TTC #11 The Long & Winding Road

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Tretps29 said:
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i think the GP is talking tit. I can’t believe how tit GPs can be.

Tonsillitis is a nasty nasty bug to have and it will cause a lot of stress on the body so it will effect your cycle.

It makes perfect sense that if your immune system is down and you’re fighting an infection your period may go a bit haywire.

I would say your symptoms are down to tonsillitis and not being pregnant. Take another test to be certain x
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I never understood why the male doctor in the practice always dealt with pregnant woman and babies but now I see why! He is such a sweetheart and really nice. This doctor however, she was a cow!!! I’m in Ireland so I have to pay for the doctors and I suppose my 65 euro only covered my tonsillitis not a question about my period 😩 or my concerns about TTC!! Next time I’ll defo ask for the male doctor.

Tested again - still negative will keep you all posted.

Also feeling a lot better today. Throat pain completely gone. Can't stomach coffee or tea though. So maybe 🤞🏻
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LittleMissMuffet said:
Ugh so frustrating. I had this back in jan where my body was giving me all sorts of weird symptoms that I was so sure I was pregnant. I was 4 days late and I’m never that late. Eventually did a pregnancy test and it was negative. Then my period started genuinely 4 hours after the test.
Frustratingly it is a bit of a waiting game. Maybe test again in two days. If it’s still negative and you still haven’t had a period - I would go and see your gp.
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Thanks love ❤️ will do x
 
when I was going through my 2nd miscarriage I got an infection which is pretty serious. the early pregnancy unit said for me to come In to get antibiotics or if it was quicker to go to my GP.
I knew my GPs would be a battle (even though I had a serious issue) but I went for the latter because it’s closer.
The receptionist was a total witch. I explained the situation and that the hospital had told me to come to the GP
The receptionist said we don’t just see anyone and you’ll have to wait 😮 I was a mess, needing urgent medical care. She then asked me to go through my mc in detail, I said why and she was vile saying she needed to know.
she then asked me if I was pregnant and at that point I burst into tears.
literally hysterical i then told her to have more compassion and that she was being a complete cowbag
I complained to the surgery and unbeknownst to me they had the phone call recorded. The receptionist was reprimanded and put on more training.

just an FYI receptionists are trained that If a woman is having a suspected miscarriage or there are complications you are triaged to the top of the list.
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The nicest GP I ever saw was a bloke and he asked me how I was I was like ‘ok’ and he said no how are you really?
he then told
Me his wife had had several miscarriages and knew how tough it was
 
That’s completely unacceptable and I am so sorry you had to go through that. I understand that receptionists now have to triage BUT you are under no obligation to give full, vulnerable details. Some of them are just jobsworths. We are exceptionally lucky with our gp receptionists (and actually I’ve witnessed some of the flack they get from patients). I’m really glad that the call was recorded and she was disciplined.
 
Tretps29 said:
when I was going through my 2nd miscarriage I got an infection which is pretty serious. the early pregnancy unit said for me to come In to get antibiotics or if it was quicker to go to my GP.
I knew my GPs would be a battle (even though I had a serious issue) but I went for the latter because it’s closer.
The receptionist was a total witch. I explained the situation and that the hospital had told me to come to the GP
The receptionist said we don’t just see anyone and you’ll have to wait 😮 I was a mess, needing urgent medical care. She then asked me to go through my mc in detail, I said why and she was vile saying she needed to know.
she then asked me if I was pregnant and at that point I burst into tears.
literally hysterical i then told her to have more compassion and that she was being a complete cowbag
I complained to the surgery and unbeknownst to me they had the phone call recorded. The receptionist was reprimanded and put on more training.

just an FYI receptionists are trained that If a woman is having a suspected miscarriage or there are complications you are triaged to the top of the list.
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The nicest GP I ever saw was a bloke and he asked me how I was I was like ‘ok’ and he said no how are you really?
he then told
Me his wife had had several miscarriages and knew how tough it was
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So sorry to hear that u poor thing 😢 they’re a law to themselves sometimes!!
 
Thanks ladies 😘 the only silver lining was I hadn’t cried or let it all out when I was going through my second mc. I was so numb I had zero emotion but was getting angry at my husband. Anyway the cowbag of a receptionist sorted that out 🤣
 
LittleMissMuffet said:
Anyone else fed up with pms being exactly the same as early pregnancy symptoms? My boobs have been sore the last few days but they are every month. Today I’m grumpy AF and super emotional. Ugh.
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Yes. It’s just another cruel trick our bodies play on us. My boobs are all tender today as well. Too early for me to be feeling any kind of way about anything though.
 
ThisIsMyDragName said:
Yes. It’s just another cruel trick our bodies play on us. My boobs are all tender today as well. Too early for me to be feeling any kind of way about anything though.
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Tretps29 said:
Yep, convinced myself I was pregnant last month ….i literally had all the symptoms especially needing to pee all the time.
You then get your hopes up.
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It’s so mean! I’m maybe around 9dpo. I’m not sure when I ovulated as I ran out of clear blue tests but got smiley faces for the last two tests I had. But then last month I was 4 days early so who bloody knows. 😤😤😤
 
LittleMissMuffet said:
It’s so mean! I’m maybe around 9dpo. I’m not sure when I ovulated as I ran out of clear blue tests but got smiley faces for the last two tests I had. But then last month I was 4 days early so who bloody knows. 😤😤😤
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I went back to easy@home LH testing, but I have to do it early evening when I am home from work/at night, but I was ‘lucky’ to be able to switch to twice a day testing over the weekend which was when I caught my peak. Despite not having any icks about it, I can’t bring myself to observe and note my CM, nor do I take my BBT or dig around up there to see what my cervix feels like/its position. I just… I need to not let it take over my life 🤣

I am tempted if this cycle fails to buy the Proov pdg tests again which help to confirm ovulation. They’re expensive though and my last test was broadly inconclusive. But I also think maybe if this cycle is a fail that I’ll just do what I did last year and throw the TTC out the window to enjoy Christmas, barring our fertility assessment appt anyway!
 
ThisIsMyDragName said:
I went back to easy@home LH testing, but I have to do it early evening when I am home from work/at night, but I was ‘lucky’ to be able to switch to twice a day testing over the weekend which was when I caught my peak. Despite not having any icks about it, I can’t bring myself to observe and note my CM, nor do I take my BBT or dig around up there to see what my cervix feels like/its position. I just… I need to not let it take over my life 🤣

I am tempted if this cycle fails to buy the Proov pdg tests again which help to confirm ovulation. They’re expensive though and my last test was broadly inconclusive. But I also think maybe if this cycle is a fail that I’ll just do what I did last year and throw the TTC out the window to enjoy Christmas, barring our fertility assessment appt anyway!
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I feel the same. I don’t think I’d know my cervix from a weird fold in there 😂😂😂

Who even knows with these tests. I seem to get a static smile each month so I guess that’s a good sign. But 🤷🏼‍♀️
 
Im ovulating today (or so my app and clear blue are telling me) and my vag is done in 😂 I’ve had enough of doing the deed, I’ve shut up shop for the next week or so.

I don’t think I’ll get preggers this month as I’m convinced I haven’t ovulated because I’ve had no fertile discharge. I’ve been charting it and the month I got pregnant this March my cervical mucus was textbook …this month nothing 🙁
 
Tretps29 said:
Im ovulating today (or so my app and clear blue are telling me) and my vag is done in 😂 I’ve had enough of doing the deed, I’ve shut up shop for the next week or so.

I don’t think I’ll get preggers this month as I’m convinced I haven’t ovulated because I’ve had no fertile discharge. I’ve been charting it and the month I got pregnant this March my cervical mucus was textbook …this month nothing 🙁
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You never know! I’ll cross my fingers for you. Now go and get a cool compress for your foof 😂😂❤️❤️

I think I’m deffo out this month. My boobs have stopped being so tender. Ah well at least I’ll get sleep - oh wait no I’m awake at 5am again.
 
LittleMissMuffet said:
You never know! I’ll cross my fingers for you. Now go and get a cool compress for your foof 😂😂❤❤

I think I’m deffo out this month. My boobs have stopped being so tender. Ah well at least I’ll get sleep - oh wait no I’m awake at 5am again.
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thanks lovely 💓 I had bad ovary pain last night and couldn’t sleep.

during ovulation I can’t sleep and it just gets worse until my period.
 
Work’s taken a turn for the stressful and my anxiety is raging, so my IBS is also raging. I’m in the waiting window and I’m trying really hard to not be stressed and be calm and create a good pregnancy environment in my body but… I think it will be a miracle if a little zygote could survive in this mess right now. I’d like to increase my SSRI again back to the dose I was on pre-TTC, but the judgement of the last GP I saw is still ringing in my ears. My SSRI has 4 dose levels. I was on ‘level 2’ which was half the full strength, I’ve been holding myself on level 1, lowest dose, but realistically it isn’t enough right now ☹️. Tried coming off altogether and had a really bad MH relapse, which is why I am taking them despite TTC. Which, you know, was all discussed with a GP and in my notes, but it didn’t seem to matter to the horrible GP.
 
ThisIsMyDragName said:
Work’s taken a turn for the stressful and my anxiety is raging, so my IBS is also raging. I’m in the waiting window and I’m trying really hard to not be stressed and be calm and create a good pregnancy environment in my body but… I think it will be a miracle if a little zygote could survive in this mess right now. I’d like to increase my SSRI again back to the dose I was on pre-TTC, but the judgement of the last GP I saw is still ringing in my ears. My SSRI has 4 dose levels. I was on ‘level 2’ which was half the full strength, I’ve been holding myself on level 1, lowest dose, but realistically it isn’t enough right now ☹️. Tried coming off altogether and had a really bad MH relapse, which is why I am taking them despite TTC. Which, you know, was all discussed with a GP and in my notes, but it didn’t seem to matter to the horrible GP.
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So sorry, you sound like you’re really going through it at the moment. Are there any little self care strategies which could give you some (even temporary) relief? I’ve taken to jigsawing recently (yes I sound like a 90 year old nana 👵🏻 ) but I find the general monotony of it actually very calming for my brain, it really helps me to focus and switch off even just for a couple of hours. Wondering if you have any similar ideas that could help your head?

Sending you lots of peace and strength ✌️ you are no doubt a lot stronger than you give yourself credit for x
 
Aceofspades said:
So sorry, you sound like you’re really going through it at the moment. Are there any little self care strategies which could give you some (even temporary) relief? I’ve taken to jigsawing recently (yes I sound like a 90 year old nana 👵🏻 ) but I find the general monotony of it actually very calming for my brain, it really helps me to focus and switch off even just for a couple of hours. Wondering if you have any similar ideas that could help your head?

Sending you lots of peace and strength ✌ you are no doubt a lot stronger than you give yourself credit for x
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I absolutely LOVE a jigsaw 🧩 I can’t wait to start one for Christmas. Totally down for being a 90 year old granny 🤣

Anyone else currently 2-3 DPO?
 
Aceofspades said:
So sorry, you sound like you’re really going through it at the moment. Are there any little self care strategies which could give you some (even temporary) relief? I’ve taken to jigsawing recently (yes I sound like a 90 year old nana 👵🏻 ) but I find the general monotony of it actually very calming for my brain, it really helps me to focus and switch off even just for a couple of hours. Wondering if you have any similar ideas that could help your head?

Sending you lots of peace and strength ✌️ you are no doubt a lot stronger than you give yourself credit for x
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Thanks lovely. I ‘hearted’ the comment and didn’t reply. I’m the worst at self care. I tried to pretend I’m not miserable but it’s failed completely 🤣 I have a really cool work mentor and I’ve arranged a chat with her tomorrow. I want to love this job but it’s tesssssting me.

I’m also hurtling towards the start of my period which a) usually makes me feel like I cannot handle life at the best of times and b) it’s been another cycle where MrDragName and I would both like some sort of hero commendation for our dedication to having sex whilst also also being very cutesy, very demure and very mindful so that it’s fun and casual. When AF inevitably arrives this weekend I doubt there will be one part of me who is cutesy, demure or mindful. I’m probably going to lose my tiny mind and have a total meltdown 🙃 better get the snacks in now I suppose!
 
ThisIsMyDragName said:
Thanks lovely. I ‘hearted’ the comment and didn’t reply. I’m the worst at self care. I tried to pretend I’m not miserable but it’s failed completely 🤣 I have a really cool work mentor and I’ve arranged a chat with her tomorrow. I want to love this job but it’s tesssssting me.

I’m also hurtling towards the start of my period which a) usually makes me feel like I cannot handle life at the best of times and b) it’s been another cycle where MrDragName and I would both like some sort of hero commendation for our dedication to having sex whilst also also being very cutesy, very demure and very mindful so that it’s fun and casual. When AF inevitably arrives this weekend I doubt there will be one part of me who is cutesy, demure or mindful. I’m probably going to lose my tiny mind and have a total meltdown 🙃 better get the snacks in now I suppose!
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Just an fyi part of self care is being able to just hee a big old ugly cry. Get it all out!
I too am in schroedinger’s pregnant box at the moment. I’m due tomorrow - not had any other symptoms apart from sore boobs for a week but that’s not unusual for my pms. I find myself searching for symptoms so if I get a little cramp I’m like does that feel like my usual pms orrrrrr. I know deep down I’m not but that 2% of hope rages on.
 
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