TTC 35+ thread 10

[Marvellouslymadmum]

We ran out of thread!! Will go back and try to tag everyone in here 🤦🏼‍♀️

@ElsieG3m so sorry you have a migraine right now! God if I was puking, I’d say eat what you want, that’s awful. Feel better soon x

I am working off the premise that sugar causes less spikes in blood sugar etc if eaten straight after a meal. So if I fancy a glass of wine and some chocolates, I have them for pudding. I can’t give everything up though, and hopefully the veg and beans and lentils will cancel out the sugar 😂

Migraines are the worst, no? Just hearing someone talk about it almost triggers it for me.
Maybe it can help you, maybe not, but years ago I did a food intolerance test, many think it's a bit of a hoax but I wanted to try it since I had stomach aches all the time. So they told me my body can't tolerat wheat. It's not gluten per se, but it's easier to go with that. I stopped eating wheat products and not only did my stomach aches disappear, I went from having a migraine a month to once every 6 month or even less. Another woman I know had chronic migraines as well and she had to stop eating gluten because of some reason, don't remember, and she also doesn't get migraines that much anymore.
I really don't know if that would help you, but as a fellow migraine victim I felt obligated to mention. Because I know I tried everything!

@Misty84 😂 it does also say beneficial to test to see what optimum dose to take to get your levels to the high range 😂 God I bet DHA is expensive also!

@A1b2c3d4e5f6g7 After complaining to you about not being able to get an appointment I finally got one after 30 mins of being on hold haha. So yes will hopefully be able to get DHEA levels checked and then take it if I’m low.
I do similar to you regarding sugar, have a little bit of chocolate after dinner! 😛

Just started the TWW, anyone else paranoid about doing any exercise during this time which isn’t walking or yoga?! My OH wants to play tennis tomorrow but I’m always paranoid that running around will dislodge something 🤪

@Misty84 yay that's amazing! Yep I am also paranoid about exercise in the 2WW, but more in the second half when something could implant. Just in case I dislodge it away 🤣 Stopped running and hiit, but then read that exercise brings blood flow to the lining which is needed for implantation so 🤷‍♀️🤣🤣 who knows!

@Misty84 @A1b2c3d4e5f6g7 yeah the exercise thing is tricky, was talking to my mate whose acupuncturist said that it diverts energy away from baby-growing, and the first thing she asks someone who is struggling to conceive is how much exercise they're doing... I ran 100km in March for a sponsored thing and I actually don't think I ovulated that month, I definitely didn't get a positive OPK anyway!

@thislittlebird I hope you're feeling ok without your meds... Try to get some soon, you can get a real dip in serotonin and feel awful if you stop cold turkey. I came on holiday without mine and ended up calling the surgery to ask them for an emergency prescription because I would have been without them for 4 days and I knew I would be feeling rotten - not depressed as such, but very short fuse.

So AMH came back as 15.5 pmol/L, now I’m even more confused.

@Missmcmonkeymcbean it's bloody tough! I was out for Sunday dinner yesterday and didn't order a dessert but did have a bit of Dh's brownie and a bite of my mums waffle 🤦🏾‍♀️
@Marvellouslymadmum yeah not too far away now! I'm defo round too 😂
@A1b2c3d4e5f6g7 it's so easily done isn't it! I nearly picked up some of the stroopwaffles in Starbucks yesterday but went for the granola and yogurt pot instead. It was tough n go tho 😆 🙈

Touch* not tough! 🙈

@got2be I've got no idea what that means sorry! I just got my GP bloods back, and was just told 'everything is normal' - no other treatment needed. What does that even mean??? I've got to email them for a link to register to see the actual ranges etc, otherwise my feedback is 'normal' from the receptionists

@Marvellouslymadmum that’s good they are checking you regularly. I have to argue with my gp for bloods.

Another sweet tooth here too guys .

I have not peaked 🤨🤷‍♀️🙈 have I missed it or something ?! Shhhhhiiitt!!!

@A1b2c3d4e5f6g7 it means I'm more unexplained then i wanted to believe.
what bloods did you have i have a few ranges written down?

@MgW1 what tests are you using? i had a peak at 9pm on easy@home even tho clearable picked up on fmu

@got2be because your AMH is a good normal range? So there isn't much to treat?

He wouldn't read me any of my ranges, so the only thing he would tell me is 'normal'. I think I had full day three bloods, vitamins, and thyroid, but because of covid they wouldn't let me see the paper form and the GP wouldn't tell me what he'd ordered. Hopefully I'll get somewhere in getting the tests sent over to me so I can see what my actual levels were.

@MgW1 that's annoying! Have you covered it just in case you missed the peak? OPK's can be so annoying at times

@MgW1 I didn’t seem to have a peak either, or missed it... I’m assuming I ovulated day 13 from the tests and temping!

@got2be I’d be very happy with that AMH!

@A1b2c3d4e5f6g7 yes all my levels re fertility show I should be poping them out left right and centre lol in reality We’ve been trying for 10y with 1bfp and had a mc.
normal means they are in range. But till you see actual levels you won’t know we’re in the range you come.

@Misty84 I am don’t mean to sound ungrateful, just really frustrated as ivf is not an option so I’ve kinda run out of ideas on why I have si. And what to do next re ttc naturally

@got2be ten years, I'm so sorry, that must be so tough xx It's positive you have such good levels though right, if you decide to have any treatment? Wow well what are you thinking re: next steps? Sorry if I missed it on previous threads

@got2be have you asked for a laparoscopy before? Could be silent endo. Give it a google ♥️

@got2be Why is IVF not an option? (apologies if you’ve already answered this before, it’s easy to lose track on here!) xx

@got2be your AMH is normal then, which is good. What other tests did they do?

@got2be I just looked it up in Rebecca Fett book - which you might have read already sorry and if so ignore me completely. She says studies have shown women with unexplained fertility often have compromised antioxidant defences in their ovarian follicles, and they should supplement with the following antioxidants: high dose vitamin C, 400 mg ubiquinol, 200iu of vitamin e, and either alpha lipoid acid or NAC.
Again pls ignore if you’ve looked at this already x

@notyetamumbuttrying yes we've spoken about it, either this thread or another think it was you that showed me alot of my symptoms ov pain etc could be endo.
gp won't listen tho and have said to take it up with gyne at next appointment. so waiting for that.

@Misty84 that's ok dh does not want to go down that route, its not guaranteed to work and thinks ill end up further down a rabbit hole. x

@got2be Ah ok. Do you have the same opinion as dh?