Emma, sorry to hear AF is being nasty. If you're not already using one, I found a hot water bottle (or heat pack) always helped. Even when the naprogesic/ponstan/ibuprofen/panadeine stopped working for me, the heat helped...
Positively, sorry to hear AF arrived for you as well. I always give myself a couple of days to "wallow in self-pity", although these days it's more about having some wine and wishing AF would hurry up and end... I tend to set a time limit for how long it's okay to be down in the dumps about it - if it goes longer than the limit, then I need to start considering whether there's something more at play (eg depression)...
Girls can I ask does anyone else go gluten free for ttc? I did for 4 months before this cycle and did get good result with eggs but whether it helped, I don't know. I had a gluten feast in Noosa Just wondering should I go GF for FET?
Bunnyfeet, I don't, but I really should for the endo. There's an endo diet you can find online (and which my acu recommends) which says I should have no gluten, dairy, refined sugar, red meat, soy, alcohol, anything artificial (eg sweeteners, colours, preservatives) and so on. I can do dairy-free pretty easy and have struggled with sugar-free this year but am finally doing well, but gluten-free is harder work and I haven't gotten to a place yet where I'm ready to take on that challenge. I understand the potential benefits, but I'm not ready. For now, I just try to eat less gluten during cycles, rather than going completely gluten-free.
Positively TTC, I am so sorry to hear of your news and that AF has arrived, it is very normal to feel deflated and down but funnily enough the excitement of another cycle kicks in soon after. Weird huh?!
AFM-I am only 4 days into my TWW and it is torture trying not to think about it!
Thanks for all your thickening vibes. My estrogen was only 600 today & follicle 1.3 so another scan & bt Wednesday. My estrogen normally gets to near 1800 so can't see Wednesday being enough either. The longer o is the more chance my lining can get to right thickness.
Miss B - how was your scan today?
Babycakes - how r you today?
Bunnyfeet - sorry never done any sort of diets for ttc so can't help you.
Positively, I would always feel really down when the witch arrived for at least a few days... Then I would pick myself back up and throw everything at the next cycle. Hope your feeling ok hun x
Bunny, I went gluten free probably about 5 weeks ago now. Don't know if it made a difference but I certainly feel a lot better for doing it. I wasn't eating that much food that contained gluten anyway so I didn't have to change my diet that much x
Beau, that's great that it looks like you will ovulate a bit later this cycle! Your lining is doing really well considering your estrogen level. Fx everything is just going to fall into place this time x
Kel, GL with the TWW honey... Hope it brings you a BFP x
MyTurn, How are you sweetie? Hope your little snowflake is busy getting snug x
Juniper, Hope the witch is packing her bags for good x
Williever, Good job on picking up the exercise.. It's nice to feel like you are doing something positive for yourself x
Babycakes- How are you going sweets x
MrsOM- How are you going with the jabbing? When is your first follie scan? X
AFM, POAS again yesterday arvo (so about 20 hours after Sunday nights initial positive) and the lines are basically the same colour now! Decided to just leave my BT on Friday as I'm feeling ok now I've done a couple of hpt. still doesn't feel 'real' yet.. I feel like it's just a dream and I'm going to wake up and be back to reality.
Bunnyfeet - I have been seeing a naturopath for a while now and she recommends gluten and dairy free for 4 months before even ttc, as it takes 120 days for an egg to mature, if in this period of time your body is empty of products that it has to work extra hard digesting, then it focuses on other tasks like making really good quality eggs. DH and I are both following this routine and have been for a couple of months and we feel great. it was only thinking about it retrospectively that we were actually doing the same thing for 3 months before we conceived ds, we were doing a fitness challenge through our workplace and they had diet plans and outlines which were gluten and dairy free. So while we fell preg during the challenge which ended in mc, ds must have been part of the good eggs that came along after the diet changes (I am hoping it works again this time around) but I do think that it helps and there are loads of gluten free recipes around and you just substitute out the dairy also.
Positively - I hope that you start to feel better soon and get some answers and a plan of attack when you see the specialist this week.
Beau, I hope everything works out for you this round and that your lining does what its supposed to do.
Miss B - I hope everything went well for you yesterday
Jasmine - great news for the HPT's sounds really positive and fingers crossed you get some great numbers on Friday
AFM - the jabbing is not as bad as I thought it would be, DH cant be around while its happening as he is scared of needles My first follie scan is Friday, and I am really excited to see how things are going, slightly nervous as well as I am feeling no ill effects from the gonal and I thought that I would so not sure if its working or not.
Sorry I didn't update you yesterday, I fell in a heap after I put DS to sleep as I only got 5 hours of sleep the night before and I was utterly exhausted. I've also got my cold back after I started feeling better on Saturday . Anyway, thanks for asking about my scan ladies. I didn't get good news unfortunately. The scan showed a lovely lining of 8.4 mm, but the follicle was still there and even though they couldn't tell from the scan what it was doing exactly, the BT showed I already ovulated. I'm so cheesed off the progynova tablets didn't work on me, after they made me feel so miserable! I guess my body is just determined to O on its own. So now I have to wait till I start bleeding, then I have to wait out a cycle and then try again in October hopefully. I am so over it I can't tell you how much. Anyhoo, I will pop back later for persies, I think I will keep a low profile for a while, just feeling so deflated right now.
Thanks Jasmine and Bunnyfeet. So far I spoke to the IVF nurse based at my clinic (not the IVF nurse that is assigned to my FS) and she said that the reason why the first AF after the medicated cycle is skipped is because the meds mess up the cycle and that's why they wait for the next AF. I was waiting for the call from my IVF nurse form the FS's office today but it didn't come, I just wanted to ask her what went wrong. I'm sure it will be something along the lines of 'the meds just didn't work, we don't know why lada lada lada'.
So sorry to hear that Miss B. I would double check with your fs nurse as I was allowed to do natural fet straight after my hrt cycle that didn't work. I know clinics are all different though. Sending you hugs Hun!
Thanks for asking jasmine...I am excited for you!! But I'm keeping a low profile sorry! Just trying to ignore it in some way. Felt a bit shaky this afternoon and think my blood sugar was a bit low, but that's unusual for me, in fact I can't think of a time I felt like this before.... FX its a good sign.
I've got a job interview tomorrow, I need to do something different for a while. If I get preg - great! But I need to know my career is there for me if things don't go the way I hope.
I am stalking you all, just can't really bring myself to post much sorry! Thinking of you as always xox
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Just wondering should I go GF for FET?
. Why does your clinic make you wait out next cycle when you haven't done a FET this cycle?
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