Sperm Meets Egg (hopefully)

[AllHopeAndNoResults]

Hi guys,

I’ve done a few threads on here for ttc but this month I am in a new positive state of mind and I am determined to get that BFP!!

I’ve been to the GP today who said my bloods have come back fine for hormones etc and just that I am very low on vit d (which I knew from last check up and have been taking vitamin tabs twice a day) anyway....

She has said there is nothing to suggest any infertility or that I’m not ovulating and that perhaps I am ovulating and not timing it. I was convinced at this appointment I would be prescribed chlomid, but no she said that I just need to come back in 2 months with a new blood test and see from there...

I came away disheartened and a little bit like I’d given up until I thought hold on she said there was no reason to suggest in infertile or have a problem therefore I am fertile and need to work harder! So I got online ordered loads of OPKs, preseed and a basal thermometer.

I also downloaded Sperm Meets Egg and I am determined this month to follow rule by rule. Sorry that was very long! But I am due AF any minute so will be tracking from about day 8 anybody want to do the journey with me??

Again sorry for how long that was!!

Hi ladies hope you're all well sorry for silence it's been an interesting few days for me.

So AF didn't come all weekend. Didn't drink or eat any of my favourite foods just in case. Had some spotting that was brown that stopped after a day so I was really hopeful then wham yesterday AF turned up with vengeance for being late. I was in so much pain I had to go home from work.

So on to another cycle for me!

I was in bed yesterday feeling sorry for myself as I was so hopeful this cycle but I've learnt 2 things:

1. Don't test before 12days
2. Don't symptom spot
3. Live your life
4. Don't test before 12days!!!

Sorry I've missed so many messages. How are you getting on @VenusStarr?

@Makingawish @Skyla01 @Carley321 how are you ladies doing??

@AllHopeAndNoResults definitely a BFN! I was testing everyday, holding onto hope till the last minutes but I'm back in fighting form and ready for another cycle of SMEP!!

I saw some of your messages, so glad you got your peak day!!!! How is it going?

@tinyole I'm so sorry AF has hit you with a vengeance especially as you missed out on some of your favourite food and drinks! I hope you still enjoyed your weekend though 🤗

I've just had a proper giggle at your 'don't test before 12 days' because that's my current battle. Symptom spotting as if I'm 6 months gone 🤣

@AllHopeAndNoResults same just like I paid for that bloody prediction on Facebook 🤦🏻‍♀️

Ps. Had a sore ish throat the last few hours. Where's my BFP?! 😄

@tinyole thank you for updating and I’m sorry AF turned up, it just seems cruel that she was late! But I am glad you are feeling positive and looking forward to another cycle. I hope you feel better soon! How was Paris (sorry for tagging you I was just eager to hear 🤦🏻‍♀️)

@Makingawish sore throat? You’re defo preggo hun congratulations 😂😂

Right so, is this normal for everyone? I’ve now got thin milky discharge AND the actual discharge has no odour so I don’t think it’s infection, but does that type of discharge happen after ovulation? I feel a bit wet down there 🤦🏻‍♀️ I know I seem a bit silly but I’ve not really tracked ovulation before

@Makingawish 😂😂😂 I still can’t believe you paid for it on Facebook of all places LOL! We do get forced to do silly things!

Hi everyone, I am new to netmums so if anyone has any tips about how I track your post and responses please let me know as I have just spent ages scrolling through all the messages in this thread . I am TTC no.2 been 6 months now 😫 so getting impatient - history is I have a 4 year old daughter but had 3 recurrent miscarriages before her so I am well up on my research as had no help conceiving her through the nhs - I have seen some of you mentioning Angus castus so I wanted to say I took it for 3 months (while not TTC / having a break from the miscarriages as they were all in the space of a year) and I then conceived my daughter (also took aspirin when I got my bfp as was told it wouldn't hurt and it didn't! I took it until 36 weeks. So this time round I feel like I have late ovulation/ low progesterone again so am taking Angus castus again but only till ovulation since we TTC and I don't have the luxury of time this time around (I'm 36). In also taking vit d spray, coq10, b6 (till ovulation), prenatal, aspirin and maca root (this is a new one!) yes I know quite a lot but I have got frustrated last couple of months so trying everything! Also using pre seed which dh seems to like!
Anyway hope you don't mind me joining your thread (if I can work out how to!) you all seem lovely and my god do I know what you are going through this will be my 5th pregnancy / TTC so trust me I know what you are all going through it's an emotional rollercoaster and so hard when friends conceive so easily and try to support but just don't understand - wishing you all the baby dust in the work !! Ps I am totally going to try SMEP this month too!! Xxx

@AllHopeAndNoResults YES!! 🎉🎉 can't laugh at my Facebook predictor now 🤪

I need help.

@RachRainbow hello and welcome.

Now that you have commented the recent posts will show up in your ‘watching’ saves you going through it all again!

I’m so sorry you’ve been on a rough ride, it certainly seems like you are doing all you can this cycle. Are you going to try SMEP this month? That’s a lot of vitamins you are taking there, has it all been helpful to you? I’ve heard of Maca root what are the benefits supposed to be?
With Agnus Castus I’ve only just started this cycle so you probably know more about it then I do. Do you have any advise with it? How long did it take for you to fall pregnant on it?
Sorry for all the questions 😂 but you are defo in the right place there isn’t a lovely bunch of ladies on here!

@Makingawish oh dear.....what’s the next crazy step? I hear Harry Potter may have a spell? I haven’t tried it myself so not sure how reliable that is 😂

Ooooh we have to laugh during this process don’t we?

P.s I’ve done crazy things to (hides behind a cushion)

Omg I was meant to say there IS a lovely bunch of ladies here!!! 🤦🏻‍♀️

@AllHopeAndNoResults wingardium leviosa?! 🤓 I'll try anything now tbh. Nothing to lose 🤷‍♀️

I've just watched a programme where they had NINE children 😰 can you even imagine?! They'd be bungee jumping out with the umbilical cord by about number 5!

@Makingawish 😂😂😂

9!!! Bungee jumping....that did make me laugh 😂
I’d be amazed at just 1 coming out of my Falange at this rate! Everything I look at seems to be baby related at the moment, I’m trying to not let it get me down and be hopeful for next cycle but I know I’ll have a little weep at AF

I couldn’t manage with 9 though! I heard that one of the risks of using clomid is it can cause multiples and if Agnus Castus is nature’s clomid 🤔 is quite like twins tbh my dad was a twin and my auntie had twins, unfortunately lost one, would you be happy with twins 😂

@Makingawish ugh I know it's soooo hard not to test but hold on you can make it! It's just not worth the daily BFNs such a moral killer! How many days until you can test?

And 9kids is nothing have got seen the show 15 and counting?? Can you imagine what your nether parts would look like after that many babies 👶🙈😱😱😱

@AllHopeAndNoResults Paris was lovely regardless!! Went to Versailles which I had always wanted to go to and stayed in a lush hotel so it was still a lovely time. Mostly just nice to be somewhere new with DH and relax. Sounds like your CM is promising! Do you know all the different types you can track? If it's not smelly then it's probably a good sign. Do you think you've ovulated already?

@RachRainbow welcome to the group! Sorry to hear you've had such a tough time but everyone on here is fabulous! I've been taking agnus cactus on and off last cycle, I read you're meant to take it after you ovulate until the next cycle starts but you take it before you ovulated? Sounds like you're doing a great job though keeping track of everything. Do you temp or do any other form of tracking?

@AllHopeAndNoResults haha same! Omg though, twins?! Not sure I could cope but there's none in our families so I think I'm safe in that sense!

@tinyole I don't even know when I can test tbh. I have different apps telling me AF is due on 10th/12th/14th so I'm going to wait til Friday which will be the 10th and use a FRER. The BFN's are demoralising even though you know there's no chance of it even showing so early!

@tinyole I’m glad you at least enjoyed your break away it’s sounds really amazing tbh, maybe having that relaxation will help for next cycle.

I don’t really track Cm so I’m not going to jump to conclusions. I got a low score on OPKs today so I guess I ovulated when I got my peak? Still dtd today and Thursday

Welcome back @tinyole! So sorry your AF arrived, and late too just to tease you. Mine arrived too, and early! I'm glad you're keen for another go at smep, me too. I'll need to siphon off some of your positive energy!

@AllHopeAndNoResults your peak tells you that you will ovulate in 24-36hrs. Have you been DTD everyday? I think with SMEP you're meant to do it for 3 days straight after you get an opk

Hello @RachRainbow! Sounds like you've had a rough journey so far. Wish you all the best for smep! What cycle day are you? I'm cd2 (hugging a hot water bottle as we speak) but also keen to get back on with smep!

@AllHopeAndNoResults *after you get a positive opk
I found tracking CM really useful. I'm a very visual person so I've attached an image sorry if it's TMI lol but I found it good as it helps me see what I'm approaching fertile week and matches with my temps and opk tests
Honestly what did people do before all this lol

@tinyole yeah so we’ve been doing every other day then we did the last 2 nights in a row, tonight is our third then it’ll be our good luck deed Thursday so 🤞 didn’t miss it. Either way it’s way too early for me to have anything implantation related

@Skyla01 when do you ovulate? I'll share my positivity if you help me avoid testing too early this cycle 😭😭

@tinyole there isn’t an image attached. I know right, I guess back then people didn’t struggle to conceive as much 🤷🏻‍♀️

@tinyole @AllHopeAndNoResults thank you both so much for being kind yes I do temp but only last two cycles i naively thought we wouldn't have a problem getting pregnant as I didn't last time really - with Angus last time I took it for 3 months straight no TTC while we had a break and I have to say it worked wonders for my cycle i was then a perfect 28 days lighter periods and I think it helped regular my hormones and made me ovulate earlier as I was convinced my early miscarriages were due to late ovulation and low progesterone / my luetal phase being too short so not enough time to implant properly - it then a few months to catch with my daughter but it worked so I really do believe it's good for your cycles if you think things are a bit off balance - I didn't get much help from nhs though this was all from my own research on sites like this - I am now taking it just first two weeks up to ovulation as again I have read lots of people doing that but some people have taken it all the way through and when pregnant but I'm just not sure about that .... my temps are showing I have a short luetal phase again so it's worth a try I guess - I am using clear blue opks which have matched up with my temps and ovulation on fertility friend last two months so I'm pretty confident what the problem is and having take Angus castus the last cycle I seem to have improved my luetal phase by two days so I'm feeling pretty pleased and hoping we will get there in the next few months especially if we give SMEP a try as well and cover all bases! So yes going to give it our best shot this month! As I am over 35 I've been to gp and had bloods done and all fine which I thought they would be as I'm taking so many supplements! It's lovely to speak to others going through the same thing and trying to find your way as there is so much information and some conflicting ! It's a minefield! Thanks again xxx

Thanks @Skyla01 I am cycle day 2 as well !! Feeling exactly the same !! So I feel your pain! It's hard not to wish the days away and try and live in the moment when TTC isn't it! X

@tinyole last month I didn't ovulate until cd26! So don't wait for me! Hoping this cycle could be a little shorter. Will definitely try and stop you testing early!

Anyone know if an 11 day luteal phase is ok? I thought my last two were around 14 days but this cycle af showed early. I hadn't really worried about luteal phase before.