I walked up a mountain and then failed to ovulate

Doh doh and doh again!

I was gearing up to start in September and it was all going so well until.. I walked up Snowdon. I can only guess the physical stress meant my body protested and couldnt muster up the hormone peak to trigger ovulation. Therefore the big O didnt happen until day 29 and that means that we cant do it next cycle as hubby will be away for the weekend around the time of egg collection as he is starting a masters degree course!

Ahhhhh I knew as soon as he said he would be away for a weekend in September that it would cause problems. I have waited 9 months since the last attempt and had just psyched myself up to start again and Septemeber was fixed in my head. I was so upset. I dont know if I can bring myself to do it in October or whether to say forget the whole thing until next year!

So, rather than news of starting injections etc, I'll leave you with a picture of the view from the top of Snowdon (the highest mountain in Wales for those of you not from the UK!).

Signed, sealed and ready to go.

Consent signing appointment went fine today. All forms are signed and all tests are now up to date and they confirmed that we will be doing the short protocol this time so no need for down regulating (yay). At least that means that the whole thing should be shorter.

All that we need to do now is ring on day 1 of next cycle and off we go! Im not sure if I feel optiistic yet or not? I guess it will start to seem more real once I start with the injections again and then it will all come flooding back!

We are going for a week away in a pretty little cottage in north Wales in a fortnights time so should have some relaxing time before it all starts. Hopefully that also means I wont be too stressed, ovulation wont be delayed and I might even have a reasonable length cycle; stranger things have happened!!!