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

Fairy_dust

Ooooh nearly time Frozen for your trigger! Good luck with EC. If I remember rightly you got a decent haul the last time?

Good to see you de lurking, SewIt! Hope everything is going well with you ?

Welcome Mrsvicx! What a thoughtless thing for your MIL to say. Thing is I don't think people know how to act/say to people with fertility problems (sometimes saying F all would be better ) and they come out with these gems that make you feel completely crap. I'm another unexplained one, when we had our follow up appt the other week, the Dr said that's it's not classed as infertility but that we are sub fertile. She also said that there has been loads of cases where people haven't got pregnant through ivf but have later conceived naturally so don't give up hope & be positive! I felt at least that it was encouraging

PinkTeapot I've bought my ones from Zita West's website, I know you can get them cheaper on other sites but worry about their authenticity. I've been ripped off before buying stuff online . I've got the Vitafem, Vitafem Boost, DHA & OH has the Vitamen boost. He also takes the Wellman Supplements. I also take Royal Jelly & Bee Propolis for egg quality, Co-Q10 for blood flow, Vitamin E & C for Antioxidants & Vitamin D as loads of people are apparently deficient in it & I'm never in the sun. It's just Sainsburys one that costs a couple of pounds rather than ZW one which is £10.50!! As you can see I rattle when I walk

PM you are on your stims?! The last time I was on here you had been bleeding for ages, so glad that you are finally on your treatment

Hugs to those I've missed & for those that needs them xx

Part_Mouse

Fairy

Yes finally back on menopur.I usually bleed for a few weeks on menopur aswell as it takes so long to get a follie.Looks like i will be injecting for atleast a month.Progress finally though.

Fairy_dust

A month? Poor you PM you will be like a pin cushion!! But as you say it's progress. I hope everything goes well for you. How often do you need to go in for scans? Xx

Part_Mouse

My last 2 cycle have taken 6.5 weeks of injecting so hoping it not the same this time but expecting it to be.i used to have scans twice a week but as I'm such a slow responder I'm back to once a week now.

picklekin

I like your thinking pink, "special" eh?

At least you have made progress PM, but.. A month!! Can you er, do it in different bits of you?

I've been trying to work out where I can be in my cycle but think I should probably not worry. Had a really disturbing issue at work yesterday and my DH says its verging on bullying.. trying to not let the woman get to me buts its hard, and it seems to have got worse since I had little bits of time off here and there for my M/C (I only told my boss who was super). I was told I could take a week off for "special leave" if I wanted to, but thought that would just make me more depressed so I didn't, wonder what the cow would have been like THEN! What's worse if my boss has arranged a "treat" for our team today and I have to go to the pub for lunch with the witch.

codemonkey

Arrgh CD2 emotions!! Already burst into tears once today when DH suggested I eat more healthily and now I have to go into work and deal with sad data. Seriously considering having a "migraine".

pinkteapot

code - hope DH felt suitably guilty!

pickle - can you talk to your boss if that behaviour carries on? It's the last thing you need.

AFM, OPKs work! Test line has been fainter for a couple of days and this morning I got a stonking dark line. Unfortunately, as I didn't trust them, we DTD last night because I was paranoid about missing it, so we'll have to wait till tomorrow now. Next month I will Trust The Stick.

Re pin cushions, I wasn't offered sniffy drugs for IVF so I'll be on once a day injections for two weeks and then two weeks of two jabs a day. They told me to use my lower stomach and the top of each thigh and rotate?

Part_Mouse

Pickle its in the bum, we do a different cheek every day though but it does get rather sore after 6+ weeks.

Code hugs to you, men can say the most thoughtless things. I hope he feels bad for it.

picklekin

I had an allergic reaction in India once, and they injected Valium in my bum with a MASSIVE needle.. hurt to sit down for weeks. Not sure why I just felt the need to share that

Part_Mouse

Pickle Valium is much better swolled