TTC for 12 months +

Another article you might all be interested in
http://www.redbookmag.com/body/pregnancy-fertility/news/a40205/dr-jessica-zucker/

Just popping in with hello - supposed to be working lol. Spent all day listening to Nathan Mikaere Wallis a brain development specialist amongst other things. Very amazing (think I've raved about him before) and if you're ever given the opportunity to hear him - go!

Anywho started spotting this afternoon so AF for me tomorrow I hope. Eek the roller coaster is about to begin.

Craftea, that's what one part of my brain says, and the other TTC part of my brain tells me otherwise haha I actually have a bit of colour when I wipe today, so my TTC part of my brain can simmer down now LOL

BC yaye for AF (hopefully) arriving tomorrow!

Kiwi exciting you have transfer on Tuesday! Good luck!

Edited by Storm11 - 15 October 2015 at 4:42pm

Ohh Kiwigirl, good luck for transfer! xx

Hope mowing the lawn helped bc. I think this journey is a head f@#k what ever happens.

Anyone taken melatonin for improving egg quality before?

Glad you're feeing less stressed now.

The specialist said theres been a study done in Japan (and some anecdotal evidence) that showed Melatonin can improve egg quality, so he wants me to try that this time round.

ah thats tough hearing about kids not getting what they need. I've wondered about fostering too but I'm not sure if my husband could be convinced to go for it.

I think he may have been scrounging a bit to find something different to do this time round ;) you just take a tablet every evening for a few months beforehand - think i'll only have been taking it for about 2months by the time egg collection comes around but he didn't seem to think that was an issue.

yeah it'd be much further down the track for us too. i think my husbands prob would be around having to share the house with someone else that wasn't family - and his mum is a social worker so we've just heard the stories about how hard foster kids can be.

Craftea, I'm taking melatonin at the moment. Last time I was in the states, I bought some (over the counter and super cheap there, you don't need a script!) to help with jetlag. It's something we produce naturally every night just before we go to sleep, but some people are deficient in it   I think the studies in Japan showed people who were deficient benefited from it, but if you already have it, it doesn't seem to do any harm.   I've been taking it every second night. How much will you be taking? It can become "adictive" in the sense that your body relies on the supplement and slows its natural production. So if you stop taking it, your body has to remember to produce it again. I'm also taking coq10enzyme and have been for the last few months. Expensive but the only thing routinely suggested by some big clinics in the states other than a multivit. Oh...and I also took two high dose tablets of vit D recently to up my levels (its fat soluble, so you don't need to take it every day). Will let you know in a few weeks if it helped at all...

BC, we've had Nathan MW up here to speak as well - he's great!!! I was going to go to one of his presentations, after he came to present at the school, but I had to cancel. I had just had a mc the week berore and just couldn't handle talk about how to raise children! Yay for AF arriving!!! Will you start stims this weekend then? I'm starting tonight!

Storm, great to hear the scratch went well. I so hope this does the trick! Have you heard of embryo glue? I remember someone telling me about it years ago - she had to travel to aussie to have it done though.

Kiwigirl, good luck on Tuesday!

Edited by a.girl - 16 October 2015 at 8:56am

ah yeah the Dr mentioned its easier to come by overseas, have to get it on a script here, and it was $24 (which is not bad but it was obviously not fully funded) i'm on 3mg a day. I was reading about the japanese study last night and it sounded like melatonin works like an antioxidant and prevents oxidation in the eggs. i've been taking Coq10 for about the last 4months now and it comes with VitD in it as well...here's hoping it helps. I've also just started taking DIM which helps detox and remove excess hormones.

Interesting about the glue comment - cos when I asked our clinic about it they said they use it standard and had been for years....unless there are different types of glue.

I'll be about a month behind you ladies - will be starting the pill next week when ever AF shows up. gone back to the downreg cycle this time.

Yay for for starting stims BC and A.Girl - exciting times! Thanks for the acupuncturist recommendation Roubaix. Good luck for Tuesday transfer Kiwi. Enjoy dinner tonight Storm :-)

Had my blood test on Wednesday and hcg is at 13 so hopefully will be at zero by next Wednesday's test.

Have a nice weekend everyone!