Blessed - I'm going to try the opt's as well, got the first response ones, I will let you know if they are OK.
berry - was thinking about the acupuncture, presume you have to find one that specialises in fertility? How much do they usually cost?
thank you ladies for replying about how long it took to conceive, think I am in it for the long haul, as I have lots on internal scarring and the cervix is scared as well, but if I don't try I'll never know.
Don't even want to go all the way down this ttc road, don't want another baby, just want my beautiful daughter, life is so unfair isn't it. Sorry everyone for your losses as well, you all give me hope as you are going through this again.
Sorry i have been MIA, I'll have to do a quick catch up later.
I have just spent 2 weeks in Queensland at Kirra in a resort after DH suprised me with it for our anniversary, AF showed up and i was feeling a bit down because i really felt positive about this time so i came home from work and the car was packed and all i had to do was get in. He wouldn't tell me where we were going until we got there! It was just so lovely, i had the best time! (i thought he was up to something when he wanted me to book holidays for 2 weeks, he said we were going to move into our new house)
Hi Samcougar, how sweet of your DH, very thoughtful, sounds like it was just what you needed!
ButterflyForever, yes I absolutely recommend finding an accupunturist that specialises in fertility. I paid about $50 per session that went for 45-min - 1 hr. I have to say that the lady I saw didn't specialise in fertility & once I realised that I was going to switch, but I thought I'd see my cycle out first & I was pg, so just stayed with her. I was looking into one that purely saw women with fertility issues & she was about $90 per session. Good-luck hun. Perhaps do some reading on it and even ring some clinics and ask it they have successfully treated patients with similar issues to yourself.
Thanks for the lovely welcome back - I missed you all and often wondered how you were all going
ButterflyForever - Hi and welcome to our little support group. I am very sorry to hear of your loss and wish our lives could have crossed paths under different circumstances I know the ladies here have been an enormous support for me over the last 6 months since we lost our son at 18 weeks. It took us 3 years to conceive him and we are hoping that it won't take long to fall pg again but my cycles have been very wonky and age isn't exactly on my side Anyway, I understand how you feel that you want your daughter back Have you got a good support network of family or friends to help you? I found talking to a psych was very helpful and got me through some of my darkest times.
Blessed - I have just used the Lullaby conceptions OPTs and found them to be cheap (I think I bought 30 of them for the same reason as you) and quite good. I did get two days in a row where the line seemed to show just as darker or darker than the control, although I still find this tricky. The digital type - Clearblue - are much more expensive but they give you a smiley face if positive rather than you having to work out the shade of the colour. While I was overseas I bought a Clearblue Fertility Monitor which if AF arrives this cycle then I will start using next cycle. I found I was just getting so frustrated trying to follow the signs of temps, CM, OPKs and maybe baby (which doesn't seem to work for me) that I wanted something that was a bit simpler so I am hoping that the fertility monitor will do this. Good luck with your OPTs and I hope your cycles settle down soon.
Beata - I am so glad that your scan went well today - yay! Take care and thinking of you hun xx
Megan - I hope all is going well with you and 2nd trimester now, how exciting! Thinking of you too xx
Bec - how are things going with you?
Samcougar - sorry that AF arrived It's hard when you are feeling so positive isn't it? I am going through the same thing at the moment - would love to have brought back an extra bundle while we are away but also I would love for my cycles to be regular again and for AF to arrive early next week. And your DH sounds so wonderful and romantic - must be related to my DH . I hope you enjoyed your break - 2 weeks at the beach sounds like heaven!
AFM, well finished my first week back at work. I do feel like I have had a good break and yes I definitely needed it. Unfortunately DH spent quite a bit of time stressing about work and after one day back has decided to pursue other opportunities. He is over trying to push for a career and has decided to settle on lifestyle and less stress instead, which I am really pleased about! As I mentioned above I took a heap of OPKs with me and I think we managed to time BDing right and DH's aunt told me that their son and DIL conceived their child in the room we were in, not that I thought it was obvious what we were up to So she thinks their house is lucky when it comes to making babies. I hope she's right. Work is crazy busy with someone in my team resigning, one on leave and one away for the next few weeks doing other stuff, leaves a grand total of me to do 4 people's work - not happy! But I'm trying not to take it all too seriously.
Anyway, I have rambled enough. I hope to be back into BB regularly again from now on.
Hey Cheryl, I had a good laugh about the baby making room, he he. I really hope it worked for you hun! Don't stress too much about work hun, luckily still you're fresh from your holiday so still feeling pretty relaxed I bet! Really hope and you get your BFP soon hunni.
Butterflyforever, thank sweetie. I know what it's like to wish everyday your baby was still here I think it would be that much harder for you as you've had a lot longer to bond with your baby girl, and to have come so far in your pregnancy. I have a little spot for Joshua where I have some photos of him and some angels and figurines and so forth, and I kiss his photo every single day and talk to him, that helps me to feel close to him. I think of it as if he was still here, I would be giving him cuddles and kisses every morning and night (and in beetween!). I don't think that's unhealty, I just miss him so much, but I have fully accepted he isn't here on earth and lives on in my heart.
I started seeing a psychologist the same month I lost Josh (every week for months, until a couple of months ago when I started seeing here once a month to help me with the transition into the new pg) and I can't tell you how much she has helped me. When I started seeing her, I really needed help, I could't cope even with all my family and friends rallying around me. I finally came to the stage when I was just really angry with what happened to me, and then came the time when I made peace with that, and slowly started to look to the future and see the sunshine again. It did take a few months, but I also longed to be pg again soon after I lost Josh, so we worked together on seperating my need to 'replace' Josh and wanting a new, seperate little baby in my life, whom I would not look at and wish he/she was Josh iykwim. Anyway, I really would recommend some help hun, sometimes it's good to talk to someone on the 'outside', it's amazing how sometimes you don't see just how much you are improving and the positive changes that are taking place. I also went to the meetings with SANDS and only stopped going when I started the treatment a couple of months ago.
I really feel for you going throug this tough time, and sometimes I don't even think it will get much easier, but it does, very slowly, and that's the miracle of human resiliance, strength and determination. Wishing you all the best sweetie and sening you big hugs hug:
I know the ladies here have been an enormous support for me over the last 6 months since we lost our son at 18 weeks. It took us 3 years to conceive him and we are hoping that it won't take long to fall pg again but my cycles have been very wonky and age isn't exactly on my side 
Anyway, I understand how you feel that you want your daughter back 
. I hope you enjoyed your break - 2 weeks at the beach sounds like heaven!
So she thinks their house is lucky when it comes to making babies. I hope she's right. Work is crazy busy with someone in my team resigning, one on leave and one away for the next few weeks doing other stuff, leaves a grand total of me to do 4 people's work - not happy! But I'm trying not to take it all too seriously.
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