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@lou. Awe, that's awesome. Seeing it on the screen is joy and hearing the heartbeat is so wonderful. Congrats again.

AFM. My husband went into the hospital today complaining about his leg (story on page 34) and surprising he got in pretty quick. Turn out that he has two blood clots in his leg. One above the knee and one below. Was pretty nervous and trying to stay calm the whole time he was there. Other than that, my breasts are tender under the arms and had some minor cramping and weird feelings on my back. I'm praying that my temp will rise the next day and this is it. Got email that my package (progesterone cream) was shipped so it should be here just in time to see if AF will show. I have been taking it since ovulation. Never know; right?

Dragonfly I’m so sorry that your husband had to go to the hospital for his leg. I hope he’ll be felling better soon! I don’t know how this works but did they gave him any medication for the clots?
Having everything crossed for you that somehow a beautiful miracle happened this cycle and you get your bfp especially now that your husband is on board too!

E I would never consider to to a fundraiser about my infertility or about anything (like that) tbh
first of I’m a very proud person and secondly we never really wanted to go this path (IUI or IVF) for many reasons and one of them is spending money to something that should be happen naturally and you don’t know if it’s gonna work and it will definitely put so much pressure on us. But If we decide to go this path of course we can find the way to manage our finances. It’s just this time with the pandemic that I’m being cautious since I don’t really know if we gonna be able to keep our business..
Thank you so much tho for being willing to help. It shows what an amazing and loving person you are since I’m a total stranger to you! Sending so much love your way! You warmed my heart!
Good luck this cycle! May the tww pass fast and bring you a bold bfp!!

K+Nmomma I’m so glad that your cycle is back to normal and seems like you’re ovulating!! They say that if you get pregnant once is so much easier to get pregnant again around the same time. I wish from the bottom of my heart that this will be your case this cycle! You deserve this baby more than anything! Good luck love

Lalou we never really researched the exact costs and procedures since we never really wanted to follow this path but I know for suRe it’s nothing near the costs you have there. Is waaaaay more affordable here in Greece. From a brief internet research I saw that IVF can start from 1k and if you can cover some expenses from insurance can be less. IUI starts from 150€. I guess of course the incomings and the total life costs are completely different here.
I’m so excited to see that you heard the heartbeat! You must be over the moon! I can not describe how happy i am for you babe! Please keep us updated!!

AFM CD2 and it is very hard... physically and mentally I’m trying to collect my pieces. Haven’t talked with hubby about my thoughts yet cause he wasn’t feeling well yesterday. He had severe anxiety due to the whole pandemic and work situation which made his blood pressure go very high. I didn’t want to give him one more reason to be worried about. I tried to act well around him all day and it was so hard. I will try to have a chat with him today even though I’m not quite sure if I really want to do IUI... I know for sure he never wanted.. we shall see!

Cd 1 here and pretty crushed.

@ Alex. They gave him two shots in the belly of blood thinners. Thqnk you, I am hoping for a miracle too that this is it. I understand that you don't need any help but sometimes it takes a little umph to get things going. If it's not too expensive, i would try the flushing out the tubes and then try again. Do you use preseed or anything like that?

@Mil. Sorry the witch showed up.

AFM. My temp yesterday was 97.9 and today it was 98.1 and not sure if that means anything as I never temped this close to AF before in fear of seeing the temp drop. I did a quick cervix check and it is high soft and open. Not sure if that also means any as again, during my pregnancies, I never did check. I'm slightly crampy and my breasts are sore a bit but maybe it's from my bra. Not so much in the underarms like yesterday. I'm anxious to see what tomorrow's temp will be. #hatethetww

Mill I’m so sorry hun! I know how you feel.. stay strong babe! We got this!

Dragonfly I don’t know what exactly “tubes flushing“ is. My gynecologist told me that if I want my one blocked tube to get unblocked, I could do a laparoscopic procedure but he doesn’t recommend it since it can cause more problems. He said that one open tube is enough to get pregnant and that countless ladies with one blocked tube had many successful pregnancies. I believe our problem is more hubbys sperm motility and maybe my eggs age. I used preseed the last 4 cycles and also took supplements for egg quality. Nothing changed.. hubby also took supplements to boost motility in the past but again nothing... May 6 I have an appointment with a new reproductive endocrinologist. Let’s see what she will suggest.
Try to keep yourself busy and avoid too much symptom spotting even though we all do and drives us crazy! I really can’t wait to see some successful cycles!!

@Alex. Have you two tried Maca? Tube flushing is where they flush out the tubes; another lady on this thread was talking about it. Symptom spotting is so hard as its right there. My breasts just ache. I hope your new doctor is good and nice to you.

Wondering if any of you ladies are in the same boat as me and can offer advice. I am approximately 16 DPO. I've had multiple faint positives on FRER, ClearBlue Easy, Equate but my FRER digital came up this morning. My lines don't seem to be getting any darker even with longer holds. Still not sign of AF which was due days ago.

I called my OB/GYN today to see what they have to say. I'm worried about miscarriage... anyone have this happen early on and have a successful pregnancy?

Dragonfly Ok I googled what tube flushing is and it is the Hysterosalpingography (HSG) witch I already have done 2 years ago when I needed to check if I had blocked Fallopian tubes and this is when I learned that one is blocked. Didn’t helped me to get pregnant
I bought natural maca powder in order for hubby to take it but he didn’t like the taste and stopped it.. I think is time to bring it out again and force him to take it.

Achunter hi there! I checked your gallery and I saw that your tests are mostly blue dye tests which unfortunately are notorious for giving false results. I know it first hand. If there is no progression I’m afraid is not a good sign but if I were you I would wait and retest or better would do a blood test. And of course wait to see what your doctor says.
Hopefully your tests will keep getting darker!

Update: According to my Ovia app, period is due today. its still early in the am here (I'm in Northern CA it's 9:30am) so my day is far from over lol. My period tracker app says AF is due tomorrow. In the past, maybe 2 cycles after I took out my IUD, AF would show her face 2 days late so now I wont take a test until I am 3 or 4 days late. So, so far I haven't needed to take a test.

Symptoms: ummm... my usual acne but seasons are changing and b/c of ms Rona, I havent been able to go to red light therapy (its GREAT for acne). TBH I dont get a lot of pms symptoms other than acne (which is constant for me these days), some bloating, and mood will be really low/mellow. *Fingers crossed* but who knows...

edit: when you guys mention maca... are you talking about the powder form (which is really nasty)?

MrsB Not testing early is the best thing. You’re avoiding so much obsession and disappointment from a possible false early negative result. Fingers crossed that AF will stay away.
As for Maca personally I chose the powder form but I know people are taking tablets as well. For me the taste isn’t so bad tbh and if I mix it with my oatmeal it even make it taste better. Hubby cannot stand it lol

Nasake welcome back! Thank you for your recommendations about supplements and I really hope this cycle will be a good one for you and give you your bfp!
So sorry about the incident with your dog. This must be so scary! Hopefully it will never happen again!

Rak hi again! So sorry about your RE. This is very sad..
I really hope you and your husband will have a naturally successful cycle before you even need to meet the new Dr. fingers crossed!