June/July TTC Thread❤️ CONTINUED

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No, oh I’m so, so sorry 😔 that’s incredibly unfair. Sending you lots of love and I hope whatever is going on is sorted out as quick as possible for you xx

Oh goodness @Nightshift110 I'm so sorry 😞 sending you a huge hug and hoping the rest of the process is as smooth as possible from here. Your hormones must be all over the place. I hope you're ok ❤️ xxx

Oooh, could that be an implantation dip? It would be on the later end but it looks good that it's gone back up 🤔

I’m glad it went back up but I think ideally it needs to go higher than it was before the dip. So we’ll see what the next few days bring. Refuse to test for squinters. Period is due in 4 to 5 days.

@ChaE05 great plan, especially if you're working around his nightshift. We likely won't fit tomorrow in as DP is going back to visit his dad in hospital. So we've just the 2 days in this cycle. I think I'm just going to have to be OK with it. Between his dad & the dog, there's been a lot this week. Only takes 1 wee sperm! I have definite ovulation pain this evening which tbh I haven't felt in months.

@Nightshift110 I'm so sorry to read your update. It's just absolutely shit, there's no other word for it.

@Nightshift110 so many of us know that sad empty feeling, and we send you a tight hand hold. It's devastating 💔 look after yourself, and let other people look after you xx

Hey ladies. FRER was negative tonight after a 6 hour hold, and I've started heavier brown spotting/bleeding, so I think this was another really early chemical 😔 (it's not AF, I'm not due for a week) something has happened just after implantation both cycles, it just won't stick! It's not progesterone, so that's good, but what is happening? 😭

The bloods being negative yesterday means it must've failed just after implantation I think, but the levels of HCG just reached enough to be detectable still in urine a day later before they dropped. I broke open both FRERs to look at strip up close, and there was a vvvvfl on the 9DPO (yesterdays) one as well, I just didn't notice it at the time, which means it's a loss sadly as if the FRER could detect it a little Monday morning in urine, but nothing in blood that afternoon, then a little again in urine this morning, it means that it had already dropped in blood and residual HCG was still in urine, not that the blood hcg hadn't risen enough yet to be detectable and it went up overnight, as that wouldn't explain the vvvvfl yesterday that I didn't notice. I also broke open tonights to check and not a whiff of a line at all, so I think that rules out evaps/indents/faulty batch.

I have been googling some of my remedies for endometriosis and I am worried that they might be to blame! I take turmeric and raw garlic to keep the endo at bay, but they might be stopping the endometrial lining from being thick enough for an embryo to implant properly (although slowing the endometrial growth is normally good when I wasn't TTC!) also turmeric and garlic are anticoagulants and could be stopping successful implantation apparently (evidence isn't entirely clear either way but theoretically it could be a problem) so I'll stop those next cycle and hope for the best 😩

Feeling super sad, so worried that time is ticking down for me to continue trying 😔 I think I need to ask them to get the ball rolling on collecting my eggs asap in case I need to start the cancer treatment soon. Blurgh, it's all a lot this TTC isn't it! 😩 Sorry for the long post, just needed to dump my frazzled brain somewhere so I can have a good night's sleep 😴

Sleep tight everyone and baby dust to you all. @Nightshift110 you're especially in my thoughts tonight, hope you rest well xxx

Thanks everyone. I feel ok, I knew something was wrong so it's not a big shock . And my other half is being brilliant.
Hope you all get your bfps . :)

I gave your post a heart just to show my support. Totally heartbroken for you and I really, really hope that your ideas surrounding your endo treatment could prove to be the answer. I hope it’s that simple for you xxx

@DorsetGirl89 I’m so sorry. It’s the cycle of hope and despair that’s really awful. TTC is so hard anyway - I can’t imagine the pressure of feeling like you need to resume treatment, too. Is the NHS able to offer you any extra fertility support/consultations considering your circumstances?

It’s so hard to know if supplements are helping or hindering. It’s a minefield.

Thinking of you @Nightshift110 - I’m sorry things are stressful right now. I hope you get some rest ahead of tomorrow x

@EmPeEf Yay! Glad your temp went back up. Maybe implantation? Keeping everything crossed for you!

Sending love to anyone else in limbo or facing disappointment this month ❤️

Good morning all!

Oh jeez. Just got strongest line so far with FMU 🥴. So confused! This one isn't even even a squinter and came up within a couple of mins. Could the blood test have been wrong? 🫣 It makes no sense the line would be getting stronger, but also makes no sense that the blood hcg was so low? I think this might be a lab reporting error at hospital? 🫣

After some googling....

I just discovered that some labs report anything 0-5 miu/l as less than 1 because by their threshold it means negative ! This would be terrible if so, because it means my blood could've actually been closer to 5 miu/l which is why FRER was just picking it up and they said less than 1! This would make sense FRER results wise and explain tests. I just don't understand why labs report anything 0-5 as <1? Why don't they just report it as <5? I don't know if that is the case with that specific lab but it seems common practice, if so it's really bad.

It looks like for now I'm pregnant though, so I'm going to hold on to that for dear life right now! 🤞🏻❤️

Im honestly unsure if ive even ovulated this cycle because why has my temp dipped to 36.1 this morning! I did only get about 4 hours sleep but can this make it dip so much? From 36.5 to 36.1 seems A little dramatic

I can see that line did they say they’d do bloods again within a few days?

I'm just catching up on everything.

@Nightshift110 I am so sorry you are having to go through this. Please look after yourself through this. Sending lots of love and hugs to you and your partner right now.

@DorsetGirl89 This must be really messing with your head! But I would say from the tests, it looks positive so far and hopefully the docs will give you another blood test possibly?

AF is due for me today or tomorrow and the cramps are pretty intense, I've had no real symptoms that are different to usual PMS and I've had some restraint from testing since 9/10DPO and I feel better for it, just accepting whatever comes feels less heavy. Lets see if this carries on to my next cycle. I really wanted to be pregnant before my loss babies due date in September. I thought it would ease the pain a little. Still one more cycle left before that time though xx

@amey44 maybe implantation dip? Hopefully I'll get some more bloods soon, waiting for a phone call with Dr 🤞🏻

@Kerrylf I'm sorry it seems like AF is arriving 😞 I really hope you get your rainbow baby soon. I can totally understand the significance of wanting to be pregnant before that date, but if you're not, hopefully soon after ❤️🤞🏻

I'm feeling rough AF today. Dizzy, nauseous, generally light headed and exhausted! I'm hoping those are all good signs that HCG is increasing 🤞🏻

Keeping everything crossed for you @DorsetGirl89!

I have a blazing LH test today so I guess we have a few more days of DTD. I know in SMEP there are days you’re supposed to skip… but I don’t really understand if it’s better to NOT do it everyday? It would take the pressure off a bit but I’m scared to miss it 🫣

I was actually told by my GP last week that doing it anymore than once every other day doesn't increase your chances as the sperm needs time to build up and be good again x

Gonna count myself out I think.

Normally I temp at 3pm after my biggest sleep, but today it was only 3 hours long. Temp was high all night beforehand, over 37, then plummeted back under cover line to 36.4 after I woke up. Went back to sleep for another few hours and it’s gone back over 36.8. So the only time during a 12 hour period I choose to log it, it’s low. Typical. Would love to log a higher temp and feel positive but I shouldn’t break with the time I do it.

Sorry for the rant. Just thought that was one thing that was at least making sense for me each month.

@EmPeEf this sounds confusing, I seem pretty rubbish with temps, I didn't know what I was doing at first and wasn't consistent enough to get good data, all I know is its been above cover line this week.

Does the time really matter or just the sleep? I'd be tempted to log the one that seems more consistent with your other results unless you have reason to believe it was a true dip? If you then get AF and suspect it was the lower one, couldn't you change the data point after, so next cycle it doesn't throw you off? That would be my logic if I had two results and wasn't sure which was the 'real' one.

When is AF due? Xx

@Nightshift110 hope you're ok today, did hospital ring you? How are you feeling? Sending hugs xx

@peonypatch why don't you don't us over on this thread? Xx

Hey can I join please? TTC first baby, this is my 6 month actively trying with OPKs. Had a chemical month 2, nothing since! Period due 30th so I’m in the dreaded tww.

Sorry to see the chemicals and the ectopic :( TTC is very unfair! Hope you’re all doing OK.

I’m not sure. I think a lot of people with messed up sleep don’t bother, but I was getting readable results. Guess I’m just disappointed. AF is due Saturday. Wasn’t going to test till then but my partner and I did a couple. Think we got another shitty evap. Do they glow after inverted though?

Eek, I don't know, In my experience I'd see that as positive? I know evaps seems to be happening, but when you use the same tests frequently and there's suddenly an evap isn't that unlikely? Especially only getting them when expecting a result too! How long did it take for that to come up? 🫣 I really don't want to get your hopes up but that looks hopeful to me!! Xx