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Trying to conceive/Planned parenthood/Assisted Reproduction Chat thread.
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Ah Penny, shur we told you it was far too early for you to take that test, there was no talking to you at the time though!
Just disregard those results. After ovulation your progesterone starts to rise, then it peaks, then it falls. If you get it taken during the ''rise'' or during the ''fall' then it won't be the correct value that it should be for post ovulation.
I was hoping to spare you from going through this by giving you the benefit of my experience learned the hard way hence why I suggested you wait, coz this exact same thing happened to me - got the test done on the wrong day, freaked myself out thinking I had ''failed'' the test.
You haven't failed anything! You just did the test on the wrong day, simple as.
As for it showing whether you're pregnant or not - this test, taken before the peak, can't show whether your pregnant or not. It's inconclusive on that front. If the test was taken after the peak, and it showed progesterone hadn't fallen and was remaining elevated, that is an indicator of pregnancy. Test taken before the peak doesn't show anything one way or the other.
You could end up having several goes before you hit the peak day, pity you couldn't go in today. You said your period is due the 27/28th right? That's a week away now, and it's roughly a week since you ovulated so today would be closer than Monday I'd say - I'm only saying that because if it's below 30 on Monday it could mean that you missed the peak and it's already on the way back down. So that doesn't conclusively prove anything either. The way I would look at it is - if it comes back higher than 30 on Monday happy days. If it doesn't it could just be cause you already peaked and it was on its way back down, so next month try and hit the peak day. But hopefully on Monday it will be over 30 then you can just forget about it!0 -
Don't worry all that is seemingly normal. Well from the books saying that so does my mother who is probably now rushing up on her pregnancy advice skills after filling her head up on ivf stuff.
My mother is a real minder anyway but think I'll be twice a spoiled this year. She have my Dad running around after me, he'll be thinking of lost the use of my limbs :-)
Hope you have a safe journey hone x x
Thanks
My mother collected me from the airport and I told her in the car, she was shocked/delighted for me! It was really nice actually. She dropped me to the GP. So...the GP had rang the Cork Fertility Clinic and they said they wouldn't prescribe progesterone in this circumstance. Then she rang one of the consultants at the Cork Maternity Hospital and they said a few things. They said that my low AMH result is not an indicator for how my pregnancy is going to go (phew!). They said that my progesterone level of 18 measured one week ago wouldn't raise alarm bells for them, and they said they wouldn't routinely prescribe progesterone in this instance. Then she told them that this a 'real pressure pregnancy' (I assume she meant coz of my low AMH and hubby's poor SA) and they said go ahead and prescribe progesterone.
So she has in fact prescribed progesterone for me after all, for the first 12 weeks. It's a pessary, bit icky & messy but hey I won't complain, glad to have it! My GP is a ledge, really appreciate her willingness to think outside the box and go over and above the call of duty I have to say
Funny, I came out of GP's surgery after having all that modern medicine and technology applied to help my pregnancy along, and was met by my Mam who told me she was after lighting a candle for me and dragged me into the church to say a few prayers with her for the pregnancy. She was after lighting the candle on the altar of St. Mary of childbirth no less!
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angeldelight wrote: »My sister in law booked her wedding today for September. Very happy for her but just realised if we were successful this cycle I'd be due two days after the wedding which would be at the other end of the country. A little bit torn about what to do this month
Go for it. I had the same dilemma with my sister. I had even asked her if she wanted me to skip trying that cycle but she wouldn't hear of it. It was a long shot anyway, not a sniff of a pregnancy for 28 cycles so it was hardly likely I'd get duffed that month, wouldnt ya think?
My due date ended up being seven days after her wedding, and I gave birth 8 days after. No regrets.0 -
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Go for it. I had the same dilemma with my sister. I had even asked her if she wanted me to skip trying that cycle but she wouldn't hear of it. It was a long shot anyway, not a sniff of a pregnancy for 28 cycles so it was hardly likely I'd get duffed that month, wouldnt ya think?
My due date ended up being seven days after her wedding, and I gave birth 8 days after. No regrets.
Ha it's totally irrational but part of me is thinking seeing as it's the "least best" month for me to get pregnant there's more chance of it happening!
I think you're both right though, in the grand scheme of things this is so hugely important to us I'm sure she'd understand...0 -
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angeldelight wrote: »Had a flashing smiley face today on the CB monitor - only my second day of using it and cycle day 11. I tend I have 30 day cycles recently and months ago when I had a 28 day cycle the online cheapie OPKs were positive on day 16 so I'm confused!
Your OH is going to have a happy Xmas eve then!
Happy Christmas to all you girls !!! Hope ye have a good one.
Stickybean - drop us a line to let us know how you're getting on!
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The GP rang with my blood results, they are all good she said. The Hcg should double every day she was saying. Blood taken last Fri was 1 hundred and something, and blood taken on Monday was 8 hundred and something so she said all good and she said ''Congratulations, you are now officially just normally preganant!'
Can't believe it to be honest, the whole thing seems way too good to be true.
Hope it gives hope to others with extremely low AMH/low sperm count and low morphology
My mother is trying to talk me out of getting an early scan at 8 weeks, she was saying what if the scan damages the foetus and what's the use of it anyway? It's not going to prevent anything, it can't help if something is going to go wrong. Hmm, not sure. It satisfies my curiousity by 1 month (normal 1st scan is 12 weeks) that's all it does basically. Maybe I should take her advice, calm down and relax.0 -
The GP rang with my blood results, they are all good she said. The Hcg should double every day she was saying. Blood taken last Fri was 1 hundred and something, and blood taken on Monday was 8 hundred and something so she said all good and she said ''Congratulations, you are now officially just normally preganant!'
Can't believe it to be honest, the whole thing seems way too good to be true.
Hope it gives hope to others with extremely low AMH/low sperm count and low morphology
My mother is trying to talk me out of getting an early scan at 8 weeks, she was saying what if the scan damages the foetus and what's the use of it anyway? It's not going to prevent anything, it can't help if something is going to go wrong. Hmm, not sure. It satisfies my curiousity by 1 month (normal 1st scan is 12 weeks) that's all it does basically. Maybe I should take her advice, calm down and relax.
That's great news Lucuma, congratulations! It definitely gives hope to know that it can happen naturally even with low sperm count and low AMH.
Hard to know about the scan. Never heard of a scan damaging the baby, but I take the point of it not preventing anything. If it puts your mind at ease and stops you from worrying/stressing then that's not a bad thing. If you do go, just make sure not to go too early as it can be distressing if they can't find a heartbeat - you then start worrying and not knowing if there is something wrong or it's simply too early. Best of luck whatever you decide.0 -
Haha we were saying we could go the Beckham route and call the child after it was conceived - don't think the parents would be too impressed
Lucuma that is such great news - when's your due date? Delighted for you, now you need to try and enjoy being pregnant with your baba!0 -
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