****THREAD FOR THOSE OF US TRYING A LONG TI ME****

[THTC]

TTC seems so easy at first- try being being so positive after a year!!!

My story- 27, 1 DD with previous partner, had coil out 15 months ago, been trying HARD for 9 of those months.

tried...........

acupunctiure
fertility spell (!)
legs in air
pre-seed
sex every day
sex every other day
saving up sex for day before
on zita west diet, vit E, EPO, starflower oil

anyone else????

Lets try to keep a positive mental attitude together..........

BUMP!!!

There must be others????!!!!!!

please say its not just me??!!!

hi, been ttc our second for 2.5y, in that time had 7 mc's and 1 ep! have you been to your gp?

Hi Lissie- it's ammy!!

Am waiting for day 21 at the mo.

Havent been on here in ages but feel so down just lately needed to talk to people in same boat.

DH went for SA few months ago- looked ok. Bad morphology made up for by high numbers!!

How are you doing? last time I saw you, you were giving up? I can imagine that hasnt been easy.

well, we gave up giving up. dh isnt ready and it has to be a joint decision. we have LWH tomorrrow followed by RSH (for the drugs) next monday, so next month i am starting on clomid, at last!

good news about dh's sperm test, have you put him on vits?

yep. just feels like its me now!!! I guess you have to feel like you have at least exhausted every avenue......

i think we have to give it our absolute best shot. i dont want to have regrets.

have you had a HSG?

No not yet. GP was so good TBH- took copies of DHs SA and said that he would refer us after day 21 test. No arguing, pleading, he was very nice.

dreading HSG- have you had one?

thats good! yes, had HSG last year. it was uncomfortable, but worth it. cleans all the gunk out!

BUMP!!!!!!

Hi girls. How long is "A long time"? can
I join you ladies? I've only been TTC for 8 months but I have been diagnosed with PCOS so I think I could be here a very long time. I'm only on my 4th cycle in 8 months. My last AF (on cd96) was induced with a course of Progesterone. I'd probably still be waiting now!

THTC I had an HSG a week ago. It was quite uncomfortable. You just feel your tubes filling up, it feels a lot like a strong AF pain. I was fine afterwards.It was intriguing to see your tubes on the x-ray screen though! I was amazed at how thin they are, they're thread like and apparantly no one has symmetrical tubes either. I expected it to look like the pics you see in text books but they are lop sided!
Also, the dye isnt blue, which is what I though hahahaha, it's white

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We've 'only' been trying 7 cycles so not massively long term like a lot of you here. All cycles been temping so we know we are having 'well timed intercourse'. Not sure what to do next really.

I am overweight so trying to lose as know it is a factor and think will help to have lost some weight by the time we get to the 'it's been a year now' doctor visit.

Have been ttc number 4 for 4.5 years after having Mirena out (June 2003). One m/c since then at 13 weeks, and zippo zilch else. Am no longer in any way positive as am now 40.

ttc DC2 2.5 years. DS took seven years and 10 ivf attempts have had five attempts since with no joy, going for FET later this month. Have had Acupuncture (worked for DS, not at other times), Done Foresight, which is a really brutal version of Zita West, Reflexology, which didn't help, Hypnotherapy, which did. I think what works is not specific to each person, but the thing that makes you most relaxed.

Is this an additional moaning thread for 'TTCno1 for ever' types?

Me, 42 trying for number 1, started three years ago, have had four miscarriages in that time, three at beyond 10 weeks. The last one was a year ago, and nothing since. On final push before giving up and adopting. Next step HSG.

Tried temping and OV sticks (which work, but get me even more stressed out), "relaxing and it will happen", doing it lots, doing it not much, doing it with EWCM, doing it without.

I think Soosy might win 'shit time' award.

Sorry Herbaceous, not going for shit time award, I just think it is really tough to conceive for some people and I know people who have had as much intervention as we have and still haven't even conceived. I really think you should get yourself referred to St Mary's Paddington they have the best recurrent miscarriage dept. If you can afford to go private there do as the waiting list is out of sight. Good Luck