Failure stories

[BipBippadotta]

I'm far past the point where I'm interested in fertility success stories. Tales of lucky couples who triumphed over impossible biological odds to have their miracle baby make me want to self-immolate. Help me feel less alone in my utter irreversible barrenness by telling me about all the fertility treatments, supplements, folk remedies, voodoo, etc you've tried, that work for every other fucker on the Internet, but did bugger all for you.

I'll start!

Things that didn't work for us:
Grapefruit juice
Guaifeneisin
COQ10
Acupuncture
Vitamin E
Royal jelly
Wheatgrass
Pycnogenol
Low carbing
Inositol & melatonin
Cutting caffeine and alcohol
L-Arginine
Baby aspirin
Maca
B6
Starflower oil
Soy isoflavones
Clomid for DH (to increase sperm count)
Clomid for me
Clomid & injectables
High doses of antibiotics
Prednisone
IVF with ICSI

Waiting to hear from you Banana - but in the meantime your evening sounds like perfection. I would just need to top it off with a giant sleeping pill.

Does anyone know if a sudden switch from constipation to dodgy tummy cramps and a couple of 'loose stool' attacks are any sign of implantation? I am still bloated as fuck, but things relaxed on the loo front.

Clutching at straws here guys.

Loki. That's fab. Fingers crossed for Dec

I'm surprised clinic will test blood this early. Mine refused till 12dats past 5day transfer

That is very early to do beta! I've really got everything crossed Banana. I'll be refreshing this thread like a mofo.

LH any time I've been with child I've had loose stool attacks. I'm reluctant to put much emphasis on symptoms however and a doctor said to me the surest symptom of a pregnancy is when you give birth

I would imagine it's just as an indication. I would guess if it's less than 5 he will still tell me to continue with progesterone and retest, but that it will just be a formality, and that I can take some pain medication in the mean time. That's my guess. He knows I am struggling without my pain meds - and if it hasn't even tried to implant then making me struggle on over the weekend unnecessarily wouldn't be ideal. Just a guess. Who knows??!!!

In limbo land.

hCG is 5. Which is neither pregnant nor not pregnant. Under 5 is negative. Over 25 is positive. 5-25 is grey zone

It could be just on a go slow
Or it could be a chemical

Going back on Sat for a repeat - but I don't think this will be a viable pregnancy at any rate...

Oh God. Limbo land is so awful. I'm so sorry.

It won't be viable so am hoping we can just put this one to bed quickly. We had discussed the next step after a failed cycle would be to go back to the hysteroscopy and copper IUD plan. I assume that will still be the case.

Would start progynova and pentoxifylline on day 2 to prep the lining for the hysto.

Looks like I'll be on contraception for my due date after all it seems...

It won't be viable so am hoping we can just put this one to bed quickly. We had discussed the next step after a failed cycle would be to go back to the hysteroscopy and copper IUD plan. I assume that will still be the case.

Would start progynova and pentoxifylline on day 2 to prep the lining for the hysto.

Looks like I'll be on contraception for my due date after all it seems...

Limboland totally sucks :(

I still think too early to test but the fact it's 5 means could be veering higher and in a few days be over 25

As in it wasn't 2/3

Trying to give hope 💐💐

Gah sorry for double posts guys. App is being flaky xx

Haven't ever really read this thread - just had a marathon sesh. Bip - I'm so so cautiously optimistic for you this time and really hope it comes good. But if it doesn't in also glad you've got good job options (I take t you've left London - congrats on the move! Can't remember which city was "worst for kids" when I googled it..!) and hope the cats settle easily. Good woo vibes and all of the hope. You deserve some good times now xx

Banana what a shitty shitty day. I hope you and your DH are dealing with this ok together. I'm so impressed by how stoic you're being (on the outside at least). I hope you get some pain meds or good news soon.

Loki congrats and fingers crossed for 30 days. Makes a 2ww seem like peanuts, I hope you're got some distractions.

LH I'm hoping the same thing - after my days of blockage I had 36 hours of loose stools and now fairly normal again. Bawled my eyes out last night because I'm convinced it is over. OTD still six days away. Tomorrow will be 11dpo but I actually can't be bothered to test, I'm just going to wait til Wednesday or til my period arrives and then drink a vat of wine.

FFS, overdose of 'hoping' and 'hope'. Hopeless!

No one minds this Banana - relax. I see something there. Xx

Handhold because we want another baby, and I am pregnant!!! But OMFG!!!

Cock off.

Sorry guys - I posted that in wrong thread (meant for Mind-numbing) regarding this thread:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/2733363-omfg-i-am-upduffed

Read that thread too, LH. Another one of those where I'm stunned by people's breezy assumption that positive pregnancy test = inevitable baby. Particularly when the pregnancy is achieved while there's a foreign object in your reproductive tract, possibly interfering with cervical function or floating free around your uterus. I know 2 people who got pregnant while using the coil, and in both cases it ended in 2nd trimester miscarriage.

That's my little ray of sunshine for today.

Not wishing that fate on anyone, obvs. But amazing how some people do seem to live in a little bubble where danger and loss and disappointment don't exist and everything has a happy ending.

I was always told I must have a termination if I got pregnant with my Mirena in!

Yes - and IUD are recommended as emergency contraception instead of the MAP as well

Outside the barren ghetto it's like life is a permanent battle against contraceptive failure!

Ooh, feel a bit shitty now as have checked the thread again & it looks like she might be miscarrying.

Now overcome with paranoia that my bad thoughts have caused someone else's misfortune. Would be just my luck to have a superpower that doesn't allow me to fly or read minds or anything fun, just to fuck things up for people I don't even know by means of my colossal bitterness.

Ugh, I got told off by some poster when I warned the OP that they advise to wait 12 weeks before announcing for a reason. Called morbid and offensive (the premise was the op had recently diffed again. The sil was pregnant but after 11 years of inter dilute. The mil was worried about sil reaction. The DH told the sil and the sil send op a text saying "congratulations :-)" which the op took offence to - brevity was an issue and the sil was apparently "self centred". I gave op what for)

There has been so much weird anti-barren sentiment around recently, generally by pregnant women on some fucked-up power trip to make the infertile women in their lives bow down to their superior fecundity and shower them in heartfelt & longwinded congratulations. You've got the rest of the fucking world to be happy for you, why twist the arm of someone who will most likely never have the good fortune you are enjoying?