Long Term TTC & Assisted Conception February/March 2014

[Miss.B]

Joski, I hope the PCOS is not coming back I have a very close friend that had PCOS since her early 20's but then she underwent some program at Royal Women's in the city and they got her ovulating again and she got pg on her second IVF cycle (she had to do IVF as she has only one tube which is completely blocked).

Worrywart, nice to hear that you're recovering well . And god to kmow the lining is still good hey? Come to think of it, my IVF nurse always says my lining in always nice and thick around O time. Very reassuring indeed

Speaking about CM and all that, mine is non existent now Even if we had a chance to get pg naturally, I doubt we could, there is no sigh of cervical mucus at all. In fact, sorry this is TMI, when it comes to BD, I cringe (often I go to bed really late to avoid the special cuddles) as I am so horribly dry 'down there', it really hurts. Plus there is 0 libido as well. Actually, it's really putting strain on our sex life. Or the lack of I should say . And I have used the water based lubricant but I hate it, and it's still not nice and slippery, it actually feels very watery in there, like there is no lubrication at all. Sorry, hard to explain! I actually started taking high doses of evening primrose oil which can apparently increase the production of CM, but so far it's done nothing....

This is what happens when you get to my age

[juniper76]

Miss.B, even if you don't see a lot of CM on the TP, you can still have plenty up near the cervix. I remember one of our IUIs while TTC#1 our FS made a comment about my having good CM (while he was doing the IUI), which surprised the heck out of me because I'd been worried about not having any... Also, if you want to try a different lube, my acupuncturist recommended coconut oil... I haven't tried it (long story), but thought I'd mention it in case you were interested...

[~TT40~]

Miss.B, even if you don't see a lot of CM on the TP, you can still have plenty up near the cervix. I remember one of our IUIs while TTC#1 our FS made a comment about my having good CM (while he was doing the IUI), which surprised the heck out of me because I'd been worried about not having any... Also, if you want to try a different lube, my acupuncturist recommended coconut oil... I haven't tried it (long story), but thought I'd mention it in case you were interested...

Such an awesome compliment. Lol...wow you have amazing CM! Hehe

[juniper76]

Such an awesome compliment. Lol...wow you have amazing CM! Hehe

Lol. Our current FS came up with a good one too: "I wish I could transplant your lining into some of my other patients"... That was before my AF changes, hence me worrying that the one thing my body has always done really well might have started failing...

[worrywart]

Juniper thanks I did really need that. Right back at you.

Miss B, you too. Sounds really hard. Being in the mood is fairly rare for me too, with my back pain and also the stress of TTC. Maca I have heard can increase libido.

Yes, that is an awesome compliment! Yes, I know what you mean Juniper about thinking "well at least I've got this going for me" and then it seems like each item gets systematically ticked off as time and tests go by.

AFM, still neg on the OPK and now I am fretting that I've missed it. Which is fairly unlikely and nuts. My TCM lady says that the ovary is probably just recovering (there was a lot of surgery on the right ovary, and the left was impacted on the last lap 4 years ago so ovulation will probably be less frequent overall). I guess I never thought that my hormones and desire and so forth might be impacted and that really freaks me out. I suppose I can get scans and stuff to see whether I am ovulating naturally but prob not worth the expense esp with IVF happening in a month or so. Can you do an FET if you don't ovulate naturally? How do they time it? If this means more drugs, I will cry.

lots of luck to all,
WW

[juniper76]

WW, I don't want to make you cry, but, yes, it does mean more drugs for the FET if you don't O. There's two options - you use OI (eg clomid or FSH injections) to make you O and then do the FET, or you do a medicated FET where no O is required but you use a lot more drugs (and the s/e can be a bit nasty, especially the oestrogen, from what I've heard)... If you're having a hard time with the drugs, I'd probably ask your FS if you can do the OI option...

[Miss.B]

Juniper, I wish I had your FS! I'd love compliments like that I will look into coconut oil, I'm desperate!

Thanks for the hugs Joski, sending some your way too

Worry wart, like Juniper said, you'll need drugs of some sort if you don't O naturally. I once was on a little tablet called progynova in one of my FET cycles, because my AF was slightly irregular, and it was meant to switch off my natural ovulation, but it didn't do the job and I O'd anyway. The side effects were hideous, I was so queasy on those tabs, and it was horrible. Needless to say, I didn't take them again. My FS said that there's no point of taking them again, as if that's the way they going to make my body feel/behave, I'm better off without them. My body was just not responding well to the tabs and it was just too much stress all around, they woudln't have been of any benefit to my FET. My cycles are regular again anyway thank goodness.