TTCers of IG around the world!

 

Recently I had a vision to create a map that gave a rough location of all the ladies who are on Instagram in the Trying To Conceive Community. The reason for this was so that others could look at the map and see if there was another TTCer local to them that they could connect with.

I put it up on IG to see what others thought and within minutes I had over 20 names with their city and so there it began!
The map now has around 160 ladies on it who are on fertility treatments or have been on it and are now pregnant or had a 'miracle' baby. It's amazing to see how many women in different places of the world are effected by infertility, on the map we have ladies in USA,Canada, UK, Australia, Germany and Puerto Rico.

 

Follow the link below to view the map:

https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=z6Ssw1aNSerE.kg5R1VxNdzz8&authuser=0&hl=en

Sick on another level!

Previously when taking Provera I don't recall having side effects but I am now on day 4 of taking them again and I have felt so nauseous.
From day 1 of taking them I have felt sick on and off and yesterday was the worse, I went shopping and had to abandon it half way through as I really thought I was going to either pass out or puke on the shop floor.
I hope it goes off soon as it's starting to drive me crazy!

Day 35 and back on Provera

It felt like the longest wait ever but Day 35 of the cycle finally arrived.

I took the pregnancy test as directed to by the nurse (what a chore when you know what the outcome will be!) and as expected it was negative. I knew that I wasn't going to see a positive but it doesn't stop you just hanging onto hope, waiting for that second pink line......I was sad and I was angry at myself for thinking that the first round of Clomid would work miracles but I knew that I could now start preparing for the next round.

So up I get and dust myself off again... out come the Provera!

The Note Card Exchange

Another TTC EXCHANGE has been taking place this month with BIG thanks to Chelsea again!

This time there were 100 women taking part from various parts of the world, all at different stages of fertility treatment/diagnosis. It's quite incredible really to think that although 100 seems a lot, this is just a handful out of thousands (maybe millions?) of people are going through this everyday.
 
The packages this time had to include at least one set of notecards and then the rest could be items for relaxation, hobbies, anything based upon your person's interests.
 
My box came yesterday from Rachel (@baby_maybe ) and she had done an amazing job putting together this package for me.
 
The cards are so unbelievably cute......plus there was, treats/toy for my kitties, birdcage items, a super cute owl mask, earrings, lucky socks, oreo's, rice krispies treats and much more.
I literally can't say thankyou enough.....Rachel you are Fab and Yes I agree we do have the BEST NAME!!! :-)

The Dreams Made Of Glass Shop on Etsy!

Due to popular demand I have made a shop on Etsy to start selling baby dust!

Lots of people in the world of trying for a baby/ infertility use the expression "wishing you lots of baby dust" and I'd seen online that some people give gifts of these charms, etc to others for luck in this process.

I decided to make some myself and send it out to some of the ladies on IG and the response I've had back is overwhelming.

It then got me thinking about people who are on forums and not on Instagram.......maybe they would want babydust too? maybe they would want to buy some for others but not know where to get it!

So I have been on a mission! I've made more of the baby dust, I've created a shop (to the right of your screen > ) and I may even add some other stuff! Getting my thinking cap on now!

Infertility affects women's lives differently based on social class!

I just came across this article which was posted on the Fox News website yesterday. (link below)
It talks about studies which have shown that women from a high social class are affected by infertility differently to those of a lower social class.
It made quite an interesting read but I'm not so sure that I agree... What do you think?

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/08/19/psychology-no-kids-how-infertility-affects-women-lives/

A 25 Day Wait .....

Well you know what they say......If at first don't succeed try again!
That's exactly what I am waiting to do and yes like I said 'WAITING'. I need to start another round of 50mg Clomid but I am still only on day 23 of this stupid, rubbish, failed cycle. If my body was normal and had regular periods then I'd just be waiting on it to show it's face but life isn't that simple is it! So after speaking to the nurse she said that I'd have to wait until day 35 of this cycle, then do a pregnancy test (what's the point? I know I'm not pregnant) and then take Provera for 10 days to bring on a menstrual cycle.
That means that I've got about 25 days until I can start taking Clomid again :(
This whole process is such a boring old waiting game, you wait for AF, you wait for ovulation, you wait for appointments, you wait for results and last but not least you wait in hope for a BFP!! (big fat positive).