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Wether you have been ttc for years or just months what would be the one thing that you wish you could change if you knew now what you didn't know at the begining of your infertility journey?
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As odd as this sounds, I don't think there's anything I'd do differently... I feel like this is all happening at the right time for us, even though it's been soooo painful at times.... if I had to pick one thing I'd say I would've never went on bcp... I was on them for a year before quitting to ttc.
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I think I definately would not have been so laid back about my fertility & would have went to the dr. much sooner. I feel like i wasted so much time just hoping things would just happen naturally, when I obviously could see that it wasn't.
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Gone to see my RE as soon as he opened up his clinic. Oh, and not wasted money on BCP for all those years!
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Picked my first partner more wisely. I had my 2 mc and ectopic with him. With the ectopic we were already getting a divorce and it was just one of those things that happened. Sad, but we didn't get pregnant for 4 years and then it happens!
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I would have went to the doctor sooner (or went back after my first few visits). I was in denial.
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After having a child, I was very relaxed on our second time trying. I thought it was going to be easy. Its almost been 2 yrs now and we didn't start seeing an RE until Aug. That being said, I would have pushed my dr. to investigate my fertility sooner. And I wouldn't have wasted so much money on taking BCP.
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If I would have known, that DH's vasectomy reversal wouldn't be a success, (scar tissue has built up) I would have kept our money we paid out of pocket and saved it for IVF treatments.
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We got married out of state and I forgot my bcp when we left for the wedding so it was a big deal trying to get them 500 miles from home...wouldn't have worried about it so much. Also I think we would have started trying sooner. My OB is also an RE and I would have talked to her about fertility a lot sooner than I did. But mostly I would have sought the support of my DS friends sooner. What a blessing you all have been. Thank you
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I knew my mom had problems so it should have been an indication. I was taking a medication all through my 20's (and most of my 30's) that caused birth defects, so I wasn't ttc. Knowing what I know now, I would have stopped taking the medication 10 years ago and started trying. But everything happens for a reason and there is a right time for everything.
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I would have been more healthy and also I would have never taken BCP. Regardless to what doctors say, I think that for some women it can have a lasting effect. I would have tried sooner also.
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I would of stayed away from birth control pills. I feel (and the dr. has said in not so many words) that that is what caused this all.
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I would have TTC a lot earlier before endometriosis took over and ruined my life.
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We would have started trying earlier and gone to my RE earlier. I was very lucky to get PG on my first IVF cycle at age 38.
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I would not have wasted so much time with my OB/GYN. I wish we went to the RE a year and a half before we did.
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I would of had frozen sperm on hand at ER last week. I never again want to go through all the meds, appointments, emotions, etc. to get a bunch of eggs and then have them go to waste.
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