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

Runnerduck

so sorry sk, its awful, look after youself xx

sorry your feeling low onestep, hopefully cardiff will have some hope for you xx

hope everyone is keeping ok, not much news here, felt like a human pin cushion after my second accupuncture, hubby just cringes at the thought of it but anything has to be worth a try!

juju, hope your having a great time in the USA, have a great wedding day xx

Chocolate_Cookie_Monster

chickpea wrote: »

CCM - when do you test, after the IUI? Any symptoms (not that they're much of a reliable guide to anything!)

I'm CD 24 as well. I had the IUI on CD13 which will make it a chorter cycle for me this month.

I will be waiting for AF - I'm not going to test before hand as i have quite an important weekend ahead and I don't want to be upset by a BFN. I will test on Monday (2 weeks post IUI) if I don't have anything before.

Symptoms? Well I have pre AF style cramps and I feel nauseous on and off - mainly after eating - But I think I might be imagining that and willing it. I wouldn't be surprised if AF shows - but very disappointed.

Sorry for CD1 Onestep.

Murray

SK, so sorry to hear your news. Take care of yourself & OH

chickpea wrote: »

I quite enjoyed getting an abdominal exploration - who wouldn't?

:rotfl: you do brighten up my day Chickpea!

liloandstitch wrote: »

Know what you mean, onestep - I am going to get rid too. As hubby says, if I manage it, i'll probably buy new, anyway!

Sods law says that you'll need it as soon as you've got rid...that's got to be worth a try!!

staffiecat wrote: »

OMG well that makes us strange cycle buddies

I did mention it to my GP & she thought I should be counting all the brown days as part of my period (because the red is so short) which I hadn't been doing - that would put me 2 days out with pinpointing of date - I really need to start temping!

Funny you should say about pain, I'm noticing more pain at certain points in my cycle. I thought I was finally getting more in tune with my body but maybe it is something else like endometriosis?

I'll chat to my consultant next time I see him.

Good luck for Monday!

M x

QQuaver

I'm so so sorry SK (((hugs))):(

sarahs999

so sorry sk. Sadly I know just how you feel. x

jujugaboo

So sorry kitten, my thoughts are with you. sending you big hugs.

Still not adjusted to time difference been up since 5.30am. Having a great time. Can you believe it was raining yesterday, it's the desert for pete's sake!

Cake4brains

So so sorry SK, awful news

chickpea

Do you know I look at this thread every day to find out how everyone's getting on - just recently, I haven't had much to add myself though!

That hasn't changed - CD27, nowt to report, waiting on AF - but on a 'fallow' month - and the last one of them my cycle was freakishly long and tricked me into hope - won't make THAT mistake again! Testing is next weekend if no AF.

Anyway - I hope everyone's OK on this (bound to be) fine day. I've been up since 5, (since one member of the household has stopped respecting night+day.)

I let Fireman Sam take over while I did a bit of cooking for the week ahead - some baked potatoes, lamb loin fillets (I accidentally bought these a while back in Waitrose - didn't check the price until I read the receipt later - £16 for 2!). Better be good. And I'd better not massacre them..and some pasta sauce.

For the latter, I salvaged some slightly iffy looking carrots (see, I can be thrifty!) and I chopped up a chilli (the only one from my ailing plant on the windowsill) and then absent-mindedly scratched my nostril. Ouch.

Chilli burn on the nose is no laughing matter.

Cake4brains

Oh Chickpea! Sorry to laugh but done the same myself before now :rotfl:

Im on day 5 of tablets, feeling OK and a bit more positive. Probably cos I feel like I am doing something at last. Not that I havent been 'doing something' about it every month but that obviously wasnt working

Hoping this positive mood lasts but have a feeling it wont. See.... being negative already :rotfl:

chickpea

C4B - hope the pills work. You just never know!

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The absolute worst thing is that after chopping it and infecting my nostril, I then accidentally scraped the garlic skins and chopped chilli(!) into the bin! Idiot. So I had to use 'easy chilli' after all!

(The lamb was nice BTW - but not £16 nice! What a rip-off!)

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I tested today after all that promising not to - BFN, of course. Why do I keep doing this?!

I have one more month of injections to go after that and then I'm quitting - well, quitting with the testing and what not. I'll keep one or two HPTs, but I'd have to be damn sure before using them! I still have loads of vits to take, and some 'Ovulex' tablets that I haven't tried yet, but I won't be replacing the vits when they're done. Apart from baby aspirin/folic acid.

I'm not going to 'flounce off' or anything - I'm too interested in seeing everyone here get a BFP (and hoping for everyone, seriously), but I'll be scaling back my own efforts. And when I want a drink, or blooming peas for dinner - I'll blinking well have them!

Have a good rest of Sunday!