6 months plus ttc (continuation of 6/7 months ttc) all welcome

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Hi everyone just another continuation thread 😊

@Greenbks sorry for your loses:(

@Greenbks I'm so sorry for your losses

Hi ladies how is everyone on here doing? Have we had any BFPs? I really hope so.

I had been doing so good in terms of chilled out the last couple of months, had a little holiday and been quite busy so lots to focus on and the last AF passed me by without much negative feeling. I feel like things have all come crashing down a bit the last few days in terms of being frustrated with TTC...

I had the scan that I'd been referred for on Friday, so I think that brought everything to the forefront. There was nothing abnormal on the scan which is good, but in some ways it got me even more frustrated. I've been trying to focus on this diet around eating progesterone foods as it feels like this gives me some control or something to focus on that I can influence, but obviously I'm blind to how much it is actually doing anything!!!

A couple of friends have announced pregnancies over the weekend and I think it's just sent me back down. I know it's ok to have these down days and I have had a really good run of barely thinking about things the last couple of months. But I've been so down and deflated today, just at home on my own working and I've not really done much, can't concentrate, can't even make my to do list because I just feel rubbish. I think part of the problem with home working and having nothing to busy me up! I'm going to go for a dog walk in a minute but I can't believe it's nearly 3pm and all I've done is wallow.

I'm CD 20, we did lots of DTD but nothing timed and no opks this month. I even did a CBD this morning so I could snap myself out of any symptom spotting but it was faulty and didn't show any result!
Now I'm swinging between feeling pregnancy symptoms and pre period feelings.

I don't know whether to buy a test so I can do it, see a bfn and manage my own disappointment this month. Or whether to just try and stop thinking about it again!

Sorry for the long post. It's like TTC anxiety has been a sleeping monster that's just rewoke with a vengeance.

@lamby12 I felt the same after my scan like if all fine why I am TTC for 2 years now 😡😡 I know how you feel.

I still have to redo some bloods next week.

My hubby wanted to try his tactic of dtd every day in fertile window this month and I have longer cycles so it's tireing!! Will see how that goes. I Had a peak opk yesterday and day before (cd 23&24 which is w days late for me) and today seems high so maybe I ovulate today. Fingers crossed I will get rise of temps tomorrow.
I would hate to have anovulatory cycle when I spent so much money on preseed this cycle and used every time dtd 😎 hope it will be fine and I actually ovulated huh!

Hi @Crayon7 thanks for replying. Yes it's so frustrating isn't it, you just want to know why...?!

My doctor wasn't keen for me to repeat bloods and basically put me on the back burner until at least January. Then they might think about referring me. She said because I had a chemical pregnancy earlier this year it showed I can fall pregnant and so they should give me another 6 months ish before referring. I almost wish I hadn't told them now but obviously that's not right!

I hope you're not having an anovulatory cycle! Turns out that's what's been happening with me quite a lot. Everything gearing up and all that false hope and never even bloody ovulated some months! The doctor said I probably hadn't ovulated in the month of the blood tests (last months) so I don't think that was a one off. X

I had almost always peak and them temp rise so hopefully I did actually ovulated no pregnancy though.

I would be I guess ok the same page I only get re done blood as my prolactin levels were high and GP wants to check if it's again like this when we do it again or it was just fluke.
Regardless he said that he will send us to specialist as it's been 2 years now of TTC.

Still waiting for hubby to be able to so sperm sample and GP takes ages to switch practices atm so just waiting:/ frustrating

Hey @lamby12 hope you're doing ok, it's a really hard process and your bound to feel down at times. How long have you been trying again? So frustrating the doctor has put you on the back burner as you say. Which tests have you had? Is there any way you can go private to avoid waiting?

@Crayon7 great that you're being referred to the clinic I'm sorry it's been such a long wait and you've still got no answers that must be so hard .

No BFP from me yet, on my 2nd cycle of Clomid and now 1DPO so back in the dreaded 2ww. It's a never ending rollercoaster! This is our last cycle of DTD to try and get pregnant and next month we're moving onto IUI, so the pressure feels like it's really on for it to work.

Hi @Dbop100 yes I'm on AF now so feeling really down about it again. It's so difficult not to let it get to you. I really feel like it's never going to happen at the moment 
I've only had the day 21 blood test which showed low progesterone and the scan which showed no problems.
So I know I have low progesterone and I know I have endometriosis from previous investigations. I'm doing this diet and I feel better health wise for it but I don't know what more I can do for fertility.
I take my seven seas multivitamin, we've been DTD every other day all the time!
I'm going to go back to Ov testing from this month but as we've been DTD anyway it hasn't stopped us.

Just don't know what more we can do.

I have made a couple of initial enquiries about private - we'll see what comes back but to be honest we don't have the money and the thought of going in debt makes me quite stressed.

Fingers crossed for you this TWW @Dbop100

I might try the soy suggested by @Tink2019 this month. I haven't yet as I read it can worsen endometriosis. Still unsure 

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Sorry to hear you're having a tough time @lamby12 - I'm no specialist but if you're possibly not ovulating every cycle I imagine you'd be put on Clomid. It's what I was prescribed as it didn't seem like I was ovulating each cycle but of course I decided to try soy first as had read it was the 'natural Clomid'. If you're feeling anxious though about trying it, there's every chance it wouldn't work because of the anxiety if that makes sense? I did lots and lots of reading of Mumsnet and other forums before taking the plunge (husband was dead against it though!) so maybe do that first and see if you can find experiences of people who have endo and took it? For now though, relax and be pissed off and upset that AF is here again 😘

@Dbop100 I really hope Clomid works for you this cycle and you don't have to go down the IUI route. Will they not let you try Clomid for one more cycle? X

Thanks @Tink2019 yeah fingers crossed! My consultant scanned me the day before I ovulated and said I was going to release 2 eggs this month and gave me a trigger shot so feels like our odds are slightly better, but still only 10% apparently. No more Clomid after this it has to be IUI or IVF. Assume everything is going well with you?

@lamby12 I'm so sorry it sounds so difficult. It so frustrating it sounds like you might just need a prescription for progesterone. I would try another doctor and push for a referral to the clinic now, your low progesterone is surely enough of a reason to move things forward? They're not waiting because of a medical reason it's just the system is very slow at the moment, you have to push to be seen. I think your right to go back to ovulation testing, I could not DTD every other day all month it would destroy us. At least this way you will know if you're ovulating or not which will be really helpful info for the doctors.

Have you read 'it starts with the egg' really good advice on supplements, lifestyle, diet - if you need something that you're able to control at the moment, it really helped me X

How are we girls? Any updates from you? How are we all doing?

Hi @Crayon7 I'm ok thanks, you? Dh got his referral through to a urologist today as he has low sperm, motility and morphology! I had a scan yesterday and have a small fibroid, but she wasn't overly concerned by it. Currently cd3 and must be cycle 16 or something by now! Kinda just waiting for the second SA in Nov so that we can get on with ivf as I don't see it improving even with the lifestyle changes he's put in place. Call me pessimistic but his results were pretty bad! We've agreed to go private as we're not prepared to wait another year. Hope things are ok with you?! X

I got faint positive today but had chemicals in the past so scared to get excited until I am properly late and test properly strong.

I was at GP to redo my bloods this morning as just in case don't want to stop the wait for appts as takes ages so I get you 🤞🏻

@Crayon7 how many dpo are you? 🤞🏾that all works out for you! X

@notyetamumbuttrying 10 dpo today

@Crayon7 still early then as you say! Let us know again in 4 days. Best of luck!! X

@Crayon7 how you getting on? You tested again yet?

I did and it seems lighter so I stress over chemical. Decided to wait few days as bo sign of AF so far

Hi ladies would you mind if I join? Be good to have some others to chat to this tv journey is a lot harder work and emotionally draining than I expected. Been ttc 7 months now so not long in the grand scheme of things but i have had issues (which I’m convinced were caused by the pill but docs deny it). I am ovulating which is good. Low progesterone though, corpus luteum defect suspected and my prolactin is slightly elevated. My main issue though is my thin endometrial lining. I’ve been to see the fertility consultant this week (self funded for speed) and he’s put me on estrogen tablets and patches for my next cycle to see if it will thicken. He basically said even if we fertilised an egg there’s almost no chance it would implant on my crappy lining. On a positive note DH has super sperm so he’s very smug. But all pretty pointless really if my lining doesn’t sort itself out. Trying to stay positive and hoping the pills will work as if not I’m not sure what other options there are!

How you getting on? @Crayon7

@Tinkertailor88 hi! Good that you got going on the tests and great result for Dh! Mine has shit sperm lol! So pomegranate juice is meant to be good for thickening lining. Drink a glass a day! So much luck for the tablets and patches!

@notyetamumbuttrying thanks for that sorry to hear about your OH. Mines been taking wellman conceive vits and lamberts CQ10 200 (recommended by my fertility massage lady) for 5 months now he’s convinced that’s what did the trick. I’ve tried Pom juice raspberry leaf, vitamin E, l’arginine, aspirin, acupuncture, chinese herbs, caster oil packs, massage, royal jelly, b6, pretty much all the supplement I can fit in my body!!! Estrogen is the next step. Here’s to hoping

@Tinkertailor88 ah so you've tried it all then I see 😂 so much out there isn't there! My husband was on wellman but swapped over to proxeed plus, and had started eating oranges and laying off booze and cigs and going for runs so hoping it all makes a difference soon! Will you get Estrogen tablets prescribed?

@notyetamumbuttrying yep I’ve had both tablets and patches prescribed. I have to take 8mg of Progynova tablets each day as well as wear a 100 estrogen patch which needs changed every other day. I start this on day 2 of my next cycle. Then I have to get scanned again to see if my lining has responded. At least our OH’s are making the effort my friend had such a bad time with her OH refusing to take supplements it’s was such a tough time for her. God. This ttc journey is a lot tougher than a lot of us expected!!! Emotionally draining!!!

@Tinkertailor88 god your poor mate! Her bloke sounds like a bit of a twat tbh! Did it happen in the end? Yeah it's far beyond what I ever thought it would be, that's for sure! I've never felt so consistently up n down in my life! It's really hard to go through

@notyetamumbuttrying thanks. Gutted but nothing else I can do.

Cd3 today. Onto cycle 22.