BFP...hope for everyone!!
Hi ladies
This is a long post so bare with me...
I very rarely come on here anymore but thought I would pop back on to give you all a bit of hope and to share my story.
I started TCC in October 2008. I have PCOS, my periods were never regular (being anything between 32 & 90 days) and to top it off DH has mumps as a teenager and his sperm count was just 4M!!!!
I tried taking Metformin, Clomid, I had every test and scan under the sun and still nothing...
Then, back in Feb 2011 we invested in DuoFertility - it is a lot of money (??495) but comes with a year's gaurantee - at this stage we were so desperate we decided that we would try anything!! So, it took a month or 2 to see patterns etc, but even during longer cycles I was able to pinpoint my ovulation. I found that using this it really helped me to relax as I would always know where I was in my cycle and saved a fortune on testing bacause there was never the doubt "what if this month was a 28 day cycle" (haha - never was)!!
Anyway, then in April 2011 I had ovarian drilling done. A fairly simple, painless operation which required day surgery, but it's definitely not as bad as some make out!!
After the op, combined with using DuoFertility, I found that my cycles calmed down, my temps were more steady, but when the next BFN came along I finally resigned myself to having go down the IVF route.
I had an appointment on the 5th August 2011 to see an IVF specialist and I decided to just leave it at that.
However....would you believe it?!?!
From my Duofertility chart, I could see that I had OV'd on CD 14 during this cycle, so at 12DPO I decided that I would use up my very last HPT and to my great surprise....
BFP!!!!!!
I couldn't believe my eyes so bought another couple of tests and watch my BFP line grow stronger as I tested again on 13DPO & 14DPO.
It's still early days, I took a digital this morning which told me I was 1-2 weeks from conception and according to my dates I'm 4w2d.
So there you have it....
Never give up! I never thought I would end up conceiving naturally. We had all the odds against us and yet we did it
I had to share my story with you all as I have been on the ups and downs of this TTC emotional rollercoatser for 36 months!!!
I wish you all lots of luck and hope you get your BFP really soon xxx
This is a long post so bare with me...
I very rarely come on here anymore but thought I would pop back on to give you all a bit of hope and to share my story.
I started TCC in October 2008. I have PCOS, my periods were never regular (being anything between 32 & 90 days) and to top it off DH has mumps as a teenager and his sperm count was just 4M!!!!
I tried taking Metformin, Clomid, I had every test and scan under the sun and still nothing...
Then, back in Feb 2011 we invested in DuoFertility - it is a lot of money (??495) but comes with a year's gaurantee - at this stage we were so desperate we decided that we would try anything!! So, it took a month or 2 to see patterns etc, but even during longer cycles I was able to pinpoint my ovulation. I found that using this it really helped me to relax as I would always know where I was in my cycle and saved a fortune on testing bacause there was never the doubt "what if this month was a 28 day cycle" (haha - never was)!!
Anyway, then in April 2011 I had ovarian drilling done. A fairly simple, painless operation which required day surgery, but it's definitely not as bad as some make out!!
After the op, combined with using DuoFertility, I found that my cycles calmed down, my temps were more steady, but when the next BFN came along I finally resigned myself to having go down the IVF route.
I had an appointment on the 5th August 2011 to see an IVF specialist and I decided to just leave it at that.
However....would you believe it?!?!
From my Duofertility chart, I could see that I had OV'd on CD 14 during this cycle, so at 12DPO I decided that I would use up my very last HPT and to my great surprise....
BFP!!!!!!
I couldn't believe my eyes so bought another couple of tests and watch my BFP line grow stronger as I tested again on 13DPO & 14DPO.
It's still early days, I took a digital this morning which told me I was 1-2 weeks from conception and according to my dates I'm 4w2d.
So there you have it....
Never give up! I never thought I would end up conceiving naturally. We had all the odds against us and yet we did it
I had to share my story with you all as I have been on the ups and downs of this TTC emotional rollercoatser for 36 months!!!
I wish you all lots of luck and hope you get your BFP really soon xxx
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Congratulations and a H&H 9 months for you xxx
I have kind of lost my hope, my user name had hope in it and I have taken it off :roll:
But it was nice to read your story. Hope has been restored!
xx