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

emmzy

Hiya All! Just popped back to say huge congrats LL hope this is the sticky one! When your ready come join me on the less than 12 weeks thread, all they talk about is food and eating on there I swear youll get fat just reading it! x

Winky,_The_House_Elf

Wow what a week! Congratulations to LL and Skintcat!

Winky x x x

hamish222

Congrats LL really pleased for you

Leopardlady

Thank you ladies and i really hope some of you can join me! I am still just trying to think about other things, although remembering not to have that glass of wine on friday was tough! (not an alcoholic, just a very very tough, long week) then we had a huge family birthday, but i was designated driver so that helped!

Hope you are all well

JohnnieStar

Aww LL. You will get used to it!

AFM, I lost another pound! x

liloandstitch

Well done JohnnieStarr

ginvzt

Wrote out a post earlier and lost it, so here we go again.

It is very quiet after all the good news we had. Nothing to report here - CD24, so still a while before AF due. Temps are still keeping up, but then it is not time for them to drop either! Once AF here, I am on half Clomid dose.

I am just fed up with that work trip - now it seems like we might have to be flying out over Easter weekend... Whole month they have been dragging this out and obviously, chose the best possible time. Should know for sure if I can have quiet Easter at home or do I need to pack my bags.

I am trying to keep up with my exercise regime and I am off for another run at the gym tonight. I need to get my weight off at a bit faster pace than so far, or IVF funded by NHS is not going to be an option. I was saying to OH this weekend that if week or so before appointment I am not hitting BMI 30, I will do all it takes to lose the last pounds/kilos. Crash diet, starve - anything. Although, I love my food, so it probably won't happen (I wouldn't be this size if I didn't like my food!)

jiblets1

I had my first date with wandy today. I really didn't imagine that my first ultrasound would be without a baby inside me. I didn't realise it was the same machine. That was a bit hard.

Also, although my womb looked fine, my right ovary looked polycystic. She was clear to emphasise that that does not mean I have PCOS, as my hormones are fine. The hormone that was meant to be tested in Glasgow didn't go. ARSM or something, I can't remember what she said, but it's the one that says how many follicles developed. So that blood was taken today and the results will be back in 4 or 5 weeks.
She explained that having a polycystic ovary can result in hyperstimulation during IVF, which can be problematic. They won't do anything differently when it comes to the IVF, but they will monitor me closely because worst case scenario is hospital and lots of badness. It could also mean that they would need to stimulate and harvest eggs in one cycle, and actually implant them in another cycle as hyperstimulation+pregnancy = bad stuff.

So I'm a little wound up. I feel gutted that there's another thing to add to the list of things stopping me having a baby.

Also (again with the also), I'm considering going private for a cycle while I'm on the NHS waiting list. I'm not sure how I feel about this. It maybe seems a little wasteful? It's not my money I'm considering, it's my parents' (they are great). They are the ones that have suggested I consider it . They aren't loaded, though they can afford it - it's already put aside. I just don't know how I feel about it. I am fed up of waiting, and I do feel out of control. Going private would do something about that. But it feels like throwing money away, when patience would possibly (hopefully) prevent the need to go private at all.

Big day. Lots of thinking.

nichart20

Hi ladies it has been quite on here!!

Hope things are going well for you PG ladies

ginvzt good luck with getting the BMI down
my downfall has been getting my neices/nephews, friends kids easter eggs in while they have been cheap I have been eating them OH must hide them bad bad me.

jiblets1 sorry your having a few problems, at least its been found out. What a hard one to decide but if it will be a while until you get started with the nhs I would say go for it with private but that's easy for me to say, whatever you decide lots of good luck

Its my appointment tomorrow , I am so glad it's here at last i will be on tomorrow with an update, I am hoping they can give us idea on a start date, anyone watching supersize v's superskinny tonight?

angelavdavis

Well no news here other than AF arriving on day 31 - the longest cycle I have had since starting TTC.

Sorry jiblets about your news.

Good luck Ginzvt with your continued weightloss.

I will need to knuckle down and get rid of my winter weight. Hopefully once the weather picks up, I will use the car less and walk more as I usually do which helps a lot.

I have been very down lately - a mix of TTC blues, not setting time aside to have fun, poor sleeping patterns and a virus that seems to come and go but which I am struggling to get rid of.

DH and I are off to the London Dive show this weekend which will be a treat and mean we can look forward to booking a dive holiday soon which we are long overdue. The trip to Las Vegas at Christmas was fab, but seems a long time ago now.