Anyone else trying for a 2014 baby?

Carmen - Do you have any plan of treatment in your period of rest? For instance are you taking any specific vitamins or herbal supplements, going for acupuncture or massages or anything? Perhaps a good holiday?

Please let us know when you are ready to roll and have a date for the IVF!

Sending lots of positive relaxing vibes in your direction!

I am seriously considering seeing a good homeopath who also does acupuncture. Just to get my body healthy and making sure my hormones are as balanced as possible should we want to start TTC again or just for taking care of myself.
I have only had "dry needling" (which is basically a form of acupuncture) that the fisio uses for neck and back spasms, which helped me a lot.

morning all

Thanks FG and GW.

FG - hope the break is rejuvenating and uplifting.
GW - that must have been truly amazing to see. Hope the pain is not a cyst.

Well the FS says that if tomorrow's bloods is indeed negative, the next step would be IVF. After the rest it will be our last attempt, just feel that I must do everything I can before I give up. Will only do one round and then stop fertility treatment, if there are enough embryos and they freeze well, will consider FET (frozen egg transfer as well).

The thing is at this age egg quality is an issue, so for every round of AI, only 3 follies are produced and I'm not sure if 1 or 2 eggs are released and what their quality is.
With IVF more follies may be produced in the cycle which means the chances of a good quality egg may be better.
The cost of one round of IVF is about the same as 6 cycles of AI.
I want to spend the next few months mentally preparing myself for IVF.
Will hopefully be able to try naturally within that time as well.

Sticky baby dust

Hi everyone!!

Juno - Sorry about the polyp!! I can imagine that you must be quite frustrated with you female body parts...It sure is a complicated piece of machinery...
Good luck for the procedure, please let us know how it went! Thinking of you!! xx

Carmen - Sorry about the BFN. I have no idea how you have managed to try as hard as you have, going for all the medical procedures etc. I am sure it must have consumed a lot of your energy emotionally and physically. Wishing you a good period of emotional rest. xx

Flowergirl - Sjoe, hoping for good period of rest emotionally and physically for you as well. xx



I think I am around CD 18 and I have been having the strangest shooting pains on my left ovary. Seriously not hoping it is a cyst of some sort. It is a real sharp throbbing pain for a few seconds and then it is gone again...Much more intense than the normal ovulation pains.

I went to the "bodyworlds exhibition" on friday and was just amazed how small the female reproductive organs are. It amazes me that something so small can cause so much pain (when something goes wrong!). It was also amazing to see the embryos and fetuses from 3 weeks until 30 weeks. Life surely is an amazing miracle!! The amount of detail on the 3 week embryo was astounding.

bodyworlds.co.za/ For those that missed the cape town exhibition, the Gauteng one is on now.

To all the other ladies TTC, good luck!! FX!

Juno - goodluck with the procedure, strongs for the maternity ward trip thats gotta be hard

Carmen - sorry to hear about the BFN - I am still holding hope that it was just to early to test.

AFM - I am also on a break at the moment. Really took a bit of a knock the last couple of months emotionally and healthwise with the fertomid. So, gonna take "re-stock" for a while and see how it goes.

Thanks Juno.
Hope the TWW goes quickly for you.
That will be awful, seeing all the newborns.
Good luck

Ah so sorry Carmen

I actually don't really know where I am as I didn't use the OPK. I'm putting myself at around DPO6 as I hadn't yet ovulated by CD15 when I checked with my obgyn at my check up last week.

Suddenly realised that a 9mm polyp is actually pretty large and am starting to get worried. I hope it's nothing. I do know that I am going to definitely have to go into hospital to get it removed which I am dreading as I go into the maternity ward which is really difficult. All those babies.....

Hope everybody else is doing ok..

Hi all

I tested this morninf 11DPIUI- BFN! I know it's early, but I'm sure it's right.
I will finish the progesterone and test again 13DPO, just for a sense of completeness.
Then will take abreak of a couple of months, for emotional rest.

Sticky baby dust all.