Joined: 07 June 2007 United Kingdom Posts: 1105 Gender: Female
Posted: 07 June 2007 at 9:34pm | IP Logged
hi there girls! my name is becky im 23 and live in cambs with my dh and 2 cats. i have just joined as i saw this site in my local paper and have been ttc 4 about 15months i know its not long in comparison to some of u on here but i feel like im ttc and getting nowhere!. The last visit from af was nearly 6 weeks ago i did a test today and got a bfn but af is still not here any reasons y? if u can help me please do sometimes i feel like giving up!
Joined: 11 June 2005 United Kingdom Posts: 5766 Gender: Female
Posted: 07 June 2007 at 10:09pm | IP Logged
Hi, welcome to Madmums!! Is your cycle normally fairly long or is this out of the ordinary. When you say you have been trying to conceive for 15mnths do you mean you have been charting or are you just leaving it to luck? Have you tried charting your basal body temperature or using Ovulation Predicition kits? Do either you or your partner smoke or drink or drink a lot of coffee? There are loads of things that can cause delayed conception including just not getting the correct time of the month. Don't give up you will get there in the end might just take a bit longer than you at first planned.
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Posted: 08 June 2007 at 12:17am | IP Logged
welcome to madmums! i agree with sam hun there could be lots of resons chi,hopefully some of the other girls on here wil be able to offer you some support on what your going through! tc xxx
Joined: 07 June 2007 United Kingdom Posts: 1105 Gender: Female
Posted: 08 June 2007 at 12:16pm | IP Logged
thanx 4 ur support so far! Sam, not really normal its usually only 2 or 3 days late we have left it to chance but i do count the days to work out wen i should b ovulating . i have cut down all of the things mentioned heaps only have 3 cups of coffee in a week not day now and god i have noticed it!!!
Joined: 07 June 2006 United Kingdom Posts: 4041 Gender: Female
Posted: 08 June 2007 at 12:23pm | IP Logged
aww mate...just keep going..all you can do. Have you seen the gp about it, they may start the ball rolling on helping you out...cant hurt to ask chica.
Oh yeah, im steph by the way, 30, married, live in stafford with two girls 8 and 3..oh yeah and two dogs a cat and loads of fishies all called sausage
Joined: 07 June 2007 United Kingdom Posts: 1105 Gender: Female
Posted: 08 June 2007 at 12:36pm | IP Logged
thanx looney tune i have spoken to gp and they wont do anything till weve been ttc 4 2 yrs although dh going to chat to them today as he is 37 hopefully they can check him out soon
Joined: 11 June 2005 United Kingdom Posts: 5766 Gender: Female
Posted: 08 June 2007 at 9:37pm | IP Logged
You could go and see your gp he may not do a lot to start off with but it's good to register with him that you have been trying to conceive for this length of time so it's on record.
There are a few things you can do to help your gp in the future. Taking your basal body temperature is one thing. This is the only way you can truly identify if you are ovulating and when. Most women get a thermal shift the day after they ovulate due to increased progesterone. Take your temperature in the morning before getting out of bed using a bbt thermometer that goes to 2 decimal places. (Lookersgirl on ebay sells them they aren't expensive) either download a paper chart off the net or you can get software on line that does it all for you either from fertility friend or ovusoft. This will pinpoint for you exactly if and when you are ovulating and give you an indication of your luteal phase. To be able to conceive you need to have at least a 10 day luteal phase. Charting would be one of the first things a fertility consultant would advise you to do.
Joined: 07 June 2007 United States Posts: 23 Gender: Female
Posted: 08 June 2007 at 10:10pm | IP Logged
Have you tried using a ovulation calculator?? There are many websites that have ovulation calculators and you can use them for free. All you have to do is put in the date of your last menstrual period and it will tell you what days you are most fertile!! That is what I used to become pregnant and it worked the very first month of trying!!
Also, I do have some other little hints....once you figure out your fertile days, have sex once a day on those days. Also, try and have your orgasm after your husband. Then just lay there for like 30 minutes so all of the sperm doesn't just run out. If this is TMI I am terribly sorry. These are just a few little things that wee did when we were TTC.
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