Tuesday Morning DTCers

Morning All

Good Luck for your scan this morning Memi.

As for me, disaster is looming, had some pink cm last night.  Have woken up this morning to a few bits of brown and a glimmer of hope.  Just getting ready for the school run and I think af is here, no pain, but lots of red blood in cm, could not describe as af but I bet its not far away.

Mr H wants me to be positive til test day tomorrow but it has to be over and if it isn't it will not be long I am sure - I just don't know what we are going to do now! 

I have cancelled all plans for today.  This was the last chance saloon and hope is fading fast.

Sorry to be down on the first post of the day but I just don't know what to do.

Lots of love to you all - I hope you are all having a better day than me.

x

Oh HS - I really hope it isn't AF.  Everything crossed for you love, stay strong x

Hopscotch - I really do hope that it isn't AF and I have absolutely everything crossed that I can possibly cross. 

Memi - Good Luck for your scan today.

Me - Well I am on CD8 with nothing else to report.  I am at work until Thursday and then unfortunately I have to attend a funeral on Friday this week of a close friend of my H's family. 

Sending everyone of you lovely ladies tonnes of +ve vibes for wherever you are in your treatment/waiting for appointments.

Me- PCOS Diag 1997

H- erection probs

oh Hopscotch   I really, really have all my fingers crossed for you and hope that it's not AF.  Good luck hun xx

to all the other DTC's

As for me CD 14 and no real signs of Ov yet but who knows?!!

Hope everyone has a lovely Tuesday x

Sending you a huge Hopscotch, I really really hope that this has worked for you and I agree with your H please stay positive until your test day.

Good luck Memi for your scan today.

I am still feeling down, went to bed quiteearly last night after taking a bunch of painkillers and with a hot water bottle. I also not sure if I want to go to my friends funeral but am afraid it will look odd if I don't. On a more cheery note I only have 2 days of work left before my op.

and to you all.

x

Mrslf, RJ - sorry to hear about your friends funeral x

RJ - I am very sorry to hear about your friend's funeral.  Me and H have a funeral to go to on Friday and were not really looking forward to that either, but like you say, if you don't go to your friend's funeral it will look odd.  Sorry to hear that you are in pain, hope that the pain goes away soon.

Morning,

Hopscotch - I'm so sorry that the bleeding has started again. I really hope that it isn't AF

Mrslf - How is the fresh start going so far? Are you finding it's helping keep things more relaxed and fun?

Memi - lots of luck with your scan today

RJ - I was so sorry to read about your friend when I read over yesterday's thread this morning

Wannabemum - I hope that you've got some answers either a BFP or AF. I really hope it's a BFP for you though. How are you tracking when you ov? Sometimes I would ov later on clomid and it was really frustrating.

Sausbear -

Thought i'd recap where I'm at with treatment as there's a few new people on the threads and it's easy to lose track of where everyone is.

Off pill since Jan 2005, have irregular, often annovulatory cycles. I've taken numerous rounds of clomid but unfortunately no BFP. Decided to go private due to NHS waiting list in my area and just waiting to start treatment (hopefully next month). Tubes clear and scans show everything as normal.

As I said yesterday I'm not using OPKs or taking temps this cycle but going on CM I haven't ov yet but will hopefully soon.

everyone else

Morning all.  Just about to take a coffee break (decaf but )

Hopscotch - oh, crumbs, hope this is not AF.  Big and you know where we all are.

Hello MrsElf - hope the funeral passes with a quiet celebration of the life of your family friend.

RaspJ - Sorry to hear you are not well.  And as above, a quiet celebration of your friend's life rather than a day of loss.

Hi there Sweetness.  Hope you have some obvious ov signs to let you know where you are.

Just pottering on here.  Day out of the office tomorrow (still work - boo - but might treat myself to a yummy M&S lunch and not bother making a packed lunch).  9 days til I book my monitored cycle.

Will lurk for a Memi post later xxx

Good morning ladies

Hopscotch . I really hope the test is positive for you. Keep your hopes up. I know it's hard.

Petal if your lurking

KTC are you all better now as i haven't been around much?

to the ladies attending funerals. RJ good luck vibes for your op.

PB What treatment is it you'll be starting? Do you think it's IUI?

As for me (i don't know if this was the right thing to do) i stared my AF on Sunday and rang the hospital on Monday. I asked my nurse if she thought we should give IUI another go after the disaster of trying to get it through my cervix last month and she said she was happy to give it another go but to be aware that if it doesn't work again that's my 2nd go out of 3 taken!

She also said she had a new type of catheter that she could use which is softer. I've got my meds but I'm unsure whether i should have just skipped this month, had the procedure to open my cervix on the 16th Oct and then tried again the month after. The trouble is that would then be November and if that didn't work i doubt they would do it December (obviously depending on my cycle) and maybe not even Jan (again depending on my cycle) so we would be looking at FEB 09!

I thought at least if i do one now and it doesn't work then i can still have the procedure in Oct ready for Nov for my 3rd attempt if it didn't work and then go on the waiting list for IVF for the new year.

What do you think?

Hi Spring.  Can you tell us more.

Do you get 3 goes at IUI for free on NHS and then any free IVF?

Do you get 3 free goes at either IUI or IVF?

Can you afford to pay for IVF if you run out of free goes?

I'm sorry if that sounds a bit mercenary (?spelling) but I am having to think about how on earth we will afford IVF (we only get 1 free go at either IUI or IVF) and it is concerning me a bit.  I have been thinking month wise, like you - I have my monitored cycle in October, then back to Consultant - say November, then I would expect referral for IVF - maybe a month for paperwork etc so December, first appointment depending on waiting list - who knows, I'm being hopeful and thinking Feb, then treatment in March/April earliest.  That didn't seem too long in comparison to how long we have been trying already.

PR xxx

Hi PR

Sorry should have been a bit more clear. I have 3 attempts at IUI on the NHS and 1 IVF if that doesn't work (which hasn't got a waiting list). After that i pay.

It's just planning it because Christmas is coming up and the nurse told me it can get funny around that time for appointments etc.

Ah, all is now clear.  Well, if it was me, I'd do exactly what you are doing - go for it now with new soft catheter and hopefully you won't need procedure on cervix because it'll be second time lucky!  In any event, sounds like a grand plan for IUI this year then, if if IF need be, a fresh start with IVF in the New Year (but let's not get you that far )

Thanks PR. My H just said whatever i want to do, so was no help in other words

Hopefully it won't come to IVF and it sounds like a very scary process but like you said, new year, fresh start. It would be lovely to be PG for Christmas too so worth giving it an extra try.

Another question for IUI's......did your ovaries ache ALL month until your AF arrived?

Oh Hopscotch, I really hope this isn't AF.  Lots of CM is a good sign, so stay positive

Memi, thinking of you today and sending strong hearbeat vibes your way.

Lots of and to you all

Beedle x