TTC 12 months and longer!

[notyetamumbuttrying]

Hey all! We're all here ttc for 12 or more months, come join us if you're the same!
Long standing riders and their test/due on dates below:
Me 😊 due on 13th jan and can feel it coming 😩
@Hayley19835 25/1
@crazycatlady1981 27/1
@Motherofkittens28 today (?) 🤞🏾
@Annny27 17/1 or 18/1
@galatea098 5/2
@CreativeThinkerTequilaDrinker 30/1
@kerrym87 26/1-11/2
@Narwhal88 21/1
@Theawkwardblonde 12/1 or 13/1
@Tofu35 13/1
@Hannah154 30/1
@RobinRose 22/1
@Yutes 25/1
@Suki2020 16/1

Keeping everything crossed for you! @Motherofkittens28 🤞🏻

@Motherofkittens28 thinking of you! @Annny27 its 12th March and AF due 7th so test before starting fri/sat would be 6/7 dpo and test day of surgery would be 5 days past due period so I think it would pick it up, I was worried about effect of drug. Its cos we didn't get enough warning to not dtd in my fertile phase and slim as chance is, don't want to cause any harm. Nurses are going to talk to my consultant once she's out of surgery to clarify but they seem to think as it's a shorter course and it mimics progesterone (hence that's how it delays period) it should be ok if there is an embryo. Just waiting for confirmation now some people didn't know they were pregnant and took it and babies were fine 🤷‍♀️

@Motherofkittens28 ah that makes sense! Best of luck with your scan and hoping for some juicy follicles for you 🤞😘

@crazycatlady1981 you're not out until af arrives 🤞🏻 for you

@SlothMamaToBe we are in the same position as you, both have children from previous relationships but none together yet and want this so much to bring everyone together more.

@Motherofkittens28 good luck today!

@SlothMamaToBe ah I see. It might just be lifestyle and age then. U can improve lifestyle tho so starting supplements is a great start. How old are you if you don't mind divulging?

@crazycatlady1981 aw so sorry hun! It's totally shit and doesn't get any better does it. Good luck at the acupuncturist!

@Motherofkittens28 fingers crossed for you lovely 😊

@RobinRose forgot to say thank you yesterday - how rude of me! I love stitching keeps me relaxed and occupied! Lol

Thanks everyone! A positive appointment, follicle 3 has caught up snd I now have 3 all at 14mm, they want them at 18mm before trigger so I've got two extra days of stims and another scan Friday to see if we are ready for egg collection. £212 for the extra drugs, this is an expensive game! Unfortunately my OH is due to start his new job on Monday and we are now likely to have egg collection either Monday or Tuesday so he might have to miss his first day!

BTW I recommend upping your protein intake for you all, it seems to have really helped my follicles and apparently low protein can really effect ivf success, dont see why it would be different to normal ttc and couldn't hurt right? I was told that vegans have a higher infertility rate and lower ivf success because of lack of protein in the diet.

Note: they specifically said different types of protein and that protein powder isn't any good. Im a veggie and the dr said nuts, beans, grains etc and to make sure it was across as many protein groups as possible.

@kerrym87 ahhh okay I understand now I thought you were saying you were behaving the hycosy at 7dpo with potential that you were pregnant!
Yeah that's tricky with taking the medicine - could you call your fertility clinic to explain the situation?

@motherofkittens28 that's amazing news :D I will deffo be upping my protein intake then!!!!

@Motherofkittens28 yay, that’s wonderful news! So excited for you! I’m doing some shopping today so gona stock up on protein!

Amazing news @Motherofkittens28!

We're all eating extra protein now! I just had a double whopper from Burger King because of that 😂 Just in the hospital car park waiting for my scan. Hope he don't see my lunch on the scan 🐷

@Motherofkittens28 wonderful news! Meat eaters here so we get loads of protein. I eat chia seeds now so hope they have protein in too! I need to start bk on the Brazil nuts. I used to eat two a day after ov until AF to aid with implantation so will pick that habit bk up!

@Crazydoglady123 haha good luck at the scan 🤞🏾

@notyetamumbuttrying oooh yes chia seeds are a good bet!

@crazydoglady123 hahaha all of us are now gonna be obsessed with protein!! @motherofkittens28

@crazycatlady1981 sorry for Bfn. Its gutting when period is late:( :(

I'm so upset...so I had my static smiley yesterday, had the pain Saturday to last night but felt a lot better today. Just had my scan with my consultant to check on my cyst situation and great news, they're all gone. So I asked if the pain was ovulation but I haven't ovulated or due to apparently 😭 I'm so deflated. I really thought I had ovulated. Can the scan be wrong? Could he miss a corpus luteum? He wants me to try one more cycle next month on Clomid before I start my IVF. Apparently I can move straight from Clomid to IVF fine but I'm chancing again over responding to the Clomid but if I do it, he wants me to go back up there for a scan on CD12. He's not even wanting a lower dose either, back on 100mg.

@Motherofkittens28 ooh that's great news for you! I've been vegetarian for 25 years now so I guess I should definitely look into adding more protein! I'm not a big fan of lentils or kidney beans but I'm sure there's some I can find!

@Crazydoglady123 it's so horrible how our bodies can completely trick us like that! My doc said to me that just because af shows up it doesn't always mean we are ovulating and with my opk this is what I'm wondering about with me too! At least if they're putting you back on the clomid for a month it's another try and you may not over respond as much this time as you probably still had some letrazole left in your system last time adding to the clomid but now you've had a month off 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 for you

@Marvellouslymadmum I hadn't thought about the Letrozole contributing to me over responding. I just spoke to the lady at the clinic I get private scans with as I messaged her asking if a follicle could be missed and she just rung me and I had a chat with her and she said there's no way my consultant could miss one but it is really weird to get a peak and not ovulate. She asked what he'd planned to do and I said one more month on the Clomid and she was shocked he was putting me back on 100mg but she said as long as he's scanning and monitoring me then go with it. The one thing I had noticed this week is I've had no CM but that'd explain why if I haven't ovulated. I just feel meh now though as was convinced i had and like I said to the consultant, what the hell has all the pain and bloating been about 🤷🏽‍♀️

@Crazydoglady123 I didn't get any ewcm last month either when my Lh was up and down someone else said to me maybe it's my body trying to ovulate but the correct parts not responding but I have no clue! 🤷🏼‍♀️ I just thought with the build up of the letrazole and the clomid added to it maybe that's what caused the extra so now you've had a break it could be a more positive outcome 🤞🏻

@Marvellouslymadmum you could try edamame instead of beans, chia seeds are good and nuts, apparently quinoa is also high protein. I've been mixing spirulina in pomegranate juice and I'm not going to lie its vile but 15g of spirulina powder is 10g of protein so im persevering! Im trying to get 60g of protein a day, which I'm finding quite tough!

@Motherofkittens28 I'd no know how to eat any of it 😂 I'll have to have a look up if the ingredients then what to do with them all! All just seems like some of those ingredients you find in the more adventurous veggie foods lol

@Marvellouslymadmum
Ah it’s been a bit of a shock that it’s taken this long! So annoying I spent years avoiding pregnancy had finally met someone I’m crazy about and now falling pregnant is so hard! I’m worried as 10 year gap is like staring all over again pregnancy wise apparently. How old are your DC?

@notyetamumbuttrying yep about 2 stone heavier this time round :( . I’m 32 and DP is 39 . So a bit borderline age wise ...

@Marvellouslymadmum why are female bodies so complicated 😑 Fingers crossed 🤞

@SlothMamaToBe my DS is 9yo so I totally understand what you mean. Mines desperate for a sibling and this is my OH first we are trying for so although no ones putting pressure on me I still feel like there's a lot of pressure if you know what I mean

@Motherofkittens28 glad you had good news today! I eat quite a bit of protein but more can't hurt can it!
Found this site which might be useful for anyone wanting to up protein intake www.eatthis.com/how-to-eat-more-protein/

@notyetamumbuttrying our next bus has to have something to do with protein in the name 😂😂😂