Time to begin TTC 2018!

Morning Ladies!

@Nicola so sorry that AF arrived. I think the hardest part of this journey is when it's unexplained infertility. At least for me. Just the wait and wait. Sometimes i just wish that there actually was something wrong, at least we can then plan for a solution!

@First time mommy. Good luck on your IVF. I've done one fresh cycle and a frozen last year. Unfortunately none was successful. There are so many things that google tells you to do to prepare your body for IVF. My specialist actually only advised me to cut back on coffee. He said that changing your whole body before IVF is just to stressful. Are you planning on doing retrieval and waiting a cycle before doing the implantation?

AFM, CD29 for me today. After my lap last year my cycle changed from 28 - 30 days. So i'm just waiting it out. I haven't noticed any thing different except that i am more aware of my breasts? Not that they are sore, it just feels like their in the way I don't know how to explain it better. If AF doesn't arrived by Thursday i'm thinking of testing by Sat/Sun. TTC is so stressful already and we have been at this for so long that i don't get that excited or hopeful every cycle. I just don't want to get my hopes up and be disappointed.

Here is a link for it natural-fertility-info.com/antioxidant-ubiquinol.html . It apparently helps with egg quality and fertilization. i will have to see during this process if it does help but I feel it is definitely worth a shot!

I totally understand how you feel. It really really hurts to see people around me are getting pregnant and so easily too. I really am praying to be pregnant this year! It will be magical. i am also trying to not wallow too much today but if you need a friend to wallow with I am here! I am not going to say just chill and relax and it will happen..

I just say that screw these emotions, they are real, they are justified. No need to not feel them. infertility sucks man!

But we will be ok!

xxx

Thats great, keep up those positive vibes!!!! You will be blessed!!! Yes I take folic acid forte and a multivitamin. What is that other stuff you mentioned? how much is it?

I've just emailed my broker to find out if my medical aid (momentum) assist with the cost of IVF...I don't think they do but worth finding out. I know they have a great pregnancy program but not sure about IVF.

I see Prof Kruger at Aevitas Fertility clinic based at Vincent Pallotti Hospital (in CPT) He's great but part of me feels like he could have done a lot more testing earlier on, like the AMH etc. He is adamant it will happen naturally and that I just need to relax a bit more but the longer this process goes on for the harder it is to just relax about it! 2 whole years now, i'm so tired of the disappointment. I am literally surrounded by babies and as much as I love the cuddles it just breaks my heart that i'm still here without a baby.

Anyway I shouldn't dwell in my sadness today! Going to try and be positive and start again! xxx

I have this gut feeling it is my turn now. I don't know why but i am telling the universe that it is my turn! I have to remain positive. The past 9 months have been horribly emotional. I am so ready to be a mommy, just like you!!

Yeah just get AMH tested. To be honest I don't think you are too old! Take Ubiquinol by Solal - that apparently helps egg quality. I have been trying it now - so I guess we shall see whether it has worked. Also folic acid.

If my medical aid - CAMAF - didn't assist with paying, I would never be able to afford it. Flip it is tough. That is why i o badly want this to work, I have had my 3 month off period where i de-stressed and had time to figure out my emotions. I feel it is right now.

When are you going to see FS? Who are you with?

xxx

Shame i'm so sorry you've been through so much. Its so unfair I really pray this IVF is the final stop of your journey and you are blessed with your little miracle baby soon.

I worry because of my age, i've just turned 36 so time is against me a bit. I haven't had my ovarian reserve checked yet so that's something i've asked my FS about and hopefully get checked soon. what if my eggs just aren't good enough the thought makes me want to just cry. We don't have money for IVF right now we would have to save for a year or so and the thought of having to wait that long I just can't deal!

arghhhhh....feel so annoyed!!!!

You are in EXACTLY the same boat as me. I have been through two rounds of stims, first round we tried naturally and didnt work and i got cyst s so had to be put on the pill for a month. Next stims we decided to then try IUI with sperm wash even though hubby has great swimmers - thought it took but didn't. Got a huge cyst and was put on the pill for another month.

Decided my Dr is an idiot and then went to Vitalab. Did another round of stims with Menapur instead of Gonal F, didn't work. Decided to take 2 months off and got put on the pill. The Dr said I have unexplained infertility even though I am 27, no endo, no PCOS. nothing. My hormones are just off. He said our BEST chance is IVF. IUI will keep wasting money as husbands swimmers arent the problem, my hormones are.

So here I am, a week from the start of my IVF injections. Praying that this now works for us. The heartache is unbearable and the fact that I am so young as well bugs me that I have to do this. So I get your pain. It is so tough!

We can do this!

xxx

Thank you so much @firsttimemommy xxx

Hubby has 'superman sperm' as my FS calls it haha! But I have unexplained infertility. So I guess this is an option until we have to take another route. I just worry its my eggs that just are too old

I try so hard not to get upset but now i'm just sitting at my computer bawling It all just feels so unfair sometimes. What more do we have to do?? I think its prob time to see a homeopath, its one thing I haven't tried I just don't feel convinced but a lot of my friends swear by it.