Trying to conceive/Planned parenthood/Assisted Reproduction Chat thread.

angeldelight wrote: »

Hi ladies, just wondering - I know sore boobs is an early pregnancy sign. What do they mean by sore? I have really tender nipples (haha sorry tmi) but the rest of my boobs are fine?! I don't know if I'm just imagining things? Even lying on my front in bed last night was sore. Dunno what to think

Tender nipples as opposed the sore boobs were my first pregnancy symptom.

Best of luck x

Just got the results of my blood tests, doctor is happy that I've plenty of eggs but is convinced its pcos from looking at my LH levels. She reckons I don't have cysts and it's more of a Chemical thing.

She's booked me in with a gyno who has a reputation for being fantastic, Cathy Casey, and she'll finish off with a scan and a proper diagnosis.

She said I'll probably be started on Clomid and is very optimistic of my chances, I've asked about metaformin as I'm very overweight at 15 stone and haven't ever been able to lose it despite being very active and eating mainly paleo, so worried about the insulin aspect as I read this could cause miscarriage,gestational diabetes and deformities if left untreated but she doesn't seem too keen on the idea.

I don't know anyone with pcos so not sure if I should insist or just go along with it. Although, I haven't met Cathy yet so she might have something different to say.

At least, at the end of the day, it's a fixable problem, so woo hoo for that.

Also sticky bean, hope this is your month, you sound like yr having a great month and I'm glad yr having fun with it! It's so hard to keep the romance going in these situations,!

stickybean wrote: »

hey whatdoicare, good news that there are loads of eggs, when is your appointment? Hopefully it won't be too long away

I don't know yet, Doc is sending on the letter and then they'll ring me. It's a big relief anyway to know it's not premenopause!

Hi all!! I new to this thread but have been TTC for 1 year now. So frustrating. I have a 4 year old already and honestly didn't think TTC no 2 would be so difficult.... Any way I'm off to the GP tomorrow to see where we go from here. I'm just looking for advice really on what to ask my GP or to expect? should my husband go too?? Feeling a bit nervous... thanks!!

Digs wrote: »

I have pcos too, diagnosed about 8 years although for the last year or so to look at my blood tests and scans you wouldn't believe it as they were all in the "normal" range. From my experience with trying different things I put this down to metformin (glucophage) and diet and exercise, the metformin was necessary to kick start my metabolism and then the rest fell into place with a a good bit of elbow grease! Although in the past I have been overweight my weight is now healthy for my height and I really believe this helps your body do what it's supposed to re ovulation etc.

In my experience GP's really aren't equipped to deal with PCOS so I would wait to speak to your consultant before deciding on a course of treatment, there is really no way to know if there are any cysts without a scan, I had no pain with mine. I went down the endocrinologist route instead of gynae but ttc wasn't a priority of mine at the time so in ways I had a good head start. I fully believe the metformin coupled with a change in diet and exercise is how I fell pregnant, am 14weeks now

Hoping all goes well for you and now that you have a diagnosis your ttc journey will be a short one

Congratulations Digs! Fantastic news!! Love hearing stories like yours! :):)

Fingers crossed that I'll be somewhere closer to getting sorted in the next few months - I'm hoping that my chat with my Gynae will give me the news I want to hear and that i'll be posting lovely news like you.

Have to stop looking it up online, I'm just scaring myself. :rolleyes:

Cha19 wrote: »

Hey girls, myself and my gay partner are ready to have a kid and we just want to get sperm and do a turkey baser job on it, anyone recommend a clinic? In remand we just can't buy the sperm so were gonna have to go out of the country to get it, any help would be greatly appreciated :-)

Hi Cha, Just wanted to say that none of us on here are ignoring you, it's more I think that we don't have anywhere to recommend. I do however wish you and your partner all the best. Might there be more help in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender forum? Someone there might have already dealt with this issue.

meggysmom wrote: »

Hi redcrayon,i just wanted to give you a quick reply,i too was on this thread for a few months.I have an almost 4 year old little girl,when she turned 2 we decided to try for another and just presumed it would happen within 6 months,fast forward 13 months and no pregnancy and I was in some pain during ovulation,I went privatly to a condsultant through my gp and within 9 days of meeting him I had a laproscopy,turms out I had a little endometreosis and my right ovary was glued to my pelvic wall because of this,I also had a cyst,I was so glad to find a reason for my pain and it was all fixed and put back in place during the op.On the 5th cycle post op we got our bfp,I am currently 15 weeks and doing great.

I am almost 32 and never had any reason to think I had these issues as I have been on birth control pretty much full time since I was 18.Having a talk with your gp and asking for a referral to a gynacolgist as they are more up on these issues than a gp.I wish you luck and hope you get your bfp really soon:)

I don't have any previous kids but my situation is almost identical to meggysmom. I'm 32 also and only went to the gp on the tiny off chance that something was wrong. Turns out that I had 2 cysts which were removed by laparoscopy. I think it was our 5th month post op when we got our positive. 19 weeks now and all going ok. Just wanted to reassure you that sometimes it can just be a small fixable problem.

Welcome back Neylite, best of luck on your new journey pet xxx

And big congratulations on your little boy x

Just wanted to update the thread as I'd been on asking about sore boobs etc - well they got progressively sorer and more tender (even brushing my coat off them was killing me), so I did a pregnancy test and it was negative. 2 days later the sore boobs disappeared!

Had my first period in 2 years at the weekend (been on cerazette so haven't had any) - don't really remember if it was heavier/lighter than previous but the cramps were 10 times worse than I ever suffered before... just hoping it was because it was the first in so long. Feeling reasonably positive, glad to have it over and done with so I can start seeing how long my cycle is etc - not doing any heavy duty planning at the minute just seeing how we get on

Hope everyone else is doing ok x

Sorry to hear about your loss Roesy xxx

Wishing you the very best of luck on the next phase of your journey pet x

Got my appointment for the Merrion, it's not till Feb, a tad disappointed as we rang the clinic 2 weeks ago and they said the list was 6-8 weeks so we would be seen before Christmas :mad:

Anyway, as my Nan always said everything happens for a reason, so I suppose we can relax over Christmas.

I booked in for reflexology on Monday, looking forward to it.

I also have my 21 day bloods that morning. Having a weird cycle this month, I was spotting for 2 days before I got my period (I never have spotting) then day 3 full blow period, but NO pain! Very strange. Ovulated (according to 2 postive OPK's) on the Friday, which was 13 days after the spotting started and only 11 days after what I think was a full blown period.

So yeah I'm just going to come off the pill and we'll see what happens... That lasted all of five minutes! I just have too inquisitive a nature to do that, ended up reading loads on TTC, buying a thermometer and the fertility friend app and been temping. Just trying to get a handle on my cycle as didn't have one for so long. So technically I'm on the 2 week wait but my chart looks loopy so not really sure if I am or not =\

So myself and my husband are going to start TTC as soon as my current stock of the Pill runs out. This will be on Dec 29th!! Very excited and scared too at the same time.
I'm 35 and worried that we'll have difficulty/ not be able to have a baby. I've mentioned this to my GP and she said that I'm worrying in advance and that there is no reason why it shouldn't happen. She also said that I'm more likely to conceive in the first few months after coming off the Pill.
I have no family history (for what its worth) of my sisters having difficulty conceiving and my mum had 6 of us. I also had to have a pelvic scan a couple of years ago and everything looked perfect according to the doctor who read it.
Is there anything I should/shouldn't be doing? I've been taking folic acid, don't have any extra weight to loose, exercise could be picked up a little but its not totally absent, I don't smoke, eat healthily, drink moderately.
I know I'm probably being silly but its very hard not to think about it.

Ah Barbie don't be so hard on yourself, if it was too painful it wasn't your fault. Maybe next time ask for something to take the edge off the pain?

Lucyfur - I do try, but being a medico-science nerd I'm hopeless at just going with the flow!