I was so determined not to obsess this month, I have been and am trying sooo hard to stop replaying the clinical radiologists words about how many women fall pregnant the same month as having their HSG test performed, over and over.
But as you can imagine it is hard not to get your hopes up when someone gives you that glimmer of hope no matter how hard you try.

Today is cd21 and despite taking the ovulation prediction tests since the day after my HSG (cd9) NOTHING, nadda, not a thing. Not even the faint line that has sometimes been there even before ovulation.
Apparently there is often a very faint line because there is ALWAYS a certain amount of the LH hormone that the test detects in your body, you just get the positive result when the test detects a surge in this hormone.

Although my cycles are irregular I do NORMALLY get a positive result by now so I did what I always do and googled about it, only to read countless reports on women having the same issue, not ovulating after the HSG done.
Maybe this should have made feel better, but it didn't, I think I was hoping to find this was impossible and that I was just ovulating late.

Oh and while googling I discovered various articles saying that these tests are misleading as they infact are picking up the hormone surge that happens AFTER ovulation and NO before, this is really worrying if it is true as so many of us TTCers (trying to conceive ers) rely in these tests to know when it is best to be doing the deed.

This month hubby and I had already decided to dtd every other day from cd12 onwards, so not easy when the joy that is endometriosis makes having sex that often really painful.
But apart from one day we are doing pretty well with it so far thank you lol.

The other problem with possibly ovulating late means my period will be due even later which means even more waiting and counting days.
We are not due to see the fertility specialist untill the end of next month (November), I have had all the tests he asked for now and we just need hubby to "Perform" another semen analysis at the end of this month as per specialists instructions.
He has been taking his "MAN tablets as I call them (They are Wellman conception tablets, vitamins really, but I think you need yo use a bit of humor sometimes or you will go mad)

Again I got onto my mate Google and researched what things could affect motility of sperm in a sample and was strangely releived to see that it said abstaining for too long would make the count go up but reduce motility.
I was releived because when hubby did his first sample back in March we had not been told not to ...not produce for longer than 7 days before the sample and at the time it was probably closer to 10 days since we had last done anything (Due to having the longest period) we even had to to fib on the paperwork for them to accept the sample.

So I am hopeful that when the next sample is done right the motility will improve (It needs to be at least 50% and hubby's was 37% at the time)
BUT now I am also a bit worried the count will be reduced as it was so good.
The specialist wants the analysis done at the end of this month so there is time to get all the other test results together in time for our appointment next month I guess.
It would be amazing not to need that appointment, but after all this time I am really not holding my breath, just my laptop lol.