Evening everyone 😁 sorry have been a bit absent - had a lot going on and my husband is trying to encourage me to not spend as much time on my
phone as he doesn't think I'm helping myself googling and reading things all the time 😳 he's probably right!
@Babyghirl I don't take antidepressants although I'm sure the doctor will suggest it to me one day as they clearly don't think I'm coping too well! Hopefully they help you to feel better. I do go for acupuncture tho. I really enjoy it, it's very relaxing! Can't say it's helped my cycle or me
conceive yet but it's still early days and I started in the midst of my epically long cycle so probably not a true reflection! It's worth the money to me as it makes me feel like I'm being proactive and doing something to help.
@Annny27 I also realised some of the original girls are due to give birth! It's crazy but this year has gone so quick! Jan doesn't seem that long ago at all - I can remember some of those ladies announcing their BFP! Some of our friends have had their baby this week. I'm really happy for them and the baby is beautiful but it's that realisation again that we should have been first and our baby should have been 2 months old by now. And that makes me feel like everything is so unfair again. Next friends baby is due in a few weeks and I'm sure it will be bitter sweet again.
@Ljm0101 glad to hear you're doing ok under the circumstances. It really is an emotional roller coaster. I waited for a while before ttc and it was definitely the right thing for us to do and I felt ready again when we starting trying again.
@scrumdiddly123 congrats! You must be so relieved.
@SunnySideUp2020 safe travels! I'm sure the travelling will have no impact on your baby at all. I've seen someone describe early pregnancy being like a grain of sand in a jar of jam so it can withstand quite a lot and is very well cushioned/protected in there! Taking lots of breaks will help too so you can get up and move around a bit. Good luck with your scan, I'm sure all will be perfect tho!
I had my apt today with the consultant. She was really helpful and lovely and now we spoke gave to face she understood exactly what my concern was. I managed to get hold of a copy of my blood test results from back in feb from my gp and took them with me. Turns out they didn't test for progesterone last time. The consultant was happy with all the other results so said rather than repeating and wasting money we'd just do progesterone this time as that seems to be what the issue is. She did say if I have low progesterone then it can normally be fixed. If I don't have low progesterone then my short luteal phase might be trickier to correct and she did mention ivf but we're a long way off going down that road. She recommended still giving more time before considering anything more invasive if my results for progesterone are ok, especially as I have been pregnant before as it suggests that I can conceive 'spontaneously'. It's just frustrating as some months my lp can get to 11 days which I'm ok with but other months only 8-9 days which I think is more of a problem so although not impossible, I just think it will make things harder.
In the meantime I've been told to try and relax and not stress 😑 I thought I had been quite calm but I've been noticing my heart keep 'thudding' and palpitations for the past week so I think I probably am getting more anxious than I realise. The problem is once I notice them they seem to happen more and then I worry about that so it's a vicious cycle! If I keep myself busy they stop, if I stop and think about it they start again so I'm certain it's anxiety related 🙄 it's my new thing to worry about now...
Some friends of ours who know we are trying again have just very kindly offered us the advice of 'put your legs up afterwards as gravity helps' and it worked for them 😂 it made me smile because it was said with all good intentions (and I genuinely appreciated the thought) but I felt like saying we've been trying that trick for almost 2 years, I think we need more medical science than bloody gravity on our side now 🙄😂