Hi all, this is my first cycle back to TTC. It's been 5/6 years since the last time. My dh has poor morphology and we ended up having to do fertility treatments and ended up doing IVF and was finally successful. I had always wanted to try at the end of this year for a transfer again but because of COVID we decided to try naturally until things settle down. I'm trying to be hopeful but my husband is doubtful we can get pregnant naturally given our past. I would love to be able to get pregnant naturally cause I don't look forward to the shots again
Are you doing anything different this time while ttc? Are you taking any extra vitamins, charting, is your hubby taking anything to help his swimmers? X
I got CoQ10 for my husband but he has zero interest in it. He said he doesn't want me to go crazy like last time with the whole temperature taking and what not so I said I will only do OPKs cause I need to at least know I'm ovulating which he understood. So if anything, I'm doing less haha. I use to take all sorts of supplements too. I'm only taking prenatals now. I guess the approach is suppose to be relaxed but when you're actively TTC can you really relax?
Hi ladies, Hope you don't mind me joining. I'm going to be ttc from August 😊. I'm very excited but anxious also. My first child was stillborn in Feb 2016, I then went onto have my rainbow in Jan 2017. Just thought I'd say hello!xx
@HippieMama4 Doctor has sent me for full hormonal panel, ultrasounds and insulin resistance resting, she said after that if necessary she will put me on Metformin. Then If I'm still unsuccessful we can move to clomid. Last ultrasound they said my ovaries were normal so they weren't concerned but didn't look at my hormonal levels which I think is the problem. 🤞🤞 I get some answers now. I've stopped temping this month just to give myself a break it was all to much for me 😩
How long did the doctor put you through testing before they will give you Clomid?(1 cycle 2, 3 ect??) and do they make hubby get tested before giving clomid? I told my hubby it may come to that if they dont find anything with me, and he was not pleased by any means...
Oh no hun af didn’t come but that’s my issue my af never comes and my body is not ovulating but I have my fertility results for hubby in August and hopefully clomid
They did cycle monitoring so basically provera ultrasound on my day 3 and sono test on my 11 day dh just got blood and sperm test and they concluded I’m not ovulating at all eggs are healthy ovaries uterus and tubes all great Eggs are not maturing
only took 1 cycle and since they knew I had no period it was pointless
Morning ladies 😊 CD6 here. Still spotting red which is unusual for me at this point. Have a UTI and feel horrible too. At least I'm off work for a couple of days and can take it easy.
@Boden that's frustrating that your dh won't take the CoQ10. I had problems all last year with dh not contributing as much as he needed to, and it took us a year to get pregnant. During the last month he finally realised that he needed to make more of an effort and he started taking some supplements. We got pregnant that month. Now we're trying again he had a dodgy month last month where he was too tired to bd enough but he's gone back onto the supplements again and I'm hoping he will manage with some more energy this month!
When you're ttc I don't think you are ever totally relaxed. I think coming on here shows we're not relaxed about it, as we want to talk about it, share tips and our stories and get as much information and support as possible.
@Mrs_T. welcome! I'm sorry to hear about your angel baby. Fingers crossed for this month.
@Pennylane87 I'm pleased that they have done all those tests, I hope you get the results soon and can start on any treatment you need.
I understand about not wanting to chart, it does get tiring. I wish I could go back to how I was when I conceived my first child years and years ago. It was just a case of taking folic acid and bd every day over what I guessed was ovulation and bam, pregnant first month with no issues at all. It's so much harder nowadays, so much more stressful and disheartening.
Hi @Fairycakes88. I wonder if the uti is making your spotting last longer this month? It's definitely good that you've got some days off to rest.
@Jasxfer congratulations! I can definitely see a line.
Cd5 for me, light bleeding which I'm expecting to stop and become spotting tomorrow. I feel really nervous this month, I feel like I'm putting loads of pressure on myself and I was saying to dh that I'm really nervous about getting pregnant again in care it goes wrong again. I would be devastated if it did. He said that if I haven't got pregnant by Christmas (I really hope I'm pregnant by then as time is ticking so quickly) he wants to have ivf. We don't have thousands of pounds sat around so it would mean saving or getting a loan, and I don't know much about it so have no idea how much it would cost (I thought about £5000?).
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Are you doing anything different this time while ttc? Are you taking any extra vitamins, charting, is your hubby taking anything to help his swimmers? X
I got CoQ10 for my husband but he has zero interest in it. He said he doesn't want me to go crazy like last time with the whole temperature taking and what not so I said I will only do OPKs cause I need to at least know I'm ovulating which he understood. So if anything, I'm doing less haha. I use to take all sorts of supplements too. I'm only taking prenatals now. I guess the approach is suppose to be relaxed but when you're actively TTC can you really relax?
Hope you don't mind me joining. I'm going to be ttc from August 😊. I'm very excited but anxious also. My first child was stillborn in Feb 2016, I then went onto have my rainbow in Jan 2017. Just thought I'd say hello!xx
Doctor has sent me for full hormonal panel, ultrasounds and insulin resistance resting, she said after that if necessary she will put me on Metformin. Then If I'm still unsuccessful we can move to clomid. Last ultrasound they said my ovaries were normal so they weren't concerned but didn't look at my hormonal levels which I think is the problem. 🤞🤞 I get some answers now.
I've stopped temping this month just to give myself a break it was all to much for me 😩
so basically provera
ultrasound on my day 3 and sono test on my 11 day
dh just got blood and sperm test
and they concluded I’m not ovulating at all
eggs are healthy ovaries uterus and tubes all great
Eggs are not maturing
only took 1 cycle and since they knew I had no period it was pointless
When you're ttc I don't think you are ever totally relaxed. I think coming on here shows we're not relaxed about it, as we want to talk about it, share tips and our stories and get as much information and support as possible.
@Mrs_T. welcome! I'm sorry to hear about your angel baby. Fingers crossed for this month.
@Pennylane87 I'm pleased that they have done all those tests, I hope you get the results soon and can start on any treatment you need.
I understand about not wanting to chart, it does get tiring. I wish I could go back to how I was when I conceived my first child years and years ago. It was just a case of taking folic acid and bd every day over what I guessed was ovulation and bam, pregnant first month with no issues at all. It's so much harder nowadays, so much more stressful and disheartening.
Hi @Fairycakes88. I wonder if the uti is making your spotting last longer this month? It's definitely good that you've got some days off to rest.
@Jasxfer congratulations! I can definitely see a line.
Cd5 for me, light bleeding which I'm expecting to stop and become spotting tomorrow. I feel really nervous this month, I feel like I'm putting loads of pressure on myself and I was saying to dh that I'm really nervous about getting pregnant again in care it goes wrong again. I would be devastated if it did. He said that if I haven't got pregnant by Christmas (I really hope I'm pregnant by then as time is ticking so quickly) he wants to have ivf. We don't have thousands of pounds sat around so it would mean saving or getting a loan, and I don't know much about it so have no idea how much it would cost (I thought about £5000?).
Babydust to all x