Trying for a Baby Part 9

claire16c

vic3 wrote: »

It would be too much hassle to be in late twice...
I think I'm gonna book for the Monday. What will happen when/if it shows I haven't ovulated or only just ovulated?

I guess you just say you knew that would happen and you need your short luteal phase investigating? Perhaps try to show some 'proof' of ovulation.

Then pray they know what you're talking about?

When you saw the dr did you try to discuss this and he just told you to book tests?

firefly369

vic3 wrote: »

Great idea. I wish I could but because of the nature of my work, I can barely get time off. Shall I book for the Monday (6 days to af)?

Can you aim for the middle of your LP 3/4dpo. The test is supposed to show how much progesterone you have in the middle of your LP. For most that is 7dpo but for you it will be day 3/4.

kreativ

Thanks for link claire, will catch up on iplayer.

On CD 25 today.. Had various surges on ov test strip , esp on day 13 which was a bit strange.. We've been lazy to try this month,, BDed 3-4 days apart.. Waiting to see if Af turns up.. Fingers crossed!

Meanwhile, I'm avoiding my new temptations to start my 7 day diet.. Need to lose many lbs!! Perhaps it wont be good when TTC?

bigzippy

vic3 wrote: »

It would be too much hassle to be in late twice...
I think I'm gonna book for the Monday. What will happen when/if it shows I haven't ovulated or only just ovulated?

Book for as close to 7 days before as (as GP wants), which is the Monday. If it doesn't show ovulation then you should be offered further tests or a referral to someone more useful, and you'll be on your way to getting what you need. If it does show ovulation then you were wrong about your ov date and you'll know more than you did before. So either way, testing when the doc wants you to will make you a winner regardless, as you should get what you need out of it. Getting the blood test at what you think is 7dpo, if it's just before af, won't help you, as he won't be interested in when your period comes in regard to that, especially if the test showed ov occurred (in my experience, they're not interested in LP issues if a test shows ov happened) and if it's not what he asked for timing-wise.

Whenever I've been for tests requested on specific CDs (and there have been a lot now!) and they've fallen on the weekend, I've been told Friday if it should have been Saturday & Monday if it should have been Sunday.

Hope that helps. Good luck.

Becca, when was your scan that showed ovulation? You might just have had pre-af spotting a couple of days early. Though of course we'll be hoping it's breakthrough/implantation

Mrs tm there was a thread specifically set up for ttc related weightloss chat (though not sure if it's still going now or not) and there are also threads for weightloss over on the Old Style money board - which might give you both the support you want and some cheap ideas. There's also a Waiting to TTC thread that might be more applicable for you while not actively ttc (assuming you're following docs advise, I'm not sure what you decided)?

:wave: everyone

vic3

Thanks all for the help. Great advice as always.
The doc told me that a 7 day lp is normal lol claire

becca0417

BZ you are right! For the first time ever my body has decided to play tricks on me! My scan was 13 days ago, so at least my lp has been 1 day longer this month!

codemonkey

Woohoo - another 3lbs down and I've done almost no exercise. 2 weeks on this plan and despite not being all that good on my feed days, 6lbs lost. I expect the weight loss to go down to 1lb a week soon but this is a good start. Today I can eat what I want (trying not to exceed 2000 cals though)!

jammy26

please update me to 1dpo. Weirdly I think I felt ovulation happen and this was confirmed by my opk's!

Birdie85

Well done on the weightloss Code! :T

Any last minute testers today?

Nice to see you BZ, I love it when you jump in with lots of advice for people, you're a wise owl!

Birdie85

Oh dear, I really shouldn't have looked for cute things to buy my brother's LO, just look at these! Oh how I'd love to have a baby on the way so I could buy things like this without having to give them away! Also, a really wicked part of me doesn't want to give something like this to my brother because I don't want my baby to be 'copying' his! Yes, I've officially gone crazy!

I've even picked out the blanket I'm going to ask MIL to crochet for us when we eventually do get PG. I'd ask her to start on it now in case it takes her forever to do but don't think I'd be able to handle having anything around to remind me if there's still no baby/bump another year down the line (which is why we've bought absolutely no just-in-case baby stuff, no matter how good the deals are!).