Trying for a baby (12+ M/not straightforward)

jiblets1

Many many phone calls were made today. I rang the clinic to check about my HSG as I'm on CD2 and they said if my letter hasn't arrived then I should just leave it, but confirmed that they had reffered me through to Xray for it. That was fine. Then after work my husband rang me to say that he'd also rang them to clarify his sperm analysis results (no details yet, but all satisfactory for fertility treatment etc) and he'd also asked them about my HSG. They put him through to a few different people, but eventually he was told there'd be a spot for me next week and I should ring. When I rang I spoke to someone different who checked and said they were full this week and thought it would be too late next week so just wait for next month. (Fine for him to say - he doesn't get 48 day cycles!). I rang hubby, who rang the number he first had back and spoke to his person again who said the spot should still be available and that she'd heard someone talking to me and would ring me herself tomorrow to sort it out.
Talk about the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing! So hopefully I will get seen next week, but I'm not sure. The gentleman told me that they only do them on a wednesday morning, and only on CD5-10 and next wednesday I will be on CD11...

I'm really glad that this is a different hospital to my clinic, because if it was my clinic being so confusing it wouldn't give me much faith in them.

AnnieM_3

jiblets1 wrote: »

I'm really glad that this is a different hospital to my clinic, because if it was my clinic being so confusing it wouldn't give me much faith in them.

I can totally relate, Jiblets - as if messing up our referral wasn't bad enough (I actually got a letter confirming MY appointment with the male fertility consultant, even after phoning everyone to sort out the mix up!), they seem not to have done the prolactin test on my repeat cd3 blood test, so I 've wasted 2 days ringing for results. I got told to call again tomorrow 'just in case' it was done and has come back then, and if not, they will chase up to make sure they actually did the test. If not, I'll have to make an appointment for yet another test! :mad:

I have lost confidence in the system, and am feeling like giving up. I'm so tired and stressed. Work is really stressful too, and I just feel like we're never going to manage to have a baby - especially as the PCT can't seem to get anything right!

The only good thing that happened today is that my FSH/LH result came back normal this time, and my OPK is getting darker, so hopefully due to Ov in the next day or two...

Sorry for the rant!

I hope Lilo is ok... (and all the rest of you too!)

AnnieM x

becs

Hi Gymfriend,

really pleased you signed up. You won't regret it I promise! I just couldn't believe how many people were going through the same thing when it's supposed to be so rare. I really hope you get sorted soon hopefully with a BFP or failing that AF. I know what it's like. I had a letter from my GP today asking me to make an appointment to discuss a letter she has received from my endo, need to discuss his comments and the way forward apparantly! Hoping this may be because he has asked her to do a referal to fertility clinic. I guess I'll have to wait until thursday to find out.

The Russell Watson thing on there is because there are so many ordinary people just getting on with things on the forum, then someone like him just dramatises the tumour without being prepared to show that there is normal life with the tumour and lots of help and support. He only ever pipes up about it when he has a new tour or album strangely enough!

ginvzt

jiblets1 wrote: »

The gentleman told me that they only do them on a wednesday morning, and only on CD5-10 and next wednesday I will be on CD11...

Right, so if you have regular cycles of 28 days, and you CD1 was on March 1st, you would never get HSG with this clinic - as CD5 to 11 will fall Thursday to Tuesday!!!! And to help you, they are only doing this test on Wednesdays!!!! How stupid is that???? I agree they can't oofer it 24/7, but give 6 day window to do the test for your cycle and then say we will only do it on one day a week, is bound to be someone's (like mine, most probably, although I am not at that stage yet) luck!

Well, my spotting/ bleeding is still there. Sometimes it is fresh and pink, sometimes it is old. It is only CD26, temp fell again this morning and I feel like AF is right here. Went to the gym today and had to leave after half an hour as I couldn't bare the lower back pain! Oh well, tough luck - one more month to write off

gymfiend

Still waiting to be approved Becs! The waiting is killing me now - I'm on CD36, af is still not here, keep getting BFN's - I'm so frustrated I just want one or the other, a 36 day + cycle is bl**dy ridiculous...now beginning to worry that the PCO is causing the trouble. It's carp being a woman isn't it...:(

ginvzt

Well, my AF truly started last light, making it the shorted cycle I had so far - 25 days. It is werid in some way, as I feel I have more CM before AF than around ovulation (almost none), and when AF is here, I am sure I can feel my opvaries being shred to pieces and being very heavy! Of course, it is all my imagination...

It is a bit worrying that my cycles seems to get shorter. I used to be very regular 28 days, and now it is not unusual for my to get 27 or 26 days. And only 25 days this time! I do have occasional longer cycle of 29 days and I had one 30 day cycle when I was convinced I was pregnant by then, just couldn't get BFP. Oh well - at least we are going to see doctor tomorrow...

jiblets1

I'm booked in for my HSG! Yeay! They rang this morning and booked me in for next Wednesday. I'll be on CD11 so I've just been asked to abstain till then - easy enough! It was funny actually, the guy that rang me was the one who (very politely) told me no yesterday and he'd obviously been told by the boss to ring me back and correct it after my husband got it all sorted yesterday.
After all my big talk about my boss just having to let me have my time off I'm a little worried now it actually comes to asking for the time. I've got to book an appointment with the clinic shortly after the HSG to discuss the results, and I'm really hoping I can get that one for after school so I don't have to miss 2 days in short sucsession. I can't get through to the clinic yet, and I'd really like to be able to tell my head tomorrow both dates that I'll need so I don't have to keep going back and fore begging...

Somnium

heya gang so lots of appointments being attended/booked hope everything goes well for you all xx Well here am just playing the waiting game, waiting for company who supplies meds to get in touch and arrange delivery, and then waiting to see each month if AF arrives on time so all those future appointments I have will run to schedule. Kinda excited and anxious at the same time, don't know how the meds will affect me but just wanna get the whole thing underway. All going to plan I could be pregnant by June and I want to be excited but also know it might not work first time.

AnnieM_3

jiblets1 wrote: »

I'm booked in for my HSG! Yeay! They rang this morning and booked me in for next Wednesday. I'll be on CD11 so I've just been asked to abstain till then - easy enough! It was funny actually, the guy that rang me was the one who (very politely) told me no yesterday and he'd obviously been told by the boss to ring me back and correct it after my husband got it all sorted yesterday.
After all my big talk about my boss just having to let me have my time off I'm a little worried now it actually comes to asking for the time. I've got to book an appointment with the clinic shortly after the HSG to discuss the results, and I'm really hoping I can get that one for after school so I don't have to miss 2 days in short sucsession. I can't get through to the clinic yet, and I'd really like to be able to tell my head tomorrow both dates that I'll need so I don't have to keep going back and fore begging...

That is such good news!

Try not to worry about getting the time off work - you could just explain to your boss you're having a hospital procedure as part of a series of tests you've been having for some gynae issues, and that you should only be away for a day and for a follow up appointment, and that it's nothing to worry about cos you're not sick. Or do you want to 'come clean' about having fertility treatment?

AnnieM x

gymfiend

Well, AF has arrived in all her glory, so I guess I do just have hideously long cycles But at least it appears to be regular-ish at 35-37 days, argh! Ready to go and sulk in a corner today.

Somnium all sounds good, nice and positive to have things moving

xxx