I feel it is NOT an addiction, it is the hopes of having your dreams come true. I have been TTC and hold a pregnancy for over 2 years now. The months that "nothing" happened, meaning I didn't ovulate was a stab through the heart. You want it so bad but sometimes you have to just take a step back and relax. That is how I got pregnant my 4th time. I finally "gave up" and that month I got pregnant. Hang in there!

I sometimes think it is an addiction, because even when me and DH took a 'break" I still thought about it everyday and was planning when I will start the meds again timing it so that I wont be out of town or have his daughter down, all the little things that make a BIG differance! addictions can kill people and god bless us women that we dont get so low to let this one do the same! Hang in there ladies...

This is my first month and yes..Im pretty addicted. I think about it everyday.

I don't think I will ever stop. There isi no such thing as a break for us becuase it never leaves my mind. I love people who say they got pregnant once they stopped trying. How do you do that? I always know what day of my cycle I'm on without really trying to know. We had been trying for 3 years when we finally got pregnant. Now that we have lost the twins and we will strat the rollercoaster again it has already consumed me. I don't think I will ever stop trying.

I am not sure how to answer the question. In some ways I think it is good for our bodies to have a break from all the drugs, but that does not mean you have to stop trying. I don't think it is an addiction, but I do think we get very caught up in it with reason. If you stopped "trying" you may feel like "this may of been the month if I did the IUI" or something like that. You would also feel weird b/c you are in a routine right now with the meds and the testing, etc.

I don't think we could stop. We are on a "break" right now waiting for our first IVF cycle. DH has very low sperm ct and there is virtually no hope of TTC naturally. But I still want to try. All and all it will prob be 4-6 months from the time we stopped til IFV. Seems like an eternity not to try

Although this is my first round with IVF my dh and I have been trying for almost 2 years. I have tried to not think about it and I have tried not to try (i know that sounds funny), but every month is the same. It is always in my head and even when I try not to try it is still all I can think about. So yes, I do think it is, in some way, an addiction.

Not so much an addiction, but an obsession. I'm older too and I have to skip this month before I start another IUI and I feel like I can hear a giant clock ticking...all I keep thinking is WHAT A WASTE OF A MONTH!!!!! And to add insult to injury, I have to take birth control pills for 3 weeks - it's killing me!

I took a 6 month break and every month when AF came, i felt like i just waisted another egg. It's never off my mind but i don't think it's an addiction.

I don't think I will ever stop. Maybe take a break here and there to let my body rest but even if nothing worked medically, I would move forward with adoption. Even if I adopt, I still think I will wonder every month if it could happen.

Addiction, obsession whatever you want to call it i understand it totally consumes you. I have decieded to stop. Well i keep saying it out loud trying to convince myself. That I have stopped trying however it still consumes me. DH even called about 5 minutes ago to tell me its time to start the opk's because it should be "that time" i guess he forgot we werent trying too. I have not gone to the RE this month and dont plan too so for the most part i gave up but i still think and dream about it every minute of every day......... sorry for rambling just wanted you to know i understand how you are feeling

I'm pretty sure "obsession" describes it perfectly for me. I have a friend going through the same thing and she just tried her first iui with clomid and she said if this doesnt work - she's done. I almost choked when she said that. I would spend every cent I have (and dont have) to get pregnant. I think even if I did everything I could and it didnt work I would still be measuring my life in 2 week increments and reading into every twinge.

i am older too and feel like i can't afford to lose even one cycle.i am doing trial meds and testing this cycle in prep for IVF in january and feel like i am loseing precious time.

i have decided i will never use birth control ever again and will always hope for a miracle no matter how late in life it comes.