POAS Anon Christmas Party 🌲🧑‍🎄 Ho ho ho-ws your line progression?! Thread 3

[AMS19]

@GreenApplesYo
@positivitytree2020
@jessi60
@DrS44
@PowerOfFlowers
@Bells20
@Dex1521
@Emmgrem
@Foxl2222

@CardioQueen just so you know where we are

Here we go ladies! The last thread was a lucky one so let's keep up the success on this one!

Haha this is the best name for a thread 😂 Great work @AMS19
🤞🏻 for some positive news on this one too!

@drs44 came up with most of the goods 😂😂

@AMS19 @PowerOfFlowers clearly have too much time on my hands 🤣

Hi everyone!

Love the new thread! Great to see everyone's good news this month, some lovely christmas presents, and great to have more graduates now! 😄

I will be dipping in & out of the thread, disappeared for the last week to get some headspace! sometimes it's hard to come on when things aren't working out for you, hope everyone understands! 😊
Will hopefully have a bit more news next week when I'm due to ovulate, the period between AF and this is just a drag! 😂 so I've just being laying low trying to stay sane! 😂

Honestly the best name for a thread I'm so happy 😂

Was going to reply on the last thread but I'll just copy and paste over here..

@Foxl2222 those are definitely some positives! Sounds like you and DP will have a very merry Christmas haha. Sounds like you're doing everything you can, I think it's so easy to jump to worries about infertility, I had the same worries with absolutely no evidence! I think most woman worry about it to some degree!

@Dex1521 I only really had 2 cycles of trying so hard to know if anything made a difference really but I did use pre seed last cycle. I think your chart is totally normal, lots of peaks come out of nowhere. I had mine on CD14 and my cycle was consistently 27 days pre-pill so I feel like that was on the cards if I hadn't (fortunately!!) got my BFP!

I just tried to explain Ho ho ho-ws your line progression to my DP and he really did not get it. I am still very amused by it.

@positivitytree2020 just seen your message. Completely understandable! I'd been thinking about you and how you were getting on, noticed you hadn't posted for a while. Hope you're ok and looking forward to future updates 💛

@positivitytree2020 absolutely!! Do you what need to do lovely and we are here when you want to chat 🙂 it can be such an intense experience stepping away it good. I dont go on the pregnancy boards as they put too much pressure on me. Much prefer hanging out with people I "know" rather than all doom and gloom

@Bells20 @AMS19 Thanks for being so understanding! 😊😊 god I can only imagine what the pregnancy boards are like! 😂 I'd be staying off them too once my time comes around! 😂 Hopefully I will have some updates & charts for ye next week when I'm further along this cycle! 😄 We are taking it easy this month anyway with it being Christmas, so not putting myself under as much pressure! 😄

Hi @positivitytree2020 😀 I was wondering how you were. I agree, that time in between is so long so totally understand why you are taking some time out for a bit. Great idea too about not putting yourself under too much pressure over Christmas - just enjoy the week and eat lovely food, drink some nice wine 😊 We'll be here when you are ready to come back.

@positivitytree2020 Hope your doing okay. I’m exactly the same, find it difficult at times, abit overwhelming especially when your in limbo with things. I’m doing nothing but worry about my cycle length and not getting my period at the minute and what it could all me. Driving myself crazy. Be kind to yourself❤️ Xx

Thanks @AMS19 🤗

I went to my specialist yesterday and I am going to have a pelvic ultrasound and tubal patency check and DP is going to have a sperm study. Then we will regroup with the specialist and work out where to go from there. They don't insist you get the tube check straight off, we could just try the medication for a few months, but we thought why waste time? If the tubes are blocked the medication will have been a waste of 3+ months. We do have to pay for the testing but I think I would rather my money went on that than anything else at this point in time. We will then have one of 3 options:

• Medication to stimulate ovulation
• Medication to stimulate ovulation plus intrauterine insemination if the sperm aren't great swimmers (DP did a LOT of bike riding in younger years)
• IVF

I am not ovulating. All the signs/tracking pointed towards ovulation a couple of days ago and he did a scan and no corpus luteum, so that was that! He did not seem very concerned. He said that was the easy part to fix. For those wondering, you can still get a 'period' without ovulating as the endometrial lining can become unstable and shed of its own accord after a while. I had taken this to mean I was ovulating albeit very late.

He said my hormone results were really not very useful as I am not ovulating so they don't tell us much at all, they are only helpful when they know where you are in your cycle. He also said my low AMH result is not something to worry about - we only need one good egg and one good sperm.

He was really very pleased "I am slim" and kept banging on about it (I am not actually that slim, I'm just normal weight) - but I think it makes the journey ahead a bit easier. And he also said age is on my side being under 35. All in all I am feeling way more positive than last week and I will touch base with you girls in 5 weeks (couldn't get the ultrasound/tube check until 11th Jan as only one clinic in Melbourne does them atm), when we've had our next appt with him ☺️

Wishing everyone lots of luck and a lovely Christmas and New Year 🎄

@CardioQueen so lovely to hear from you. That all sounds super positive and like everything is moving in the right direction. You should be so proud of yourself for getting the tests done when you did. Some people waste years trying before having tests. So don't underestimate the fact you've probably made this whole journey 1000000 times easier and more likely to be successful. I honestly believe this will work for you. Whichever option you take, at the end of the day, as long as it brings you your baby then so be it! You got this!! Have the best Christmas and New year, it could well be your last without a baby/not pregnant!! ❤❤❤

I echo everything @AMS19 just said - I couldn't say it better myself. You also sound more positve in yourself today which is so good to hear. Your Doctor also being positve about it also helps a lot. Thank you for updating us 😀 Hope you have a brilliant Christmas in the sun 😊

@AMS19 - third day in a row I'm awake at 5am - is this a thing?? 🙈

@PowerOfFlowers 5.10am. Every. Single. Day.
My husband doesn't even ask when I woke up now, just asks what I've been doing all morning at 8am 😭🤦‍♀️😴 it has been like this for me for over 3 weeks, so get used to it!

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Posted too soon! 🤦🏻‍♀️ Oh wow every day! I wonder why! I'm wide awake! Maybe I should get up if this is a thing then. Do you go to bed earlier @AMS19 ?

@PowerOfFlowersit is so weird. I've tried staying up late to push my sleeping pattern back but it doesn't help, I just get less hours! So now give in and fall asleep at 9ish. I've had times where I've been so tired I've fallen alsspe at 7.30. It does seem whatever happens, 5.10am my eyes open 😂😂 i feel tired but can't go back to sleep!

Just poas at 14dpo. Line is much more prominent this morning! It turned to a line straightaway!
I've got a digital to use on Sunday, i'm due to come on today / tomorrow so I'll rest aftet that has passed.
This is me - 😬😆😅🙈

@PowerOfFlowers amazing line!!! Great stuff ❤ looking 👌

@CardioQueen I so glad you came back in o update us and definitely sounds like it was a really great move to look into the tests. I bet it's so helpful just to have more of an understanding about what's been happening and at least now you've got some options for what comes next! Pleased to hear you're feeling more positive, sounds like there are lots of things in your favour and I am feeling really optimistic for you 💛 do let us know how your spot in January goes and a very happy Christmas and new year to you too.

@PowerOfFlowers that's an amazing line! I've also had terrible sleep starting from a few days before I got my bfp up until about 2 days ago. Was waking up without fail at 4/5am and just couldn't get back to sleep. Last night and the night before I was asleep at 8.30pm which is very unlike me. Im expecting sleep to be a bit weird from now on but it definitely wasn't something I thought to be a pregnancy symptom. Google says pregnancy insomnia is a thing!

@AMS19 oh my gosh you still have the imsommia? That's dreadful! I was waking at 5am too, but it seemed to sort itself out after a couple of weeks. It's not too long until your next scan now?

@PowerOfFlowers such a great line! Also it's nice when you get past the point you would have had your AF 🙂

@CardioQueen it's lovely to hear from you. Well done being so proactive and getting all the tests etc, it can't be a pleasant process. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you. Great the doc was positive about your age and weight etc 🙂hope you have a lovely relaxed Christmas if we don't hear from you before xx

@GreenApplesYo yeah mine has stayed for ages! I thought it would ease but hasn't at all. Kinda used to it now, I dont actually get out of bed until 7/7.30 so just laze around trying to stay off Google 😂😂😂
I have my first F2F midwife apt today. My booking apt last week was over the phone, so this is for the blood tests and other checks and to collect my notes. I think having the notes and booklet I have to carry with me to all apt will make it feel much more real! Next scan is 21st Dec, so still 10 days to go. I dont feel stressed about it, I think I will as it gets closer. Right now I'm distracting myself with birthday and Christmas stuff and ignoring anything baby related 😂😂😂