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

Derby2

Thanks TeamLowe & BZ...I'm trying really hard not to be bitter about how life isn't fair but I must confess I'm struggling at the moment.

It doesn't help when people say that now I've been pg once, it can happen again and I have to remind them that it took me 4 years to manage it once and that nothing can bring that baby back.

BZ-it was my 5th cycle of clomid (I think it was 5th-certainly more than 3rd) that got me my BFP...I really hope you get yours.

tea_lover

Derby - so sorry to hear that. Hope today's going ok for you, take care xx.

I just checked by bank account and I got paid £38 last week! (I only did 3 days so wasn't expecting a fortune but still, £38?!!!) Apparently I was on the wrong tax code and it's been sorted now and that was the difference. I don't think I'd have got out of bed if I'd known I was only getting paid that little lol.

juju - thanks for the reassurance re. the bruising. I was getting a bit worried I'd done something really bad to my own leg. Managed it fine today and there isn't a mark there so hopefully yesterday was a one-off. The bruise keeps scaring me everytime I catch sight of it!

mrshappy

Hugs Derby, take care of yourselves x

tea-our nurse said it was fairly common to bruise, and it's not that anything is being done wrong, it's just the injecting-she said it would prob bruise no matter if she did it or I did it. I'm jabbing the tops of my thighs as there is plenty of space there!

Am off to first acupuncture appointment this evening-feel a bit weird about it, but don't know why

fluffnutter

tea_lover wrote: »

juju - thanks for the reassurance re. the bruising. I was getting a bit worried I'd done something really bad to my own leg. Managed it fine today and there isn't a mark there so hopefully yesterday was a one-off. The bruise keeps scaring me everytime I catch sight of it!

My stomach ended up scattered with little bruises and I could never work out why some injections bruised and some didn't. Basically I think sometimes you nick a capillary - it's not painful or dangerous but it ends up bleeding slightly into the surrounding tissue creating a bruise.

It's just par for the course I'm afraid. Try not to worry about it. They fade quite quickly.

bigzippy

Feels like this is too impossible this afternoon

Too many pg announcements, massive bumps, and newborns atm, creating an overload of Empty Womb Syndrome, I think

TeamLowe

Lots of love bigZ, can't really say much to help atm as I feel the same x

TTC40

bigzippy wrote: »

Feels like this is too impossible this afternoon

Too many pg announcements, massive bumps, and newborns atm, creating an overload of Empty Womb Syndrome, I think

TeamLowe wrote: »

Lots of love bigZ, can't really say much to help atm as I feel the same x

Ditto!

I'm having my FS appt & scan on Sat for cycle 4 of Clomid. If it goes as previous cycles, I will get a trigger injection on Monday & ov on Tuesday night - although could be a day earlier.

Work for both of us on Monday/ Tuesday is involving a lot of travelling/ away overnight so it's a bit of a nightmare trying to make arrangements with work/ colleagues when actually we want to say that we can't travel as we need to be home to BD! Trying to be vague with them at the moment - which isn't helpful when we won't know for sure until Saturday.

It's just flippin' difficult! Especially when I think that I've got clear tubes, OH has got good swimmers, we've been BDing at the right time & I've already had 3 Clomid cycles - yet still unsuccessful.

mrshappy

Yay, I have been acupunctured, all relaxation benefits of it have been knocked out by my mum being taken back into hospital though I am very proud of myself for letting my feet be done as I hate my feet being touched. The acupuncturist recommended raspberry leaf tea just now (gets the blood flowing) and royal jelly supplements (queen bee=mega fertile=lots of eggs) so I'm sitting her like a pincushion drinking raspberry leaf tea and ordering royal jelly online Oh yeah-also I've to visualise lots of good strong eggs as I'm injecting

Whattodonow

Derby so sorry about your news. It is unfair Take it day by day xxx

BZ seems like you're going through hard times at moment. I imagine having high hopes with clomid and then still no bfp is gut wrenching. Nothing I can say to make it better but sending a virtual hug xxx

Whattodonow

I can't believe I'm still trying nearly two years later (and I know that's only a short period compared to others). Sometimes I just think, I did not imagine this would ever happen. What is going on? And I wish, if I'm never going to get pregnant, I could just be told right now, so I don't have to go through this for however many more years to come.