"It's been 84 years" infertile donkeys ahoy, all aboard! Not a fertile unicorn insight bus 5

[notyetamumbuttrying]

Buckling up for the ride of their lives, our infertile donkeys 🐗and their stats below:
@Annny27 29, no1 since June 19
@RobinRose 27, no1 since Oct 2019
@kerrym87 34 no1 since sept19
@Motherofkittens28 39 no 1 since aug19
@Yutes 34 no1 since aug19
@Crazydoglady123 32 no2 jan19, ivf in April21!
@Marvellouslymadmum 42 no3 since April 18
@Tofu35 35 no1 since sep19
@Hayley19835 38 no1 oct18
@Narwhal88 32, no1 since jun19
@Dogmum13 29 no1 since dec19
@SlothMamaToBe
@Theawkwardblonde no1 for 18 months
@CreativeThinkerTequilaDrinker 15 months ttc ivf in June, ov 8th April
@2020mission 33 no1 14 months ttc
@Sjhigs 37 no1 since sep18 ivf consult mid April
@crazycatlady1981 39 no1 since Oct18, ivf in May
@PeanutButterBrownies
@Juno231 33 no1 since jan20
@clolo 31 no1 since jun19
@Aimzie 28 no1 4 years NTNP 22 months ttc
And me 😊 35 ttc no1 for 19 months

[Crazydoglady123]

@Motherofkittens28 thank you. Still no sign of my bleed and having the worst headaches atm on the buserelin so not looking forward to staying on them too much longer! I totally get how you feel. I think it just takes its toll after so long. My oh is desperate to get out to see friends together but because I've been told to isolate as much as poss during treatment I don't want to risk Covid delaying things whereas he thinks that I'll be better off mentally seeing people which isn't true one bit. If I caught Covid and had to cancel my cycle I'd be devastated and just sees it that I'm obsessive but I think all us women are after dealing with this for so long. Men just don't get it. Have you had your appointment yet with the counsellor?

Good luck with your appointment @MiniBaker

Thank you @Marvellouslymadmum @notyetamumbuttrying @crazycatlady1981 @2020mission

[Yutes]

Think I ovulated in the last few days. Progesterone bloods tomorrow should confirm. Fingers crossed 🤞🏻
Baby dust to all

[Annny27]

Good luck @notyetamumbuttrying :D

Oh wow! How old is your sister and whats mad her decide to do if alone? Does she need to do ivf or can she try iui?

[Aimzie]

Good luck today all you ladies with appointments, il be thinking of you all❤️

@notyetamumbuttrying yeah that would irritate me, especially when it's at the same time as yours 😕😕

[Annny27]

@aimzie I would ask go for a blood test because how many dpo are you now? Somethings going on!

[Aimzie]

@Annny27 if I was right I think 21dpo,but now I'm looking at my charts and think it could be 10dpo too
So I thought I ovulated on 23rd of March, but then I had a dip on the 2nd of April. Then the spotting started on the 8th, I put that in as af but now I don't think it is with my temps going back up, I'm going to give it a few more days just to see then il go get bloods done, cos something is deffo going on, I got another very faint tesco test this morning, can't wait for the frers to come tomorrow 😕

[MIW01]

Age 35
TTC for so long I forgot when we started, first went to GP in June 2019, told I had a polyp in November 2019, but got diagnosed with diabetes in Feb2020 so had to delay may hysteroscopy, then Covid, then too old for Hampshire CCG so switched to West Sussex where age limit is 40, then told Hampshire majorly f*ed up because my FSH levels are elevated = DOR!
Also managing ME (diagnosed in 2015)

@crazycatlady1981 I've never heard that before! Everyone I've spoken to recommends those supplements! All I've been warned about is ensuring the dosage is high enough and be mindful of all the other crap they put in the damn things.

[notyetamumbuttrying]

@crazycatlady1981 thank you dear! Still waiting to go down 😩
@2020mission thanks will do! And I thought that with the semen tbh. Ru doing it privately now?
@Annny27 thanks 😊 she's 38 soon so I can see why she'd want to. She initially spoke about iui so to hear it's now ivf was a shock. I just pray to god she's not on here!! I should prob stop talking about her now.
@Aimzie yep, very annoying!

[MIW01]

@Aimzie a second dip post ovulation does sometimes indicate an implantation dip but it doesn't mean it sticks unfortunately. Definitely seek some medical advice!

[Aimzie]

Not sure if yous can see it camera isn't picking up too well but this is what the tesco tests are showing after 2 mins, they have been like this since yesterday
I'm really hoping that was ib bleeding cause it would only be about 4 days so I'm hoping it's still really early. Will update yous with frers tomorrow❤️ temps up to 99.53 now

[kerrym87]

@Aimzie that line is so clear to me! See how you feel about gp as they can check hcg levels every 48 hours to see how its going as should double every 48 hrs, might be useful for clinic . My friend ended up having progesterone supplements due to early mc at like 5-9 weeks (9 week one was on lower dose progesterone). They can always say 'no don't think that'll be useful ' or do it.
@MIW01 I have ME too, one of reasons we delayed ttc as was too unwell, here if you wanna private chat about that x

[MiniBaker]

@Crazydoglady123 thank you 🙏

Completely with you on the ‘men don’t get it’ my DH keeps saying I just need to relax and not worry but I don’t think he understands the heartache of AF arriving each month and feeling like you’re failing at something you want so much. So it’s completely understandable that you don’t want to risk adding other things in that could delay it even longer.

You’re not alone in your thinking and you’re not obsessive you’re conscientious and thorough ❤️
xxx

[Aimzie]

@kerrym87 it's so much darker in person too! Yeah I think I'm gona ring the gp in the morning anyway. I shouldn't feel guilty about wasting her time but I do after being in twice with the CP, but fuck it I want to know so il ring and tell her all and say I want to be sure before spending 300 next week. I done a tesco digital too but it was negative. Don't hate me but I pulled it apart too 😂😂 had a very blue line but very thin, so I'm just gona go ahead and ring gp in the morning. I probably have all your heads melted with these faint tests 😂 sorry ❤️❤️❤️

[MiniBaker]

Thank you @crazycatlady1981 it’s really lovely that people are taking the time to wish me well and take an interest in my journey - feel like this group is a really supportive and helpful group of ladies ❤️🙏

[Aimzie]

This was the tesco digital although I know you can't trust the inside of them, 🙄🙄 can't help myself haha

[Motherofkittens28]

@Crazydoglady123 oh no! Are you still having your scan today or are they waiting for the bleed? So frustrating! I did have my counselling session but not sure it was much help. I dont know what I expect anyone to do really, just want to stay in bed under the covers at the moment. I think I am going to drop my days at work, it's killing me trying to get through the day at the moment. Even one extra day of not getting out of bed would be amazing!

[Motherofkittens28]

@notyetamumbuttrying I hope you've gone down now! I was off the ward for 5 hours once they took me down, hope you aren't so long or you'll be staying overnight!

[RobinRose]

@Crazydoglady123 happy birthday! Hope your scan goes ok today too

@notyetamumbuttrying hope your lap goes ok today!

@MiniBaker not sure when your scan is (I've got lost on the bus!) but good luck!!

@Aimzie I see a line too 👀

[MIW01]

@kerrym87 oh I'm sorry to hear you have it, too. That's one of our reasons for delaying, we even went through questioning whether Inwould be well enough at all at one point! Would be lovely to have a chat about it privately. Seems laughable now as we always assumed it would be so easy!

[paintfairy]

@Aimzie I see a line too!
@Crazydoglady123 how frustrating. When you want AF nothing. When you don't- there it is! Actual torture!
@notyetamumbuttrying tough with your sister but yeah I can see why she's doing it. I think I'd have gone for a cheap home insemination effort though. 🤣 (unless she's as infertile as us!).
@2020mission don't let him leave it so late next time! Fingers crossed they can catch up with you after the appointment you have. Hopefully they can call you with results etc? Only takes a week or so. There'll be other stuff you go over anyway.

I've got a horrible AF. Has anyone else had a more painful/clotty type period after a HSG? God knows what they've flushed out. My brains i think.
I've got a scan this Thursday in a hope to have my first IUI round this month.

[2020mission]

@notyetamumbuttrying the only private SA I could see in the area is £190 and it didn't mention same day results or anything. I'm hoping that the NHS one 2 days after the consultation will be ok... I've emailed them to confirm if it will be acceptable to do the SA 2 days after and pass on the results ASAP. Hopefully they will be ok with it 🤞 hope your lap is all done now and you're feeling ok.

[2020mission]

@paintfairy you've just described by usual monthly AF 😅 hopefully someone here who's had an HSG can confirm for you

[paintfairy]

@2020mission 🤣 I don't usually notice clots. But (tmi) my tampon came out followed by lumps of who knows what. It was also a super plus one and was nearly full having been in 5 hours. As for pain- I get it the first day as it starts, but its not usually as bad as it was, and I'm on day 2 and still have pain.

[Crazydoglady123]

I'll catch up in a bit but had my scan and I'm re scheduled for a repeat baseline scan on Monday as linings too thick but it looks like it's breaking down on the scan so the bleed is imminent! There's still a cyst but they think its not a cyst and it's just a collapsed follicle (last scan I had the cyst and two big follicles still). It didn't look the same consistency as the cyst on the previous scan so we're praying just a collapsed follicle 🙏 if my lining is thin next week I can start stims so I'm 6 days delayed which I can handle (even if it means more buserelin headaches!)

[Juno231]

@paintfairy no help here as I had a normal AF after the HSG. Could you have had a CP without knowing about it as you don't test?

@2020mission not gonna lie I'd be so furious with your OH and I almost find it worse that he's not taking responsibility for it still but pretending it had nothing to do with him. Men!