How uncanny, so many of us TTC number 1 at age 27. I will be 28 in late June... Where has the time gone? I want many children, at least three; I have always known I want kids.... But I didn't realize that peak fertility was really just in the early to mid 20s, I mean I knew, but not the full extent! I put it off for my own professional development, and because I hadn't met Mr Right.
Well, I still haven't met him.... How that can be the case, I am not sure, but all of a sudden one day I was 26, and realized my clock was ticking, and that even if i found Mr Right immediately I would want to take a couple years to be sure, out of fear of a bad marriage splitting up my family. So I started thinking about donor sperm... A year later, I had IUI #1 with donor sperm earlier this month, but got a BFN... Now on CD2 of IUI cycle #2. the whole process is bit harder than it would be with unlimited sperm, but ah well, that just makes timing crucially important.
Learned I have a serious luteal phase defect - it's not too short, but I make virtually no progesterone after ovulation....glad i learned that now, though it means I am in for a course of several different hormones each time. A trigger shot of hcg and progesterone supplements during 2ww. Without extra progesterone no bean could stick, as the lining would not be thick enough...
But I am positive, and know my BFP is out there in the future somewhere!
Anyway, just wanted to say hello... Best of luck to all of you!