The hut of gl/doom: ttc with the emphasis on trying!

[delilahbelle]

A supportive and slightly fluffy thread for those dealing with the issues of ttc longterm, whether with assisted fertility or not.

Congratulationa infamous
Some good news for me today. After 18months of issues with specialist, a stroppy letter to my top specialst from my Dr, and me getting pals involved; I am having an internal ultrasound next wk, meeting with top specialist, and he gas agreed to clomid! Can't believe it x

Try to keep your hopes up pink. I think we've all had days like that. Don't forget we'd decided to stop TTC and effectively give up for a while. We had that conversation on the Sunday. I was already pregnant! Found out on the Wednesday!

Nice to see you Delilah, hoping and praying its good news and it's IVF not Humira!

Now infamous, how many tests have you done so far?

waiting I'm so pleased for you! I'm so glad they've seen reason (with help on your side) to actually start investigating. Here's hoping the clomid does the job! Did you ever ask about the prolactin? Or are they assuming you have PCOS?

I'm doing ok, 10 weeks today. Less sick which is good. Only 2 weeks 5 days til my scan not that I'm counting down the days!

Oh pink, as faith says, we all have down days but try to see it as..the hut is bringing us luck and because it was infamous' time it's also yours! And remember that cramps could be a sign of AF or of something else!! You know I've got my fingers really tightly crossed for you. Have a nice chilled weekend with DH & your dog and try to take your mind off it (if humanly possible).

Delilah, another one here hoping it's your turn for IVF, though as you say if not at least it'll give you a chance to save up more money.

Waiting, that's brilliant that you're finally getting your mitts on some clomid.

Good to see you faith! Can't believe your first trimester is nearly over...having that scan will be so fab. Bet you can't wait to tell everyone!

Well I should find out today whether I ov'ed or not on this round of clomid, I'm feeling very relaxed as to whether it's a yes or no, for some reason before I started I convinced myself it'd take 100mg (no idea why) so this sort of felt like a practice run (the strange things that go on in our heads, eh) Went to my GP instead of the fertility clinic for the bloods and the nurse that did it was maybe not that experienced as it really hurt and there's now a massive blood blister in my elbow!! Oh well!

Have a great weekend all, what's everyone got planned?

Thank you everyone for the well wishing it?s so lovely to read and really pleased that the news is bringing positive vibes into the hut .

Morning Pink we had 2 embryos transferred both at grade 1. I?m filled with positivity that we will have 2 bfps in the hut. Keep up the good vibes and you?ll get there. I feel different but it hasn?t sunk in yet, it?s so strange! I believe everything happens for a reason. Now was our time but it doesn?t mean that it isn?t yours too hun. You?ve got to keep positive for your embryos they could be babies . How are you feeling today hun?

Good luck with the blood test on Monday Delilah hope you get the results you want. Sounds like you?re doing really well if your saving! Just think once your baby?s here the gamble will be completely worth it .

Good luck with clomid Mands and stay positive hun you?ll get there you can never be sure until test date .

Morning Waiting that?s great news!! Shame you had to go through so much to just be given the chance but at least you?re there now. Good luck with the scan next week .

Hi Faith haha I have to admit I wanted to test all the time but I kept myself busy and avoided. It was the hardest the night before the test, so tempting to go and buy tests but I didn?t in case I got an incorrect result and was disappointed the next day. Glad I waited it was so special when we got the news . Glad you?re doing well and are less sick. Bet you can?t wait til your next scan. I?m looking forward to our first proper scan in 12 days (not counting either haha). Good luck with the scan. Have you decided to find out the sex of your baby? I think we?re going to keep it a surprise, although I might not be able to wait that long haha.

Morning Summer, hope the clomid has worked will be thinking of you today . Can?t believe your nurse at the GPs caused a blood blister on your elbow how strange! Hope you have a great weekend too. What are you up to other than finding out whether you?ve ov?d or not lol. I?m meeting my friend for breakfast and doing some studying .

Hope everyone?s good and keeping positive I know it?s easier said than done but keep yourselves busy. I still can?t relax even after getting a positive. The way I?m feeling at the moment it wouldn?t surprise me if I didn?t relax until the baby arrives. How scary and worrying is the whole process!? Wish we could enjoy it, seems so unfair. But at least we?re going through it together, it makes the world of difference x

Hey summer I really hope it shows you ov'd! Did you get signs of ovulation? That blood sounds ouchy! Probably the bets things to do is stick a plaster over it and leave it til get reabsorbed.

mands not sure we've really met before, (I'm an old time hutter who got a BFP after treatment for male factor infertility and got a BFP after 2 years 8 months TTC!). I really hope the clomid increase does the trick :)

infamous I did 11 tests (and had one in a&e when I went in with kidney pain - UTI!). I still have one lonely Internet cheapy. After a weird dream last night I'm tempted to do it!

Reallly can't wait for the scan! I've told far too many quite a few people already. I haven't told anyone for two weeks though - that's good! I think we will find out the sex. DH is desperate to know and hates surprises! We might find out but not tell anyone else. We defiantly won't confirm names until after baby is born. There's still another 10 weeks til that scan though so we might change our minds!

Today I'm off to get my flu jab (always get it since I'm asthmatic and work in healthcare but since I got preggers it's all the more important!). Then I'm getting my hair done,. DH is working all day (stock take) so I might bimble into town and buy a few bits (just been paid woo!).

That's a lovely post infamous. Finding this place has made a world of difference to me. I knew there were other people out there going through this before but they just didn't seem real. It's so nice to be able to relax knowing we're all in the same boat. I just wish we could see into the future and know we're all going to get our babies so we could relax a bit

pink, I've been having acupuncture for a couple of years now and it's made a huge difference both in terms of my cycle running smoothly and feeling good in myself. It's also lovely to lie down for an hour in a quiet room and have some time to relax properly. I'm going to give some meditation apps a go as well just to try to keep my head in the right place.

summer, I feel your pain - the first blood test I had resulted in me bleeding all over my nice new dress in a car park in Bath. Not a good look!

Morning everybody else, sorry I haven't got time for more messages but I've got to go and corral my cats back in before the dog walkers appear!

Grrrr just typed an ultra long msg and its gone!!!!

Anyhow the top and bottom of it is have fun shopping don't spend too much money!

Where's everyone being treated?im at the RUH in bath and the don't do the beta they just gave me a test to do at home 14dpt. Anyone else think that's ages to wait since it was a perfect 4AA blast at day 5. Also going to push for 2 embies next time as twins runs in the family anyway I haven't got a lot to lose!

having a bath today too! Woohoo haven't had one in 8 days been having showers but I'm pretty sure at 6dp5dt I'm good for a bath?

Woohoo on the clomid that should hopefully get the balls rolling a bit faster

A bath will be fine as long as its not too hot pinky!

It wasn't faith. I normally has it pretty much boiled I was in and out once I'd washed my hair it was so cold

Hi Faith, bless you it?s so annoying having to wait for that hospital test isn?t it, I?m not surprised you did 11 haha. Are you on your 2nd child now then? Aw how exciting! Are you going to have one of those 4d scans they look a little strange but was thinking I might get one done when it?s time for that scan. Think it?s a good idea getting the flu jab, you can never be too sure! Enjoy getting your hair done and shopping, sounds perfect to me!

Hi Devil, I completely agree. Would have felt so lonely without the hut as no one I know is going through ivf so they wouldn?t understand. I know a couple who went through ivf several times a while ago and unfortunately never conceived. They have been very strange with me, very negative, since I found out I?m pregnant, they keep talking about miscarriages! I don?t want to hear that, it worries me enough! Just gonna surround myself with positive people like you lovely ladies! How nice would it be to be able to look into the future and confirm that everyone will get that all important BFP!! Would be amazing!

Hi Pink, I?m being treated at Halifax Royal Calderdale hospital, had the EC and ET at Manchester Care who were fantastic, couldn?t praise them enough. Hopefully there won?t be a next time as you will fall pregnant this time . I?m hoping for twins as my granddad was a twin and my nan?s sisters were twins so hoping the ?skip a generation? thing is true. How long have you got to go til your next test now hun? Are you going to still test on Wednesday or wait til Sunday? So excited for you, got everything crossed for you. You were one of the most positive people on here for me, if you believe it for others you can believe it for yourself hun. Keep smiling. When test day came it was like Christmas morning for me, cheesy I know but was so excited for the results, woke up at like 5am when didn?t need to be at hospital until 8 haha. Had to wait so long results was like 7 hours wait!!! At least you can have your results there and then even if there is the long build-up to it.

For those of you looking at alternative therapies, I was constantly being told to have reflexology. I had it last December and found it really painful so didn?t have it again, but apparently this means that I had a lot of toxins in my body and was quite unhealthy so it was obviously good for me. My partner had it done with me and found it very relaxing, so suppose it depends on you. It is supposed to be good for fertility. I was willing to try acupuncture but couldn?t afford it yet and have a slight phobia of needles haha.

Really must stop writing essays on here, I talk far too much lol x

No this is DC1, first pregnancy.i don't know if we'll go for DC2. It's been such a long journey, if this all goes ok we might just call it quits! We haven't really talked about the 4D scan yet, it seems a long way away! Just gearing up for October 17th :)

Hi all,
Havea: going to discuss it all with specialist on thurs. Crap other specialist said pcos but I just have a feeling It's not. They based it on how I was fat, didn't ovulate and irregular periods. But I have too many periods and I was fat because I ate too much :) we shall see what they say but I'm writing a list allready.
Pink: I'm being treated at goodhope hospital or "no hope" as the media call it. Apart from issues i've had this time they have been good so fingers crossed they won't live up to their name!
I have been debating accupuncture but not sure.
Hope everyone is having a nice day. Dh at work but we are cooking a romanticy dinner between us tonight. I'm incharge of starter and pudding. No idea what to do at the mo so going to shops in a bit!

awww that sounds lovely waiting

I'm having a chilled day too been into work to empty the post of etc now at home watching tv while mum and dad are out doing our shopping (as I can't possibly walk around tescos) feeling very helpless at the mo and to think that it might be for no reason grrrr

Anyhoo hope everyone's having a good Saturday

I'm at RUH too pink

Hehe an RUH buddy... Well both be say in the waiting room when we go wondering whose who

No spotting for me not to many cramps today either having a pretty good day with hubby gearing up for yet another week! 8 days till test day but I think Wednesday if I can hack it I may be too scared

Meant sat

We'll need to arrange a secret signal

More cramps for me tonight moderate so bearable x

Fingers crossed it's just somebody settling themself in x

Hehe yea that's the plan af should come 14 dpo technically (she did last failed cycle) so that's Tuesday today's a bit early since I've been cramping for th last couple of days finger crossed x

Infamous I like your long posts! :)

Waiting I hope you had a lovely night with DH, what did you make in the end?
We had friends over for dinner tonight and I made the first crumble of the autumn, mmm.

Pink I have a good feeling about those cramps, way too early for AF.

Devil I'm now feeling like I really shouldn't have complained about that blood test...

So I got my blood results and I haven't ov'ed, which is ok, I was mentally totally prepared for that. However the nurse wants me to go back for more bloods next weekend just in case it happens really late which, while I know should make me feel optimistic, is actually sort of annoying because I just want to get on with the 100mg. Oh well. Funny to think that I had a fear of needles before this all started...I got over that one quickly ;)

And on the plus side I allowed myself plenty of tonight knowing there couldn't possibly be a mini summer on board!

Awww sounds like everyone had a lovely evening mine was spent watching the god forsaken X factor, awful but addictive although not to fussed about winners/losers just in it for the laughs

Still having cramps but no spotting just attempting to sleep now not easy!

Morning everyone! We had a lovely nighy but I fell asleep before 10 and have only just woken up! First good nights sleep I've had on 18months. I know It's only just the start of the journey with clomid but it has taken such a battle to get here. We had tomato, mozzarella and parma ham salad with toasted ciabatta for starter, steak and home made chunky chips and salad for main, and brownies and ice cream for afters! Yummy!
Going for a big long walk on cannock Chase today and hoping to see some deer.
Did you sleep ok apples ? How are you feeling?
summer was the wine nice?

Awww sounds lovely waiting yummy starter

I'm alright today little bit crampy but (tmi coming) am also v constipated (progesterone me thinks) so it might be that hopefully still no bleeding so that's good any ideas on how to stop the constipation??

Other than that another lazy day for me, hubby and two little doggies that just love the sofa time

Aw that?s good Faith, good luck for 17th! Not long now! Will be thinking of you.

Sounds good pink! Glad you?re having a good day with your hubby, bet you?ve missed him. Ooh 8 days, it will be here before you know it! Just think those cramps could be the egg burrowing .

Aww thanks Summer haha. Sorry to hear about the bloods, you must be right about needing 100mg. Glad you?re keeping positive, Summer, that?s the way forward . I have a really severe blood phobia, and slight needle phobia it?s such a pain for ivf, still haven?t got over it yet after so many blood tests and having the drip in, but at least it?s good practice for the next lot of blood tests I?ll be having for the next few months! At least you?ve had plenty of wine, I?m very jealous . Good luck with the test next week hun will be thinking of you .

Morning Waiting. Hoping you won?t have any more problems with the hospital. Dinner sounded perfect, hope you see some deer on your walk sounds lovely .

Hope everyone has a nice relaxing Sunday. Here?s to another week of good news ladies x