The Trials and Tribulations of Trying to Conceive when its just not happening (12m+)

liloandstitch

............runs in on endless search for PMA that is obviously well lost in the wilds of borneo, but whilst on here wishing everyone all the best with whats going on ...................................................

Had a great weekend, best time away for ages, but am reeeeeeaaaaaaalllly tired now, so will be sleeping a lot.

....................................running back off to see if PMA is safely snuggled up in my bed with my hot water bottle, but not holding out much hope ..........................................................................

night night lilo

Catw0man

Not long back from hospital, was there from 2.30-7.30!!! And it's not great news. My hcg levels have risen again, and they think it must be an ectopic even though the scans have shown nothing, so I have to go in first thing tomorrow for a laparoscopy, if they find an ectopic they will remove it along with the tube. I am devastated to say the least. They may not find anything (i'm keeping my fingers tightly crossed). I'm not looking forward to the op and it took a bit of convincing to get them to let me home tonight but I had enough of having needles stuck in me. They took blood at 2.30 for my hcg levels then once at the ward after being told I would have to come in I had to get another lot of blood taken, the daft doctor decided to take it out the back of my hand this time for some unknown reason and she couldn't get the blood to come out so after she'd got one lot of blood she couldn't get anything into the second tube so the blood was pouring out my hand and the needle had come out at this point, so she tried again, with little success she resorted to taking the cap off the tube and letting the blood run in!!! The tube exploded in the portal system so the had to take more blood out my other arm, I have a huge lump and bruise on the back of my hand and it is agony and the crooks of both arems are also sore!!!!!

Sorry for long post!!

jiblets1

Poor catwoman. You sound like you've had the most terrible day. Rest up this evening and get it all done with tomorrow. They can have a good look around and decide if anything else needs sorting out while they are In there. Good luck for it. Be sure to give yourself some time after to get your head together.

shelly

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Nothing to report here except a dodgy tummy

shelly

Any news from meercat yet?

Jiblets. Best wishes for your op tomorrow. Take your time getting better and look after yourself......better still, let others do the looking after

Catwoman. All the best for you too tomorrow.

shelly x

ginvzt

Thanks, MadMac. It is just that this month doesn't feel anything like the other two on Clomid! I guess my body got used to it and just keeps ignoring it now.

I skipped my yoga last night - we just didn't have any time to relax at home over the weekend. We did some Christmas shopping on Saturday (and had our car vandalised - deflated tyres and a scratch over the door, so stressful evening), and then spend Sunday cleaning the house and cooking. It was great to rest at home yesterday and managed to do some piano practise as well.

Oh, and I managed to break a glass last night. We have a saying that shards bring good luck, so if the amount of luck is proportionate at all to the number of pieces the glass broke to, I think there should be a huge amount of luck coming this way! Maybe some more good news on this thread?

I am off to see some friends tonight (2h drive one way!) and taking my first Christmas gifts with me, as I am not sure if we will manage to meet up before Christmas again... I am feeling weird by giving out Christmas presents so early, but it avoids using Royal Mail!

jiblets1

Hi all. Will give you all a full debrief later as I'm a bit dozy still, but the op is done, the tube is gone and I feel surprisingly fine. I saw pics of the offending tube and wowee. Shall fill you all in later.

ginvzt

Hello jiblets!!! So glad all went well. Lots of rest for you know!!!!

(Where is everyone?...)

MadMac_2

Oh Jiblets, so pleased you're back safe and sound and look forward to reading more when you're up to it - take time thought to recover! Well done, x

Cat, I'm so sorry I missed your post yesterday. What crappy bad luck that is, but yes, lets hope they find a reason in their invasive investigations and I hope you'll be back with us soon. You're in my thoughts and I hope all is OK, x

TMI alert coming up - I remember being in hospital with canulas in both arms and a silly night nurse decided one needing changing as it was getting pretty sore - so she just pulled it out! Yeah, very sensible. Two seconds later and whoosh! Blood shooting out up the curtains, over the bed, up the wall the other side! I laughed and laughed and laughed as they couldn't get it to stop for a while and I was surrounded by a sea of red - I felt like I was in the film Airplane! But then, of course, it meant I had to have another blood transfusion...

Ginvzt, sorry I am here - just frantically busy at work today. How are you feeling now? x

Meercat, all OK I hope?

jiblets1

Hi ladies.
So today was really good. I had to be at the hospital for 8, I was, and by five past I was being called through. I was rushed through the paperwork, met the surgeon and the anaesthetist and must have been under by 8.45.
I woke up by about 10 and overheard some pair of people talking and heard the word "unsuccessful". I started panicing a bit, and got all weepy (in my groggy confusion). The surgeon couldn't come through for a bit but the nurses were fantastic and someone who had been in the theatre came by quickly and said it went fine, the surgeon would be along shortly. My husband had booked the morning off to take me in, so he even had time to come back and sit with me a while before he had to return to work.

When the surgeon came through he explained that it came out fine and that the other tube, the uterus and the ovaries all look fine. He then showed me the pictures (as I'd asked) of the tube. Good lord I couldn't believe it. He showed me the good tube. It was kinda biro sized. Then he showed me the bad tube. It looked like a haggis. No lie. It was so big, it was even bigger than my uterus. And kinda doubled up, and blue, it was minging!
We asked how big these tubes can get and were told that that was pretty much how big they get. We asked if it would have been contributing to our infertility, and he said he imagined it was a major factor in our infertility.

Then I came home, packed with painkillers and some anti-inflammitories to start on tomorrow. And how do I feel? Sore, but actually, really quite fine. Weeing was strange for a several hours - I presume things were a bit swollen inside, and every 40 mins or so I felt painfully full up with wee, then went to the loo and sat there for 10 mins, willing it to come out, being rewarded with the tiniest dribble....
But weeing is almost back to the norm now. I'm tired, but determined to stay up a little longer to help me sleep through. I'm eating, drinking, updating every man and his dog about my haggis extraction and generally just feeling so relieved that it's happened, it's done and it went ok.

Thankyou NHS!
And thanks to you all for your caring and support. It really does help.

xxx