Just have to keep trying......

Well AF arrived this morning :( I'm disappointed but I kind of knew she was coming, poor M is very disappointed though.

So since I am a bit of a control freak & NEED to be doing something to help myself, this is the plan for this month:
Pregnacare Conception everyday
Angus Cactus until OV
Evening Primrose Oil until OV
Vitamin B Complex everyday
Pre-seed
Soft Cups
OPKs
M is also taking Zinc & Vitamin E

Hoping & praying that this will help us get our BFP!

Happy smiles & good results!!

I was at the Doctor yesterday for my Day 21 bloods & picked up the results of my Day 3 bloods!
So far so good.....!!! Everything was well within the normal range & he is happy that I ovulate normally (if a little late in my cycle!) Nice to get some good news!

So now I have to get M to go in for a Sperm Analysis....what is it about men that they really would rather not have to do this?? In fairness to M, hes a very open type of guy & happy enough to get it done, I just have to wait two weeks as he hasnt any time off until then! But it was my Doctor who told me that he finds it hard to get the men to come in to get SA??

So whats the issue? I mean they want a child as much as we do (or so I would assume!) Women will put themselves through endless blood tests, ultra-sounds, internal scans, lap & dye......we pump ourselves full of vitamins, avoid alcohol, eat properly, research endlessly & all they have to do is get a bloody SA!!!

Anyway I'll stop ranting, I know my M will get his done. He wants this baby more than I do I think!
Glad I got good news about bloods & praying the Day 21 ones are as good!!

Fingers crossed & 

Day 21 bloods tomorrow!

Its off to the Doctor for me tomorrow for Day 21 bloods & to pick up the results of my Day 3 bloods. I have to say that up until today I was fine about it all but knowing I'll get results tomorrow has me very nervous! Im sick to my stomach thinking about what the Dr will tell me tomorrow!

Praying so hard that all the levels were normal & that everything is working how it should be!

On another note Im also nervous as M has to work tomorrow so I'll have to drive myself in & home. On Day 3 they took so much blood that I was very weak afterwards, but luckily M was with me to do the driving! Hoping I feel ok this time so I can drive home! Silly the things we think about really isnt it??

Will post results tomorrow.....hoping for good news x

8 months, 7 cycles, countless OPKs, HPTs, & Vitamins.....still TTC #1!!

If I knew what a journey trying to conceive was going to be, I might have done my research first!!

Im Fiona. Im a 28 year old, married, housewife (though not by choice!!) I live with M, my darling husband in the West of Ireland & we have been trying to conceive our first child since we married last December.
I guess you could say I wasn't very clued in on the whole TTC thing, I assumed that as long as I tracked my cycles & knew when I ovulated then we would soon be announcing our first pregnancy! I mean we are a healthy, sporty couple in their 20's, with no illnesses or anything. No history of infertility in either family (in fact the women in my family are very fertile) Nothing that would have given us any indication that we wouldn't be pregnant in the early part of 2011! How wrong I was!

So Ive started this blog to chat about my TTC journey & all the weird & wonderful things I have learnt along the way....like softcups!! (post to follow!) I hope you will join me, enjoy my ramblings, learn something & maybe pass along some of your own knowledge!!

For now, its off to bed with me as we are still in our fertile window....hoping to catch the egg!!