Trying for a 2016 baby

@Anzel - Hubby went to do one and as i walked into the offices whilst he was in the bathrooms the nurses giggled and said they don't take samples on Saturday's. I was furious!! Hubby was even more furious! I I wish they had told us when giving us all of the information. We are over an hour away from the nearest clinic and so it is very difficult to try and co-ordinate to do another one on a week day now. What does morphology mean? The way the spermies are shaped? My gynae says our only option is IVF but will see if the FS can save the tube on the healthy ovary. The only problem with opening my tubes and trying naturally again means I will get periods and my endo will most likely come right back so it's a really tricky situation. If the FS can save any tube It will be a miracle and I will be so grateful however I am preparing for IVF. I have seen those sperm count tests and wondered if they were any good. Will be interesting to see.

@Chanti - My hubby hates the SA's very much. He had to go through it twice. The only thing we can do something about, is the count. The morphology problem is genetic, so nothing will change that. I saw on www.getpregnant.co.za, they have a at home sperm count test. It's a bit expensive, but we will give it a try so that hubby doesn't have to go through the embarrassment again. Good luck to your hubby!

What does the FS say can be done about the tubes?? Of

@Anzel -- I completely understand what you are talking about!! It is very tough to go through. Hubby just says to me God knows we are strong enough to handle infertility and perhaps those other people wouldn't have been. Your weightloss is amazing!!!! Really well done I am also on the health wagon at the moment. I want to lose about 6kg's and just try to be as active as possible so that I create a healthy little oven for that little bean one day. I can't help but feel I have let myself down... but the truth is I don't think there is much I could have done. We haven't tested hubby yet as my closed tubes were a clear indication of a huge problem! Lol! He will be going this month though as the FS will need the results.

@Chanti - I know the feeling! I have a friend who is due in February 2016, who visited us a week ago. The only thing she could talk about is the pregnancy and how she is preparing and and and... I thought I was going to have a fit! She knows that we are struggling to conceive, and still she keeps on blabbing on about her own pregnancy and small son. I know she is excited and oddly enough I am also excited for her, but she was not sensitive at all to how her excited chatter would affect me. In the 18+ months we have been TTC, all my friends feel pregnant and had baby's (One friend proudly announced she was pregnant unexpectedly and unplanned - It made me so mad! My other friend had her second set of twins). The friend that visited us is the last one to give birth. And still I am not pregnant. It is disheartening. Our FS also said that IVF is our only option to conceive because of hubby's genetic morphology issues, but I am still hoping and praying for natural conception. My issues can be corrected - ovulation and weight etc. I lost 22kgs and 45cm in 2015 and started my second round of the diet yesterday - Hoping to lose another 20 odd kgs. This diet is also safe for pregnancy and lactation, so I will be staying with it throughout this year, even if I do fall pregnant.

I keep on telling myself, it's not if I fall pregnant, it is a matter of when. I'm trying to remain positive and hopeful and to not stress about this TTC journey. I have enough stress on my plate. I just want to relax and unwind a bit.

This month, we are taking TTC very seriously. I am doing everything I should, except temping (I just find that overrated), and I hope that it will pay off. Either this month, or next month. I will continue with all the meds and the SMEP programme for four months, carefully and meticulously noting everything down for my FS. In July we will be TTC for 2 years. If nothing happens by then, we will go back to my FS to discuss further steps.

@Jooste - Thank you for your response to my post on the OPK's. It really helped me a lot! Holding thumbs for your speedy BFP!

@Anzel - Im not sure how Fertomid affects your ovulation with regards to timing but I think its still a bit early to be getting a positive OPK. I always used to O on CD14 and would get my OPK on CD12. There is still hope hun! Chin up!

@EmJ - Anzel is right, no matter where u are in ur TTC journey, it is always a little worrying when it doesn't happen right away. When we started I had three months with no assistance, I then got some OPK's and started temping and realised my cycle was pretty stable and then took further steps at about 9 months in but I had other problems that made it quite obvious that we would struggle. So give it a little time and then if you feel you need to start tracking and following more closely then do so! There is a bit of fun in using OPK's and temping and you really start learning alot about ur cycle.

AFM, AF should start arriving soon but im not sure what to expect as I am on Visanne and it is supposed to stop your periods all together. Its been fine so far, no side effects or anything so happy about that. Argh, I have a baby shower this weekend for one of my friend's who fell pregnant after only 3 months of marriage and not even trying!!! It's going to be tough, I just know it. It seems like every time i get terrible news/ AF she seems to make an announcement. After our first failed month she announced she was pregnant, on the day I found out we need IVF she couldnt stop sending pics of her expanding belly, now its her shower when AF will be in full flow and she is due at the end of the month when Im expected to meet with Dr Coetsee about when to start IVF. I probably sound so ridiculous but sometimes you can't help but wonder why some people get it so easily and the rest of us struggle! I haven't told her about the IVF as I'm not sure they will be the right people to provide us with support, her hubby and mine are best friends and everytime we are together and I won't drink wine then he asks if I am pregnant or they tell us how awesome it is about someone else being pregnant.... They are simply people who don't really think before speaking and instead of being disappointed in their reaction, It's probably best just not to tell them at all. Okay rant over!!!

AnzelMama
I responded to your post on the OPKs......
I'm rooting for you this month!!

EMJ16
I hear you. I'm also very much working in the baby industry and although we have children already, my recent MC made us realised just how keen we really are to expand on our family and we are taking TTC very serious this time around. My biological clock is slowly ticking.........

AFM
Currently on CD26 - I really do not enjoy the 2WW

Does anyone of you ladies have any experience with OPK's? I did my first one for the cycle today on CD 9, after finishing Fertomid 100mg on CD 7. The test line is very very faint. Does that mean that I am not going to ovulate? Of am I too hasty?? I don't want to get my hopes up, but really wish I will ovulate this month.




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