Awesome April 2ww & TTC thread [emoji120]

[ABC.2606]

Thank you all so much! My next scan will be next week on Wednesday and I'm sure by then I will be a nervous wreck again, but at the moment I really try to enjoy.

Parying4agirl can't you get a private scan? At 6 weeks maybe to see the heartbeat? I don't know how much private scans are though. It's really cruel to have to wait for several months not knowing what is going on So far I only have some mild symptoms. I have to get up at night to pee once, which I only have in pregnancy. By 6 pm I get so tired that I can hardly keep my eyes open. Which is fun with two boys not sleeping before 9 pm ;-) Feeling weak and shaky, especially when I stand up. And some mild waves of nausea. I think that was worse in my last pregnancies at 5 weeks so I really hope it won't get that bad this time, but I guess I will know in two weeks. That was when I started vomiting with DS1 and 2. Do you have any symptoms yet?

Hannah that's a beautiful line!!! So happy for you! How crazy, in your last month that you wanted to ttc ever!

ABC that's so good to read! Having a gorgeous uterus must be very reassuring! I don't want to get on your nerves and I know I wrote this before, but maybe you could really think about taking femara. I read that clomid is good for quantity of eggs and femara for quality. Maybe this could make the difference for you, or at least give you some peace of mind to do something different than before?

Eighme I'm so sorry AF arrived. Good luck for next cycle!

Mummy2boys DHs can be such a pain! Mine was not fully on board to ttc as well and before each BD he started a discussion whether to pull out or not. SO annoying. I could always convince him not to pull out but I couldn't really enjoy BDing in those moments anymore because I was not sure what he would do. I'm glad you are well covered with O-1 and O-2 attempts! I think you are in the UK so it should be the morning after O-day for you? Did you see a temp rise? FX for you!!!

Emshe your timing looks perfect! FX for a temp shift tomorrow!

Verena yea I'll research more on Femara - neither my obgyn or RE have mentioned it so I wonder if it's not something they prescribe much. I don't even know if egg quality is really my issue - my FSH and AMH numbers are good.

I'm still so excited about your beautiful scan yesterday - and you get another one next week yay!! Maybe you will see a heartbeat by then if you'll be a little over 6 weeks?

[Throwaway_panther]

TP it's so good to see you on this board! Sorry I haven't responded to your last PM yet - will still do so!! I'm sorry your cycle seems to be weird Probably like you said because of the chemical and the FET stuff. I still feel like my hormones are still out of wack after my D&C/ miscarriage. It's annoying!!

Huh. Maybe you are right! DH and I get pregnant basically every time we try - 5 out of the 7 cycles we've tried, we've gotten BFPs. That fact alone doesn't seem normal LOL!! Maybe my body just implants and tries to grow every egg that is fertilized regardless of whether it's viable, where in other women the body rejects most nonviable eggs before they even implant? The percentage of fertilized eggs that never implant is pretty high, isn't it? Hmm... that's interesting and not something I had really thought of - maybe it is my issue!

Temping stresses me out too It's such a pain!

No worries! I'm always around, haha!

And yes, that's exactly what hyperfertility is suspected of being! A small study was even done that observed the endometrial lining of hyperfertile women "reaching out" to grab everything compared to women of normal fertility where that only happened with viable embryos! There's also a Professor Quemby in the U.K. who's a big investigator into it who has other observations on it as well.

[ABC.2606]

No worries! I'm always around, haha!

And yes, that's exactly what hyperfertility is suspected of being! A small study was even done that observed the endometrial lining of hyperfertile women "reaching out" to grab everything compared to women of normal fertility where that only happened with viable embryos! There's also a Professor Quemby in the U.K. who's a big investigator into it who has other observations on it as well.

That's fascinating!!! Have you talked to your doctors about this? I'm definitely going to research it!! So if that's what's going on with me do I just keep getting pregnant and hope I finally grab a good egg? My first two losses were at 5 weeks and my betas at 4 weeks were awful so I feel very sure those were not OK from the beginning. The 3rd one makes less sense.

It would seem like hyperfertility would sway more boy but if you got a girl with it I guess I'd still have a chance!

[Georgia_Peach]

TP it's so good to see you on this board! Sorry I haven't responded to your last PM yet - will still do so!! I'm sorry your cycle seems to be weird Probably like you said because of the chemical and the FET stuff. I still feel like my hormones are still out of wack after my D&C/ miscarriage. It's annoying!!

Huh. Maybe you are right! DH and I get pregnant basically every time we try - 5 out of the 7 cycles we've tried, we've gotten BFPs. That fact alone doesn't seem normal LOL!! Maybe my body just implants and tries to grow every egg that is fertilized regardless of whether it's viable, where in other women the body rejects most nonviable eggs before they even implant? The percentage of fertilized eggs that never implant is pretty high, isn't it? Hmm... that's interesting and not something I had really thought of - maybe it is my issue!

Temping stresses me out too It's such a pain!

I also have the perfect environment thing going on. After test after test.. It's diagnosed with unexplained infertility for us bc hubby has no issues either.
I feel like any woman who has gone through ivf feels like it's a bloody miracle anyone gets pregnant at all! You start with X number of healthy eggs and X number get fertilized then less than 50% of that makes it to day 3.. Then less to day 5. Then once you send off for PGS you find maybe only half of that number (if you're lucky) are normal. I think after age 30 it gets tougher for chromosomaly perfect babies too.
Such a numbers game! That's why we did IVF bc I was sick of having chemical pregnancies or NOT getting pregnant every month.. that and my second trimester loss.

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[Georgia_Peach]

Mine is also perfect lol. I'm constantly told my uterus and lining are "beautiful." My problem is it's TOO perfect and tries to grow unviable babies -- maybe that's what going on with you too?

And hi guys -- in here depressed because it's CD18 and I'm nowhere near a positive OPK I normally ovulate CD16-19. I'm getting cramps and have had on and off EWCM and O pains for like a week. I'm worried either my chemical or the drugs from my FET have messed things up, even though I've ovulated normally afte losses before

And of course this is the month I don't temp because I thought I would stress too much. Ugh!

I feel like 100% the meds they give us for ivf messes up cycles.
I have my fingers crossed for you! Xo

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[emshe]

It’s been a while since I’ve been on the boards. Took a break trying since the beginning of the year. Did a quick run through and congrats to the positives and I’m sorry for the losses!! I’ve missed a lot. We have actually started seeing a specialist and looking into ivf. Started running tests and apparently my amh level is pretty low, which measures ovarian reserve. Not exactly sure what that means since we haven’t had our follow up yet but the year of no success and a miscarriage seems to be an issue with me, which is hard to take after having two other babies easily. Good luck to everyone this month.

Good luck To you too!


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[ABC.2606]

I also have the perfect environment thing going on. After test after test.. It's diagnosed with unexplained infertility for us bc hubby has no issues either.
I feel like any woman who has gone through ivf feels like it's a bloody miracle anyone gets pregnant at all! You start with X number of healthy eggs and X number get fertilized then less than 50% of that makes it to day 3.. Then less to day 5. Then once you send off for PGS you find maybe only half of that number (if you're lucky) are normal. I think after age 30 it gets tougher for chromosomaly perfect babies too.
Such a numbers game! That's why we did IVF bc I was sick of having chemical pregnancies or NOT getting pregnant every month.. that and my second trimester loss.

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That's what my obgyn keeps telling me - that with everything that has to go perfectly right, he thinks it's a miracle that anyone ever has a baby! I wish at this point we could do IVF/PGS but the funds definitely aren't there for it. Have to just keep hoping we catch the right egg I guess!!

[atomic sagebrush]

That's what my obgyn keeps telling me - that with everything that has to go perfectly right, he thinks it's a miracle that anyone ever has a baby! I wish at this point we could do IVF/PGS but the funds definitely aren't there for it. Have to just keep hoping we catch the right egg I guess!!

This times a MILLION!! The true miracle is that it happens successfully as often as it does!! SO many things have to go exactly perfectly and we are talking about countless chemical reactions and DNA replications and perfect hormone levels all happening in precisely the right order!!

[Georgia_Peach]

That's what my obgyn keeps telling me - that with everything that has to go perfectly right, he thinks it's a miracle that anyone ever has a baby! I wish at this point we could do IVF/PGS but the funds definitely aren't there for it. Have to just keep hoping we catch the right egg I guess!!

You got this girl!! I think it's just a matter of time now!! I can feel It.

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[ABC.2606]

This times a MILLION!! The true miracle is that it happens successfully as often as it does!! SO many things have to go exactly perfectly and we are talking about countless chemical reactions and DNA replications and perfect hormone levels all happening in precisely the right order!!

Sigh. This makes me think it'll never happen I know I know it can, but after 3 in a row I feel my body doesn't know how to do all that anymore!