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I want to know you better! ttc'vers!!
I am starting a new post if anyones interested! I want to know all about you girls!
Tell me your stories:)
1. How long have you been ttc?
2. What methods have you used?
3. Anyone already have children? How many?
4. m/c anyone...how many?
5. (My Favorite!!) Stories of ttc Success!!!
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Tell me your stories:)
1. How long have you been ttc?
2. What methods have you used?
3. Anyone already have children? How many?
4. m/c anyone...how many?
5. (My Favorite!!) Stories of ttc Success!!!
Post away!!!!
Hi every1 i want to play too lol!!
1.We have been trying to conceive since we met 3yrs ago (+2 more i was trying in my previous relationship)
2. We have tried all natural till our 1yr wedding anniversary (November 07) then i started taking vitex and damiana and chking my temps. NO BFP yet but at least im getting O now. I have plans to go the DR once we get settled in our new home then we will have the money and this clinic takes patients w/no insurance.
3. I have never been pregnant so no no children and i suffer from bad allergies so no fur babies either
4.Same as above
5.No good story yet but hopefully soon!!
1.We have been trying to conceive since we met 3yrs ago (+2 more i was trying in my previous relationship)
2. We have tried all natural till our 1yr wedding anniversary (November 07) then i started taking vitex and damiana and chking my temps. NO BFP yet but at least im getting O now. I have plans to go the DR once we get settled in our new home then we will have the money and this clinic takes patients w/no insurance.
3. I have never been pregnant so no no children and i suffer from bad allergies so no fur babies either
4.Same as above
5.No good story yet but hopefully soon!!
Hi. I stopped taking bcp last February (after using them for 16 years!) I didn't actually start ovulating till September, then starting charting my bbt in October, using opks & really understanding my cycles. It's been exciting, interesting, upsetting... a journey that will be well worth it if/when I become pregnant ! :)
I found out I have low progesterone, which caused my luteal phase to be short (approx. 9 days), so this is my second cycle using progesterone suppositories. Last cycle my luteal phase was 13 days, so I'm feeling pretty positive :) I don't have any children yet, no mc's & hopefully I'll have a success story soon !
Best wishes to all ttc'ers !!!!!
I found out I have low progesterone, which caused my luteal phase to be short (approx. 9 days), so this is my second cycle using progesterone suppositories. Last cycle my luteal phase was 13 days, so I'm feeling pretty positive :) I don't have any children yet, no mc's & hopefully I'll have a success story soon !
Best wishes to all ttc'ers !!!!!
Thank you Jen for creating this post. Not only is it great to read your kind words but it is also absolutely lovely to read each and every story.
We have been ttc'ing for almost a year. At this point we have not seen a Dr. and we time our intercourse through charting temp, CM and CP. I have erratic charts and suspect that I might not be always be O'ing. On top of that my work has me traveling away from DH often~so I think this might be a long journey. We plan on seeing a specialist in the Fall if we have not gotten our BFP. We have no children yet but would be very happy with one. I had a m/c when I was 22. The baby passed on around 8 weeks but it wasn't detected until later resulting in a D & C. I was hoping this would be my month but it's CD21 and I still haven't O'ed~ So, no BFP yet! I am positive that it will happen though and can't wait! Good luck to all you other lovely ladies in your ttc'ing efforts and (hopeful) subsequent pregnancy!
We have been ttc'ing for almost a year. At this point we have not seen a Dr. and we time our intercourse through charting temp, CM and CP. I have erratic charts and suspect that I might not be always be O'ing. On top of that my work has me traveling away from DH often~so I think this might be a long journey. We plan on seeing a specialist in the Fall if we have not gotten our BFP. We have no children yet but would be very happy with one. I had a m/c when I was 22. The baby passed on around 8 weeks but it wasn't detected until later resulting in a D & C. I was hoping this would be my month but it's CD21 and I still haven't O'ed~ So, no BFP yet! I am positive that it will happen though and can't wait! Good luck to all you other lovely ladies in your ttc'ing efforts and (hopeful) subsequent pregnancy!
Thanks for starting this thread. And by the way, your last post with your words of encouragement was absolutely beautiful. Made me teary-eyed, but in a good way! :)
1. We've been TTC about 22 months.
2. We tried on our own for a while since all of our tests have come back good. Started Clomid last fall with no luck and am now in the 2ww of my 3rd cycle of Femara. I also use OPK's and BBT charting (at least during the important days).
3. Unfortunately no children yet, but we do have an 8 year old yellow lab who is definitely the biggest baby ever and brings us so much happiness every day.
4. No known m/c, although I had a very screwy cycle in November 06 that I swear was a chemical pregnancy.
5. Hopefully we'll have a success story to add really soon!!
Best of luck to all of you on your TTC journey, wherever it may lead!
1. We've been TTC about 22 months.
2. We tried on our own for a while since all of our tests have come back good. Started Clomid last fall with no luck and am now in the 2ww of my 3rd cycle of Femara. I also use OPK's and BBT charting (at least during the important days).
3. Unfortunately no children yet, but we do have an 8 year old yellow lab who is definitely the biggest baby ever and brings us so much happiness every day.
4. No known m/c, although I had a very screwy cycle in November 06 that I swear was a chemical pregnancy.
5. Hopefully we'll have a success story to add really soon!!
Best of luck to all of you on your TTC journey, wherever it may lead!
Thanks jennyfer976, Great Idea!
We have been ttc for 3 years--Only been seeing RE since August 07.
I started on clomid with IUI's and have worked up to 150 clomid 7 days, and 2000 metformin daily. After the third cycle, we did get a BFP, but it ended at 7w5d in an ectopic had to take a couple months off. We just did our fourth IUI last week. My hopes are back up because at least now we know we can get pg. No previous children, except for two dogs--in which we are expecting puppies in April!
We have been ttc for 3 years--Only been seeing RE since August 07.
I started on clomid with IUI's and have worked up to 150 clomid 7 days, and 2000 metformin daily. After the third cycle, we did get a BFP, but it ended at 7w5d in an ectopic had to take a couple months off. We just did our fourth IUI last week. My hopes are back up because at least now we know we can get pg. No previous children, except for two dogs--in which we are expecting puppies in April!
I am 32 years old and I have three kids. 11, 9 and 5. I was remarried in June 2007 and we started trying for our own in July. We went in for a SA (well, DH did!) and it came back fine. Three surprise pregnancies and here my husband and I can't have one! So last month we started 50 mg of Clomid a day on days 3-7. HCG on day 7 (that sucked.) and ultrasound on day 12 that showed two nice follicles. We did trigger shot two days later and tried conceiving on days 13 and 14 timing it with the trigger. My doctor wanted to try that first with timed intercourse and then month two try IUI. Well, obviously it didn't work with timed intercourse so I am prepping for my first IUI on either Easter Sunday or Monday! He upped my clomid to 100 mg a day and we will do trigger shot before IUI. We are excited and I just had my reg. OB.GYN appt yesterday with an OB/GYN that is new to the practice I have been going to for awhile. (My old one left! BUMMER!) Anyway, he was SOOO nice and I told him everything my RE was doing and he thought it was a great treatment plan but wanted to do a blood test to check my thyroid and prolactin (no idea what that does, does anyone? I should have asked and didn't.) Anyway, those results came back today and looked great! My OB is so stumped as to why I can't conceive....my periods are every 28 days on the dot, DH checked out ok.....we just don't know! BUT THEN he told me he and his wife (which, they are 32 as well) have twin girls that they conceived through IUI! YAY! So I am keeping my chin up and hoping we geta BFP this month! I have had no miscarriages. I think I answered everything! I am just staying optimistic and I wish everyone here SSBD!
My heart goes out to all of you who have had miscarriages. I am so sorry for your loss, but on the bright side you can get preggo!!! So that is def. a start! The ttc journey is a long one but the miracle in the end is what sustains us all, along with hope! For all of us who have spent countless hours, and lots of cash on testing and treatment we've got a strong passion to succeed and thats something admirable! We follow our hearts and live in our dreams which one day will come true! For all of this we become stronger people and when the little ones come along, I believe we will appreciate them more and be stronger parents too:) It will all be worth it in the end, so its important to keep that end result in mind! Keep sharing~I think its a wonderful way for all of us to know we are not alone!
Hey all! Here goes:
1. How long have you been ttc?
I have been TTC this baby for 25 months. Found out about 6 months ago that I had PCOS so that would explain the lack of periods :)
2. What methods have you used?
I was on Clomid for 4 months. Went to RE, finally went on metformin for PCOS, actually O'ed, no luck. Went and did menopur shots, clomid, and ovidrel shot in January and it worked. But we just lost our munchkin at 6.5 weeks. Still waiting on AF to show so we can try again. I use temping/charting (love it!) and I also use a fertility monitor (the best invention ever!!! It is the only reason we actually got preggo with the drugs - my monitor told me to keep BDing and I did and it worked!)
3. Anyone already have children? How many?
I have an 8 year old girl named Kayla from a previos (crappy) marriage :)
4. m/c anyone...how many?
Just M/C about 2 weeks ago - this is my first (and hopefully only) M/C
5. (My Favorite!!) Stories of ttc Success!!!
Well, like I said, we have been using the monitor and added the menopur shots (5 days) and clomid and ovidrel shot to induce ovulation. 3 and a half days after the ovidrel shot (HCG shot) I finally O'ed and we actually got preggo. Everything looked good but then I started to bleed so we lost this one. But the only bright note - we CAN get pregnant...Just gotta keep going...and going... and going.... I am like the freaking energizer bunny! UGH!
HUGS AND SSBD to all!!!!!
Jen
1. How long have you been ttc?
I have been TTC this baby for 25 months. Found out about 6 months ago that I had PCOS so that would explain the lack of periods :)
2. What methods have you used?
I was on Clomid for 4 months. Went to RE, finally went on metformin for PCOS, actually O'ed, no luck. Went and did menopur shots, clomid, and ovidrel shot in January and it worked. But we just lost our munchkin at 6.5 weeks. Still waiting on AF to show so we can try again. I use temping/charting (love it!) and I also use a fertility monitor (the best invention ever!!! It is the only reason we actually got preggo with the drugs - my monitor told me to keep BDing and I did and it worked!)
3. Anyone already have children? How many?
I have an 8 year old girl named Kayla from a previos (crappy) marriage :)
4. m/c anyone...how many?
Just M/C about 2 weeks ago - this is my first (and hopefully only) M/C
5. (My Favorite!!) Stories of ttc Success!!!
Well, like I said, we have been using the monitor and added the menopur shots (5 days) and clomid and ovidrel shot to induce ovulation. 3 and a half days after the ovidrel shot (HCG shot) I finally O'ed and we actually got preggo. Everything looked good but then I started to bleed so we lost this one. But the only bright note - we CAN get pregnant...Just gotta keep going...and going... and going.... I am like the freaking energizer bunny! UGH!
HUGS AND SSBD to all!!!!!
Jen
What a great idea! Dh and I have one dd that is almost 3 that we had no problems concieving. We've been trying for number 2 for a year and a half. Have never had a problem getting pregnant it's staying pregnant that is the problem. Got pregnant Aug 06' but m/c in Oct. Got pregnant again Jan of 07' but m/c in March. Got pregnant again Aug 07 but m/c Oct 07. After 3rd m/c found I had a septate uterus that was fixed through surgery in Dec 07. We just started trying again this month and I was surprised to get a BFP this morning!!!! Praying this one sticks and can deliver a healthy baby!
hi,iam 25years ttc18 months ago,idon't have children&taking medication year ago,inever had BFP,like u iam hoping 1 day it will come +ve,iam waiting that day,iam diagnosed as atypical pco,took clomid,ovulatiom came late but no pregnancy,moved to inj.&finally ovulation came in right time but no pregnancy too,right now iam going to iui in a couple of days,pray to me as i feel confused&worried a little&plz post me any advices as it is my 1st time iui,thanks for caring to hear our stories.
cost/benefit analysis on IUI/IVF needs to be considered too. I think the IUI's run $300-$500 and have maybe a 10% success rate, whereas IVF can run you $15,000 for 3 cycles but have many centers claim close to a 50% success rate. Look into IVF where they do 3 cycles for a set price and refund the money (or part of it) if you don't conceive.
I'm not an IVF expert, but from my knowledge IVF is where they harvest the eggs from you and take the sperm put them together in a lab, let them grow 3-5 days then put them back into your uterus already fertilized, and hope that they will implant. IUI - they clean the sperm (take the bad ones out and keep the strong swimmers) and inject those directly into the uterus, and hopefully they will meet the egg on their own. IVF seems like a much more intricate process!! GOOD LUCK on your IVF!!
IUI is where they collect the sperm sample, wash it and insert the little swimmers straight into the uterus, while with IVF they remove the eggs and fertilize them outside the body :-)
1. How long have you been ttc?........ 4 years
2. What methods have you used? Will be starting fist cycle of IVF in May!!!
3. Anyone already have children? How many? No children
4. m/c anyone...how many? 1 mc before i even knew I had fertility issues
And I also have a question. What is the difference between IVF and IUI?
2. What methods have you used? Will be starting fist cycle of IVF in May!!!
3. Anyone already have children? How many? No children
4. m/c anyone...how many? 1 mc before i even knew I had fertility issues
And I also have a question. What is the difference between IVF and IUI?
Oh, yeah...I forgot to mention that we have some furry "children" too. Two doggies and three kitties :-)
1. DH and I have been TTC for 18 mths
2.Tried naturally for 12 mths naturally, but last 10 mths I had no AF...so I was not ovulating. Went through 6 rounds of clomid....no success. We are now seeing an RE. We are taking a break this month for testing, then RE will tell us what she thinks we should do next. DH also has a low sperm count (12 million) so we will prob. do IUI.
3.no children....but I do have a cat that as of right now has her own room....just until I can put a baby in there!
4. No MC....no preg. at all.
5. I hope to one day be a success story!
2.Tried naturally for 12 mths naturally, but last 10 mths I had no AF...so I was not ovulating. Went through 6 rounds of clomid....no success. We are now seeing an RE. We are taking a break this month for testing, then RE will tell us what she thinks we should do next. DH also has a low sperm count (12 million) so we will prob. do IUI.
3.no children....but I do have a cat that as of right now has her own room....just until I can put a baby in there!
4. No MC....no preg. at all.
5. I hope to one day be a success story!
I think this is a great idea!!!
1. this time around we have been ttc for 17 months
2. we were trying naturally until Nov 07 and then we did 2 rounds of clomid and then they found a cyst the size of a grapefruit on my ovary so had to have it removed and am on the pill now till next month when i can get and HSG done and then start fresh:)
3. Yes i have two kiddos. DS Logan is 2. and DD Kylie is 5 (there are pics in my profile)
4. M/C yes one natural one in August 04 and then and ectopic in Aug 06 which i lost one tube and ovary, and then in January 07 i had a chemical pregnancy.
5. success stories. well when we were trying for our DS (baby #2) we had to do clomid with no luck went off it for a break and ended up pregnant on our own first month off. now we are waiting for the next miracle.
1. this time around we have been ttc for 17 months
2. we were trying naturally until Nov 07 and then we did 2 rounds of clomid and then they found a cyst the size of a grapefruit on my ovary so had to have it removed and am on the pill now till next month when i can get and HSG done and then start fresh:)
3. Yes i have two kiddos. DS Logan is 2. and DD Kylie is 5 (there are pics in my profile)
4. M/C yes one natural one in August 04 and then and ectopic in Aug 06 which i lost one tube and ovary, and then in January 07 i had a chemical pregnancy.
5. success stories. well when we were trying for our DS (baby #2) we had to do clomid with no luck went off it for a break and ended up pregnant on our own first month off. now we are waiting for the next miracle.
Great idea!
1. I've been ttc for almost three LOOONG years
2. We are using opks, Clomid(for low prog), baby aspirin(for blood clotting disorder), preseed and will do HSG test soon
3. nope :( no children yet - but a 5 mo old niece and 1 mo. old niece that I'm spoiling like crazy!!
4. I have had two early m/c - one at about 6 wks and 7 months later another at 4 weeks
5. I have no stories of success... but hopefully I will soon!!
1. I've been ttc for almost three LOOONG years
2. We are using opks, Clomid(for low prog), baby aspirin(for blood clotting disorder), preseed and will do HSG test soon
3. nope :( no children yet - but a 5 mo old niece and 1 mo. old niece that I'm spoiling like crazy!!
4. I have had two early m/c - one at about 6 wks and 7 months later another at 4 weeks
5. I have no stories of success... but hopefully I will soon!!
my story ttc for about 4 years, 2 with fertility tx. Married for 5 years, with 4 previous miscarriages and no children. DH has one child from previous marriage. We both are on our close 40's and is getting harder to deal with all these fertility problems. We had two IVF and IUI with no results so far. Well that is my story.
Your stories are all amazing, some def. made me smile, others made me cry. I am going to pray for each and every one of you and its so great to know we are not alone in this journey and many of us have experienced pain and loss-but there is always hope:)
I encourage everyone to keep posting! I love reading these~ps. here is mine....
I have been ttc for 2years naturally and 3 years with help. I have only used IUI 2x and 1x w/clomid. I have never had any other children and have never even gotten a BFP. After numerous tests my dh appears to be perfectly healthy and they say I am too....we were diagnosed with "unexplained" infertility.
I am a full time student in college right now so I am taking it easy and going natural for a couple months. Hopefully this summer I will try one more IUI and see how that goes.
I am so hopeful I will get a BFP one day!
I encourage everyone to keep posting! I love reading these~ps. here is mine....
I have been ttc for 2years naturally and 3 years with help. I have only used IUI 2x and 1x w/clomid. I have never had any other children and have never even gotten a BFP. After numerous tests my dh appears to be perfectly healthy and they say I am too....we were diagnosed with "unexplained" infertility.
I am a full time student in college right now so I am taking it easy and going natural for a couple months. Hopefully this summer I will try one more IUI and see how that goes.
I am so hopeful I will get a BFP one day!
Hi Jennyfer! Here's my story:
1. How long have you been ttc? About 3 years now.
2. What methods have you used? OPKs, BBT charting and timed intercourse for the past year and a half or so. Before then, just unprotected sex. I also had 4 unsuccessful IUI cycles about a year ago (no meds)...in between my two miscarriages.
3. Anyone already have children? Unfortunately, no.
4. m/c anyone...how many? I've had 2 miscarriages. Got pregnant on my own in January 2006, but the baby stopped developing at 8 weeks (needed a D&C), then after the unsuccessful IUIs last year, got pregnant on my own again in July 2007, but had a natural (spontaneous) miscarriage at 6.5 weeks in September.
I'm now considering whether or not to continue trying on our own or move on to injectables and IUI or IVF.
1. How long have you been ttc? About 3 years now.
2. What methods have you used? OPKs, BBT charting and timed intercourse for the past year and a half or so. Before then, just unprotected sex. I also had 4 unsuccessful IUI cycles about a year ago (no meds)...in between my two miscarriages.
3. Anyone already have children? Unfortunately, no.
4. m/c anyone...how many? I've had 2 miscarriages. Got pregnant on my own in January 2006, but the baby stopped developing at 8 weeks (needed a D&C), then after the unsuccessful IUIs last year, got pregnant on my own again in July 2007, but had a natural (spontaneous) miscarriage at 6.5 weeks in September.
I'm now considering whether or not to continue trying on our own or move on to injectables and IUI or IVF.
hi i'm fairly new here...here are my answers! :)
1. How long have you been ttc? since February 26th (mirena removed Feb 25th)lol
2. What methods have you used? unproteced sex! ovulation calendars...thats about it so far
3. Anyone already have children? How many? 1 lil girl 3 years old
4. m/c anyone...how many? 3 miscarriages :( before my daughter was born
5. Stories of ttc Success!!! 3 miscarriages later 1 beautiful lil girl now I am trying for my second and hopefully I'll have a safe healthy sucessful journey!!!
GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE HERE! AND GOD BLESS
1. How long have you been ttc? since February 26th (mirena removed Feb 25th)lol
2. What methods have you used? unproteced sex! ovulation calendars...thats about it so far
3. Anyone already have children? How many? 1 lil girl 3 years old
4. m/c anyone...how many? 3 miscarriages :( before my daughter was born
5. Stories of ttc Success!!! 3 miscarriages later 1 beautiful lil girl now I am trying for my second and hopefully I'll have a safe healthy sucessful journey!!!
GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE HERE! AND GOD BLESS
1. TTCing for six months
2. Timed BD, pre-seed, OPKs for six months & was getting ready for Clomid/IUI cycle
3. I have 2 children from a previous marriage (DS-7 & DD-4)
4. I have had 2 m/c - one when I was 22 6-8 weeks and one Dec 07 @ 5 weeks
5. Just got my BFP and am 5 weeks today
Best of luck guys. Praying my little bean stays stuck.
2. Timed BD, pre-seed, OPKs for six months & was getting ready for Clomid/IUI cycle
3. I have 2 children from a previous marriage (DS-7 & DD-4)
4. I have had 2 m/c - one when I was 22 6-8 weeks and one Dec 07 @ 5 weeks
5. Just got my BFP and am 5 weeks today
Best of luck guys. Praying my little bean stays stuck.
Here is my story.
1.Trying to conceve for 4 years even though i had no idea what i was doing so after bd i was always getting up and went to the bathroom to get cleaned up. Even though this has nothing to do
2. Got pregnant last year in april with clomit+injectables and m/c on june.Baby stopped growing between 5-6 weeks.
Got pregnant on august and m/c on october, babys heart stopped beating at 71/2 weeks.
Got pregnant this january and i'm just going through my 3m/c and it is painfull as hell. This time it was a blighted ovum.
Next time i'm consedering IVf since this method got me pregnant each time but m/c.
I hope i have a success story next time.
1.Trying to conceve for 4 years even though i had no idea what i was doing so after bd i was always getting up and went to the bathroom to get cleaned up. Even though this has nothing to do
2. Got pregnant last year in april with clomit+injectables and m/c on june.Baby stopped growing between 5-6 weeks.
Got pregnant on august and m/c on october, babys heart stopped beating at 71/2 weeks.
Got pregnant this january and i'm just going through my 3m/c and it is painfull as hell. This time it was a blighted ovum.
Next time i'm consedering IVf since this method got me pregnant each time but m/c.
I hope i have a success story next time.
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