Dory - hope you are doing better today. You're nanna nap sounds so luxurious - I wish I could have had one of those today!
Gigi1 - I agree, DD would not have to worry about boyfriends with all of those cousins around - but I am sure they would have been protective, not overbearing. It's nice to think about what would have been, but painful as well thinking of you and hope you're doing ok
Tenibear - sorry about the BFN, but maybe there is still hope if you haven't O'd yet, or you did O twice. I have hear of that happening. Hope you're having some fun while you are waiting.
Angelic - good luck for this cycle hun, I have my fingers crossed for you.
Hi to Powelly, cmgelles, samcougar, crumpet, hope, charlieb, lemonade and everyone else.
AFM, well I haven't O'd this cycle, even with the clomid. My FS doesn't seem too concerned but it does reinforce my theory of a dodgy ovary and therefore not ovulating each month. The worrying thing is that if we had done IVF this cycle then it would have all been a bit waste of time, money and effort. So now I am not sure what to do next. Do we keep on the original plan and do another one or two monitored cycles, maybe with clomid, or move straight to IVF? I haven't got an appointment booked with my FS so I might have to try to do that tomorrow, although she is so busy it might be ages until we can see her again. So I am just waiting for AF to arrive and feeling kind of blah and disheartened about the past few weeks.
Hasn't been too much chatter, so I can't really respond to anyone (not that I do often anyway!) but I'll update where I'm at:
I've done about three more HPTs over the past week (like a silly person) and another OPK today. All HPTs were negative, but the OPK had a faint second line. I'm not sure about these things, could that mean ovulation has happened recently or I could be getting a positive OPK in the next few days? Or am I getting my hopes up? My CM has been all over the place - egg white one day, really runny and acidic the next (I have a small cut on my finger and it KILLS when I check if it's acidic!), then dry... My cervix has been partially open (from what I can tell) for a little while now, not going up or down or getting any wider... I just want to be normal!
Tenibear - I hear you!!! I wish I could just have a normal cycle as well!!!!
I have been reading this thread but to be honest I have been going through so much sh*t lately. I ended up having to have a second D&C last Friday after some very heavy bleeding (well maybe it should be classed as my 3rd given I had to have my placenta manually removed when DD was born). Gyno was very surprised said he has never had to do a second one. To top it all off, gyno thinks I had placenta accreta which is where placenta lodges in muscle of uterus - so it was never going to come out otherwise. Lucky it wasn't worse as that can have some serious consequences.....google really is terrible for medical stuff...scares the cr*p out of me.
Tues was DD's EDD....I was OK for most of the day but unbelievably we received a card from a friend who had obviously only recently heard....which was really nice to receive but set me off again.
I have follow up with the gyno this Friday so if all was OK maybe we can actually start to TTC again???!! Who knows....I have kind of given up hoping at the moment as every time we are told it is OK something else goes wrong.
Sorry to have such a blah post but that has been my life recently...
There has been some good news though....we should be back in Perth by Xmas.....whilst I love the English summers I am so happy I don't have to do another winter here.....yay
Sorry for being MIA. Was visiting my Gran over the holiday weekend (i.e. no internet connection).
Teni – I’m sorry your body is giving you fits. Are you still tracking your temps? Did you get a rise or is it still bouncing everywhere? Do you have any symptoms? At least you’ll have the u/s in a few weeks to confirm where you are. My fingers are crossed for you!
Angelic – hope you are doing OK and have kicked the blahs. Big hugs sweetie!
Samcougar – sorry about the BFN. Love the recovery plan though (can never pass on choccies!)
Chez – Sorry you didn’t O this month, but try not to lose heart. When I had IVF in 2008, only one ovary responded and the other ovary only produced 5 eggs with only 2 that could be put back. When the cycle failed, our FS gently suggested that adoption was a great way to start a family. We took a break to think about our next step and ended up getting pregnant 2 months later w/o even trying (even tho we did m/c). Since that time we have gotten pregnant 4 more times, all on our own (if only we could figure out why we keep m/c’ing). You just never know what your body is capable of – so don’t give up!
Hope – Way to go with your four big follies! Sending lots of baby dust and sticky vibes your way!
Gigi – hope you’re feeling better hun.
SusieQ – Good lord girl, you have been through the wringer! Hopefully you can heal now, sweetie and start TTC.
Crumpet – congrats at making 9 weeks! How did the OB appt last week go?
Powelly – welcome to the thread hun. I’m sorry that you find yourself in need, but you couldn’t have found a more supportive group of ladies. Hopefully your stay is a short one.
Hi also to Lemonade, Dory, Charli, Cmegles and anyone else I may have inadvertently missed.
AFM – I am in my TWW. DH was accommodating with lots of BDing, and for the first time in a decade, I actually had EWCM! Of course the 2 days I had it I was at my Gran’s and my DH was visiting his mum 5 hours away!
I still have some hope though…
I have a follow-up appt with my RE this coming Monday. I already know that the anti-cardiolipin and Lupus anti-coagulant are negative and that mine and DH’s karyotypes are normal. My u/s revealed a miniscule fibroid that barely protrudes into the uterus (may not even be operable), but it is most likely not the cause of our recurrent miscarriages. DH is still optimistic that the RE will keep digging to find the cause, but I started getting bad vibes during the u/s. The doctor that heads the practice did the u/s and he started pressuring us about doing IUI or IVF (gave us the ‘it’s a numbers game’ speech) at which point I bluntly pointed out that the only time we haven’t been able to get pregnant was when were being medically assisted, and that we could get pregnant just fine on our own. What we really needed from them was to find out why we keep losing them. His answer was that if we did IVF, then they could genetically test the embryos to make sure we were putting back ‘good ones’. This tells me that they basically think that our problem is egg quality (of course because of my age). I could buy that if it were just a couple of m/c’s, but 6 in a row all at the same week of pregnancy with NO live births ever!? That’s a little hard to swallow. If the RE is unwilling to look any deeper than this currently VERY SHALLOW investigation, then I’ve already identified a RI in Chicago that will work with patients long distance (if I can find a local doctor willing to execute their recommended protocols). I hate doctors….. BLAH!
Sorry for the negativity there, but I’m very frustrated with smug, patronizing, close-minded doctors.
im so sorry ive been MIA i over did my net usage so that was painful for mos of this week having no net !!!
hope ur all going well, am reading along but dont often have much to contribute.....
all is going well here, nothing overly major to report.....
OB appt was eventful, should be used to that by now, had issues finding worms HB on OB's US machine so we were raced in for a emergency scan and all is well....
all going well ill be in hospy in about 3-4 weeks for my stitch......
pretty safe to say im *****ting my pants but oh well, i have full trust in my OB so i know it will be ok but u cant help but wonder.....
Chris, How very frustrating. Trouble is with this journey we sometimes find we are better informed of our own bodies than some doctors. I have no doubt there are very special and talented people out there...but as you would know...it is a NUMBERS GAME! Ha! My brother often jokes, what do you call a medical student that graduates at the bottom of their class...a Doctor. Don't get me wrong, i have huge respect for some doctors, but some elude me. Beside manners wouldn't go astray all too often.
I hope you get some good feedback soon that you can do something with.
SusieQ, Boy what a time you have had hun. Hope it is the last of the D&Cs, that is crazy business. My thoughts are with you babe and hope things calm down soon. I miss the winters in the UK...so maybe we could do a tag team. Although i do like to thaw for a period of tiem each year.
Crumpet, good to hear from you hun. Glad you are doing well. Perfectly harmless to be feelign apprehensive hun. You are doing so well.
Teni, Hope you caught ovulation hun and have some answers as to where you are at. Good luck.
All you lovely ladies, hi and hope you are doing well.
AFM- I have cut my hair off...to a jaw line bob. THis is HUGE for me. I have had the same hair style more or less for 23years...long. So a bit of an adjustment in taking care of it. I love it but trying to get my head around having to actually do it before i leave the house. Whoever said short hair was easier to care for...is laughing!
We are TTCing this month again. I am very very nervous as i think it might actually happen for us. Just a gut feeling....but we all know we get plenty of those. I have really not been well but doing ok atm. The flu is more or less gone now, just getting rid of the dregs.
thinking of you and hope you're doing ok
I just want to be normal!
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