TTC Waiting room stay as long at you like part 3

[07mumstheword]

Hello hope you can find me I'm off to get the list.

Anyone heard from MrsEi25?

Welcome to the thread NatalieJane - sorry about mc but sounds like you are being very positive
and welcome littleMissEllie too
Emmsy I read EPO (Evening Primrose Oil) is good for increasing EWCM - I used it this month to no avail ! you are only supposed to take it until ov though.

Hello ladies, and welcome NatalieJane and littlemissellie - hope you'll both be here for no time at all (in the nicest possible way!)

Been lurking on the mc avengers thread, so I do recognise how much worse off I could be - not a good day on there today - but am feeling pretty and quite with myself too, so would you please indulge me in a little rant?

I put this morning's temp into fertility friend and it changed its mind about when I ov'd (I didn't notice any EWCM so wouldn't have a clue myself!). It now reckons I ov'd on day TWENTY SEVEN!!!! Who ovulates on day 27 FFS, that's a normal person's cycle! So reasons I am are that 1. We'd pretty much given up our marathon stint of bd'ing by then, so chances of conception according to FF are "low" and 2. the obsessive in me has already worked out that with 40 day cycles I only get 9 chances a year, and one chance has already been used up this year.
Reason I am with myself is that this morning when I counted the days from my erpc to when I spotted EWCM that was 25 days too, I'd been so pleased with the fact that it was 14 days after bleeding stopped I hadn't noticed how many days it was since bleeding started. If I'd noticed (like I should have done) then we would have kept bd'ing for a bit longer...

I know I am not alone on here in having long cycles, and I'm sorry to be so self-obsessed by it

Does anyone know of anything that's supposed to shorten the follicular phase? I'm guessing not, or we'd all be doing it!

Am thinking about giving reflexology a go and jacking in the accupuncture as it's quite expensive & I can't quite get used to having a male accupuncturist for these matters...

Can I also ask a really silly and possibly TMI question about Cervical Persuit? I've never tried to touch my cervix, I would have thought from the length of extended tampax applicators that it would be too far to reach, but apparently not? Any tips please ladies??

So sorry if I've missed anything important with my self obsession

Well that'll teach me for trying to do my own research. Found 2 websites which both say that miscarriage is much more likely with an egg released after more than 21 days, in fact one was so good as to say mc is "very likely" beause of the "geriatric egg" causing mc and birth defects... now I'm really depressed...

One site recommended Vitex, also called Chaste Tree herbal supplement, anyone heard of it?

Hiya,

Im only on CD7 of my first TTC cycle and am already finding the waiting hard!

Do not know when I will OV either as just came off the pill,

just googled chast tree. It's our old friend agnus castus

Hi Kitty Good luck

Cor, this is a busy thread!

Kate, try not to do the google thing, there are so many scare stories. And I can't believe that an egg that has been in you since before you were even born suddenly goes 'geriatric' if it comes out a few days late!

kate I don't always trust FF, it's handy for storing your temps, but try and trust your own instincts. Last month It calculated I ov'ed on CD23 and then I didn't get AF till after CD45 - which gave me a 22 day LP (and a bunch of BFNs). I know it was wrong.

If you did ov on CD27 then you're still in with a chance? If you do get AF (boo hiss) then at least you know to keep bd'ing a bit longer next month. Also to pace yourself for the first couple of weeks...that's what I had to do this month!

I've read that the hormones that affect the follicular phase are triggered by the pituitary gland in your brain, which is why stress can affect it. Hence the old 'relax' tip (which I personally hate being told). But it's the only thing you can control so it's worth arranging a bunch of things you know will take your mind off ttc or keep you calm and serene (facials/massages/ladies lunch/country walks etc).

Will try and dig out that link I had for cervical pursuit.

oh kate don't forget that a lot of these sites are american and written to induce anxiety in women so that they go visit their OB/GYN (and finance the medicare system) or buy more products.

My mum has just been diagnosed with Coeliac Disease. Just been on the coeliac.co.uk website for her and apparenty as a family member I have a 1 in 10 chance of having it....and guess what one of the symptoms is???

Recurrent mc.

Had 3rd one just before xmas.

Am distraught.....

Becaroo, I am sorry never spoken to you before, but couldn't read your post and then ignore it.

I have no idea what coeliac disease is. Can you be tested for it? Is there any provention? Cure?

Try not to get too worked up about it, my sister has had 4 MC and there is nothing 'medically' behind them.

Please try and stay positive

Ooops sorry, I meant to say I am sorry about your mum being ill.

She is relieved actually, NJ!

She thinks with the help of the GP and hospital she will be feeling better soon

Just awful to think my stupid body not working properly might be the reason for my mc

It isn't 'your stupid body' One day that stupid body will make and grow you a beautiful baby all of your own

If it turns out you do have this illness, is there anything you can do to help it?

Glad your mum will feel better from all this xx

oh god, I am completely freaking out!!!

Just looked at another website which says that it can also cause low birth weight babies....my ds was low birth weight and had lots of health problems because of it...

Becaroo STOP IT!!

My goodness, I disappeared to do my accounts and look what happens!

Try to calm down. See if you can get a test. I did this when researching PCOS on google. I discovered I have every symptom there is! So I've got my scan booked for the 4th. I'll prob find out there's nowt wrong with me. No use panicking about it now

hi ya fruitloop sorry i have been away all day!!!!

got bloods taken to see if i have ovulated which i really hope i have !!!

the doc asked me did i feel any different this month but i dont think i do but i have been running to the loo loads but it could be the cold weather !!

doc says she will phone me to let me no results !!!

mumstheword i have been getting bloods checked for 6 months now and thats why i am on clomid as nothing is ahppening !!!!!!

definately say to your doc and they should test your blood to make sure everything is ok !!!!
SO HOPE THIS IS MY MONTH!!!!!!

hello to all the new comers very welcome!!

can anyone tell me when you start getting symtoms of pregnancy??????

i so cant wait til 23d seriously my whole is taken over with the only thought of baby making thats all i think about morning noon and night!!!

it annoys me when the docs say just relax !!!!

Hisam When will you get your results? in a week?

Some people get symptoms from the moment of conception! Others not till later.

I can't remember when symptoms started with DS. He was sort of a surprise so I put any symptoms down to being unlucky with food and drink (all tasted weird) oh yeah, about two weeks before I tested, DP said my boobs had grown (very noticeable as they're so tiny!)So that was probably my first symptom at about 5 weeks.

sam genuine symptoms are from the day of implantation which is usually about 8-12 dpo. anything before that is probably down to the progesterone your body is making to prepare for the baby. hope the clomid works for you

My first symptom is a bump, a very noticable one, still waiting for it to go down after the MC.

i ahve to wait a week for results so really i will know then what my chances are as if i have not ovulated then there is no point being excited about 23rd!!!!!

nataliejane did you have a bump from the very start?????

i was massive the last month but that was it !!!!

oh fruitloop maybe i should get a scan done for PCOS as i have alot of the symtoms as well !!

why did the doc not rule that out first before putting me on clomid??

glastochick, thanks for the advise. I did a test yesterday and BFN. Dp and i will be more careful until May. We will start trying then because i don't mind a Feb 09 baby and if it doesn't happen straight away then Mar,Apr,May,Jun,Jul & Aug 09 are all great months to have the next baby so that gives us 7 whole months this year to try for a baby. I just really cannot have another birthday before Christmas because we already have most of the family's birthdays then and it's a very expensive time!

They really should've done a scan for PCOS Sam Go and see if they can do one.

Well I stupidly convinced myself for about an hour that I had implantation pain, that's if I conceived two days ago - TWO DAYS! I'm sooo dumb. I had a niggly abdominal pain on the R side and got very slight blood spec (not even a spot). Why do I let my imagination run away with me???? Duh!

I make myself laugh sometimes.