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

pinkteapot

Lisa - fab, fab news!! What an amazing fertilisation rate - you must have had some great quality ingredients.

WW - welcome back my lovely. Will be keeping everything crossed for your cycle.

Laura - good luck this month!! Is Clomid being used for a particular issue or are you unexplained infertility? I'm sorry - I always lose track of peoples' stories.

Floaty

Lisa that's amazing, got everything crossed for you xx

Smookle, how are you getting on?

Laura, hope the clomid continues to be unobstrusive - I didn't find the side effects bad at all. I guess it varies from person to person

WW, I'll be starting our first cycle (SP) in January, rather nervous but trying to just enjoy December before really getting prepared come new year. Obv still on vitamins, got a CD ready to go. Do you have any particular things planned to help get ready? Skaps is also cycling at a similar time - starting in December I believe.

Skaps, good to hear about your boss. I'm hoping not to have to tell work, but DH told his boss the other day and the first word out of his mouth was 'fantastic!' (I think he meant that we were trying IVF, rather than that we couldn't get pg without help, iyswim!) Good to know some bosses are sympathetic.

Everyone else - I'm eating absolute rubbish at the moment and loving every second! Although in response to all the socialising etc I'm trying to eat well on the rare evening we're at home - homemade veggie and lentil soup yesterday :T

PS Chickpea, if you're still lurking, congratulations!

chickpea

Hi -

Thanks everyone!

PTP - since you ask, what I did different was that after 4 years of BFNs, I started the Dukan Diet in Jan 2013 and stuck to it for over 12 months ('My Year of Meat'). I lost about 3 stone in this time.

I had 3 m/cs as well during the same year, but then conceived this one this March and, to help it stick, bought Cyclogest from Ebay. (GP wouldn't give it to me.)

Something worked!

xx

Metranil_Vavin

Massive congrats chickpea. Well played

Lisa- am lurking and wishing you all the best xxx

Slinky_Selina

Hey guys

Long time no speak to some of you, thats if you all remember me. Still here, still waiting after 3 years now. Finally got prescribed Clomid after losing over 6 BMI points in the past few month, still at 39 BMI though, I've also got my TSH levels down to around the 1 mark, and periods and ovulation finally regular after 2 years so hopefully having a more healthy body will help.

I'm just all a bit confused about this Clomid and, I suppose side effects. I knew some of the side effects were abdominal cramps, but blimey I was doubled over in M&S, not sure I could cope with them every time I take it! The main thing I'm wondering whether people carried on 'twinging' down there after stopping it. I've had my Day 21 test done today but it feels like little tugs, just a bit further up from my pubic line. It's very odd, and the nipples feel a bit irritated. Is this normal, part of the 'super ovulation'? I'd be interested in knowing!

codemonkey

Don't go onto the Should you have children if you can't afford it thread. Apparently we're all selfish, infertility treatment shouldn't be available on the NHS and we should all 'just adopt'.

lulu_92

codemonkey wrote: »

Don't go onto the Should you have children if you can't afford it thread. Apparently we're all selfish, infertility treatment shouldn't be available on the NHS and we should all 'just adopt'.

*delurking*

My heavens, what a horrible thread that is!

*lurking*

codemonkey

Slinky_Selina wrote: »

Hey guys

Long time no speak to some of you, thats if you all remember me. Still here, still waiting after 3 years now. Finally got prescribed Clomid after losing over 6 BMI points in the past few month, still at 39 BMI though, I've also got my TSH levels down to around the 1 mark, and periods and ovulation finally regular after 2 years so hopefully having a more healthy body will help.

I'm just all a bit confused about this Clomid and, I suppose side effects. I knew some of the side effects were abdominal cramps, but blimey I was doubled over in M&S, not sure I could cope with them every time I take it! The main thing I'm wondering whether people carried on 'twinging' down there after stopping it. I've had my Day 21 test done today but it feels like little tugs, just a bit further up from my pubic line. It's very odd, and the nipples feel a bit irritated. Is this normal, part of the 'super ovulation'? I'd be interested in knowing!

Wow. Sorry Selina, I didn't take clomid - but I do get some ovulation pain - perhaps superovulation is like that x100.

tea_lover

Grrr....just seen a quote from the Australian prime minister, apparently "all parents will be horrified" at the stabbing of 8 children from one family in cairns. Of course, as I haven't managed to get my shoddy uterus to produce a child I couldn't give a fig about dead babies. Idiots.

codemonkey

tea_lover wrote: »

Grrr....just seen a quote from the Australian prime minister, apparently "all parents will be horrified" at the stabbing of 8 children from one family in cairns. Of course, as I haven't managed to get my shoddy uterus to produce a child I couldn't give a fig about dead babies. Idiots.

By implication all childless people think stabbing children is a good thing!