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Posted: 02 June 2007 at 9:02am |
Hello, my name is Ginger, and I'm an alcoholic.
Oops, no. Wrong forum 
Hello, my name is Ginger. I am infertile and I have a sick sense of humour ... 
Seriously though, there are a few of us in here, and of late, I've been hiding a bit so I've lost touch with who's in and what for. So, I thought I'd post this to get us all in one place, introducing ourselves and our issue.
Here's me ...
I'm 28, TTC 25 cycles, and under FA. We have both female and male factor infertility - I have endo (surgery Sept '06, symptoms back again by March/April '07), and DH has significant motility/morphology issues. IVF is planned for later this year (1x private cycle).
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Posted: 02 June 2007 at 11:44am |
he he he ginger! Ya have to have some sort of sense of humour when ya have been TTC this long!  and i think yours is great!!!! 
well..... I'm 26 and we have been TTC since September 05 I have PCOS and as a result my ovulation is VERY few and far between my longest cycle yet has been 109 days and that was ended with the help of a wee drug called provera . we also have some mild (as the specialist puts it) male issues aswell. So at the moment we are doing some rounds of clomid to get me ovulating (not that it has the last 3 rounds that i have taken  )but thats ok because i am increasing my dosage to 150mg (1st dosage you try is 50mg) in a couple of weeks so i'm hoping my ovaries behave and do what they are suppose to!!! and if clomid doesent work we are working our way up from there.
Oh yea... Great idea Ginger!!!!
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Posted: 02 June 2007 at 12:09pm |
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Hello,
I see you both have replies in my thread about FA appt- but for any others.
I am 33, TTC for 18months to two years. No children currently. First Appt at FA in two weeks, unknown if any fertility issues as yet, norml bloods at GP apparently ok. Dh has some issues but not strictly if unless proven otherwise
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Posted: 02 June 2007 at 7:26pm |
Hi Ginger, Im in here for good now.
Got DF's results back today, and he is practically infertile. Under 14million, sluggish and 94% deformed.
So Im not sure where we go from here, but it really does suck. I thought all along it would be me that was the problem, but apparatnly all my levels are very good. Sigh.
So for the intro, I am 21and DF is 20, been TTC for 13months, and soon to be under the Fertility Docs at Otago. Will keep you posted.
Bit low about it to be honest, but cant really show it to DF, as he would be so gutted, he already feels bad about it, so Im glad I can come on here and vent. Do some baking and eat it all I think is in order...
Just sucks that little bit more that Im about to ovulate in about 24hrs, so was all geared up so to speak. Really wonder if there is any point now.
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Posted: 02 June 2007 at 7:58pm |
 to you bumblefoot, i'm sorry to hear your news its amazing what modern medicine can do these days so dont give up hun!
And i agree with you its great to be able to come on here and chat about ya feelings, and everyone understands what ya going through, rather than lump it all on ya partner or on friends and family members who (no offence) have no idea how we feel.
And no no no dont waste your egg! you never know miracles do happen! and you've gota be in to win! so to speak!
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Posted: 02 June 2007 at 9:27pm |
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I posted under your comment in the planning thread bumblefoot (incidentally, I've just today worked out where your handle comes from. Have been wondering about the 'bumblefoot' and tied it to GNR. Am I right?).
I am so, so sorry you're here, and you know how I mean that.
In all honesty, you have to make a whole new plan of attack for yourself now. You must give yourself new focus', and treats and plans and things. Talk to us whenever you need to, of course.
Noodle's right too ...people who aren't going through IF have no idea. They have no point of reference, and you can explain until you're blue in the face. It won't make a difference. What's the bet you tell someone your problem, and they tell you to relax about it?
I hope you're baking a chocolate cake!
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Posted: 02 June 2007 at 9:28pm |
109 days Noodle?? 
I'd have torn my hair out by the roots!
What's the clomid like Noodle? I have a feeling I'm going to be on it shortly, and bizzarely, I'm terrified of it!
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Posted: 02 June 2007 at 9:57pm |
ha ha ha yea 109days was a bit extreme and i was well and truely over it! and i managed to keep all of me ginger locks firmly attached to my head! ha ha ha 
Clomid isn't that great but its not that bad either there is a wide range of side effects that you may experiance and some of them i was really scared of, but not everyone gets them and everyone experiances different ones, the ones i have had all 3 times of taking the clomid have been: headaches, not sleeping well, hot flushes, night sweats, REALLY bad hormonal moments of losing the plot (DH copes well with them now  and they dont last too long) a bit of nausea and my ovaries felt like they were the size of tennis balls! and that was about it i think.
I hope i havn't made you even more terrified of it but if you are like me i like to know what i am in for,(and any less than that and ya count ya self lucky ) but the side effects only seem to last for the 5 days of taking it and about a week or so after so its all over with pretty quickly and I think it will be well worth it in the end ya acheive ya dream!
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Posted: 02 June 2007 at 10:11pm |
If there's a side effect, I'll get it. I'd bet you money on it ... I can't even take vitamins without side effects  But, trying not to think about it - and you're right. It's worth it for the end result. And besides, whatever we go through now, will nothing compared to dealing with a pubescent teen, right??
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Posted: 02 June 2007 at 10:18pm |
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Posted: 03 June 2007 at 4:20pm |
Hi everyone 
Great idea Ginger - its good to have a thread to find out what stage we are all up to.
DH and I have been trying since August 05. 
Had a lap and dye through F+ at the beginning of the year - all normal. DH sperm tests ok too. So we are unexplained! We have been told to wait for another 3 years (so 5 yrs in total of TTC) before we get any further treatment or investigation through the public system.
We have decided to go private so our first appointment with FA is in 3 weeks.
Big hugs to everyone and good luck
PS Bumblefoot dont give up hope. There is always a chance. Miracles do happen
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Posted: 03 June 2007 at 5:51pm |
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Hi all
I'm Lou from CHCH
PCOS diagnosed at 16 (am 22 now) - Also suspected Endo, need to have surgery very soon to check.
DH and I have been TTC for approx 2 years with no luck.
Currently not looking like I'm ovulating at all, so trying to lose weight to help. Have been taking metformin for a while (4 pills a day).
Next step, clomid, but want to lose at LEAST 40 kgs (a lot I know, but that's just scratching the surface'. DH's sperm count is great, but doc said some are sticking together, so should be 'cleaned out' at least every other day (LOL, he wishes).
:)
By the way, my ticker is wrong, I have put on 500 grams, D'oh!
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Posted: 03 June 2007 at 7:47pm |
Boweeza you have done well for 6weeks! (and that is taking into account the 500gms)
Have you tried swimming? I never lost weight faster than when I was swimming, and it didnt feel like much at the time. Oh and there are some nice heated pools in ChCh (my home town). A few years ago I was training for the paralympics and found that 30mins in the gym twice a week and a few sessions in the pool I was fit as a fiddle, but then again when you add in the HOURS of intensive workout I had to do at home and on the track, well... but that didnt start til way after.
Ginger you are so right, I need to make a plan for myself now that we know it is going to be a long way off babywise. So Im baking choc chip cookies tonight, which I might add is my speciality, and perhaps a choc crunch tomorrow, and Im going to start back on my gym regime, I always feel good when I do it, and it will keep the Dunedin cold at bay!
So positive outlook ON, negative outlook OFF, and plans to not waste big fat eggie put into action...As they say, you gotta be in to win! And you never know, it only takes one of this little suckers to make a baby. Thats all we need.
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Posted: 03 June 2007 at 7:50pm |
Oh, and Ginger, I TOO have a sick sense of humour!
Oh and did I mention that I bit the bullet and have added Theatre/Drama studies to my Uni courses list? DF says Im a drama queen anyway, so why not have the piece of paper that says Im perfectly qualified to do so?
Roll on next semester...
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Posted: 13 June 2007 at 8:47am |
Thanks Bumblefoot!
Yeah, I'm too embarassed to go swimming - I'd look like a whale, LOL!
Oh and Ginger... I'm pretty sure we all have a sick sense of humour
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Posted: 13 June 2007 at 11:32am |
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Posted: 14 June 2007 at 10:29am |
My mother actually had the gall the other week to offer the advice of "well perhaps you just want it so badly that it is stressing you out too much, and the pregnancy wont hold while you are stressed out?" WHAT!? Are you serious woman or just plain HIGH?!
I often dont tell people we are TTC or that we are going to be having IVF. They just dont fully understand what its like to be going thru this. I have two SIL's due in a few weeks time, and they are both drug using no hopers (to be really frank about it) and they both have kids already. And it just make sme so mad, I just dont understand how it can be fair that they can get pg so easily and we have to struggle and we would make such great parents.
I guess it doesnt help that Im at Uni for 12hours a day at the moment, and so Ive got time to dwell on it, plus AF is on her way in three days and Im feeling the most incredible bitchiness coming on, like earthshatteringly bad. So heaven help who pushes in front of me in line for the drinking fountain, coz Il be letting rip in the most amazing fashion.
Probably good thing Ive packed DF off to CHCH for 2weeks to visit the fams, coz Im sure it wouldnt be any picnic for him tip toeing around me while Im a PMS cow.
Ah good times...
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Posted: 14 June 2007 at 11:18am |
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Hi guys,
I'm not sure that I even belong in here yet, (I hope not!) but at the moment I don't really feel I belong anywhere, so I just try to hang out all over the place. (Hmm, bizarre mental image there!).
I'm almost 28, and DH and I have been TTC since April 2006, so not a terribly long time in the scheme of things and compared to other people here. We had a M/C after conceiving on cycle 2 back in August 2006. Since then we've had no luck.
Sounds like our conception might have been something of a small miracle as DH has quite a few fertility issues (low count, motility, abnormalites etc etc), and kind of explains why we've since carried on with no luck. Myself, I have a number of ovarian cysts which are supposedly functional in nature, so we're trying to get rid of them by me going back on the pill for a few months.
I'm really hoping that, after I stop the pill I will be super fertile again and we'll get another one of those miracles. But I'm also now prepared that that might not happen and that we might have to explore other options. I don't really know a lot about what our other options are at the moment - I'm trying to ignore it until I know one way or the other about these pesky cysts!
Anyway - hi!
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Posted: 14 June 2007 at 7:10pm |
Hi Laurie
You will find lots of support here with lots of people that understand what you are going through.
You have been trying over 12mths and it is harder to cope with as time goes on. Fingers crossed it wont be much longer for you.
Have you been to see a specialist like F+ or FA at all?
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Posted: 14 June 2007 at 8:32pm |
I too have been hiding of late....
We've been TTC for far too long, don't want to count the cycles (its depressing ) - put it this way we are eligible for public IVF treatment as of Sept 07, well on the waitlist anyway. I'm 32 (nearly 33) DH is 33 (nearly 34 - he'll hate me putting that...)
I was diagnosed with Endo in december after it was discovered during investigative Lap as I didn't have any symptoms. Surgery was in Dec, we m/c May 06 with D&C to follow...
We are trying, up to 3 rounds of Clomid, but put it off this month due to DH being away this week (THE Week.....). If that doesn't work we have decided to go private with FA and pay for IVF ourselves, atleast the first round and see what happens - still get to stay on the public waitlist.
At the moment there seem to be pregnant people all over work, one left on maternity leave on friday, one goes in Aug, another in Sept and just found out today that someone else is preggers, not to mention two other friends due Aug & Oct!!!! If it was a disease I'd be immune, well that's how i'm feeling anyway. Still though gotta stay positive...
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