#makeithappen TTC through Donor IUI or Donor IVF or just undecided. All welcome. Thread 11

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This thread is for anyone trying to conceive... or thinking about doing so through donor IUI or donor IVF. Nothing TMI - feel free to join, we are a lovely group here to support and help keep the cray-cray away!

Here is the link to the previous thread
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Here is the link to the one before that: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/2832207--makeithappen-TTC-through-Donor-IUI-or-Donor-IVF-or-just-undecided-all-welcome
Here is the link to the one before that one: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/2769549-TTC-through-Donor-IUI-or-Donor-IVF-or-just-undecided-all-welcome-makeithappen-loadsofBFPs
Here is the link to the thread before that: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/2688511-TTC-through-Donor-IUI-or-Donor-IVF-or-just-undecided-all-welcome-makeithappen
Here is the link to the one before that one: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/2587046-TTC-through-Donor-IUI-or-Donor-IVF-or-just-undecided-all-welcome
And the one before that!: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/1877198-Donor-IUI

We also have a weight loss spin off thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/donor_conception/2889818-TTC-through-Donor-IUI-or-Donor-IVF-weight-loss-spin-off-thread

@TinyPaws best of luck today!!!!

I've definitely put on weight with the drugs, and my stomach is pretty swollen from the injections (clexane and lubion). What amuses me is that I consistently weigh 3lb more in the evening than info in the morning!

Good luck Tinypaws!

Any one know how or if I can shorten my cycles? There so long since coming off pill can I shorten follicular phase?

Also if I take norithserone how does that work with ovulation like if I don't ovulate til day 26 and start the tablets then will I still bleed after stopping tablets as it will only be like 7/10 days post ovulation? Im prob over thinking all this way to much haha but really want to get my next scan asap

Just checking in to send good luck to tinypaws!

Thanks for the good wishes, IUI done today, it turns out I really do need the small speculum. The GF got time off work and was able to attend with me which was lovely.

Now I have 2 weeks of not peeing on things to get through.

Good luck! So glad it all went well so far.

Glad it went well Tinypaws and that your gf was able to be with you!

Hope the two week wait goes in quickly for you! We are currently on 6 days after IUI! I had to take 8 clicks of the ovitrelle pen this morning! We have already succumbed and done a pregnancy test on Sunday which no surprise was negative lol! I suppose by this time next week we will know!

Yay glad all done tiny now the torturous waiting really begins

Just waiting to go to hospital antenatal class (not sure who decided these things should go on until 8pm I'm shattered already)
It'll be good when get in I'm sure ....if I don't fall asleep in the middle of it

Thanks @LRD @Smith and @pickle.

@Smith you’re almost 1/2 way through the TWW, hope the rest flies and you get the result you want! I’ve got access to 4 pregnancy tests as I ordered a 2 pack of FRER tests then the clinic gave me 2 tests as well! Gonna take all my self control to hold off on taking them too soon!

@pickle hope your class goes well, how far along are you now?

Class was ok,can't believe it's nearly 9.30 and I've only been in half hour 😫
I'm 31weeks and 1 day :)
The waiting never really finishes you just move from one goal to the next. 2ww is def the worst tho

You must be shattered, pickle! I bet that class was full of yawning women.

Thanks @Latenightreader I was really starting to worry. Been hitting the treadmill A LOT this week to make up for it but it doesn't seem to be helping! Argggghh!

Hope you are all doing well- good luck with the tww guys. 🤞🏻 for you both.

This is very silly, but I am feeling down.

Yet another friend in a group of mates is pregnant. Of course I am delighted for her, and for the others. But it's a bit of a painful moment, isn't it?

I am finding it especially hard when people cheerily say 'ooh, I'm the first of us to get pregnant' or 'oh, I'm the first one to try for a baby'. I've been trying, on and off, for ten years. I know I've got a huge amount to be thankful for, I know. And I only wish I had the courage and tenacity some women on here have. But, I'm feeling a bit down right now.

I'm sure your exhausted after that class tinypaws!

Does anyone know how much ovitrelle is actually in 8 clicks of the 250microgram injection? I've been googling it but can't find any information! I took it this morning and done s pregnancy test tonight but still bfn tho it was a cheap test! So just wondering how much I actually injected! I only done the test to see what a positive test after taking it looked like so I had it for a comparison if needed!

Sorry @LRD, that sucks. People can be really thoughtless.

I don't think it's thoughtless as they've no idea I've struggled. It just gets me a little bit, when I want to be happy for them. You know?

Thank you for the kind words.

@LRDtheFeministDragon don't be to hard on yourself we all feel that way at times. The first time my friend came to visit with her new baby I had just found out I wasn't pregnant for the first time and although I was really happy for her it was super painful too...and I snuck away and cried A LOT that weekend. It does get easier though. I'm sure it'll happen for you...chin up.

On the day I had my first IVF failure TWO friends posted pregnancy or birth announcements on fb and another gave birth a couple of days later. It was incredibly hard.

People make really thoughtless comments. Someone at work was teasing me about being broody because I like to have a peep at babies at work (I work at a tourist attraction so quite a few about!) and in the end I explained what was going on. She's been lovely ever since. The worst though are the people who assume that because you are having treatment you will easily have a baby. It is fantastic to see so many success stories on here, and I am thinking so positively, but we all know it is not an easy road...

One thing I realised since ttc is it is the most controversial hidden judged topic ever! You never know what battles people are fighting and also you never know purples true opinions until the subject is raised my family went from supportive to backing right away from me when the going got tough as they said it's too stressful I shouldn't put myself through it and they couldn't handle me being stressed.

My docs just rang me said my bloods for thyroid came back ok but doc wants to see me to discuss iron and b12 maybe anaemic this would make sense wouldn't it with having problems with fertility and cycles I had been taking folic acid but not b12 and I stopped folic acid now as thought you can only take it for so long and not looking likely I'll be pregnant any time soon. If I take iron tablets will they help with everything else? X

I can't believe I'm only 1 day post IUI! Longest. Day. Ever.

@Ttc I think iron might help. I do take it as I've been anaemic before.

Ah no I hope the next few days go quicker every minutes like a hour and every hour feels like a day dont it! Try to keep busy
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I know how you feel tinypaws, the last week has felt like a lifetime and still another week to go!

I don't feel like I'm pregnant tho I've never been pregnant so don't know what it feels like! We have done 2 tests and not bfn so I think that's making me feel like it hasn't worked even tho it's too early to tell!

The tww really is like torture!

Aw don't get down hearted Smith I don't think many people actually feel pregnant until about 6 weeks when sickness kicks in I think we like to symptom spot etc and make it fit either way but don't count yourself out yet as its early days you could still get your bfp :) x

I know there's still another week to go to get my bfp!

Took another test when I got home from work this evening and have a very faint positive although that's probably just the 8 clicks of ovitrelle I took yesterday! I have been having cramps in my right side on and off all day so maybe somehings happening in there or it's just AF getting ready to make an appearance!

Smith the only real symptom I had before my bfp was tiredness and strong scented urine (I have abnormally sensitive sense of smell all the time and think I was smelling the hcg). Try not to drive yourself too crazy over analysing every random ache as often people get no symptoms at all and still get a bfp. Hard to tell if bfp means anything at this point. It would be early for a bfp, especially if you tested afternoon urine. Are you planning on testing out the ovitrelle?