 clinics nearby early next month so hopefully that'll get the ball rolling.

I've recently been diagnosed with a medical condition that need treating but they can't treat if TTC/pregnant so that's another time constraint and I'll have to very quickly make a choice about treatment and no babies or babies and possibly serious physical damage due to no treatment

@MichaelKnightsCar did you post about that on FB recently? Or was that someone else?

It sounds very difficult for you, I hope you get some progress soon.

@Si1ver yeah that was me. It's just another obstacle to deal with which is a PITA

@MichaelKnightsCar damn name changes. Yes I saw your thread on FB. Did you speak to your diagnosing doctor like I suggested?

@Si1ver I haven't yet. My follow up appointment came through.....fucking October!
I'm currently existing on ibuprofen, god knows the state I'll be in by then.

@MichaelKnightsCar that's so hard. I think I would be calling their secretary and explaining your situation and time limits and see if they'll help. Medical Secretaries can be fab at getting things moving.

@LexieJean Chorizo often has dried milk and/or lactose in it!

Really? @hopeislost I had no idea! Thanks!

Also just watched the friends episode with Rachel and Ross seeing their baby scan. Trying not to wail.

@LexieJean totally not trying to well at anything as the last few days of tww end....re jobs shall we just quite together and start a business lol I'm on stat as well sigh. What's the point!

Quit *

Great idea @owl What shall we do? Import yams?

Gah! Negative test at the weekend and I'm still fucking symptom spotting

Can you do more than just import? Yam wine? Yam parties? Yam beauty treatments?

So cruelly af arrived cd 34 which makes my cycle 33 days

Whos in charge here?
Please give me chance dear god. Just one more chance .

Sorry to hear that @ShesAYamEater

I've just stooped to a new all time low in my year of TTC.. just took a pregnancy test.. day 12 of my cycle. I couldn't stop that niggling feeling of "maybe I was like that 3 day period woman"... when realistically (and deep down I knew this) I have been having stomach and bowel issues because I have been eating like crap and not exercising.. they were NOT pregnancy symptoms.

Honestly feeling a bit down in the dumps today. Wish i could just give up completely . .. but can't because deep down it's not what I want. sigh

@lexiejean to be honest.. I'm not sure I could stick to a plan that I did myself. I can't seem to stick to anything at the moment. :-(

@LexieJean. I got like that in down the baby clothing aisle in Tesco the other day

I just went on an online shopping spree and spent a bunch of money I don’t have on things I don’t need because fuck all of this.

Sending hugs to those of you getting bfn’s/fp. This whole thing is so unfair :(