Fertility Appointments and Beyond.... the journey continues

[Gracie2021]

New thread for us to continue our fertility clinic appointment progress...

Some of us are waiting for initial appointments, some are having tests and some are starting treatment!

@tillybabs
@thislittlebird
@kay00
@jeaniej
@PurpleUnicorn01
@paintfairy
@dogmam
@flutterby8
@Ughmaybenot
@dancingfairydreams
@beckycarlos
@jkjellyhead
@juno231
@decaffe
@bumble44
@BritinNZ
@tinkerbell098
@pinkginpls
@thedaydreambelievers
@everymumday
@wanderlust16
@lori23ttc

@beckyCarlos this is my fourth summer Christmas and it doesn't feel like Christmas at all! I miss the UK Christmas for sure. Here everyone goes away for Xmas whereas they UK everyone is home, and I love a night in the pub with all your friends on Xmas Eve! Oh and pigs in blankets and a proper roast dinner 😂 although it's nice not being stuck for things to do when you can go out and enjoy the beach/BBQs etc

Welcome @BritInNZ and best of luck for your apps in January. Glad you're able to switch off and enjoy the holiday beforehand.

@beckyCarlos so sorry about the polyp and that you're stuck waiting again. Absolutely sucks. And I'm completely with you about wishing we didn't have this new and deep understanding of how our bodies work(/don't work as the case may be)

@thislittlebird what an ordeal. Fingers crossed the timing with ovulation. And maybe any stress raised it. You're dead right getting the second check to be sure.

@Kay00 how are you doing in the run up to Christmas? Hope your clomid cycle is going well and the IVF research too.

A very belated welcome from me @AlwaysWaiting78. No funded treatment where I am so it's all pay but the benefit is it makes me feel some small very expensive sense of control....

Hope you're doing ok in the run up to stims @PurpleUnicorn01

Bit rough this end lately. Haven't been able to sleep which I think could be a mix of the progesterone mood side effects, the steroids and the Letrozole night sweats. I'm just so tired of it all and feel ready to cry at the drop of a hat. On 7th TSI and have meds etc lined up for an 8th in Jan before IVF approx 31/01. So so so tempted to cancel the 8th TSI. On one hand we've paid for the medication for it already and I wanted to give the steroids and progesterone a shot on the medicated cycles before we went to IVF but I'm just feeling so emotionally depleted. And having to take the progesterone morning and night means TTC hits me in the face first thing in the morning and last thing at night. There's no bloody escape. I'm just so tired of it all. Wondering if it would be best to take a breather and try naturally this month and try recuperate before IVF. January is also a killer month in work.... to end on a bright note have decided to get our puppy sooner rather than later and will hopefully be adopting in the next two weeks. It's probably crazy timing but I need something right now..... anyway sorry for the long post but in the interest of honesty am seriously on the struggle bus here atm.....

@Gracie2021 im sorry to hear about you're struggle. It is hard and sometimes some days its easy to get overwhelmed and fed up. The puppy is a grear idea something new to focus on and cute fluffy distraction x

@gracie2021 sending you a big hug x x puppies are definitely a good distraction 🤣 we have a German Shepherd who is 4 now but still a puppy 50% of the time. He is my absolute world, he gives me a reason to smile, and he gets me out and about even when I just want to stay in bed complaining. What breed are you getting? Boy or girl? Is this your first dog? (This may now be a low key dog thread haha) x

Thanks so much @beckyCarlos and @PurpleUnicorn01. Think the new puppet is definitely the way to go. He's a few months old and a small/medium mix. Really hoping it works out and we might be able to bring him home next week. Great fun to be had.

Wishing you all a merry Christmas and hoping you can enjoy the festivities and forget the TTC madness for a small while xx

Aw @gracie2021 he sounds lovely :)

Merry christmas everyone x

Hey ladies, just resurfacing after the Christmas break. Need to take myself off internet and social media for a bit, the festive spirits and all were just too overwhelming.

@thislittlebird It may seems the problems are never ending but we are here for you. You seem to really know your stuff which is miles better than I am! Hope things will go smoother in 2022, for all of us.

@beckyCarlos Sorry to hear about your last appt. One thing at a time, if there is something can be scheduled (however long wait it might be) there is still something can be done so there is still hope. Sending hugs x

@Gracie2021 Go puppy!! Feeling tired and depleted is so so so normal. Anything to take your mind off is good and a puppy is the best! We all know we don't just live to TTC, gotta remind ourselves there is life outside of it... Easier said then done I know, but I remind myself everyday.

Hi ladies 👋 how was your Christmas? Did you get a new puppy yet @gracie2021? My sister picked up her new puppy (a King Charles Spaniel crossed with a Bichon Frise) just before Christmas so I had lots of fun introducing it to my two enormous hounds (greyhounds) 😁

@gracie I think my 4th Clomid cycle is going OK. I think I ovulated on Christmas day and we DTD plenty, but it would be too good to be true to get a Christmas conception, so I'm going to try really hard not to get my hopes up (...this time 🙄😆)

Christmas puppy cuddles pic for fun 💕

@Kay00 what beautiful pups all of them! Glad your cycle went well too and you never know, there's always room for a little Christmas airman's miracle.

@pinkginpls hope your social media free Christmas did the trick. I was fairly off it myself too. Dangerous this time of year.

New puppy has landed and boy has life changed. She has the rule of the roost and my peaceful mornings are at an end. Best thing we could have done though. On the TTC side of things just tested this morning and BFN at 12DPO so stopped my progesterone and looks like we're onto 8th TSI shortly. On the bright side with herself as distraction going to go ahead with the TSI and one last try before IVF at the end of the month. In terms of pup as therapy to get through TTC treatment, working here so far 😂😂

Btw reason my pup changed from a he to a she is a complete change up in the dog we were adopting just in case anyone was wondering at me mixing the pronouns 😂 won't lie, there was much ugly crying and "why can't we even do this right" when the first adoption didn't work out.

@kay00 it all looks so calm there, whats your trick? My MiL has a black lab and my gsd just wants to play with him all the time, he wont nap when hes there 🤣

@gracie2021 oh love I'm sorry it was all fraught, but great news you do have a pup in the house! For me they just bring so much joy and happiness (apart from when they get into the baking cupboard and drag a 1kg bag of flour round the house, and also eat about 500g of brown sugar, leaving treacle like sick spots mixed in with the flour 🤣, and even then it was as funny as it was disgusting)

Had a bad couple of days here mentally, got hounded by MiL to go private for hysteroscopy/polyp removal, I was fine in the conversation but after I just cried, at one point the words 'well you obviously dont want the procedure any sooner' were said which REALLY got me. The whole thing ruined my day, and I couldn't shake it off, woke up yesterday still a bit off, then twanged my neck walking the dog (no idea how lol), walked into a door, and scalded my wrist filling up a hot water bottle. Woken up today with much more of a positive attitude so fingers crossed!

Hey @alwayswaiting78! Welcome :) I dont I'm afraid, but I'm sure some ladies here will x

@gracie2021 congrats on the new pup!

When we went to collect my black girl there was a mix up too, we were supposed to take the other female greyhound (who was shy and a bit dopey... just like my white and black boy), but the charity had mixed up their names, so we ended up taking the very headstrong, high prey drive, excellent racer female instead . But you know what, despite her difficulties, I wouldn't have it any other way now. She is completely adorable and a lot of fun and very much my shadow. I'm sure you'll find the same with your little girly pup

And I'm super sorry to hear about your BFN

OMG @beckyCarlos !! You poor lady. Firstly, how dare your MIL push you into a medical procedure... I bet the whole conversation was very upsetting . And it sounds like you had a lot of bad luck the next day! I'm glad you're feeling a bit brighter today... I think you might be due some good luck

@beckyCarlos oh that sounds stressful, I would not be thrilled by that convo. Hope you’re feeling better today.

@Kay00 love the photos. I got annoyed that this is my third Christmas where it’s failed. I don’t understand why I can’t be the lucky people

@Gracie2021 the new puppy sounds great, maybe show us pictures 👀. I wish it was me. We have been toying with the idea for a while but I’m so scared of doing it and regretting it, or not coping if the ivf works and we have a dog, and wondering where I’m going to fit a dog’s stuff in this house never mind a baby too. I overthink everything and I kinda wish we’d just done it months ago.

I have some allergy issues so I can’t have any high shedding dogs, so will need a poodle or bichon or a mix of them. I’m ok with shih tzus too. My mum has had these in the past, so I’m fine with that, but the adoption places will never let you have them with small kids and I worry it won’t work out with baby and dog...ugh. I just want something to be an easy decision and be ok and work out and make me happy and not stress me out. Everything stresses me out.

Speaking of which I’ve been up all night worrying about IVF and my protocol and it all not working. I’m tired. I wanted to lose a few pounds but the first few days of this plan have gone to hell between booster side effects, migraine and now sleeplessness. I’ve worked out once all week and then I got ill again.

Oh and these were my PCOS blood test results in full. So I guess based on that I don’t have it? Maybe I just have high prolactin but it looks like the doc wants me to do the prolactin test that takes two hours ☹️

@beckyCarlos tell your MIL to stick it where the sun don't shine she has no rights to make comments like that.

@Gracie2021 thanks. I bet she is a cutie! and @Kay00 and yours as well! Gorgeous greyhounds.

@thislittlebird Take it easy hun. Worrying does no good... Sorry I don't understand what your blood test results mean but support as always x

Hi All,

Nice to hear from you all.

Everyones been busy by the looks of it.

I love it how people try and give advise yet have no clue how this journey actually feels.

Ive just had my baseline scan. Starting the next round of drugs in a couple of days to hopefully grow a decent lining.

How are you ladies getting on? I know some are awaiting a new year start. Maybe 2022 could be the baby year ladies x

Hi Ladies, those of you who have cycled with King's fertility, were you told that you had to be covid vaccinated prior to treatment?

Happy New Year ladies!

I also have some IVF questions.

For those of you who hot NHS funding, how long did the funding take to come through, and how long after that did you start treatment?

And for those of you paying private, how long was it between your first appointment with the clinic and your treatment starting?

I'm just trying to gauge whether it would be worth waiting for NHS funding or to got private first.

@Kay00 with nhs funding was approved within 2 weeks even though they said 6 weeks and i think we started maybe 3 weeks after that. I did used to ring the clinc regularly soon as the funding was approved for a start slot so id recommend calling your centre soon as you have approval.

With private there's no wait at all for anything. Its purely dependent on your cycle.

I had nhs first round and private now.

Also @Kay00 with nhs the longest part is getting to them filling and sending your funding forms. Once thats sent your good to go.

Thank you @purpleunicorn01 that's very helpful and interesting!!