Someone talk some sense into me, please!

I think I'm getting a little too chart obsessed here!

I have severe PCOS, metformin alone achieved nothing, clomid achieved nothing... and then we switched from a regular gyno to a fertility specialist.

We also have severe male factor infertility (triple defect due to a varicocele), and the FS advised that the only way for us to conceive was IVF+ICSI.

On our stim cycle I developped ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome pretty badly. We couldn't transfer.

In order to get the best outcome for a FET cycle, the FS wants to go natural, but first needs to overcome my complete and utter refusal to ovulate. That's where letrozole (femara) comes in. He had me use it for the rest cycle in between the full stim cycle and the FET which is to come...

And that's where I'm at now... It seems to have worked, and I have a very clear thermal shift. And now my chart is deemed to be triphasic. Realisticly, we have zero chance of natural conception (DH has no rapid progressive sperm).

Please, someone talk some sense into me and stop me obsessing and stressing about how wonderful my chart looks! Remind me that it means nothing, really...

BW

Awww BW what a sucky position to be in. The second (??) time you've ovulated, you've got the perfect chart yet there isn't much chance according to the experts. If it was me I'd be clinging to any last hope that it has worked naturally *somehow*.

Maybe just stick your temp & details into FF, but don't look at the chart when you do. I tend to do that around O so I can be blissfully unaware of the TWW for a short time. Sounds a little silly, but it might help you to not stress.

Awww BW... you don't get to obsess about this very often! I say go for it! LOL
Women (including myself in the passed) obsess about their charts on a monthy basis... I have to say i honestly think there is nothing you can do to stop. It's enough to drive a woman insane!!

GL and I am also hanging onto that tiny bit of hope for you!!

Tanya

Just a quick sneaky post from work... I'm feeling not too stressed any more. This is only the second time in my life that I've ovulated, and my LP was way too short the first time. So this really is the first time I've even been able to genuinely obsess over this at all.

So the simple fact that I've ovulated is an amazing achievement in itself!

And I'm starting to get pink tinged CM now... I suspect I'll start spotting shortly, and AF will be here in force Saturday or Sunday. Either that or I've been checking so often with my dangerously long fingernails that I've managed to do myself some damage!

It's all not so scary or stressful when I focus on just how much of an achievement simply ovulating is for me!

Thanks Sarah and Tanya.

BW

Hey BW,
That is so awesome that you ovulated. And definitely a great thing to focus being excited about.
I have PCOS too and haven't ovulated yet :( I would be so excited if I did!!
Good Luck with your FET.
SAM :)

Congrats Bw on ovulating!!

Now please remember our miracle baby....we were told we wouldn't conceive naturally either and have a look!!! :crossfingers:

BW CONGRATS ON OVULATING AS DANNI SAID JUST LOOK AT HER LITTLE BUNDLE OF MIRICALE SHE GIVES US ALL HOPE HANG IN THERE CHIKY I KNOW JUST WHAT ITS LIKE

:) BW, you know I'm even more optimistic for you than you are, and will say that stupidly long nails occured for me while pregnant, never before or since...

Your chart looks fantastic too! Even if you're not pg, it must be fab to have a "normal" cycle and ovulate too! And you're close to transfer even if AF does arrive.

Danni, I do think of the absolute miracle that little Mason is every day when I look at my chart. I also remember just how bad your chart actually was on the cycle you conceived.

It's really quite weird, AF appears to be starting with my temp still up. With the spotting I've got and the cramping that I'm starting to get I know this cycle will be over very soon and I'll be calling the clinic to book on for the FET cycle.

Whichever way I look at it with this cycle, I can't lose. I ovulated, I have a good luteal phase, I've got a lovely chart, and I'm just a bit closer to being able to give one of our snow bubs a chance. That thought is also really scary in many ways.

Just imagine how stressed about my chart I'm going to get when I know there's an embie on board!

Sammy, where abouts in Sydney are you located? From what I've read, where clomid doesn't work, letrozole usually does. But it also seems that my FS is one of very few in Australia that actually use it.

BW

Butterfly, congratulations for ovulating! And it's great you are looking forward to being able to book in for the cycle.

Your chart looks a lot like mine did before AF came yesterday.

BW - What a beautiful chart and coverline you have there! WooHoo for ovulating!!


Nic