Anyone else trying for a 2014 baby?

Bell@: Sorry to hear about the BFN. I can only imagine your frustration with mixed up cycles! Perhaps read the reviews on Amazon about the vitex, it seems as if a lot of women benifited from the vitex for mixed up cycles.

Juno: Sounds like we have the same type of symptoms...I battle with certain months with severe ovulation pain. Like you, I have taken a diary of my symptoms over the years and I am 90% sure all my various ailments are linked to my menstrual cycle/hormones in some way. Having mentioned it a couple of times to doctors I get very much the same response as you did, just live with it! My GP initially said he is not to keen to start a whole lot of hormone tests as he finds it rarely proves a specific condition, but once I started listing symptoms like my hair seriously thinning, drastic increase of facial hair (not impressed with this) and the regular migraines/head aches among some of the symptoms he agreed to do the tests. I mentioned that I have a family history of PCOS and would like to rule that out too if possible.

I also didn't know about the gynaecological endocrinologist until today!

Wow, the spotting must be driving you mad??!! I can totally understand why you want to find some answers to your irregular cycles. At least I don't have irregular cycles, strangely.

You can read about the vitex (chasteberry tree) here:

www.amazon.com/Natures-Way-Vitex-Gelatin...t-reviews/B00024D2JU

www.amazon.com/Natures-Way-Vitex-Chaste-...TF8&showViewpoints=1

GW glad you are back!! How strange – I was chatting to OH yesterday saying it was time I saw an endocrinologist..

I don’t want kind of gynaes I seem to end up with!. I also have a terrible time my first week with headaches. In addition hormone spikes around ovulation and menstruation (I won't mention the sore boobs around both times) make me feel as if I am about to blackout and I sometimes do - I've even mapped the precise days. I have spoken to gynaes and neurologists about it who have basically written me off and said I just have to learn to live with it..I didn’t even know you got a gynae endocrinologist. Was this a GP you saw?

Very interested to hear what your results are...and will definitely be looking into Vitex.

AFM: 5th day of spotting and the actual flow has STILL not started. I am having such strange cycles since my MC in Feb.

Hello all ...

Just a quick update i had a BFN last week monday and AF arrived on thursday - so this month is a new month and new cycle NOT SURE how many days my cycle's is as the last one was 45 days before that 31 and i thought its going in the right direction but seems not...

Will do later personals as i just read quickly through some post ...

Positive vibes to ALL of you.... and hope that this month will be our month...

Hi All,

Gain-a-baby: Holding thumbs for you!!! FX!!

AFM: Just got back from the GP who discussed my bloodwork for my yearly general check up. I passed everything with flying colours. I am still struggling with headaches/migraines in my first week of the cycle and insisted that we do more tests as I am sick and tired of losing a week in my entire month. He then sent me for a whole range of hormonal bloodtests and he said if that doesn't give any answers he will refer me to a gynaecological endocrinologist. Will hopefully have an update of that by the end of the week.

Hope everyone is doing well?

Hello All,

It's definitely a great feeling knowing what's happening Juno, so happy you have answers and feel more at peace.

Yay for the healthy lifestyle gloeiwurmpie!

AFM: My DH is finally back from he's training in Austria, it's CD15 and of course we got the party started at soon as he was back! here's hoping! :fingerscrossed:

Have a great weekend

Hi everyone,

Juno, glad to hear that you could get some answers. Glad to hear that it seems that you ovulated - at least one thing to tick off the list.

I am also considering the possibility that it is not meant to be for me, although I have only entertained the idea as a real possibility and have not yet given up hope (if that makes sense?)

AFM:

I have returned from my "sabbatical"
(I can truly say that my husband loves me a lot, even under tough circumstances)
Like Juno, I am not doing OPK's anymore and have decided only to do one HPT around 11 DPO. My mindset have really changed and I am not expecting it to be positive, I am really taking it as it comes. I am also not having a scheduled BD around ovulation this time round...

I am taking good care of myself, doing excercise, eating well, taking folic acid and all my other normal vitamins. I am also trying "Vitex (chaste berry tree) for PMS symptoms, a herbal supplement. It basically is a natural product that is supposed to balance your hormones. One of the main areas it targets with PMS is swolen tender breasts, which I suffer from majorly with PMS. So far last month was the first time in 2 years I didn't get any swolen breasts (I was totally freaked out). Strangely I only took the product 5 days before my period was due, which I thought was not long enough to have such sudden results. Apparently it takes 2 - 3 months to work. Will see what happens this month... I read the most amazing positive stories about the product on amazon, although there are people who had reactions to it (like any drug/supplement available).

I won't be posting my negatives - But all of you will be the first to know if there is a positive!

Hope everyone is taking good care of themselves and those who made lifestyle changes are reaching their goals! xx

Hi all,

Hope everybody is doing ok. This thread has died down dramatically.

Well I went to see a FS in Stellenbosch last week so that we could kill two birds with one stone – get the polyp I apparently have, seen to and have a chat around doing some TTC fast tracking. He couldn’t see the polyp but as I was slap bang CD15 this wasn’t unexpected – endometrium lining was too thick. I have to go back on CD3/4 once the lining has thinned. If there is indeed a polyp I’ll go in and have a hysteroscopy. He also said all the signs were good that I had ovulated so at least I didn’t completely waste my time. I also had a blood test done to check my egg supply though after some research it appears that this test should be done on CD3? If my supply is good the plan will be to make sure I am ovulating and then to try naturally for another 3 - 6 months. If there is still nothing we will make a decision as to whether we proceed to the next step or give it up. I am increasingly thinking that this was just not meant to be. 

I am CD23 today – have stopped using OPKs as I was becoming way to obsessive – but started my usual PMS symptons a couple of days ago which means I am probably going to have yet another short cycle.