Salt, I totally hear you on the "temping gives me something to do, something constructive to focus on while I'm doing all that waiting". Every morning I feel like I'm 1 step closer to a BFP by doing my temps. I obsessively look at the points on FF even if there's only a few points this cycle...
pash - I only ever have temped one cycle - in January - the first month I was trying to get PG in my life and the month I got PG.. so I have a decent track record with getting a BFP and temping
Last edited by kiwigirl; May 25th, 2007 at 03:26 PM.
Saltprincess, I've only seen Mike twice. I have more contact with Hilary and Linda his nurses. We've only been TTC for a short while. They offered me a laparoscopy after my MC but not sure if I need it yet? DH has been tested and all is fine there, I've had loads of BT's and Mike told us we shouldn't have a problem TTC.
Oh, the main reason I am seeing an FS is because I had a high FSH level after coming off the BCP. All fine now, though FS said he would like to keep an eye on me.
Has anyone had a laparoscopy? Why?
PS - It seems like I have taken over this thread, I am sorry, so many questions. I promise, once AF arrives I will fade into the background....Good luck Saltprincess, I have my fingers crossed for you!
RANT! I posted on another forum that I'd had an MC, one girl replied "Oh no! You are living my worst nightmare!!!" Thanks love, that makes me feel sooo much better.
Shoegal - I had a lap done years ago when my ex husband (husband at the time) and I were diagnosed with unexplained infertility afterwards. They found nothing wrong so for me it was a big waste of time. The op itself was not too traumatic but the blue dye draining from me came as a bit of a shock and I had a lot of pain associated with stitches.
Salt - I never thought of it that way regarding the EWCM after bding. We are very active in that department so that could be causing some confusion with me as well.
Shoegal - don't worry, you haven't taken over this thread! Feel free to write anytime you like, and as much as you like. I go to Fertility Specialists at Bethesda too (Dr Hart) - and my main contacts are also Linda and Hilary! That's funny. I have found them pretty good to deal with until this cycle, as I really don't see why this monitoring is necessary, and I am so sick of the early starts! I live in Atwell, 20 mins SOR (without traffic), and getting BTs before work and having scans in Claremont before work is driving me crazy! The nearest path lab to my house is about 20 mins away too, so even on weekends I have had to do the early start and long drive... such a pain. I am glad they have sorted out your high FSH. About that girl on the other thread - yeah, nice, like that helps to lift your spirits! Grrr... Yeah, it does suck having someone tell you when to 'have intercourse', but I think I am getting used to it now, strangely enough!
Salt - I have trouble distinguishing semen from EWCM too. If I don't get pg this cycle, I am going to order some pre-seed and see how that goes. I really don't see the point in the monitoring. I have asked about it and they just say they do monitoring with all treatment cycles. I don't care - I am not doing it again, and I don't care what they have to say about it. It's a waste of time and money, and temping works really well for me. I thought it would be interesting to see what happens this month, as I knew the clomid might change my cycle, so I didn't really mind having the monitoring, but there is no way I am doing it again. Even DH thinks it's silly and doesn't want to do it again. I don't even have another appointment with my FS scheduled, my last appointment he seemed to think that the problem was solved, and took off before I even had a chance to ask him a single question. I suppose if I m/c again then I will make another appointment. I don't know why they told us not to BD on Wed night - we don't have any male factor IF. I think they just wait until they see the LH surge in your BT and then tell you to go for it. I reckon it's a good idea to have BDed before the LH surge so there is sperm there waiting, so I'm glad we did it when we did. Sometimes I wonder if the clinic really is offering the best advice - it just seems ironic to me that the only cycles we have been TTC and haven't fallen have been the cycles where they have told us when to do it!
Yay on being 9DPO - you are nearly there now! I know it probably doesn't feel like it to you, but you are so close and I reckon you have a really good chance this cycle! I wish I could skip past the whole first tri too. My friend has managed to do that with each of her 3 pgs! Even without testing, I usually know if I am pg or not because I get symptoms pretty quickly, so to me it seems crazy to not know for a whole 3 months! She has a prolactinoma, so doesn't get AF without meds, so she just needs to test regularly to see if she is pg, but each time has not figured it out til the end of the first tri! I don't know what to do next time I get pg. I know a lot of women get serial HCG draws done to check the levels are going up as they should, or some have an early scan. I am too scared to do anything and have no idea how to handle the next pg. I hate waiting for phone calls to give me BT results (I even get nervous waiting for the clinic to phone me in the middle of my cycle to tell us when to BD), and scans send my head into a spin, even a follicle scan makes me anxious; I can't even bare the thought of a pg scan! Argh - that's what nightmares are made of to me! I am hoping between now and then I will figure out how I want to handle it, but I probably won't.
Satya - I have always had heaps of EWCM, but I don't do anything to encourage it. I remember as a teenager getting sooooo much, but I never had any idea what it was! It's funny to think that you don't learn about this stuff (a lot of women never will). I am glad you agree re the clomid monitoring - unless we were having trouble TTC, I really don't see why it is necessary. As I have said before, the nurses just treat me like a patient who can't conceive and stick me onto the same protocol as everyone else, when I am on clomid for a totally different reason. They just won't listen to me, and my only contact is with them, not my FS (he only works a half day a week so is impossible to get through to), so it doesn't make things easy. One thing that really proved this and irritated me is that when they sent the monitoring BT forms, they came with an "Ovulation Induction" consent form for me and DH to sign, saying that we understood the treatment was for ovulation induction, and had had the drug fully explained to us, etc. That made me so angry - I am not on it for OI, and I have had nothing at all explained to me - everything I know I got from the net, not from them! And there is no way I am signing a form that is completely incorrect, so we didn't do it. If they make a big deal about me refusing monitoring next cycle, I am going to crack it at them and just flat out refuse.
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