TTC first baby thread 24

[Anny27]

Hi ladies,

Setting up the new thread for us as we approaching the end of the old one!

@whatsthecraic91
@validuser
@lozzlepop
@orangeloo
@timswifey
@MIW01
@1990shopefulftm
@lottiepink

And a few others who I can't remember their username from memory so please tag yourself :D

@Annny27 sorry about AF. Hopefully this cycles just a one off and you get a longer LP agin next month. Yes I've started my suppositories. 3DPO today.

I think ccg's differ in what they offer ivf wise some places might even get 3 rounds. Think my area is 1.5 or 2. 1.5 being one collection but if first transfer fails they will do another transfer if you have another embryo from your first collection.

Morning 😊

Received a letter today With our next appointment, it's 13 weeks away, but I am sure it will fly in ha!

@Teadrinker30 I'm good thank you, need a one of those walks today 😂😂

@Annny27 it's hard isn't it, I think there was more pressure on me before they knew, now that they know we have issues they have backed off 😂😂 so sorry af arrived, it sounded promising with the positive opk too. Strange about it coming earlier too, hope it's just one of those crazy strange months!

@Lozzlepop oh no that's so worrying, fingers crossed for you that your job is safe!

@whatsthecraic91 I can't believe you have your scan on Sunday, how amazing 😍

I am calling the doctor again today to ask for referral as it isn't fair that she said I need to wait 2 years! I feel like I am bothering them during this pandemic for a non emergency reason but hopefully they won't mind!

@Lottiepink thats good you have your next appointment letter through!

@orangeloo yep its rubbish 😪 feeling super down today, glad I am wfh as have been crying a lot 🙈🙈

Called the doctor and this one was on par with that it should be 1 year :)

He said my thyroid was recently was checked and he said over the years has been absolutely fine so that makes me less worried about that one aspect 🤣

Just been catching up on everyone's news.

Really interesting reading about all the different treatments 😊 fingers crossed they help everyone x

I tripped over and fell in our hallway on Tuesday afternoon and as I have a few joint issues anyway I've been working from bed yesterday and today.

Hoping fully back to normal for FWW which is due to start Saturday according to Flo app.

@Annny27 that's great that you've now been referred but bloody annoying when GP's do that as our 1st one did that also!

@Lottiepink great that you've got an appointment booked and your clinic is now on the way to reopening.

Got a letter from the IVF clinic acknowledging our referral but our fertility consultant hadn't sent all the necessary documents. So I called the IVF clinic manager who was lovely and said they are still some weeks away from reopening and are waiting to hear from CCG if they will allow treatment past 40, she said she would be surprised if they say no but can't guarantee. She also said as a clinic they are prioritising patients now on age to ensure people like us aren't left without anything. Fingers crossed!

@kiza yeah the gp was really shocked that the other one had said 2 years! That's great news as well that they hope to prioritise based on age. Fingers crossed for that 2021 baby 🤞🤞🤞

@lizzie198 ah hope you are resting up after your fall! Sounds painful

@Annny27 that's brill, least you pushed on and got a second opinion from another doctor 😊 hope you feel a little better about it all now 🙂

@lizzie198 oh no, hope you are ok, and hopefully as you say back on track for FW 🤞🏻🤞🏻

@Kiza yes really pleased just to have a date in the diary to be honest, puts my mind at ease tbh. That's brilliant about the clinic, I really hope it all goes ahead for you, and the sooner the better! Surely they wouldn't leave you out when you were so close 🤞🏻🙂

I've been in such a mood today, I'm cd10, and feel really tired and ratty. I looked back and I normally record the same at some point between cd8-10. So funny how your mood can change with hormones 😂😂 my poor dh today 🤣🤣

@Annny27 Really good that you pushed and you've saved yourself a whole year of waiting! I really do think with fertility you have to be your own advocate and keep pushing for things and checking things yourself. It's sad but necessary. Did they say what your next steps would be?

@kiza amazing that you have got your clinic letter and that they are prioritising on age. Hopefully once they open again you can get cracking straight away!

@Lottiepink glad you have your next appointment. It always makes it more bearable having a target date in kind to know you are moving forward. The limbo is awful.

@lizzie198 hope you feel better soon! Fighting fit for all that DTD 🤣

I found the email address of our consultants secretary (via our trust email address book!) and asked her when things were restarting and when my appointment might be rebooked. She said they are rebooking cancelled appointments from 12th June and SA testing is hopefully starting from 22nd June. My husband has a second appointment in August but she is gonna move his to match my new one when I get it through. She was very helpful and it's good now to have a date in mind of when things can get going.

I did a medichecks blood test today - day 3 FSH and oestrogen and AMH. It's a finger prick test so you have to prick your finger and collect the blood in a little test tube. It took 3 fingers to get enough blood! I have bruises on each fingertip which made it hard to type all day and hold a pen! I keep accidentally picking things up too hard as well 🤣 the things we go through!

Evening all!

@whatsthecraic91 thanks, Just annoying how they have changed since the last miscarriage- I was hoping they would have returned to normal by now. Going on the no news is good news right? The weather has been fantastic- such a blessing! Oh wow that’s really flown in! How exciting- I hope the scan goes well, is DH allowed to go with you?

Hi @orangeloo how are you getting on? Thanks for the tip but my clinic is through the hospital and it only seems to be coming up with a fertility clinic on that website.

@Etonmess20 that’s really good that they have called to get your appointment scheduled! I’m in Scotland and we are still in lockdown until next Thursday and even then not sure when things will start to reopen so just need to keep an eye on things I guess.

@Kiza yes it is- weird to say that and think of our journey as we’d either have a 6 month old by now or still be in the stages of one of our later pregnancies. We are still using condoms to be on the safe side. No, no news about restarting our appointments yet. We’ve had literally no communication from work then the bombshell that their may be redundancies, DF is working from the dining table so I’m mainly hiding upstairs as he takes a lot of Skype calls so it’s quite challenging some days. That’s fab news about your referral and prioritising for age, fingers crossed for a positive outcome 💜

@Anny27 sorry to hear AF has arrived and put in such an early appearance, that’s fab that the other doctor has been more realistic on timescales! Here’s hoping lovely annoying cos we just had 2 left!

@Lottiepink thanks 😊 fingers crossed! that’s great you have your next appointment scheduled, I’m sure it’ll fly in!

@Narwhal88 I've done one of those medichecks tests. My fingers hurt for days haha I did prolactin and of course it needed the most amount of blood didn't it haha. I actually found it quite stressful trying to squeeze all that blood out first thing in the morning. Hope your fingers get better quick.

@Lozzlepop I'm 4DPO so not much happening just enjoying the next couple of days before I turn into a nervous psycho wreck haha. Ah okay there are some main nhs hospitals on there as my local is. Maybe it's different in Scotland but maybe have a look in a few days or so.

Hi ladies, I'm back. Sorry for my absence.

My period arrived today and I'm feeling rubbish. Third period since my miscarriage and I really thought I might be pregnant this time. Vivid dreams, headaches and nausea yesterday (maybe I was just hungry) but still nothing.

This is hard.

What's been happening while I've been away?

Xxx

@orangeloo that’s good to know, I’ll keep an eye on it ☺️ Good luck keeping distracted in the TWW!

@timswifey nice to see you back, hope you are doing ok? It is hard but we will all get there 💜

I am so ready for lockdown to be over and return to some sense of normality already! Hope everyone has a fab weekend xx

@timswifey welcome back lovely, it's understandable to take some time away to grieve and do what you need to for yourself. I found after my mc I went in a really downward slump and it took me a good few months to come out the other end.

@Lozzlepop how you getting on with the suppositories? Yeah I can imagine at the moment you're chill but as it's draws closer to the 6/7 dpo you're going to be on edge waiting for the spotting. Do they say it may take a couple of months to see the potential effect?

@Narwhal88 great thinking with tracking the med sec down! If only I worked in the same trust as mine! 😆 and that's so good of her to reply to you. How come you've done a medichecks test? Was your consultant a bit slow at offering the blood tests via the NHS?

@Lottiepink how interesting that you get the same emotional symptoms during your FP? At least now you both know to prepare for it. I've found my strength for the gym varies massively in my cycle, before all this tracking we all had no idea how much everything is linked.

Thanks for the well wishes ladies for the IVF, awaiting on AMH results too as they have to be above a certain number to be able to proceed, though I have a feeling they'll be fine based on my FSH.

@Lozzlepop I've been ok. Went straight from MC into lockdown so a very strange 2020 so far. Also as a musician I'm very worried how my industry is going to recover after this.

Luckily I play for weddings, which will be happening again at some point.

Thank you @Kiza how are feeling now?

Xxx

@Narwhal88 yes you are right definitely better when you have a date to look forward to! Ouch that sounds painful 😞 how long do the results take to come back?

@timswifey so nice to see you back, sorry af arrived for you, especially when you had your hopes up. Hope you are ok!

@Lozzlepop I know, I can't wait for things to return back to normal either, it's such a strange situation at the moment! Must be so hard DF working from your dining table, even more so with the Skype calls. You just be on edge and creeping around!

@Kiza I know, so strange, I just seem to get one day where I'm extremely tired and then that makes me ratty. I always think why am I so tired and then look at the cd and realise 😂 yes I get the whole gym thing too, some days you feel great, others not so much!

I'm cd12 today, but still not temping or anything again, going to try and keep relaxed about it all, hope you all have a lovely Saturday! 😊

Morning ladies :) I actually forgot it was bank Holiday weekend until yesterday:D

@timswifey welcome back lovely! This will be our 6th cycle after miscarriage - I also thought we would catch quickly again!

@Narwhal88 thats good that your tests have started back up again :D the doctor said that once they are doing investigations again that they will start with some blood tests and some sperms analysis i think

@whatsthecraic91 good luck for you scan xxx

@Lottiepink that's funny how you get a mid cycle mood change 🤣 I am a bitch all month long haha

@kiza have you been missing the gym or have you been getting on okay with home workouts?

@Lozzlepop yep I am starting to get a bit fed up with it all too!

Morning ladies ☺️

Happy Saturday, how are we all?

@Kiza think you might have tagged me by accident, I’m not taking suppositories.

@timswifey oh I hear you, I thought 2020 was going to be a better year but not shaping up that way so far! Fingers crossed things will be back to some form of normality soon, we are trying to plan our wedding but everything is on hold just now!

@Lottiepink it has been a bit of a nightmare- most times they are just internal calls but sometimes it’s important ones and there’s the cat screaming in the background 🙈 he got a desk delivered yesterday so can move upstairs- bye bye dressing room lol!

@Anny27 same here! I really want to get our tests back up and running so we know what’s what! I had no idea either as we don’t get bank hols at work lol 😂

It is blowing a gale here 😭 so think it’s going to be a day in the house for us! Anyone got anything nice planned?

Morning everyone!

@Lozzlepop my DH is wfh too and I wfh 2 days and go into the office 3 days. When we work together we end up chasing each other round the house when one of us is on a phone or conference call 🤣 we made our box room into an office when we moved in luckily, must be so hard working from a dining table!

@Anny27 I have been prepping for bank holiday at work and I still kept forgetting this week that it was actually this Monday 😂

@Lottiepink I got my results back this morning! So quick, very impressed! Sounds like you are relaxed and positive this month which is great! I haven't tempt or regularly OPKed in months it's so much better for your mental health I find! Though it's so annoying when you think you've relaxed loads and is still doesn't happen 😂 why do all these people just tell us to relax!

@timswifey welcome back 🙂 your job sounds lovely! My brother was meant to be getting married in July and has just moved it to November.

@kiza I know I did feel a bit cheeky but thought what the hell! I was meant to have an appointment in April with the consultant where she would send me for day 3 bloods and scans etc but it was cancelled and it has been playing on my mind that there could be something wrong and I just wanted to get on with it. Plus they don't test for AMH on NHS and I was curious due to my really short periods. They had a special offer on medichecks so decided to just do it. Also got one for DH to do as well which tests testosterone. I didn't know your AMH has to be above a certain number for IVF, do you know what it has to be?

@orangeloo thank you, they are a bit better today. I found it really stressful too, my DH helped me massage the fingers haha, I was worried we weren't gonna get enough blood! Typical that yours needed more blood 🤣 Hope you aren't going too crazy in the TWW yet!

My results were back this morning! All in normal ranges and my AMH is higher than average for my age! So pleased! Made me feel a lot more relaxed about things. Just got to wait for my appointment to come through and then hopefully get a TV scan and HSG. Really hoping now that my DH sperm has improved, though I'm clearly not pregnant yet sooooo...

Oops sorry @Lozzlepop that was supposed to be for @orangeloo about the progesterone suppositories.
Went for a nice social distanced walk with a friend for the first time, although it's actually harder than you think to ensure you're 2 meters away whilst walking & talking!

@Narwhal88 great news about your AMH, did they say what the actual number is? I think for nhs IVF it has to be above 1,

@Annny27 been really missing the gym. Luckily we have a few weights stored under the stairs and I've just ordered a weighted vest as it may be a few more months before the gyms reopen.

@Lottiepink heading into the fertile window, I wish I could not opk but I just can't seem to stop myself 🤦🏼‍♀️

@Annny27 thank you I am very nervous 😬 it will make it very real too 😅 I'll drop by and let you know how it goes 😊

@Kiza aah haha. Suppositories are all good atm. No side effects yet luckily. I'm only 5 DPO though.

@whatsthecraic91 ah how exciting!

@kiza yeah my AMH was 37.8, so definitely above 1 so that's good then! Hopefully yours will be all good as well if your FSH is fine 🙂

Hey ladies! Hope you're having a good BH weekend

@narwhal88, really pleased for you about your results. Great news!

Hope eveyrone is doing OK, think I'm expecting AF any day now.. Did an early test as couldn't wait longer and it was negative so having a bit of a down day today.. Ahh well onwards and upwards! Xx

Hi @Lottiepink I truly think staying relaxed is key.

@Anny27 Bank Holiday weekend oh yes! It'll feel so different to a normal weekend... ha.

Fingers crossed for us both xxx

@lozzlepop so windy here too! It's rubbish. Bring back the sunshine please.