35 and over and ltttc for baby #2 for over 2.5yrs!

@Barbikins - sorry I just saw your signature so see that you have the test in Oct then IUI in Nov. I'm so clueless - what does the IUI all involve? :hugs:

I know that feeling too & it's so helpless - this situation.
It really blows! Hand in there, love.

Yep - have two anatomy tests & then if that's all good to go, I"ll do my 6th IUI with injectables & progesterone. That's new...the new drugs & P.
Basically my husband's sperm gets 'washed' so its all the awesome sperm. They get inserted into my uterus with a catheter & there ya go!
 
Oh I so hope it works!! I have my fingers tightly crossed for you! I guess the countdown is on now..... big hugs :hugs:
 
Thank you hun! I hope some thing works.
Or else I think I'm packing it all in after Xmas & just waiting for life to happen or not happen. I can't keep on this track for ever. It's SO stressful. And frustrating.
 
Hey barbikins hang in there hun I so know how you must be feeling! Let's just keep our fingers crossed the injectables will do the trick you never know you may end up with twins. How do you feel about the risks of multiples?
 
We're opposed to twins. I hope that doesn't happen.
Unfortunately I'm not sure we could afford to live - no joke. The day care costs alone would eat us alive. I have a step-daughter to whom we pay a hefty cost to her mother for child support :(

The injectables I'm doing, the doctor said that the chances for twins is very much like Clomid.
 
Yeah with careful monitoring it shouldn't come to that barbi! There's a little more control with ivf which appeals to me and of course the better chances of getting pregnant. The cost certainly doesn't appeal though! Do you know what meds you'll be on?I'll be on buserelin and gonal f with pregnyl to trigger! Me and dh are totally fine if we were to concieve twins but triplets are a total different ball game. Just getting pregnant full stop would be good though! Think it will give us as much chance of pregnancy as a normal fertile couple has each month.
 
Well the cost of IVF is astronomical....we were quoted around $16K...the meds for at least one or two cycles would be covered under our health benefits but the rest is out of pocket. Where as IUI has cost us just shy of $600/month.
I am looking forward to trying another IUI - I feel positive about it. It's another month of hope I guess? We'll see what happens.
I'm still hoping we can get pregnant on our own. I have a feeling what ever isn't right with me is nothing to do with trying on our own vs. IUI - either way it's the same issue you know? I got pregnant once on our own so why not again?!
 
6 IUIs must be so so stressful. I'm NHS so very much on their protocol, in my area they won't do any treatment before they have done all the tests, hormone levels, SA, HSG, even before they'd give me Clomid or Femara so you might have better luck now you've had the HSG.
Part of their logic is they don't want to waste money on drugs or treatment if something else is causing problems.
 
Yeah definitely. I'm all for tests before treatments.
I hope some thing gives this year!
 
I had how fertility treatment is so expensive!! It seems so unfair!! Anyway rant over - I came on to say that I hope you all have a lovely weekend :hugs: :)
 
Yeah and you orchid! Have a great weekend girls family visiting here so there will be 5 little boys altogether in my house, give me strength ha ha!
 
I need to catch up on the thread but can I join - I am also 35 trying for number two for 21 cycles and so frustrated. I am at the point where dh needs to get sa sorted. He keeps finding excuses but I have told him he just needs to get it done as they won't test me anymore until he has it done. Feeling very down now as cd1 has kicked in today. I started ttc in dec 2011 when ds was 1.5. Now he is over 3. If we conceive this cycle baby will be born around his 4th birthday but month after month it isnt happening. I have now had five of my friends with 3 year olds fall pregnant and have all given birth and they all started trying after me :( I will catch up on all the other pages later as really need to get up and dressed lol :)
 
Hi Gemmy!
Wow - your story sounds SO like mine!! We started TTC #2 in Dec. 2011 when our DS was 2 but nothing - not even a hint of a BFP. Finally after a year of TTC the Dr sent me for the Day 21 blood work (which was all good) and my DH for a SA. Finally a week before our follow up appt 3 MONTHS LATER(!) DH went and did his test. As it turned out he had pretty poor motility (44%) but most alarmingly 0% normal morphology. I was totally gutted but Dr was convinced that you can improve sperm and especially morphology. Long story short we are still TTC and DH is meant to have had his 2nd SA done a month ago but he hasn't been yet....until he goes nothing else will be done.

I have 3 best friends who are all pregnant with their 2nd child (actually one just gave birth to hers!). Her DD is 1 year younger than my DS and my other 2 friends first-born's just both turned 2. It is so hard and so I totally understand how you feel. I was the first to get married and have a child but now I am the last to have my 2nd. I'm sorry we are having to 'meet' this way but at the same time it's so good to meet ppl who understand what it's like as no one else does - not even my family. The ladies on this board are really lovely and offer lots of support and advice so you are in good hands here!! :hugs:
 
I'm so behind! At work and can't type up a proper reply but wanted to say hi to gemmy *waves* You're in the right thread. :hugs:

hope everyone else is doing alright
 
Hey girls and a huge welcome to this thread Gemmy!I can only echo the other girls your in an almost identical situation to me so your totally not alone. We have unexplained fertility so totally sucks. Anyway stick around we'd love to have you xx
 
Ahh thanks for the welcomes guys, this really is a great thread! ! I have just gone over the last 20 pages and I am amazed how similar we all are. And a big congrats to cali who gives us hope!!

Where is everyone in their cycle now? I am unfortunately cd1 and really heavy. It was a short cycle though so I have been put out of my misery.

Ah whiteorchid I am glad I am not the only one who waits on dh to get sa! Dh claimed that when he had a blood test done (for something else unrelated) and he mentioned sa she said one thing at a time. But I think that is him talking as he likes putting things off and rings up for that result friday and had planned to then book appointment. I told him there is nothing stopping him making another appointment before then as it is all waiting.

We went down this road with ds. Only we had a different doc surgery and I was with him when we asked. That doc immediately ordered the appointment, asked him to get a sample pot on the way out and then in the post he had a letter telling him to come to a certain hospital with the sample no more than an hour old. It was going to be on 4th nov 2009 and he was dreading it. I then got bfp on 30th Oct 2009 and he had the pleasure of cancelling it. So now every month he thinks...This is it, I won't need to bother!

Well we will see!

Hope everyone is having a good weekend x
 
Gemmy - No you are not alone - it's definitely a chore to get our lovely DH's to go for their SA's!! Not that I blame them - definitely not the best test but better than a lot of what we have to go through!! Typical men though and to be honest if we had to do what they had to do it would be a little difficult so I can sympathise a bit!

AFM I am roughly 8dpo although have no expectations for this cycle as hubby was away so not sure if we managed to BD in time! According to Fertility Friend I ovulated the day before hubby came home, but the other program I use says I O'd the day after! Anyway like I said I'm not expecting anything this month so just trying to chill out and forget about it and hope he will be home next month at the right time! Day 1 is by far the worst day and I'm always super down/frustrated! The ladies here though have been so fantastic at getting me through that horrendous and disappointing first day so hopefully we can give you encouragement and a shoulder to cry on as well!

How long did it take you to conceive your son? :hugs:
 
I forgot to say - today my wonderful little boy asked if if his new cousin (who he is yet to meet cause they live on the other side of the world!) was his brother! I told him no, he is his cousin and he said "but mummy, I really want him to be my brother". I told him for him to be his brother he would have to be mummy's baby and he said "no he's my baby!". He then said "I wish......" and stopped himself. It was like he knew... even though we never talk about it in front of him. Made me sad but at the same time appreciate what an amazing little boy I have! <3
 
Ah bless him that does touch the heart strings, yes you have a wonderful little boy there and I have everything crossed for you. I don't think my 3 year old really knows the word brother although we use it as he plays with our neighbours 4 year old girl and her 9 year old brother. But he often says he likes babies and talks about baby in my tummy. I tell him he's my baby, he laughs and says no big boy. Ah I so understand that sad feeling wanting to give them a sibling and then that feeling of love and happiness that you have them! We tried for one year with him. It was really only 10 or 11 cycles of using opk and feeling we were struggling, prior to that ntnp. But we have doubled that this time, I thought we would do it so much quicker this time as the time we conceived with ds we used preseed and I have my 2nd reflexology treatment, whereas this time we have used it lots of months and I had about 5 treatments but then took a break from trying. Also the first time we had just started seeking treatment so I believed I was more relaxed, but we have started seeking help again and tried relaxed months. Definitely harder dtd with 2nd though as you can't just dtd several times and lay around all day which was me the first time. I know the sa can't be pleasent but I am eager to know whether we should dtd more or let it build up. However most months tend to be every other day over that time, I think there was a bit more the month we conceived ds.
 
Well girls I can honestly say my dh has never minded doing sa, I actually book him yhe appointments and tell him when he's to do it and how long to abstain from. I would rather arrange than getting it done at around my fertile time! Well I've had my friends 10 week old baby staying for the weekend as I'm babysitting she's out with her girlfriends for first time since he was born. I could've gone but knew it would end up with me getting drunk which isn't what I need few weeks away from treatment. Anyway had to make a mad dash out with him and my son last night for some infacol as he had bad wind and was miserable but I kept thinking this could be me one day and questioning whether I could cope with it full time! Of course I could but getting up with him in the night for a feed took me back to when isaac was little and when my husband saw me feeding him this morning he looked and smiled but I know he was feeling a little sad. I feel a bit sad as I know it might not ever happen and ds has been wonderful with him concerned when crying and leaving him alone when sleeping. Oh god I feel weird! Had results of sperm analysis and just got one concern with morphology its gone from 10% 3 years ago to 8% last year to 7% this year! Been told so many times that he has good sperm but looking online those numbers are still quite low? What have they told you orchid? Getting him some boxers today and vit c abd hope the iui will sort us out x
 

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