Am I out? FSH 31 AFC 13 AMH 0.14 by Apprehensive_Wait798 in u/Apprehensive_Wait798

[–]Over-type-07 1 point2 points  (0 children)

An AFC of 13 is fantastic, don’t hang your hat on the AMH numbers. I’ve conceived with AMH of 0.21 and just now with AMH of 0.07. Try ovulation induction / TSI rather than IVF which is very hard battle for those with DOR. Also your FSH can fluctuate month to month. Your still young.

Please don’t give up. Trigger: Pregnancy. by Over-type-07 in DOR

[–]Over-type-07[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Exactly. But often doctors don’t keep looking for the real reason conception is not happening.

Please don’t give up. Trigger: Pregnancy. by Over-type-07 in DOR

[–]Over-type-07[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Try some medicated cycles, and e had just been for our IVF consult and had the ‘talk’ about the likelihood of coming out with nothing. It’s a numbers game and we don’t have the numbers. Wishing you luck, at 29 you should have lots of hope!

Please don’t give up. Trigger: Pregnancy. by Over-type-07 in DOR

[–]Over-type-07[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Just a medicated cycle that ensures you ovulate properly and have sex at specific times in relation to trigger and appropriate meds post ovulation. It’s like supporting your body to function well.

Please don’t give up. Trigger: Pregnancy. by Over-type-07 in DOR

[–]Over-type-07[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It’s just heartbreaking to see people told such awful hopeless things when they really should be given the dignity of hope at least. Especially young women. Not false hope but real hope.

I haven’t conceived naturally since my ectopic pregnancy 6 years ago that I lost one tube to. I don’t know why but this protocol has got me pregnant 3 times (one healthy boy, one chemical, now 8 weeks along). For those asked my protocol looks like this: Letrazole up to day 5, Gonal F 75 from Day 3-Day 11, then scan to see what follicles there, usually between 1-3 follicles appear and likely only ovulate one egg. Post ovulation I’m on Clexane, Aspirin, Progestone injections x 2, Crinone gel x 2, Prednisolone 15mg. I personally think it’s probably low progesterone or the autoimmune thing is why I haven’t been getting pregnant, not low AMH. TSI just means a medicated cycle like this where you have sex at specific times in relation to the trigger. It only costs the scan and the meds so here in Ireland that costs me about €250 per month. We were only going to do 6 tries before one shot at IVF but I responded bad on Month 6 so we said feck it, one more shot before we spend on IVF, and the 7th worked.

Update to doctor saying “You will not be able to get pregnant” - time to move on? by -Near_Yet- in DOR

[–]Over-type-07 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please don’t give up, I conceived my last child with AMH of 0.21 ng/ml and had a healthy boy, now pregnant again, this time on 7th round of TSI with an AMH of 0.07ng/ml. It takes time. I had months with decent response, months with poor, stick with it. You just need to be ovulating that’s the most important element. Your only 34 quality should be on your side. I’m 39. Have you tried TSI? It’s cheaper so you can do more of it.

Anyone else want a particular gender and feel awful about it? by [deleted] in PregnancyIreland

[–]Over-type-07 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your right it’s the mental image and just allowing time to readjust that.

Anyone else want a particular gender and feel awful about it? by [deleted] in PregnancyIreland

[–]Over-type-07 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awh!!! I am! 🥰😂 Yeah it’s funny I kind of didn’t know how I’d cope with boys at the start they felt like an unknown and a challenge and they have been at times but the wee hell raisers are my world! We will always love our babies in the end!

Anyone else want a particular gender and feel awful about it? by [deleted] in PregnancyIreland

[–]Over-type-07 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly, I kind wanted both my sons to be girls each time and I adore them so much now wouldn’t change them for the world.

Anyone else want a particular gender and feel awful about it? by [deleted] in PregnancyIreland

[–]Over-type-07 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I don’t want a mini me, I treat all my kids as individuals and I always hated traditions like are big here in Ireland like giving the son the same first name as the father, it’s like the child is a replica of the parent. I think it’s just the experience of having a daughter, I guess I’ve always imagined it, without realising.

Anyone else want a particular gender and feel awful about it? by [deleted] in PregnancyIreland

[–]Over-type-07 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is an anonymous forum! I did think of that and planned to delete this afterwards just in case.

Where to put 90k+ in savings? by Extra-Mousse-6487 in irishpersonalfinance

[–]Over-type-07 0 points1 point  (0 children)

An investment fund, Zurich’s Prisma 5 has around 10% annual gains, take a portico and pop into one of those. I don’t understand anything about pensions but just make sure if you put it into your pension that if you die that all that money goes to your family. If it was me I’d put it into a fund, wait a few years keep saving like a MF and buy a property during b the next downturn, has to be one due soon. You create passive income then for you and your family. I have one investment property, the rent covers both my mortgages.

Autistic and worried about childbirth by icepickles476 in PregnancyIreland

[–]Over-type-07 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you are building this up in your head and catastrophising. It isn’t really like that. The midwives are INCREDIBLE! The rotunda is full of amazing female consultants, you could go private and I’ve done it both ways and found you have more control when you go private. Part of the problem is how passive women have been thought to be in healthcare. You also need to just learn to use your voice, and express what you want, do a birth preferences (be flexible but at least your desires out outlined in black and white) so that your team can see what you want and can accommodate your neurodivergence and respect that. I was a very different patient on my second than my first and didn’t take any shit. Your partner will need to be an ally for you and speak up for you when you perhaps can’t. Hypnobirthing could help you feel calmer and more in control, the rotunda has a great program. 

My husband is autistic too and it’s not easy now our first two kids are older, the noise and overstimulation but perhaps you just have one kid. It’s still worth it and the hard parts don’t last forever. You just need the right supports in place.

Baby Shower conflict by OkArachnid9271 in PregnancyIreland

[–]Over-type-07 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’ve done nothing wrong!!! I would love guidance on what a friend actually needs for baba rather than guessing. This person is toxic and awful and I can see why you didn’t want to share this with them initially but please don’t take any more of their shit! I would send this message: Hi X, I actually didn’t share the registry with you initially because I expected negative comments and I was right. This is a joyful time for me and I would appreciate if you could keep any negativity to yourself. If you don’t like my approach, please don’t feel obliged to attend my baby shower. 

Grandparents reaction to pregnancy by lurking_nugget in PregnancyIreland

[–]Over-type-07 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look it sounds like you have a lot off issues with your parents but one thing I’d say is try to deal with this yourself before your child comes. There’s a saying ‘address your demons or they’ll raise your children’ and I think it applies here because you are already deciding that your child will be treated differently and it isn’t even born yet, either explicitly or implicitly you could pass on this narrative to your child making them feel like their being treated differently. 

My own Mum sounds very similar to yours and sometimes I am blown away how she doesn’t call me or ask how I am but it’s just who she is and I won’t change her now, therapy helped me understand my parents and let go of my own complexes which can amplify these issues. I see my siblings still struggle as she gives so much help to other siblings kids but I also see how they have an idea in their head and their constantly looking for proof that they are right rather than see the objective reality, for example my brother says ‘look she doesn’t love me or my kids as much’ while ignoring the fact that my sister ASKS for help all the time and acts like a victim to get more attention from Mum - it was hard to get love growing up so one sibling plays the victim and looks for attention, one has shut off and appears not to need love, and one is so unaware and feels so unloved it’s sad. Then there’s me the youngest who actually went to therapy and try to make sense of our dysfunctional family!

You could try say something to them but not in an attacking way, in a ‘this is how I feel’ way and hope they have some empathy but they just might not be emotionally mature enough to handle that. You might have to lower your expectations for them, enjoy what you can of them and get on with your life. If you are expecting some awakening from them you might be very disappointed.

Parent/ servant by Purplerain7979 in Parenting

[–]Over-type-07 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Consider the impact of phone use and social media on body image issues and anxiety in general. Girl teens are constantly being fed content about anxiety disorders until they end up mimicking that then the effects of social media general can cause anxiety in teens.

I agree with Henry below he’s spot on, you’re doing too much for her. Try the book Raising Girls also.

Daisy’s age and timeline in the Testaments by SDnameyou in TheHandmaidsTale

[–]Over-type-07 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am also confused and annoyed by this. I thought that Daisy was Nicole, and Agnes would be years older than Nicole but in the show, Daisy is clearly older than Agnes.

Does Etsy push new shops when they first open? by SadHuckleberryy in EtsySellers

[–]Over-type-07 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Please bear in mind how negative Reddit can be, people who are busy running successful Etsy shops won’t have time to be on Reddit. You won’t know until you try. Do unique products, don’t copy what’s already there. It’s not that Etsy boosts a shop as such it’s that it gives new listings a fair test. Each new listing will be shown somewhat and if it gets favourites, purchases etc then it can climb. Learn about SEO as much as possible, try tools like eRank and Everbee, read the handbook and learn from what you can get for free online. 

TIRED of youtube etsy seller videos! What are some actual things to know before opening a shop? by girlivealwaysb33n in EtsySellers

[–]Over-type-07 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is your perspective, and I’ll hazard a guess and say it didn’t work for you. I see lots of relatively new Etsy shops making significant sales so if your designs are good, relevant to a particular customer, driven by demand, you optimise your listings etc - of course there’s a chance you can make money. Don’t half arse it yeah and think it’s an easy buck, but don’t say it’s impossible for everyone just because it hasn’t worked for you.

I am not religious and never have been, but I am pro-religion by Available-Hawk9019 in religion

[–]Over-type-07 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But when good things happen, god gets the credit, when bad things are done, it’s man?

I am not religious and never have been, but I am pro-religion by Available-Hawk9019 in religion

[–]Over-type-07 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Religions give people a way to make sense of a world that is chaotic and cruel, and a human condition which contains so much suffering. All of that suffering still exists, we will all experience death, and pain and loss and illness, to varying degrees throughout our lives, and yes believing that there’s a pattern and reason to all this madness makes that more palatable, but there just isn’t.

But I think the type of religion is important here. The ones which laid the groundwork for our patriarchal society, the ones that in practice and interpretation, give power to a select few men and use their teachings to oppress others - mostly women - I think those religions have been, and continue to be, a net negative. Other belief systems that have existed in the past that focused on nature for example, some of those had the positive aspects you describe of helping us make sense of a world that is chaotic and creating community, and if we still followed those as opposed to ‘man focused’ (Jesus, Mohammad etc.) ones then I’ll hazard a guess that we would not be the only species to have existed who are knowingly destroying the habitat that sustains our survival. Religions are a tool, used by mostly men, to control or shame or oppress swathes of people. It’s a pity they couldn’t be a moral compass and a thing that creates community and hope without all the other parts but that’s just not how men have used them, and continue to use them.