Trying for a 2016 baby

@MTC - Ditto...just like you say...In the end all is in God's hands and he decides.
When I fell pregnant with my son (unwantedly or not expecting it to happen after leaving BC 3 months), I was diagnosed with a fibroid in my uterus that was suppose to keep me from getting preggies as it obstructs the opening where the magic must happen....Also chances that I would be able to carry the baby was slim and had to be put onto hormone treatment that stopped contractions for a possible miscarriage. I ended up carrying my son full term and he was healthy and I had a good 9 months. So if God has planned it, it will be.

I think you will be done with babies by 32. Atleast it is still a few good years for you.
My hubby and I said at the beginning of last year that we would try until December 2014 (when I turned 35) and if it did not happen by then, atleast we have our Levi. But guess what...we did not stick to that decission as we are still trying. And we both want it so so badly...

@MTC - LOL! Yeah, anything and everything hun! My cup of Green Tea is coming at 11.... You are so right, these past couple of days has just been so ........ I dont have a word for it. And my hubby is just like... relax.... Really relax. I think he doesnt want to get too excited in front of me because what if its not. Thanks for your support hun!

@Mrs S - Okay I understand where you are coming from, If you feel comfortable with him then dont change. Maybe just ask you GP if he can order those tests, just to make sure. GL hun! Yeah and continue with Vitex, like you said 3 months for it to work at its best.

@Mrs Smith - Which area are you in? I would probably also go for a second opinion but maybe only after 3 months of Clomid. It difficult I tell you.
My doc also did not do any bloodwork, just prescribed Fertomid. Maybe we have the same gynae??? I am in Pretoria East.

Anyway, look at your cycle as a new one and I will hold your hand as it is also my CD1 today.

I could try for a second opinion I guess but I need to stick with that gynae for pg becuase he knows my history and what is needed to keep me pg. It's also usually quite hard getting in with a new gynae as their waiting lists are often long for new patients. I wonder if gp's could request that kind of blood work though?
Still not sure I want to go the clomid route though so maybe i'll wait another 2 months on vitex and see what happens. If still nothing by June/July then maybe i'll request blood work.

IT was kind of weird because he started the session saying any imbalance between oestrogen and progesterone would cause a wonky cycles. Then I said my cycles were wonky and showed him. Then he said no, they look fine, there's no imbalance, but I could try clomid. I asked if he couldn't rather do blood tests first to make sure, as I didn't want to mess things up, and he said no, it's hard to tell becuase hormone levels change daily so really hard to pinpoint anything. (yet I know loads of people that have cd 3 and cd 21 blood tests for hormone levels). And THEN he went on to say that if the clomid doens't work after 3 months then he would order bloodwork to see what was going on. So that just totally contraindicated what he said earlier. It was rather weird.

But I think I'll wait a bit longer and if still nothing and if I want to keep trying then I'll maybe request the bloodwork before trying the clomid or anything else. If I insist enough i'm sure he'll comply. For the most part I'm very happy with him so not overly keen on trying someone else. But I also don't really want to wait too much longer for another baby. I feel like a 5 year age gap is just so big. I really wanted the 2 kids to play together

Mrs Smith, im so sorry hun, think of it as a brand new cycle xxx

BD, im doing the Green Tea thing to improve CM and drinking loads of water too - Super proud of myself, the things we will do to fall pregnant huh??
I know with such a long cycle symptom spotting seems the right thing to do but again it will do your head in and completely consume you... Hugs hun!!

Ninies, im 29 hitting the BIG 30 in June and to be honest I want to be done with babies by 32 the latest so I don't have much time although huuby is only 28 this yr in October so geez, talk about pressure... Another thing my daughter, Chloe is 8 in February and although that age gap is big I don't want it any bigger... I suppose it's outta our hands and in God's hands...

@Mrs S - Really!! Would you get a second opinion? My Gynae said she wants to do blood work first before she prescribes anything. No hun, I'm sorry but I would definitely get a second opinion. BC is such a b!tch hey. Really screws up everything. I was on the pill for 9 years and I had the mirena for 3 years.

@ninies - LOL! Well hun if you want 3 go for it!! I would like an age gap of 3 to 4 years.

Before my son, my cycles were between 29-32 days, usually more like 30-32 days. I usually ov'd around CD 18ish. I could never tell which day af would start, only the week in which it would start.

After stopping bc this time around, my cycles have been all over the place. 21, 27, 27, 31, 32, 26, 13, 46, 30 and now 27 days. I told this to the gynae when I went for my pap (I listed a few more as well - keep tabs on an app on my phone), and he said, with the exception of 2 or 3 cycles, most of them are still within normal limits and he's not too concerned. He didn't want to do any hormone testing or anything, but was willing to prescribe clomid to help.