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

chickpea

Thanks for the advice Murray!

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So the colonic had one benefit - I have lost another pound! That's 2 stone 6 now - and I'm tantalisingly close to a BMI of 28 - my goal is 25. I gave away a load of clothes yesterday - it felt good!

QQuaver

Good morning:wave:

OPK last night had a line, but I'd say about 40% there. Not positive. The one on Friday night was darker:huh: CBFM is a definite Low, with only the faintest LH line, and estrogen is solid (very low):(

My temps are still higher than usual (36.71c, cover line is usually around 36.5c). So I'm guessing my hormones are still out of whack, and I won't ov anytime in the near future:(

chickpea wrote: »

Despite not being pregnant, I have now had five different people - that I'm not married to - poking around in my nether regions since last September:

Let me see, since 2009 I had four:o No colonics yet:p
Well done on losing another pound:T

liloandstitch wrote: »

we have decided to delay IVF.

I think it's good idea, better to get yourself into tip top condition.
Perhaps you'll get pg naturally while waiting:cool:

Plus my DH is really worried about me taking all those drugs, both from the cancer and my temperament point of view!

I wonder how bad those drugs are?:(

chickpea wrote: »

He has decided to give us £1500, just like that.

That'll take the sting out of all my excessive healthy living/fertility spending recently!

Yay!:j
It's good idea to share it while one is alive, so that you get to see where the money goes and get all the thanks:cool:

codemonkey wrote: »

I just wanted to say how much I admire you all for staying so positive despite what life is throwing at you

Thanks:o

codemonkey wrote: »

They've found that my levels of prolactin are 3x higher than normal levels, but they wont treat me because I still have periods.

High prolactin stops ovulation, so if you have periods, then perhaps you are ovulating OK?
Good luck:o

jujugaboo

Welcome codemonkey - I had really high Prolactin levels when they discovered I had an underactive thyroid but as soon as I went on medication it sorted it out and I was having normal periods just wondered if they had done a blood test for this.

Lilo - its really good that you are waiting until your body is ready and your looking into things more closely, I hope everything works out.

Nichart - glad your resting hope its all sticking well

Chickpea - well done the weight lose but not sure I could do the colonic. Enjoy the money too. I wish my FIL would give us something to help us out with the ICSI, he is a Lord and a Sir and a millionaire.

Toni, hope your doing OK, all signs sound really positive, fingers crossed for tues.

Darkphaery

Hi everyone
I am moving across here from the TTC thread, me and DH have been trying since May 2010. It seems like a big step moving across here and it's taken me a while to build up the nerve DH has has his SA done and all was fine, i've just had my 1st 21 day bloods done and results have come back as 'confirmed ovulation' so in theory we are all working. I guess the next step is to check that i am a hospitable environment for his little swimmers. It's reassuring to know that we're both working how we should be but it makes me question why it's been a year and still nothing. I think we've had more s@x in the last 12 months than we have in the 10 years we've been together :rotfl:
I know people have been going through this a lot longer than i have and i would appreciate and advice offered and hope that i can offer some words of comfort when needed.

QQuaver

I think I may have a left over corpus luteum cyst:( That's the only explanation I can think of for my continuous high temps since AF (I'm CD17). Not pg obviously (have tested).

My chart is here: http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/286900
As you can see, it is above my usual cover line of 36.6.

I'll hope it'll go away by itself:o

Hi and welcome Darkphaery:wave:

toniq

Ladies,

I went to loo and had a very slight tinge on the paper.

Got devastated took a pregnancy test and it shows i'm pregnant.

Am i pregnant or not? x

QQuaver

toniq wrote: »

Ladies,

I went to loo and had a very slight tinge on the paper.

Got devastated took a pregnancy test and it shows i'm pregnant.

Am i pregnant or not? x

So long as it's a very slight tinge, the baby should be OK?
(((Hugs)).

toniq

Spoke to oncall dr and they said it's normal for a slight brown discharge type thing expec with all the oestrogen being produced and not to worry, they want me to test thursday and if still showing pregnant which they think it will then to call and book a scan for a few weeks time x

god it never rain but it pours, now i'm gonna be 24/7 knicker checking for day x

omg i actually have a bfp?!?! x please please stay x

lisawood78

OMG Toniq.

A very very tentative congratulations, but I understand it is only one step in a long line of steps.
But it is very common to have a coloured discharge, and even some bleeding in pregnancy at any stage so hold on to that and I am so pleased and excited for you
LW78

jujugaboo

OMG Toni, having everything cross for you that it is a bfp. Take it easy.