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My husband and I (31F) (31M) tried at home insemination for the first time today, and we successfully caught his ‘sample’ in the cup but there wasn’t much in there, maybe half a teaspoon if that. I was able to get it all in the syringe and insert it, but I’m worried there wasn’t enough? Never would have thought about this doing the traditional PIV sex but my anxiety is getting the better of me!
Time for my monthly luteal phase crash out convincing myself I’m already out at 10 DPO because I had sex with an orgasm 🤪 every cycle I convince myself an orgasm disrupted implantation. Ladies, tell me we’re all having sex and orgasms in the TWW, please?!
I’ll remember this for next round 😂 I was concerned so we didnt but im a lil frustrated in that area rn ngl
The way I think about it is… if it prevented you from getting pregnant, everyone would use it as birth control. Lol
LOLLL true 😂
always!!!!
I’m 11 DPO and my period is supposed to start tomorrow, but I stupidly decided to test in the middle of the day with extremely diluted urine and it was negative. I’ll test again tomorrow but still feeling sad.
I tested at 9 and 10 knowing dang well that if implantation had happened for me it most likely had occurred on DPO 8 because I have never had PMS symptoms like that ever. I bought easy@home test strips so I could test to my hearts desire the next couple days without feeling bad about myself for it. If something shows up I’ll confirm with a clear blue. We’re not stupid for this. We’re just human an this is NOT a fun game
You're not stupid for testing.
I've caught myself talking like that to myself way too frequently during this time.
This whole fucking thing sucks major dick. You're not at all stupid for testing, for hoping, for wondering. We all are. You're allowed to, and you're allowed to be sad. ❤️ Sending you a big ol hug
Hello there! I am wondering if anyone has gone through with an IUI without doing an HSG??
I am on my 5th letrozole cycle where I take CD3-7. But I am bloated constantly even after finishing the 5 doses and post ovulation. Is this normal for the bloat to stick around??
I tested too early knowing it was going to be a negative but still got myself hurt seeing the negative. I ovulated late this cycle, so I’m just sitting here waiting.
D&C wait- I’m having abnormal bleeding and an SIS was inconclusive, so time for a D&C. The last time I needed a D&C it was scheduled ASAP. Right now the nurse is telling me I have to wait eight weeks for this procedure. And that is for the outpatient center and no general anesthesia! Plus I obviously cant ttc in the meantime, and I’m having golf ball sized clots with my period.
This is way too long of a wait and I’ve asked my provider to call me. Has anyone else ever had pushback like this? Is it just the nurse not understanding what is going on? (I think they are new to my practice). I’m trying to be ready for when the OBGYN calls.
I had an HSG done this week. Both tubes were open, but one had trouble getting the dye through at first and the doctor said that it looked dilated. They did an ultrasound afterwards to confirm that it wasn’t blocked and that was normal. Since it flushed, they considered the HSG to be normal, but I’m wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience? They said I won’t need to do anything about it since it’s not technically blocked, but it does make me nervous that maybe there is something else going on. I tried searching the sub for a similar question, but haven’t found much.
During my HSG, the dye didn’t go through until I moved onto my side at the doctors instruction. I’m not sure what dilation would mean as I’ve never heard that, but if it went through, I wouldn’t be too worried! Not sure if it’s a coincidence or not (made a lot of lifestyle changes) but I ovulate every month now since my HSG
I also had to move to my side, so that’s interesting you did too
Thank you so much for responding! I’m glad yours went well 🩷 I’m glad that at least mine wasn’t totally blocked, but the explanation was confusing hahaha
No worries! And well is a word… lol. I found out I have an arcuate uterus during mine and bawled for like 3 days so I also got a confusing explanation. I also had extreme anxiety and cried the entire procedure lol. But in terms of the tubes, yes, everything is fine!
couldnt help but cry when i got my period today. after all the christmas travel to see family and being surrounded by children, i feel so sad. i want to believe the comments said to me were in kindness but still, i feel like im not only disappointing myself but others too.
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Rant incoming: my TSH is 5 which is exactly the upper limit so it’s “normal”. I spent the last few days worried about it since I had an upcoming dr appt and wanted to ask for medication, esp because I also have strong family history of hypothyroidism. So today I finally asked my doctor about TTC and he said that this is fine (in range), nothing to worry about and he doesn’t want to treat it yet. I conceived him to re-test in a month, but not too sure how it will help my case. I’m worried about conception and miscarriage now, even though only TTC for 3 cycles. I’m upset mainly because I’m worried it will have an effect. He even said that if I were already pregnant, he wouldn’t be worried about my TSH even though I mentioned that I read it should be lower than 3 in the first trimester. so confused.
My values were about that. My primary care doctor was watching my thyroid for years and never prescribed anything. My OBGYN prescribed right away when I got pregnant, and said they would have prescribed before if I had told them I was ttc.
I had a doctor like this, they kept saying I was fine because TSH was in the normal range. The moment it went above that range, they prescribed meds and said they knew I was sub-clinical, having TSH rise further was inevitable and they were just waiting for it to happen, while not explaining that to me earlier.
this is probably the line of thinking my doctor is following too. I feel like due to family history eventually it be out of range so just a matter of time. But I’m surprised he didn’t budge when I mentioned TTC
My advice would be to find a different doctor. Because even if you get on meds, a more sympathetic doctor would try to find the happy place with TSH that makes you feel healthy, which for me was <2 even when I wasn't TTC.
As for the TTC part, my fertility doctor said they didn't feel a TSH of 4 would affect fertility meaningfully, though I don't know whether I believe it. She said it was more of an optimization rather than a fix. I too am a bit confused by this logic.
you’re right but in Canada, I’m lucky I have a family doctor to begin with so switching is really difficult.
Do you have any symptoms? If yes, you could cite those to argue for a low dose. Plus, if your next tests results are >5, I assume your doc will be more open to medicines. TSH can change quite quickly.
I’ve been having some digestion issues / flare ups about once a month which is why he referred me to get some bloodwork.
In our follow up today, I only wanted to discuss the TSH topic so I didn’t even ask him if it could be related - in Canada, it is strictly one topic per appointment. I’ve also had hair loss and thinning, I didn’t bring it up today because I was upset and thought that this symptom would be easily dismissed as it seemed insignificant.
That's a weird rule! But yeah, some of your symptoms seem to match.
I’m currently on levothyroxine because a few months ago my TSH was 5.83. When I got my levels rechecked it only went down to 4.34 and they wanted to keep me on my current dose. I asked my doctor if it makes a difference I’m TTC and if I should take a higher dose to lower it and she said “not at all!”. I’ve been TTC for 7 months and convinced I haven’t yet because of my TSH
I’m so happy you got the medicine! How did you end up getting it? A different doctor?
Edit: don’t mind me - read it too fast. did she agree to lower it for you eventually? it’s so strange.
No, she didn’t think it would help with TTC. It’s so frustrating and I’ve read so many stories of people finally getting pregnant when they lowered their TSH
so frustrating, feeling so hopeless. Sending you lots of positive energy and hopefully you conceive soon 🤍
You too!!
After removing fb and insta from my phone, my friend sends a Snapchat of her baby bump that made me start crying. Why can’t I just be normal about this
You've been TTC for a year. You are normal about this 🫂
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Okay I think I’m throwing LH testing out the window. I’ve been testing twice a day since CD7. Around CD12 I had some small spikes but never as dark or darker than the control line. Premom tagged them as like a .37 ratio at the highest.
Last cycle I had my spike on CD16. When I got pregnant in 2023 (at 38) with my first we did the BD on CD12. So I must have ovulated sometime shortly after that.
It is CD18 today and still no true spike so I either: 1. Did not ovulate. 2. Missed the LH spike on CD12. (In which case I’m covered because we did BD on CD10 and 12). 3. Have a late ovulation. Cycle tends to be very regular (about 28-30 days though occasionally it will go to 31 or 32.) Being 41 I could be having issues with ovulation. So I don’t know what to think honestly.
I’m almost out of the testing strips. I don’t feel like buying more. Husband and I have decided we are trying but leaving it for the universe to decide (we were originally one and done so if that’s how it pans out then it does). But this whole ovulation testing is for the birds.
I’ve done much better about not obsessing this cycle. Think we are just going to BD as much as we can during the fertility window from here on out and test if I feel different or have a missed period. 🤷♀️
Do you track bbt?
Has anyone had multiple LH surges? I'm on my second one the cycle and I'm on cycle Day 26 do I have pcos? I'm getting tested on Monday and Tuesday
Weird question lol how are we counting DPO? Are you counting it from a peak LH strip or do you wait for the 24 hours after that bc that’s likely when you ovulate?
I count it from day of actual ovulation which I consider 1 day after peak lh strip. So if I get a peak on Monday, I count Tuesday as day of ovulation and Wednesday as 1dpo.
Thank you!! This is helpful! I just started using LH strips last cycle and I wasn’t sure about how many DPO I was
Varies person to person, people who confirm their ovulation with bbt usually have it to the exact day. I personally find that level of tracking too stressful so I just roughly count it for 24 hours after first LH positive. (Peak actually doesn’t matter)
Thank you!! I don’t have a basal body temp thermometer I was just using my health app and trying during the fertile window but last cycle I tried using LH strips for the first time but the app kinda didn’t tell me I had a peak until I took another one and it was lower so I’m worried I missed it last month
Hello, all ❤️ been quiet so far this cycle. The holidays just wrecked me.
Got back on folic acid and a multivitamin, back to LH testing this month (too stressful last month not knowing wtf was going on), and...IM TRYING MUCINEX!
It can't hurt to try. Took my first dose this morning, ovulation day is new Year's Day.
New Year's Eve many years ago was the first time I ever accidentally told my husband I loved him ❤️ hoping for a love baby this month
I was expecting to ovulate either NYE or New Year's day but according to my temps I might've ovulated early on Sunday! Still waiting for couple of more temps to verify.
Sending you all the luck! Happy New Year!
Hi cycle twin! My ovulation day is also New Year’s Day or Friday so maybe we can both start the new year with positive tests! I was super down this holiday season too but it’ll feel nice saying goodbye to 2025. I’ve heard of the mucinex thing and maybe I should try it too. It can’t hurt! Sending good vibes and well wishes and may we both have 2026 babies!
❤️❤️❤️❤️ I would love nothing more than that. Sending you lots and lots of good juju
Thank you, same to you! ❤️
Just had our review with my OB after all initial tests. Everything looks good on my end. Husband’s SA revealed 35 million sperm count, 11% motility and 5% progressive motility. Google says this is called Asthenozoospermia. My OB referred us to a urologist and offered IUI as an option, but would IUI even help if motility is the issue? Just looking for advice or experience.
11DPO and my temp is still up, but cramps & fatigue have hit me. My period is due tomorrow and I usually don't feel this crampy and zapped until CD2. This is cruel 😭 not going to even bother going out to buy a FRER.
Husbands SA got rescheduled so I won’t even get the results until I’m gearing up to start my next cycle. Thinking this is a sign to take a break from inito and only use OPKs.
I had another chemical pregnancy. I was feeling really confident because I had a great line yesterday evening but it was mostly gone this morning and stark white now. At least we know the IUI resulted in fertilization, I guess. Trying to see the silver lining.
I'm so sorry.
cycle 10, DPO 8. the repeated monthly cycles of grief really took a toll on my mental health (thank goodness for my therapist!) this past year, so trying my best to walk the thin line of not being too hopeful and not being too pessimistic.
Hi!
First cycle testing. Got my lh peak yesterday and the calendar in my app says to take a pdg test in 2 days (2dpo) but everything I’ve read says you test 7-10 days post ovulation to confirm ovulation?
Can someone clarify with the 2 days vs 7 days??
The pdg strips aren’t cheap so don’t want to waste any :)
Thanks!
Heyo! They want you to get a "baseline" with that 2dpo test. My progesterone rises super quick- so mine are positive like within the same day as ovulation. Since this is your first month of using them, just take one whenever and if it's negative do another at 7dpo. At that point if it isn't completely stark white positive, it would be an indication you did not ovuate
Thank you!! I’m also super confused because my bbt rose the same day my lh peaked which apparently isn’t normal?
I'm 99% sure I ovulate the same day as my surge each month. I have a rapid surge and my progesterone tests are always positive the next morning. 🤷♀️
Interesting! This is my first time testing anything and my first time off hormonal birth control in over a decade. But I’m 38 so this is going to potentially be time sensitive and tricky. I’ll plan to test pdg tomorrow morning! We haven’t been precisely timing BD, but did last night since my opk was at peak. 🤷🏻♀️ still learning!
Hopefully you graduate quick ❤️ if not, well..you'll become an expert at all these things much faster than you ever wanted to!
Have you considered just using BBT to confirm ovulation?
I’m tracking BBT as well. It rose when my lh surged.
I’m feeling discouraged because of the lack of times that we had sex this cycle. During our fertile window we only had sex one time. I got a positive ovulation test on CD 20 and that’s when we had sex. I got my peak ovulation test on CD 21. Today is CD 23. I just hope our one time was good enough. I was having a lot of egg white cervical mucus on CD 21.
We have been trying for 12 months now.
If I had to pick one day a cycle for sex, the day you hit is exactly the day I’d pick! For me in my brain O-1 is the only day that matters. Every thing else is just ‘in case’.
We got pregnant this summer off one time 😊 ended in a miscarriage but completely unrelated just goes to say that it works
Hitting one of the three days before ovulation maxes out your odds for that cycle so your timing was great.
Negative at 11dpo today. And also having flu like symptoms I deluded myself with all night. My husband thinks I’m overreacting because I can “just test again tomorrow@ 🫤
Husband and I are both feeling sick, so didn’t BD yesterday when I got my positive OPK. Still having ECWM, so hoping BD tonight on O and O-2 is good enough.
9dpo negative…. I know I’m not out but I feel out. Gosh I am getting so sick of repeating all of this over and over again.
I feel the same way. I’m now in my high fertility week with my 3 best days being the 31st-2nd. We’re trying again this month and we’ll either conceive a new year baby or get a bfn in 2 weeks. I’m trying to be hopeful and positive but I can’t help but battle the thoughts that I’ll probably just get my period in 2 weeks and be sad and disappointed again. We’ve been trying less than a year but the optimism is already dwindling. Everyone around us is either pregnant or already has a kid and it’s really hard to be around that all the time. I keep hearing “just relax, it’ll happen” but it’s getting hard to keep that hope.
My thoughts exactly, my husband understands my disappointment that my period came again this morning, but I don’t think he gets how draining it is to have to track and track every month
9DPO with a negative this morning as well. Trying to tell myself to not test again until 12DPO but I know that won’t happen.
Same here. I got myself the easy@home strips (since they’re relatively cheap) so I can test to temper my impulses. It’s like yelling at my patience downs dog, we’re not positive but also AF isn’t here yet so we’re good still.
Starting gonal-f for the first time today in combination with letrozole. Anyone else starting today?! Any symptoms I should expect/know about?
Tested negative today 13dpo. I know I should've just waited until I get my period since I am due tmrw, just impatient. I haven't felt any symptoms at all the past week and so I am feeling pretty doubtful. Just discouraging
only 8dpo and waiting to test until at least 10. i have a headache with aura, nausea, and vomiting.
Symptoms before a positive test don’t mean anything and can’t be caused by pregnancy. It takes a significant amount of HCG to cause any sort of symptoms.
CD 36, definitely not pregnant. Ovulated around CD 23-24, so on the bright side, my luteal phase isn’t crazy short. I just want my period to come already so we can have a go at it again 🤪
Yesterday I tried to check CM to see if there was any sign of blood, and I discovered that my cervix was hanging super low and like…off the side? lol. I was like, girl, whatchu doing there??? I spent so long trying to find it at the end of my vaginal canal and realized that I was going past my cervix with my finger. Sigh. I’m just gonna keep the hot water bottle ready and wait. 🙄😆
I was so stressed yesterday and today that my BBT shot up to a whopping 98.64F. I think I should just make peace with not knowing when I ovulated this cycle. I thought I did on the 25-26th, but different fertility signs don’t line up, and BBT is messed up because of sort of cold + stress. 🫠
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13dpo. Debating if I should test tonight or wait until tomorrow morning. At this point would it make a big difference to use first morning urine?
If it’s positive, you would see it tonight. I don’t see a need to wait.
Personally I think even a few hour hold on 13dpo would be pretty definitive.
Started spotting yesterday at 12DPO. Pretty sure this isn’t the cycle. I talked with an RE earlier this month though (I thought it would take months to get an appt, but it took two days lol), and am now getting excited about future treatment.
I’m going to do one more unmonitored TI cycle, and then after that start the testing and then IUI! Been reading more studies on it, and seems like a hopeful next step with PCOS.
Just trying to hold onto the positivity since I was balling my eyes out two days ago thinking about having to go to my cousins baby shower in February haha.
1 dpo today and pretty much zero hopes, as we managed to hit only O day this cycle due to travelling around Chistmas. And a friend just announced she is 8 weeks pregnant. I am happy for her, but also feel so sad and frustrated. She just got off the pill in September and got pregnant right after her first period. Biology is so unfair...
Looking for some advice here. I’m 29 and was diagnosed with stage 4 endo when I was 19. Starting TTC in Jan 2025 after being on the pill for 10 years. I took OPKs and didn’t catch my peak until 6 months ago. Ever since, everything has been normal. HSG showed two open tubes, bloodwork is normal, ultrasounds are good, and male factor has been ruled out. Now what?? I started to see a RE but I’m unclear what our path forward is. They’re kind of implying it’s my choice to go forward with IVF, but they haven’t mentioned any other way to address infertility. Am I just naive to think there’s other ways to deal with endo infertility before going straight to IVF??? I’m so confused as what to do next. Do I just keep trying naturally until I give up and try IVF?
Apologizing in advance for the novella I just wrote, but I have been exactly where you are in a very similar boat (I'll be 29 in a couple of months, and we had all normal fertility testing) and I'm hoping some of what I experienced can be helpful. I was just officially diagnosed with endo via excision surgery in Nov. My doc didn't give me a stage but I can only assume it was stage 4. I had frozen pelvis, stuck ureters, lesions on my bowels and diaphragm, an ovarian cyst...you name it, I had it. Luckily, my surgeon said my tubes looked great and were both open.
My only symptom has been infertility. We started trying in June 2023, discovered a cyst presumed to be endo around the 10-month mark, and stubbornly tried naturally for another 1.5+ years after that, thinking we'd eventually get lucky. I did have some unmonitored Letrozole cycles in there but otherwise no treatment and no pregnancies.
When we hit the two year mark this year I think that's when we finally felt like we were running out of gas. I knew my endo cyst was there, the pain and bloating from it was not bad, but more noticeable, and it was hard to deny that that was the problem.
A couple big factors that steered me in the direction of surgery -
(1) I have no insurance coverage for IVF. I was unwilling to risk a large amount of money on an IVF round gone poorly due to unaddressed endo, as there's no chance on earth we'd ever be able to afford to try it more than once.
(2) I was able to find a MIGS-trained excision surgeon (she is an OB-GYN by education, but her job now is specifically for the surgical treatment of endo and other non-cancer gynecological conditions). She's not an OB-GYN who delivered a baby yesterday and is doing my surgery today. That's not to say that regular OB-GYNs aren't good surgeons, but with endo it's SO valuable for your treatment to find someone who is doing endo excision surgery on a very regular basis and who is up-to-date on their endo education. I got lucky and found my doctor through a friend, but they can be kind of tricky to find. I would look on Facebook to see if there are any endo support groups local to your state/region. There are a lot of recommendations in mine! It also seems to be relatively common that this type of doctor will work out of cancer centers - mine does, and I've heard anecdotally of others. Your RE may also either do this surgery or recommend someone who can.
(3) I've seen a lot of anecdotal stories on here of success after surgery. Even with the mess of crap my doctor removed from my body, she had no qualms with us choosing to try naturally after the fact. I did not ask her (on purpose haha) about our odds of success, but her demeanor at my follow-up felt comfortingly optimistic. I don't know that our chances are even close to most couples' "normal" odds, but we had good testing otherwise so we're trying to stay hopeful.
(4) My AMH was good for my age, only one of my ovaries had an endometrioma that needed to be removed, and I was really comfortable with my surgeon's preservation technique once she explained it. I have seen where many choose to go egg retrieval > surgery > transfer, as surgery can sometimes impact ovarian reserve, but the excision also lowers inflammation and gives you better transfer success odds. If we had insurance coverage for IVF, or made gobs more money, I think we would have very strongly considered trying at least an egg retrieval + fertilization first.
Whatever you decide to do, I don't recommend stubbornly doing nothing like we did. I don't think you would be unreasonable to try on your own for another 6 months or so if either step feels intimidating right now, but I wouldn't drag that out for another year even beyond that like we did. If I could go back in time and offer myself some guidance, I wouldn't say anything. I would just pick that girl up and drop kick her into my surgeon's office. I know there's still no guarantee it will work out for us naturally. We haven't started TTC again yet as I'm on hormone suppression until March. But I so wish we wouldn't have spent that extra 1.5 years heartbroken and trying to achieve something that had virtually no chance with my body in the state that it was.
Have you spoken with an endo specialist? Have you had an excision surgery? Afaik, it sometimes (but not guaranteed) improves your fertility.
Here's a study I read about it: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4498168/
“But not guaranteed” is based on anecdotal evidence from people's comments in the endo sub. I think it has to do with the surgeon's proficency in treating endo specifically. Eg, if they leave some leisons in because they missed them or didn’t know how to excise them properly, it decreases the surgery's effect.
Edit to add that I'm not suggesting you do it, just offering information for your consideration in case it could be helpful.
Thank you for sharing. I’ll bring this study up with my RE. It’s crazy to me how much I’m taking this into my hands… with the amount of women who deal with endo, you’d think there would be a straightforward way to help. It just seems like there’s so much doctors don’t know or at least not enough information there to get support for these types of solutions. I guess it’s just easier to use IVF than to do surgery? Idk…just venting. Thanks again!
Unfortunately, endo is an extremely complex disease that is severely understudied (especially for something that affects every 1 out of 10 women). Heck, the fact that we still have to do a lap to even diagnose it, and sometimes even then it flies under the radar if it’s microscopic and the surgeon doesn’t know to check for it, is wild. It's 2025, not 1825.
Things seem to be changing, with the ROSE Study and other advancements in the field, and experts educating the general public, but it’s a slow process.
Sorry, didn't mean to go on a bit of a rant there. Surgery vs IVF is a question best discussed with your RE, I'm sure they’ll help you make the best decision for you. As a fellow (suspected in my case) endo sufferer, I wish you the best of luck! It's tough, but people with endo go on to have wonderful kids and I believe that we can, too.
Got an appointment with a fertility clinic for next week! I feel lucky because the next opening they had is basically April. Must've been a cancellation; it makes me happy to think that a couple got pregnant and didn't need the appointment.
Excited for taking a next step, nervous for what is to come! Aaaah! Feelings!
8dpo, 3 BFN with first morning pee today… I know it’s early but I couldn’t resist. It’s my first cycle with letrozole so I was feeling hopeful… no symptoms outside of normal sore boobs before period and they’re crazily sore or anything just a bit tender…. I get so upset when I think about getting another negative after missed period. I just want this month to be the one finally.
Im 8dpo today. Jan 1st will be 10 dpo I’m hoping to get a positive test that would be a great way to start the new year. This is my first cycle on letrozole and progesterone. My question is what day is my last day where I am for sure out this cycle? I think letrozole is delaying my period because I have been having cramps. I did all testing and everything is normal i just have a short luteal phase. Has anyone had progesterone delay period and not be pregnant?
Sorry can’t answer your question but I’m 8dpo on first letrozole cycle too! What are you taking for progesterone? My doctor wouldn’t give me anything… just got back my progesterone results and I got a 24.0 not sure what it means… manifesting for us both!
Im taking 200 mg vaginal progesterone 2x a day. I dont know much about it either. What dose Letrozole are you on? Im on 2.5
Im also on 2.5! Honestly don’t feel any different than I do when I am about to get my period… I have pcos and my last cycle lasted 70 days so if anything at least my cycle is regulated
MC 23rd Dec at 11 weeks.
It’s been just over a week and honestly I don’t want to wait to try again. I don’t want to miss an opportunity.
It is frustrating not being able to track ovulation this cycle. This feeling of being in the unknown sucks … no idea when my next period will be, or whether I’ll ovulate this cycle.
It’s like going from the total joy of being pregnant, to all of a sudden being back at square one, plus a layer of not knowing how long I’ll have to wait for it to happen again. I just want to scream.
I’m so sorry. I’ve been there too and I get it. Try to let yourself grieve too, you’re still right in the thick of it.
That sounds awful and I’m very sorry.
8 DPO but really ??? DPO because antibiotics threw my temp chart way off. Negative test.
Evening 10 dpo (or maybe 9? FF and Apple Watch disagree, chat GPT agrees with Apple Watch lol) test was negative last night. Here comes the “it’s too early, it was an evening test so urine wasn’t concentrated enough” spiral. Ugh. This is why I normally try not to test till my missed period. But my luteal phase symptoms tricked me and I really thought I was gonna see a positive 🥲
Cycle 7 just started - feeling so discouraged. I want to go to the doctor to see what’s going on, but I’m a little overweight and am scared they’re just going to blame that. Anyone have any positive stories of docs being helpful? My last gyno was kind of mean about my hormone concerns and now I am terrified to ask for help
I’m overweight and have multiple chronic illnesses that makes working out difficult BUT none of my doctors have blamed my problems on my weight. I mean, in my entire medical team, my rheumatologist was like here’s your diagnosis, you could lose a little weight and here’s a treatment plan. Nobody blamed my weight on any of my problems!
If anything, my OBGYN took weight gain as either a thyroid issue or a hormone issue. Bloods were drawn and referrals sent out for my other problems. I have always been treated with dignity and respect at all of my appointments.
Remember, you hired them, not the other way around! You don’t have to stay if you don’t like them. Always advocate for yourself and if you aren’t being listened to, then change providers.
I have no advice but I feel the same. I have an appointment in January and although I’m only a few pounds overweight, I’m terrified of being told to lose weight by a doctor. I’ve been working on my body dysmorphia and body image issues, so it’s really hard when a doctor amplifies it by being insensitive.
My OBGYN didn’t weigh me or ask about my weight at my last well woman exam. She has always been friendly and helpful. That’s what’s keeping me from freaking out about my upcoming appointment. I don’t think delaying because of fear is a great idea, but I totally get it!
Cycle 7, 9 DPO and BFN. I usually wait until 10 DPO to even consider testing, but I’ve been impatient this time. I have regular cycles and my opks and temping always look good. I know I still have a chance, but I feel like I’ll never get pregnant. I’m feeling very down.
Hugs 🫂 I'm one cycle behind you and feeling very similarly.
Sending hugs to you too! This process is so hard.
10 DPO and my temperature rose so I’m over here waggling my finger at FF and scolding at it like, “Don’t you do that! Don’t you give me hope!” I’m too busy to test today so I won’t be tempted but if it doesn’t drop tomorrow, I’ll test because I want a drink lol
6dpo ovulation today. I’m going to get bloodwork next cycle if nothing happens this time. I’m kind of relieved to start looking into what could be holding us back
Ovulation confirmed. I have zero hope for this cycle but we hit O, O-2, O-4. Just waiting for next cycle so I can get a SIS done
Only 6DPO on my 2nd cycle ttc, but having a hard time being hopeful today. I started testing for ovulation this cycle and tracked my discharge. Though I didn't test or check my discharge last cycle I did notice some differences that make me suspect I had an anovulatory cycle on the 1st cycle, which gave me a tiny bit of hope. But right now I am just dreading the heartbreak.
Anovulating cycles are pretty rare. If you have fairly regular cycles more likely than not, you are ovulating. You only have a 20% chance to conceive each cycle so not getting pregnant the first cycle would actually be more common than not actually ovulating
Thanks for the reassurance! I should have known better than to listen to Chat when it told me anovulatory cycles are common.
DPO 10 scared to test but also hopeful as there’s no signs of a “visit”. Ty to the girlies who remind us that we’re not out until she shows up 😮💨
Me every morning: You’re not out until you’re bleeding! googles DPO symptoms
You didn’t have to call me out like that 😂 it’s exactly what I’m currently doing LOL
Also DPO 10 and swinging between hope and fear! Sending luck and strength 🙌🏻
🤞🏻🤞🏻 fingers crossed I bought the easy@home strips so I could test myself if I really feel the need to (and to save money on the clear blue testers 😂) but I think I’m just gonna continue riding that line until something says otherwise
Same! I really struggled when December wasn’t our month and swore I’d be more chill this month. Can’t comment on level of chill, but I at least haven’t tested yet 😂 and also have the easy@home for the same reason lol
Ty for the validation 😂we’re strong we got this
I’m 1DPO today. I feel like my life is on hold and I’m wishing my life away till it’s time to take a pregnancy test.
Negative at 11 dpo :( and the symptoms I was suspecting have spread to my family … so double negative.