Time to begin TTC 2018!

Hi ladies

Hope you are all well

@angel I'm sorry about the loss but congrats on the twinnies....healthy and happy pregnancy..

AFM

DH boss giving him such a hard time since applying for a transfer. Finally given a date so 15th November our last day in CT can't wait to go home and see my big baby girl. The husky that owns my heart. Past 4 months were hell without her.

I have a quick q ladies about CB opks. I tested and got the no OH surge which I expected as I'm suppose to ovulate in 2days so will keep testing but when I removed the tester there was a faint 2nd line...does it work like other opks? Picking up a slight surge? I'm hoping it means that ovulation is on it's way but I'm not sure since the pamphlet says to ignore those lines. Did anyone else get the faint line but negatives & no positive?

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@Jane Welcome to our group!! I'm so sorry to hear about your husbands cancer and your fertility struggles. We are all here for you and support you in your journey. Praying you get your little miracle xxx
@Carien thank you for the info hun...that explains it a bit better! Good luck for your cycle fx xxx
@Angel OMG!!!!!! Wow hun that is amazing! Massive congrats...what an absolute blessing to have all four fertilised!!! I'm so sorry baby #3 and #4 didn't make it but wow Twins what exciting news!!!! I am so happy for you! I can't remember exactly but did you do IUI hey? What did it involve? My friend also fell pregnant naturally with triplets, third baby didn't make it at 12 weeks but she gave birth to two most beautiful little girls now 6 months old SO CUTE!!! Wishing you a very happy and healthy 9 months hun keep us posted xxxx

Gosh ladies I feel very overwhelmed today, am reading up and learning so much about ttc and my body gosh its very overwhelming i've had a cry a few times today!!! What we go through hey!
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Morning ladies!

How are you all doing?


So I was absent for a couple of weeks after we had some serious news...My pregnancy turned out to be triplets! 2/10/17 all 3 were growing at same rate and on 6/10/17 I had to be admitted to hospital with serious bleeding. Unfortunately we lost one and as the dr did the scan he picked up another small sac which in fact meant all 4 follies I had were fertilized and we only did IUI after 4 rounds of injections with timed intercourse! My two miracles are growing stronger everyday and their heartbeats are strong which is a big relief. Currently 11 weeks 2 days and seeing FS again on 31/10/17.

Ladies you just have to keep faith each of your miracles have been carefully planned and timed and I know how frustrating the wait can be. God will provide!


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@NicolaF - so yes I am hoping i ovulate within the 24-36 hours after the test, not after 24 hours after the test, but even if i only ovulate 24 hours after the test (not within the 24-36 hours following the test) then I guess its OK. Since we are trying for a girl we cut off, so I am pretty sure I ovulate today (cd14) - If I do then the positive test does mean within 24-36 hours - and we did our last BD on Saturday night (cd11) which should give us a 2-3 day cut off, think around 2.5 days b/c I'm pretty sure I ovulate during the early afternoon. We are a day closer than we were last cycle, so hopefully this will do the trick, but all remains to be determined...

So I'm no expert when it comes to these things, I have only seen a fertility doc once. But as far as I understand, one follicle = 1 egg, so if you have 2 follicles then you would potentially have 2 eggs. These can each split after fertilization which would result in identical twins. If both of them fertilize but dont split and implant, fraternal twins. Normally we only release 1 follicle per cycle (in total not per ovary), so having two is much better than just one (technically speaking it doubles your chances b/c you hope that at least one results in a viable eggie), I think they only give more hectic fertility treatments when you really really dont ovulate or they are trying to stimulate for IVF - for my friend, her FS would not even attempt the IVF round if she didnt at least show that there were 10+ mature follicles which would mean about 6-8 eggies, and then they hoped to have 1-3 survive. Anyway, that was for them, and they struggle with fertility, both her and her husband have issues. Also, he told us, if your follicle is between 17mm and 21mm they know you will ovulate within the next (i think) 48 hours (could be less, dont remember exactly). But again, no expert and I could very well be wrong, but that is my understanding.

Hi everyone

So exciting to read every ladies news on here. I had been following this thread for a while.

My husband and I are still trying to conceive baby no 1. We have been trying for the past 5 years and unfortunately no success. We were fortunate enough to see a fs last year who referred my husband to a urologist to check if everything is in order and lucky that he did. My husband was diagnosed with testicular cancer and had to have it removed 2 weeks later. We have had to see an oncologist from then for the next 5 years to keep my husband on their cancer surveillance program. It's rather expensive and annoying however the blessing is that he did not need to undergo any treatment!

We are still trying to conceive naturally however our fs advised that icsi will most probably be our only option. Sadly we can afford it and therefore we have decided to go by faith and pray for a miracle naturally. So many cousins and friends getting pregnant around us at the moment .....

Praying for all the ladies here to get your BFP soon!

@Carien oh thats great!! My FS told me when you get a positive OPK you will ovulate 24-48hours so you must try bd that same day as well as the next two days! Just bd the next few days to be on the safe side! fingers crossed xx
@Babymaybe shame man its so confusing. I hope your cycle gets back to normal and you have a positive one this month. Fingers crossed xxx
@Salemein any more news for us? Did you do another test? xxx

AFM...CD12. Had scan and consult with my FS this morning. Scan showed my lining is looking good and right side dominant two follices 17mm and 18mm. I worry that only two follicles isn't enough but he said its good news with the size! But I guess its just depends on if the egg is good or not hey, how would we know? I get so confused with all of this. He did rush a bit today too which I'm annoyed about as I didn't get a chance to remember all the questions I had. He did say high chance of twins but i mean surely I would need more follicles to produce more eggs?? Does one follicle only produce one egg? I am on 50mg of Fertomid he said two follicles is normal? Any of you have any insight? Anyway I also had blood tests to check for LH surge and Estradiol and then blood tests every morning until we detect the surge. Praying it will happen in a couple days!

Fingers crossed and lots of babydust
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Morning ladies, hope everyone is well

I got a positive ovulation test last night. Let me ask you how you interpret them - so the test I buy (the ones from Checkers) says once you have a positive test you will most likely ovulate within the next 24-36 hours, which is pretty much how I understand it, so any time from the positive test up to 36 hours after the positive test. Then I asked on one of the forums that i follow on FB and they said there that you only ovulate 24 hours after the most positive test, which doesnt quite make sense to me, I am quite sure I ovulate during the day, I could be wrong, but I honestly think so. Anyway, I guess tests differ but as far as I understand, I would ovulate between the positive test and 36 hours from that.

@salemein - not sure how true it is here, but on some of the forums I follow on FB they swear by the cheapy tests, say those are the best, but also say you should not get a 'blue dye' test apparently they give false positives, not sure how true that is, I have only used blue dye ones and for the two positives I was definitely pregnant and for the negatives I was definitely not...but post a pic, lets take a look

Other than that nothing really to report from me, trying to stay productive at work, but having trouble motivating myself a bit at the moment.

Hope everyone has a great day, baby dust to all