Morning girls. Wow, I should really be working. But just come back from the fertility clinic so am hoping posting to all of you will enable me to expunge all baby-shaped thoughts from my brain [smiley face laughing hollowly emoticon].
It was just the preliminary chat with a nurse (I liked her, which is always a start). And I have to ring on my next CD1 to book an HSG. Has anyone had one of these? I just want to share with you that I have been given a rectal antibiotic to take on the morning of the procedure (as well as tablets to take for a week). I'll say that again - rectal antibiotic. I can see this is only the beginning of a process littered with indignity and unpleasantness
HSG test - they inject dye into your uterus and flush it through your tubes to check for blockages (it really is genuinely like plumbing isn't it!). Obviously I've googled it and found endless horror stories of agony and infection, but am trying to remember that that the internet is basically like a school playground (apart from here, which is a cosy room where the nice children can go and have some hot chocolate and sit on a bean bag).
Am only on CD7 now, so it will be a while, and apparently they often can't fit you on the first cycle you try. So my rectal antibiotic will have to just loom balefully in the bathroom cabinet!
zippys - so glad MRI was clear. But it's never nice to have unexplained things, especially not if you're dealing with other family stuff too. Keep breathing!
hermya - you're going to have lots of virtual friends peeking over your shoulder when you do finally POAS!
aly - definitely give yourself a break about the discipline (but homebound - like the glass-half-full logic there) With the OPKs, the LH surge that OPKs pick up sometimes doesn't hang around for long - perhaps that explains why you had a +ve and then a -ve? And that doesn't mean you didn't ovulate. Progesterone is a powerful hormone, natural or not, so you'd hope it would make some change - your body probably just needs to get used to it. Have you thought about taking a break from temping? I think it would drive me crackers. I do sometimes wonder if Fertility Friend is a cult.
homebound - so sorry this BFN has been tough - some really are worse than others I think. Cycle 4 is a tricky one because you realise you aren't that person you always hear about who got pregnant straight away (like my friend who has 3 children and still has no idea about fertile windows because she only has to look at her husband to conceive). But the numbers are still on your side.
So - Baby Thoughts hence. Work Head on (like Worzel Gummidge)
Have a good day one and all