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

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  • Registered Users Posts: 299 ✭✭applesock


    congratulations detective thats great news :) for some reason never really though of stress effecting conceiving but makes sense, like the idea of going away around ovulation :) im at my dates, but think its freaking the OH out so he hasnt come near me :mad: told me next time im ovulating not to tell him :D so here's hoping for next month to go better :rolleyes:baby dust to everyone


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭DetectivFoxtrot


    thanks Applesock ;)
    my Other half hating knowing when I was ovulating and it did affect his performance sometimes so I tried to keep it a secret from him. Best thing to do is try have sex every 3 days or so, every two around ovulation, and don't mention the O word at all to him! He'll soon forget about the anxiety! Good Luck
    :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,185 ✭✭✭Tigeress


    Hi Ladies, hope all are well :)
    Well I've still one week to go to the dreaded P.. I'm still feeling positive about this months try but at the same time I'm not.. Here's hoping it's good news! I saw my pregnant friend today & it wasn't as bad as I thought, I was so upset the last time we talked (when she told me) that I wasn't sure how today would go :( but it was good, still jealous though :(
    I'm on a weeks hols from work this week so I'm gonna just relax & take it easy, usually I hope my week off will go slow but I'm wishing it past so I can just know :o


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,513 ✭✭✭✭Lucyfur


    I'm mid cycle and usually have shown lots of signs of ovulation at this point....but this month, nothing:confused: No signs and the only symptoms are a little bit of cramping and backache??:confused::confused:


  • Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,947 Mod ✭✭✭✭Neyite


    Detective,

    BIG congrats on your great news ! Hope your pregnancy continues safely. Best of luck, I am so thrilled for you. :D


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  • Registered Users Posts: 299 ✭✭applesock


    haha thanks detective im going to keep a secret from now on , he'll be none the wiser he did say it was freaking him out & how we shouldnt be looking at dates and to just let it happen. We'll see how it goes.


  • Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,947 Mod ✭✭✭✭Neyite


    Poor blokes do tend to get a bit freaked out if you go into too much detail.
    I just say "better get well rested at the weekend, you are on duty next week" and when I ovulate he is told he is on "double shifts" :D

    I remember when I was first trying to conceive, reading on an american forum a post from one poster saying that her hubby was not enthusiastic when she would text him 'cervical mucus egg white, temperature at such-and-such, I am ovulating, meet me at home asap' A genuine 'helpful' reply shocked me- a poster said that her hubby had the same 'problem' and that she informs him she is ovulating , and goes into the bedroom and gets sorted with the Preseed, he logged onto the internet to find porn and 'helped himself' and basically leapt onto her for the 'finale' :eek:
    I was really shocked at that, so I vowed that I would not swamp him with the knicker-watch stats, just keep it as light hearted as possible. At other (off -duty) times we have discussed the various things I have learned about the different hormones, and how they work, etc but not around "business time" which (off topic)reminds me of this song:




  • Registered Users Posts: 1,185 ✭✭✭Tigeress


    Neyite, that video is hilarious!! :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭DetectivFoxtrot


    Neyite wrote: »
    I remember when I was first trying to conceive, reading on an american forum a post from one poster saying that her hubby was not enthusiastic when she would text him 'cervical mucus egg white, temperature at such-and-such, I am ovulating, meet me at home asap' A genuine 'helpful' reply shocked me- a poster said that her hubby had the same 'problem' and that she informs him she is ovulating , and goes into the bedroom and gets sorted with the Preseed, he logged onto the internet to find porn and 'helped himself' and basically leapt onto her for the 'finale' :eek:


    I never had to resort to that thankfully, but I think it's common (I see it on fertility websites too), especially for couples who have been trying for a long long time. I mean, the guy does have to be 'in the mood' whereas we can just lie there ( :o ) if needed, i.e. in times were our sexual desire is low but we need to do it because we're in our fertile window. But men, they have to WANT it for things to 'happen' - lol, oh the joys!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭DetectivFoxtrot


    Lucyfur wrote: »
    I'm mid cycle and usually have shown lots of signs of ovulation at this point....but this month, nothing:confused: No signs and the only symptoms are a little bit of cramping and backache??:confused::confused:

    what's your cervical mucous like? are you under any stress?
    cramping is definitely a sign. Is it like ovulation pain?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,513 ✭✭✭✭Lucyfur


    what's your cervical mucous like? are you under any stress?
    cramping is definitely a sign. Is it like ovulation pain?

    Was egg white like and stretchy this morning (sorry if TMI) but now it's gone....nothing. It's strange as usually I'm the same every month. My cycle is very regular.

    I'm not under any unusual stress. I'm a bit crampy this evening but its....different? I don't really know how to describe it but it's not my usual cramping:confused:


  • Registered Users Posts: 57 ✭✭SHELLBABE10


    Hi Girls,

    Hope you dont mind if i join u's? Im about to start my first ivf.Starting the down regulating injections this thursday:) I did 2 iui's last year and was unsuccessfull so we decided to just go for ivf instead of trying a few more iui's. Any advice?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭DetectivFoxtrot


    Lucyfur wrote: »
    Was egg white like and stretchy this morning (sorry if TMI) but now it's gone....nothing.

    you're fertile girl, get busy ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭DetectivFoxtrot


    Hi Girls,

    Hope you dont mind if i join u's? Im about to start my first ivf.Starting the down regulating injections this thursday:) I did 2 iui's last year and was unsuccessfull so we decided to just go for ivf instead of trying a few more iui's. Any advice?

    hi, I have no advice, but just wanted to wish you the best of luck with yout IVF. Hope it all works out. ;)


  • Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,947 Mod ✭✭✭✭Neyite


    Hi Girls,

    Hope you dont mind if i join u's? Im about to start my first ivf.Starting the down regulating injections this thursday:) I did 2 iui's last year and was unsuccessfull so we decided to just go for ivf instead of trying a few more iui's. Any advice?

    I'm not undergoing IVF, am on Parlodel for my woes but wanted to say hello, welcome to the chat thread and hope that your IVF journey goes well. I have found great support on this forum, and I hope you do too. :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,992 ✭✭✭dublinlady


    Lucyfur - symptoms of ovuation can change from month to month so i wouldnt worry, some months i think i have almost nothing! The only reliable thing i have is the egg white mucus and some months theres barely any of that, and others loads!

    Shellbabe - sorry cant offer advise as havent been thru the process, but very best of luck with your journey and i hope its a successful one :)

    On day 16 - have def given it my very best effort this month ;) Luckily myself and hubby were both really in the mood (rarely happens) and so managed it every day really for the last week, mind u we've done that before and still nothing so who knows! Just trying to enjoy life other than ttc at the mo! Trying to ignore the 2 week wait (impossible!) and have promised my self that i wont test until my period is at least 3 days late this month (its been really quite regular so i feel i know before im testing that way) Certainly not going to let meself get my hopes up this month as I cant handle the same level of disappointment i felt last month! So just going to presume it will happen some time soon but not necessarily this month, and so no high hopes...... mostly writing this here so that i can reread it and hold myself to it next week!!
    Hope the rest of ye bearing up! x


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,880 ✭✭✭caprilicious


    Sorry girls this is probably a silly question but here goes...
    Is it possible to get the egg white type mucus but not ovulate?

    I didn't bother with the opk tests to see if I was ovulating last month, because a scan at day 3 in my cycle showed that all my follicles were the same size & I was told I wasn't ovulating.
    However at roughly day 18/19 I had the egg white type mucus, so I'm thoroughly confused now :confused:

    I didn't bother trying last month, there didn't seem to be much point if things weren't working down there :o


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭DetectivFoxtrot


    Cap, as far as I know you only get it when you're fertile. The annoying thing is semen can often be confused as fertile cervical mucous (clear, stretchy) and if you've been having a good bit of sex that's deffo gonna happen. If you have what looks like fertile mucous you should aim to have sex 2/3 days in a row


  • Registered Users Posts: 57 ✭✭SHELLBABE10


    Neyite and Dublinlady & Detectivefoxtrot

    Thank you for welcoming me:) Do u know of anyone on this thread that is doing ivf or has gone through ivf?
    I wish u both the best of luck:) i hope u get ur bfp's soon:)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,880 ✭✭✭caprilicious


    Cap, as far as I know you only get it when you're fertile. The annoying thing is semen can often be confused as fertile cervical mucous (clear, stretchy) and if you've been having a good bit of sex that's deffo gonna happen. If you have what looks like fertile mucous you should aim to have sex 2/3 days in a row

    Thanks a mill DFT, definitely wasn't semen, husband working lates that week :o
    That is reassuring though to know that there is something happening down there :)

    Welcome on board Shellbabe10, I'm not familiar with the IVF route, but I really hope its successful for you soon :)


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,185 ✭✭✭Tigeress


    Dublinlady, I'm feeling the same as yourself this month.. Did a real good try & refusing to do a test until I'm late :) I'm due Sunday so fingers crossed! I have all mine crossed for you too :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,185 ✭✭✭Tigeress


    Welcome to the chat Shellbabe :) I don't know anything on IVF but there is tonnes of support here for you :)

    Babydust to all x


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,846 ✭✭✭barbiegirl


    Hi guys
    I know things are getting back to normal, as I am so weepy and grumpy, PMT has hit with a passion. :-) Never thought I'd be happy to report that :-)


  • Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,947 Mod ✭✭✭✭Neyite


    So my normal cycle averages 26 days. It is possible that being on Parlodel might lengthen them to a standard cycle of 28. Today is Day 26. I got bad period pains last night at 4am, so got up and took a panadol, but this morning and all today, but yet no period... no further pain/cramps... nothing, nada. :)
    Really, Really trying not to get my hopes up here, its been 22 cycles of disappointment so far.

    Cheapie test says negative, but it may be that its a few days too early to test. Gonna buy a proper test on the way home today - what one should i get that is the most sensitive?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,992 ✭✭✭dublinlady


    Hey neyite! I would definitely go first response, I got my positive 4 days before period when I was pregnant. I know what u mean, it looks good but to protect itself you can't get too excited, try to distract yourself!! Easier said than done! The very very best if luck, fingers and toes crossed for ya !


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,846 ✭✭✭barbiegirl


    Neyite fingers and toes crossed. First Response all the way


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭DetectivFoxtrot


    Neyite wrote: »
    So my normal cycle averages 26 days. It is possible that being on Parlodel might lengthen them to a standard cycle of 28. Today is Day 26. I got bad period pains last night at 4am, so got up and took a panadol, but this morning and all today, but yet no period... no further pain/cramps... nothing, nada. :)
    Really, Really trying not to get my hopes up here, its been 22 cycles of disappointment so far.

    Cheapie test says negative, but it may be that its a few days too early to test. Gonna buy a proper test on the way home today - what one should i get that is the most sensitive?


    hey neyite, could be implantation cramping, what day past ovulation are you?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,513 ✭✭✭✭Lucyfur


    I've always used first response too.....I'm just home from Boots (first response are buy one get one free). I asked lady working there was there a difference in the sensitivity between tests.....and she said there wasn't:confused:

    Used clear blue when I was pregnant with my son and I had barely pee'd on it when it turned to positive.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,185 ✭✭✭Tigeress


    Neyite, I used First Responce when I was pregnant it was a few days before I was due & it showed.. I have all my fingers and toes crossed for ya x


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,185 ✭✭✭Tigeress


    Hi Ladies, I know this isn't an amazing question to ask but I'm a little freaked out :( my berate have been really hurting the last few days but they always get soar coming up to my period (due Sunday but never this bad) I was out all day & when I got home a little while ago I decided to take off my bra to relive the pains & the bumps around my nipple on my left side has gone hard and it looks like it's clumped to a lump :( it's def never been like that before & like I said really freaked out :( gonna go the Doc first thing tomorrow bit just wondering if anyone has heard or been through something similar?? Input is very appreciated..


  • Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,947 Mod ✭✭✭✭Neyite


    dublinlady wrote: »
    Hey neyite! I would definitely go first response, I got my positive 4 days before period when I was pregnant. I know what u mean, it looks good but to protect itself you can't get too excited, try to distract yourself!! Easier said than done! The very very best if luck, fingers and toes crossed for ya !
    barbiegirl wrote: »
    Neyite fingers and toes crossed. First Response all the way
    Lucyfur wrote: »
    I've always used first response too.....I'm just home from Boots (first response are buy one get one free). I asked lady working there was there a difference in the sensitivity between tests.....and she said there wasn't:confused:

    Used clear blue when I was pregnant with my son and I had barely pee'd on it when it turned to positive.
    Tigeress wrote: »
    Neyite, I used First Responce when I was pregnant it was a few days before I was due & it showed.. I have all my fingers and toes crossed for ya x

    Thanks for the advice ladies - got a 2 pack of First Response on my way home in Boots- was buy one get one free so I have 4 tests - did one when I got home and there is not a hint of a line, but then, I have had a litre of water since lunchtime and a massive mug of tea, so may be too diluted. gonna try again in the morning, hopefully with better luck.
    hey neyite, could be implantation cramping, what day past ovulation are you?

    I think you and I were on similar cycles this month - I got a postive OPK on 13th and 14th of Feb, so probably ovulated a day or so after that? CD1 was 4th Feb. would be about 14 or 15 days, would that fit?


  • Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,947 Mod ✭✭✭✭Neyite


    Tigeress wrote: »
    Hi Ladies, I know this isn't an amazing question to ask but I'm a little freaked out :( my berate have been really hurting the last few days but they always get soar coming up to my period (due Sunday but never this bad) I was out all day & when I got home a little while ago I decided to take off my bra to relive the pains & the bumps around my nipple on my left side has gone hard and it looks like it's clumped to a lump :( it's def never been like that before & like I said really freaked out :( gonna go the Doc first thing tomorrow bit just wondering if anyone has heard or been through something similar?? Input is very appreciated..

    Try not to be too worried, hon, it could just be blocked pores or something? mine get very itchy, so I do wonder if its hormonal changes there. The doc im sure will put your mind at ease. My boobs used to get very sore too, but that was the prolactin acting up. hope it goes well tomorrow with the doc.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,185 ✭✭✭Tigeress


    Thanks Neyite.. I'm hoping it's nothing, better safe to go the Doc just to be sure :(

    Best of luck with your test in the morning :) hopefully some good news x


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭DetectivFoxtrot


    Tigeress wrote: »
    Hi Ladies, I know this isn't an amazing question to ask but I'm a little freaked out :( my berate have been really hurting the last few days but they always get soar coming up to my period (due Sunday but never this bad) I was out all day & when I got home a little while ago I decided to take off my bra to relive the pains & the bumps around my nipple on my left side has gone hard and it looks like it's clumped to a lump :( it's def never been like that before & like I said really freaked out :( gonna go the Doc first thing tomorrow bit just wondering if anyone has heard or been through something similar?? Input is very appreciated..


    Tigress they are both early pregnancy signs (the tenderness and the bumps). I bought a great book the other day called "What To Expect When You're Expecting" and those two are listed.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭DetectivFoxtrot


    Neyite wrote: »



    I think you and I were on similar cycles this month - I got a postive OPK on 13th and 14th of Feb, so probably ovulated a day or so after that? CD1 was 4th Feb. would be about 14 or 15 days, would that fit?


    So I think you would be 15 or 16 days past ovulation and should get a positive by now, Have you tested?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 31 spingler


    hey neyite and tigeress and all, really hope you get your positives, best of luck :) im off work at mo on stress relief, best thing ive done, going to do some serious chilling out, ;) and fun:o;):)


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,185 ✭✭✭Tigeress


    Thanks DFT the Doc said it looks like a hormone imbalance but it's perfectly normal :) she said it could be a good sign but wouldn't do a test as I'm not die till Sat.. The last time I fell pregnant my boobs were very very soar and I'm trying not to get my hopes up but I'm hoping it's a good sign :) I told myself this month I won't do a test until I'm late sonim holding off till mid next week.. Well that's the plan anyways! It is in both breasts yeah... I can't even put the seatbelt over them :( fingers crossed!

    How ate you feeling DFT? Any sickness or anything??

    Neyite, how'd the test this morning go?


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,185 ✭✭✭Tigeress


    Spingler, glad to hear you're getting stress free :) hope it works out for you hun xxx


  • Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,947 Mod ✭✭✭✭Neyite


    So I think you would be 15 or 16 days past ovulation and should get a positive by now, Have you tested?

    I got my period about an hour ago. I had an idea that nothing was happening this month, because the First Response was a neg this morning.

    Its a bit of a bummer, if I conceived, then the baby would have been due around the birthday of my late father, which would have felt like a blessing on the baby.
    also, mum was in the epicentre of the NZ quake, so it would have been lovely to have good news for her to focus on when she got home instead of the traumatic experience of that. I might still get a positive before she comes home. onwards and upwards.

    How is your pregnancy progressing DF?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,992 ✭✭✭dublinlady


    Neyite- im sorry, i hope your ok, even if you had a feeling it wasnt happening, its still very disappointing. Im the same as you , i always imagine what dates i would be due or when i would be 6 months pregnant and really showing etc, like this month i have various weddings i can imagine myself at with various size bumps, and before christmas it was imagining id be pregnant at christmas and telling all my family etc, however i have tried to stop doing that as i found it only made my disappointment greater each month. I found i was not only upset i was not pregnant that month, but i was also mourning a baby i never had..... This is only my experience and feelings so obviously ignore me if you dont find it affects you that way, but i find it easier to imagine myself with two children in a few years time, i imagine putting them to bed, bringing them for walks, everything! But that way there is no time limit on me and so less pressure, im putting faith in it happening in the next few months and not pinning all my hopes on one month, with one due date and one pregnancy. I dont even know if that makes sense...hard to explain!
    Actually im finding it hard myself this month, im only on day 18 and it does occupy alot of my thinking time! Trying to stop, as theres still ten days left and i'll go mad! But trying to do what i said above and not pin all my hopes on this month. I hope your feeling ok anyway tho :)


    Tigeress - i really hope ur symptoms are as a result of a pregnancy! The very best of luck!

    Detective - I hope ur getting along well and feeling positive!!:D


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,185 ✭✭✭Tigeress


    Dublinlady, your thoughts are very much appreciated :) it's really weird cause I find myself reading your last post over and over and thinking that you wrote how I feel... I constantly think of being pregnant and I count 9 months ahead of every new month hoping that's when we'll have our baby.. I would have been due the end of this month if we hadn't had a mc :( but I know it wasn't our baby and it's yet to come.. I feel so consumed by it all of the time between thinking the what if's to the hopes that this month (& every month) is our month, my biggest worry is that there us something wrong an that I might never have the kids I dream of :( I hope that soon I will have my third time lucky baby :) it's so hard to say so many of this out loud but in it's own way it relieves some of the worry too! I am only mid 20's and know I still have loads of time.. My partner is always telling me to stop letting it consume me and it will happen when it happens but I see the disappointment everymonth on his face aswell as mine when I get my period.. We all have to keep positive and hard as it maybe we will all get there :) and in the meantime we have each other to help us through.. Thanks so much ladies for listening to me, it really helps me :) and I hope you all feel the same too!

    Chin up Neyite, it will happen soon for you hun xx (big hugs today)


  • Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,947 Mod ✭✭✭✭Neyite


    Thanks ladies for your kind thoughts. This forum has been great for me - you guys get how I feel at every stage, I have one sister that knows I'm ttc, and a friend that I blurted it out to (but dont see her all that often)when she was ribbing me about having kids before i get too old.

    DL, I really like your way of looking at things - I think I will do the same, imagining the children, rather than the baby bumps. I totally get what you mean, the time frame is a bit more vague and forgiving on us, is'nt it? I have an image of a couple of gorgeous little scally wags up to mischief and me trying hard to keep a pretend cross face on. (and their daddy failing miserably at the task also) :) Thats what I gotta focus on.

    Is the acupuncture still on with you, do you find that helps?

    Tigeress, My partner is the same - he plays it down because he sees that I veer towards getting upset, but one night he had a few drinks and started talking about how much he was looking forward to us having a baby and being a proper little family. I only hope that it is third time lucky for you, pet.

    Heres hoping we all graduate to the pregnancy thread in 2011 :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭DetectivFoxtrot


    Tigeress wrote: »
    Thanks DFT the Doc said it looks like a hormone imbalance but it's perfectly normal :) she said it could be a good sign but wouldn't do a test as I'm not die till Sat.. The last time I fell pregnant my boobs were very very soar and I'm trying not to get my hopes up but I'm hoping it's a good sign :) I told myself this month I won't do a test until I'm late sonim holding off till mid next week.. Well that's the plan anyways! It is in both breasts yeah... I can't even put the seatbelt over them :( fingers crossed!

    How ate you feeling DFT? Any sickness or anything??

    good on you for holding off testing. It took all my strength to hold off til 11 days gone, it wasn't easy, but I'm glad I did.
    I'm feeling quite queasy. A bit of cramping (exactly like period cramps). Light headedness. And I'm very run down. Just got a second cold sore today, 2 in two weeks, that's never happened to me before, I get a cold sore about once a year, usually when I have my winter cold. I guess my body is out of whack with all that's going on. I'm eating well though and still taking my prenatals, folic acid and fish oil, can't do much more than that. thanks for asking :)
    GP appointment scheduled for tomorrow.
    Neyite wrote: »
    I got my period about an hour ago. I had an idea that nothing was happening this month, because the First Response was a neg this morning.

    Its a bit of a bummer, if I conceived, then the baby would have been due around the birthday of my late father, which would have felt like a blessing on the baby.
    also, mum was in the epicentre of the NZ quake, so it would have been lovely to have good news for her to focus on when she got home instead of the traumatic experience of that. I might still get a positive before she comes home. onwards and upwards.

    How is your pregnancy progressing DF?

    Oh Neyite, sorry to hear that your period came. (((hugs))) That's sad about your dad, it would have been lovely if it coiniced with his birthday. :( sorry it didn't happen this month.
    I can't believe your mam was involved in the quake. Is she ok???


  • Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,947 Mod ✭✭✭✭Neyite


    Oh Neyite, sorry to hear that your period came. (((hugs))) That's sad about your dad, it would have been lovely if it coiniced with his birthday. :( sorry it didn't happen this month.
    I can't believe your mam was involved in the quake. Is she ok???

    Yeah, she is grand - unharmed, but she had to stay in the area in a shelter and there were still tremors happening for days. But, y'know, she was not hurt, there are people who lost everything they possess, and those who mourning loved ones. She got a terrible fright, and would have been great to get her all giddy over a grandkid. She will be there for another 5 -6 weeks so I might still get lucky there. Either way, shes getting a grandchild by christmas if I have anything to do with it.:)

    I am not upset this month, thankfully. Been quite philosophical and taking DublinLadys approach, which seems to be working. Glad your pregnancy is coming along nicely - plenty of rest, and your supplements I guess is all you can do until your body adjusts to its new role :D.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,992 ✭✭✭dublinlady


    Neyite - glad to hear ur mums ok! Now remember - stop putting pressure on urself to be pregnant when she gets home!! haha! Just dont forward plan in detail at all, thats whats helpin me get through! Some days are easier than others... but really trying to focus on it now, really trying not to let my mind wander!! Acupuncture definitely helping, but i actually think its more the chats with the woman than the needles that our helping! Its nice to have a once weekly chat to put it all in perspective, i was feeling awful yesterday, couldnt stop thinking negative thoughs, couldnt imagine ever being pregnant and then today she completely raised my spirits, im positive and relaxed! I know by nex wednesday it will have slipped again and ill be getting stressed about the last week of the 2 weekwait, but at least ill have her on thursday to help me to feel better and keep it in perspective!! Its the power of the mind im battling with most - trying to stay relaxed and positive is what we are really working on! So far my blood tests etc have all been normal, and i have conceived before, so really it has to be just the sadness and stress thats been preventing it, but that is so much improved now! But like everyone.... i have good days and bad days...and thats why im glad to have this forum...to vent!!

    Detective Foxtrot - so great to hear ur doing so well - another week or two and the symptoms will be upping a notch!!:p Its brilliant:D

    Tigress - stay positive:)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,513 ✭✭✭✭Lucyfur


    Can you tell me a tell me a little bit more about the acupuncture please? Is it a form specifically for trying to conceive? It's taking over my life......I need to chill out a bit :o


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,992 ✭✭✭dublinlady


    Lucyfur wrote: »
    Can you tell me a tell me a little bit more about the acupuncture please? Is it a form specifically for trying to conceive? It's taking over my life......I need to chill out a bit :o

    Yeah, that was my biggest problem - being stressed out! I had a m/c last august and really just wanted to be pregnant again to fix it etc..... the acupunturist helping me to grieve my lost baby, and to become positive again about the present and future. We spend roughly 15-20mins just talking and then I have the needles in for a good half hour or so. She focuses on different areas at different times of the month, but has stress reduction and fertility at the forefront of her priorities! But once i had a kidney infection and she did needles in the kidney area (actually on foot!!) and it was gone within 24 hours!! I was not a believer before..but was desperate as kinda thought i was loosing my mind...or getting depressed anyway!! Now im able to live my life, i still am 100% focused on becoming pregnant, but im finding the journey easier! I cant say whether or not it works for fertility yet, am only on my 2nt menstrual cycle with her (on day 19) and im willing to give it 4 months (cant afford any more!)
    Who knows...but i certainly feel better, im glad to have someone to talk to who seems to bring out raw emotion in me i didnt realise i was hiding! It also helps me to think that the needles are helping me and so the burden is not all on my shoulders...ive got help!!
    Its still not always easy to be positive - but she has given me coping mechanisms that are invaluable. Overall i'd definitely recommend it!
    Hope that helped! Im sure some people have done it and thought it was crap...but i love it :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 31 spingler


    hi all, does any of you use the progestrone gel and if so do you get headaches?
    Ii ovulated on day 8 this month, when should i do a test? im normally, 26, 27 days... using the gel until sat, its a pain cos it can hold back your mentrual cycle and make you a day or so late, plays with your emmotions.:( feeling down today:(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,041 ✭✭✭Penny Dreadful


    Hi, I'm not sure if I'm in the right place or not so if I need to be pointed elsewhere please point away:)
    I'm 33 (will be 34 in July) and would like to begin trying for a baby with my boyfriend in the next year or so. I'm a little worried about my age and am concerned that it will be very difficult for me to get pregnant. Is there anything that I could start doing now to get my body ready? I've been on the Pill for quite a while too and I was thinking that maybe I should come off it soon to try to get some handle on my natural cycle:confused:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 31 spingler


    hi penny, best advice i can give is live life to the full, laugh alot and enjoy a healthy life style. Dont start worrying to soon into trying because the worry can drag you down. come off the pill and leave it to nature for 6 to 1o months, have fun trying.... :) your cycle hopfully should return to normal within one to two months, if nothing happens after the above lenth of time, then go to your gp and he/she will direct you. i started trying at age 35 and waited until july of this year to have it looked into,(literally) ha.... i am 36 now and will be 37 in march, but having said this, you and i are young and it will happen. :) best of luck x


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