Hi ladies. I have been a silent reader of this thread. I think I have only posted once or twice in this thread 2 months ago.
I have finally gotten my BFP after trying since Oct 2011 and I would like to share my TTC journey.
After having 3 failed cycles, we did a basic fertility check (SA for DH and scanning for me). DH's troops are perfectly fine thus I suspect the problem lies with me. Therefore I have changed my diet drastically. Besides taking folic and supplements, I cut down on fried food and meat and make sure that DH and I have at least 2 types of fruits and 2 types of vege each day. However still no results after another 3 months.
Then we decided to give TCM a try. We started tcm once my menses ended in early May. Before TCM, I have severe PMS such as sore boobs, backache, headache, bloating, giddiness and even nausea. All these symptoms gave me false hope for many months!! And on my first day of menses, I will have cramps. Some months it was ok and bearable. Others months the pain can be so bad and I need to take more panadols. The first month I started tcm, my pms symptoms were much less severe and only started like 3 days before my menses! There was still cramp on CD1 but much more bearable and lasted for only half a day. Second month there was almost no PMS symptoms except for slight sore boobs 2 days before my menses and there was no cramp at all on CD1. And then i got I got my BFP in the third month of TCM.
Thus I would recommend that you all can give TCM a try if you have similar experience like me (i.e. bad PMS symptoms, erractic BBT post ovulation). Forgot to mention that my post ovu BBT always go up and down (though not below coverline) before TCM. After TCM my BBT is more stable.
For those who are interested, you may want to google for "tcm diagnosis and treatment of female infertility". You should be able to find some good articles that better explain how TCM works. Sorry that I'm unable to post any URL here as some are PDF files and I'm not sure if it will infringe any copyright.
Hope you all will find my sharing useful and here spreading baby dust to everyone! And I'm praying hard that mine is a sticky bean