TTC 15 months or longer. Bring your protein bars and all your supplements this way! Bus 3

[notyetamumbuttrying]

We're a mixed bunch of ladies ttc with all sorts of issues, mainly of the male factor kind! 😏 Though there's a range of reasons over here, come join if you've been in the ttc game for a long time and had nearly every test under the sun ☀️ and heading for interventions. There's ivf chat as well as natural. Buckling up for the ride of their lives are our usual riders: 😎

@Annny27 29, ttc #1 since June 2019, 1 miscarriage in nov 19 👼🏻
@RobinRose 27, ttc #1 since Oct 2019
@kerrym87 34, ttc #1 since sept 2019
@Motherofkittens28 39, #1 since aug 2019
@Yutes 34, #1 since Aug 2019
@Crazydoglady123 32, #2 since jan 2019
@Marvellouslymadmum 41, #3 since April 2019
@Tofu35 35, #1 since sept 2019
@Hayley19835 38, #1 since Oct 2018
@Narwhal88 32, #1 since June 2019
@Dogmum13 29, #1 since dec 2019
@SlothMamaToBe
@Theawkwardblonde
And me 34 (for a few more weeks) ttc #1 since sept 2019
(Sorry if I've missed anyone off the old bus, please jump bk on!)

@Motherofkittens28 I can't stop laughing at the size of the cup hahahaha

@notyetamumbuttrying @crazycatlady1981 literally sooo confused as to if it's af or not! Today is now browner too. I spoke to the nurse just now and she said if it's not full flow to wait but I said yesterday there was a lot of blood when I wiped so I don't know... I said I have afc scan today at my private clinic and she said to ask them what thickness my uterus is and if under 8mm then to take the Clomid today, if not then wait still so at least I'll know for sure in a few hours what to do

@Aimzie I think I would have bought all the supermarket tests possible by now 😂 you have good willpower 💪

@notyetamumbuttrying you still waiting!!! I can't believe that

@Aimzie aw as long AF stays away you're still in with the chance!! Are the FRER Coming today then?
@Crazydoglady123 my lining was less than 6mm but my private clinic said that was still normal given that my period had just finished.

Drum roll please 🥁
Results are in!!
And I am astounded at the improvement! He has normal sperm now 😱
Old stats and new below:
Total sperm was 25 mil now 78.2
Sperm per ml was 5, now 23!!
Morphology was 2.3% now 4%
Motility was 14% and apparently it's now 100%?! I don't quite get this part but it'll take it! I'm in shock and we both have busy days today so can't really stop to chat about it all yet, so we'll chat later and hopefully have sex! Need to get all those swimmers in me now 😂

@notyetamumbuttrying oh my god that's amazing 😍😍 get to work ASAP 😅❤️❤️

I'm hoping they are they usually only take 2 days but I ordered them Saturday so could be tomorrow if it was only shipped yesterday. I've spent a bomb on tests now and I'm hoping she stays away until they come 😂
Scared this morning was the start of it but il see how the day goes on, I've no cramps at all so thats good! 😁

Omg that's amazing @notyetamumbuttrying !!!!! What improvements to lifestyle did you make?

@aimzie you are much more patient than me haha!

@crazydoglady123 same I would have been taking tests 3 times a day 😂😂

@notyetamumbuttrying errr wowsers 🤩 That was worth waiting for! What was he taking again, I've forgotten? I'm so pleased for you!

Yeah I think if under 8 it'll mean this is actually a period (albeit a weird one) I'm having. I lost a couple of clots when I wiped too yesterday but just weird as my pads are fairly clean 🤔

@Aimzie i know, so shocked!!
Hope they come today then 🤞🏾
@Annny27 I know, eek!! Can't believe it!
So he stopped smoking in September. No binge drinking (apart from at Xmas and a few on his bday in feb), proxeed plus twice a day. Some vit D each day for the last few months. He runs occasionally now too. Satsumas occasionally too, more spinach in the diet. Loose boxers as of last month too.
@Crazydoglady123 thanks honey 😃
See above.
Yeah very odd, hope something happens for you soon ♥️

@notyetamumbuttrying that's amazing. I'm kind of lucky that my OH is very healthy, he's a PT and in the army so he's been training for years and he takes alot of supplements and eats really clean, but he still has concerns as before he met me him or his brother never had a scare with any girl and they are both in their 30s now, he's looking to get that all checked out tho too as soon as we go to a clinic so hopefully it's all good there, that's crazy improvement, so happy for you❤️

@Crazydoglady123 I have no will power at all but I must have spent over a hundred on clearblues and stuff online so I'm trying just to wait on my deliveries now 😂 he'd kill me if he new how much I spent on tests in the last week 😂
Really hope AF doesn't come 🙄🙄 if I ovulated 2 days later than I thought it would be 17dpo instead of 19, so if I get to tomorrow again its definitely well over my longest luteal phase

@notyetamumbuttrying wow! That’s incredible improvement!! 😀 amazing what a few changes in diet & lifestyle can do for those little swimmers! Better get busy dtd this month! 😬
All good here, about 2dpo I think, although haven’t got official ovusense confirmation yet! Going to try and continue dtd every couple of days during tww just in case it helps! I figure we may as well throw everything at it during these last few natural cycles!!

@Aimzie hope they arrive today!! We are all desperate to know now!! 😬

@Crazydoglady123 hope the afc scan goes well today! 🤞🏻

@notyetamumbuttrying thats an amazing improvement! Definitely worth waiting for!

@Aimzie hope your tests hurry up and arrive!

Oh and @Crazydoglady123 good luck with the scan!

@Crazydoglady123 how confusing for you, good that you have the scan booked though or it would be guess work! Hope it goes well

@notyetamumbuttrying wow that's great news on your oh sa! What an improvement! I'm really pleased I started my oh on supplements 6 weeks ago and he's given up smoking (just last week but it's progress) he even downloaded a fitness app on his phone last night so hopefully it'll give the swimmers a fighting chance!

Yippee for "normal old semen" @notyetamumbuttrying!

In week one of the TWW, so I'm at my most zen just now. When DH found out his SA results improved (although not with that 100% result!!) we decided that rather than saying we're 15 months into TTC, it's really like we're 2 months in (because we had male factor infertility before). It's taken a lot of pressure off us, and while we're in the queue for IVF still, the idea that for majority of the wait we were dealing with poor semen and now there's been an improvement- it's cleared the board. So month two of good sperm (month 15 of routine TTC sex).

@notyetamumbuttrying excellent new on the sperm. That's a phenomenal improvement! So happy for you.

Been another hectic week for me at work and still have more shifts to go till I'm off. Barely seen DH or dtd this cycle due to being on completely opposite shits. How's everyone doing?

I still haven't Had a positive opk. According to my apps AF will be due next week but I've no idea how accurate these will be. All ovulation symptoms have been and gone, apart from the fact that I'm still seeming to be producing fertile mucus (sorry tmi). So bloody confused 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

@Aimzie ah he should be fine then! I think the smoking really affected his sperm and the binge drinking so if your Dh is fit and healthy already then he should be all good!
@crazycatlady1981 so amazing isn't it! Yep have already said we need to get on it from tomorrow until Sunday 🥳😜
Yep you may as well, best of luck to you 🍀
@Motherofkittens28 definitely 😘 how are you today?
@Marvellouslymadmum thank you 😊 good to hear he's started supplements and stopped smoking. Fitness is important too so that's great! Hopefully you'll see improvements soon too.
@Tofu35 haha indeed!
And we feel the same now. It's month 18 but probably more like month 1-2 depending on when the sperm started to improve. I just gotta hope my tubes aren't blocked and we're good to continue with natural until the fundings approved! Will ask about a hycosy tomorrow.
@Theawkwardblonde thanks so much!!
Ooh that is confusing. You'll just have to keep monitoring and hope for the best then.

Just had my scan, I explained about my period and she check my lining and well over 10mm so she said not take the Clomid yet. She said my AFC was 18 too

@Crazydoglady123 that sounds promising 🙊😍
Not looking to good over here the bleeding hasnt stopped but still not enough for a pad 😭😭 temps still up but defo think AF is about to punch me in the face 😭😭😭

Yay @notyetamumbuttrying great news 🙌 your husband must be pleased his efforts are paying off 😅 can't be easy coming off the cigs especially!

My body is messing with me, I've got loads of egg-white CM but with very a low OPK reading and it's only CD 7. Definitely isn't a semen mix up it as I haven't had sex in a week 😆 must be the grapefruit juice doing its job

@Tofu35 that's definitely the way to think of it 👍

Aww @Aimzie its awful seeing BFPs and then bleeding. Have you always used those CB tests? I'm not keen on those I always go with pink dyes

@2020mission I know, feel like crying, no I don't usually but there just the ones I grabbed in town waiting on my other ones to come 🙄
Called my doctor was about to cancel the appointment Monday but he said to wait a couple of days and test again because I've no cramps and my temps still high, so if it doesn't get worse could be a bit of breakthrough or if it does a chemical, I duno maybe it's just a period but he said if those tests were positive a week after AF was due then something was picked up 🤷‍♀️
Suppose il give it another day or two and atleast the first response will be here by then 😕

Has anyone ever experienced everything they smell making them feel sick and stronger sense of smell on cd 2? I feel rotten😪

@Crazydoglady123 ahh at least you know when to take it! Is afc of 18 good I have no clue!

Ahh @Aimzie hope it's not af and that's def still promising if your temp is up - especially if the doc says so too, I find them usually quite cynical!

@Dogmum13 I had that when I was pregnant with my son when the gas cooker was on I had to leave the flat as it made me heave 😂 I could even smell the gas on the food afterwards! That was once I knew I was pg though and not on cd2 of af are you sure it's af and not implantation bleed? Have you tested?

@Marvellouslymadmum haven't tested but I have heavy bleeding and cramps

@Dogmum13 hmm sounds like af! Maybe just another horrible trick of our bodies giving symptoms at the wrong time! 😕

Yeah my body is all messed up anyway 😂 just another one to add to the list 🙄