Infertility, Secondary Support Group

I forgot to mention I have done 7 IUI's, most with injections and done IVF. I had a miscarriage in March.

Hi! I'm still active on here. I read every day. Can't seem to post questions. I am 32 me and DH have been TTC for 11 months now. I just finished My first round of Clomid today. I have a 6 year old daughter we had without help. Have not been able to get preggo since. Good idea to see who is active & who is not

Great idea Julia! I have often wondered who was active and wasn't too in this group....

Anyway, I'm Lynda. I recently turned 41 and I've been praying for another shot at motherhood since I was 38 and our daughter was 18 months ago - so three years all up.

I lost an ovary when my daughter was born and my hormones have been out of sync ever since. I COULD have POF or perhaps am going into early menopause (as don't even have periods now) - haven't had a proper diagnosis.

November last year my husband and I looked into adoption and we've been pursuing that option ever since. We are about 3/4 of the way through the domestic adoption process here in New Zealand. We should be through it by about our daughter's fifth birthday next year - March 2010.

I consider myself to be dealing with the aftermath of SIF. So I still am on Dailystrength daily though I have had phases of checking in once a week or even once a month. I believe in giving back to others so I am here to support the "newbies" on the block as well as having a place to vent and connect with others in the same or similar boat.

Good Idea.

My story so far.....

I had a blocked tube, which was caused by my appendix operation when I was young. It took me and my DH 2.5 years to get pregnant with our son who is now 3 years old (he has just started nursery).

We started to try almost straight away as we knew we would have problems. At the beginning of 2009 I was very excited to find out I was pregnant. The excitement was short lived as the pregnancy turned out to be ectopic and I ended up in surgery having one of my tube removed (luckily it was the tube that was blocked and damaged).

The doctors have said that I could still get pregnant naturally, but here I am still waiting and wondering if that will every happen (lets face it I am not getting any younger – will be 30 next year).

We decided that we would look into adoption. I didn’t feel that I could pursue fertility treatment as I couldn’t take any more failure, I think it would tip me over the edge.
We are due to start adoption training next month, the process will probably take another 9 months or so after we have completed the training. We are going to adopt from the age group 0-2 .

I am desperate for my son to have a sibling, he is such a friendly young boy who loves to play with other children, I love him so much, and it breaks my heart that I can’t give him a sibling.

I am having a hard time with my SIF recently, things have really got to me. I am so grateful I have this support group and the friends on daily strength, they have been a great support over the last few weeks. Thanks you guys x

Hi Everyone!
I'm 28 and have a 3 year old. We've been TTC for 2 years. We have just had our first visit with a FS and he seems to think it's my DH sperm motility. We're going through more tests this month and will hopefully have a plan by the end of Oct. Our first pregnancy was natural- and quite unexpected :) but a blessing! We haven't tried IUI/IVF or any other drugs yet. It takes FOREVER to get things done here!

Ok. I need help. I know nothing about cm! Hope this is not to much info. Usually it is clear kinda like water. Today it is white thick and kinda sticky. What does this mean? Probably is nothing but I was just wondering. Thanks for the help.

Great idea Julie.

We have been TTC for 13 months. We got pregnant the first month with my son who is now 2.5 so it totally caught us by surprise and leaves us wondering what went wrong! We always wanted 4 kids, although now 2 is looking really good. So, I am hoping that we figure this out soon and hopefully next time we know how to deal with it.

I have done acupuncture which did help regulate my cycle. I did the initial work up and tests with my OBGYN. We now know that I ovulate too late. This does not leave enough time for it to implant and the conditions are not ideal. I have been on Clomid for 3 months now. The first two at 50 mg and this one at 100 mg. It looks like I am ovulating, however, it has done little for the timing. In fact, it just made my cycle two days shorter, leaving an even shorter LP. This is as far as my OBGYN will go and now I have to go to a fs. The problem is here it is almost a one year wait to get in. I am trying to see if I can somehow get around that waiting and wasting a year. I am thinking of trying acupuncture again and looking for another dr. I have been doing some reading and it seems progesterone may be the answer. So, I am still hopeful and so is my husband. I think I am taking this a lot harder than he is.

Hi All.
My husband and I are blessed with two kids but we've been trying to conceive #3 for two years, now. My DH was diagnosed with a low sperm count a year ago and they recommended IVF. It wasn't an easy decision but we decided it wasn't the right choice for us. We were hoping IUI would be an option but the FS thought it would be a waste of money. We just recently had a second opinion at a different clinic. Liked the second MD much better and he's looking a little harder into it. There's a possibility it could be something called retrograde ejaculation, which would be good news because there are ways of overcoming it. But he also did an US on me and says it was hard to see my ovaries but he's concerned they're small for my age. I'll be 37 in a few months so I feel like our time is running out. We won't hear back about our latest tests and the recommended treatment until October 5th. I hate the wait. Trying not to get my hopes up too much but it's not really working at all. I feel like I'm failing my daughter because she would be an absolutely incredible big sister and she wants to be one so badly.

I haven't really opened up to many of my friends because I don't think many people who haven't been where we are really understand. I feel really isolated and alone but I know that you gals do understand it. This is a great group!

This is a great idea!
I recently jumped back into this group. I had been here for a while, then quit posting, the left, now am back.
I'm 30, and we had our son 7 years ago. Thing is, though, that I had unprotected sex for 3 years before I ever did conceive. I met my husband and we got pregnant straight away the first time we had sex. But for me, it was a 3 year process of waiting and hoping for a child, so I'm very grateful for our son. Thing is, we started TTC #2 when our son was around 9 months old, and we continued trying for 14 months at which point I went to see the OB/GYN and he put me on Glucophage cuz he diagnosed me with PCOS (which I'm getting a second opinion on in the near future cuz the more I study the symptoms, the less I seem to find in common with my symptoms). Needless to say, the Glucophage did NOTHING to help us conceive. I don't even remember how long we tried after that 14 month time period. It was a while though. So I gave up, finally, and went on birth control as I wanted to get a gastric bypass. I did this for a few reasons. One was that my weight gain was slowly killing me in very visible ways, and some not so visible ways. I also went that route to improve my chance of conception. The doctor I'd seen that dx me with PCOS said a significant weight loss would likely jump start my fertility. Well, it didn't I'm afraid. We nixed the birth control thing 6 months ago and still no conception. Although, I was on Depo up until around November of last year, so I'm wondering if that has something to do with this struggle right now. I know last time I was on Depo, it really screwed me up long term, and the doctor did tell me that Depo can make you infertile for up to a year and a half after you stop it. So I dunno what to make of this. Either way, my heart is broke at this point because I can't conceive. I feel like a failure and very inadequate as a result of this. My son would make a wonderful big brother. He's so loving and helpful. My husband is a fantastic father. I feel as though I'm failing them both because my body simply won't work right. I also was irregular in my periods before pregnancy and was hoping after I'd delivered my son that my cycles would normalize and they never did and still haven't. At any rate, I'm with you all in the pain and struggle. Hope to meet a few of you. :)

Hi there. I am pleased to meet all of you.
My name is Crystal. I have a son who is 20 months. We have been TTC #2 since he was 6 months old. I am 37 now, and we wanted to get the second one in as soon as possible. We tried for 6 months before I went in to see my OB/GYN. He said that my breastfeeding was likely the reason I was having so much trouble this time- I had gotten pregnant the first month I tried with the first. I cut back on the breastfeeding and immediately got pregnant. Unfortunately, we lost that baby at 8 weeks 2 days. I got pregnant again and lost that baby very early. That MC was a partial, so my entire summer was spent monitoring my HCG levels and getting Dexomethetrate (did I spell that right?) shots to get rid of the remaining tissue. We have been cleared to try again, but were not successful this month. I seem to have a short LP, which I also had while I was breastfeeding. I feel like I am racing the clock, trying to get pregnant again before I turn 38. I have not seen a FS and am not sure I want to go down that road. I would love any advice you have though. Also, does anyone use BBT and CM to help identify when they ovulate? Does it work? I want to start combining that with the pee on a stick ovulation tests. I have been doing some reading, but I was curious about your experiences. OK. enough questions. Nice to meet you all.