Anyone pregnant naturally after TTC 18 months or more??

[Titi]

Hi lovely bumpy ladies!

I am LTTTC and need some inspiration...but I posted this in TTC and not getting anywhere.

Thought maybe you girls could help? Thanks!

"Hello all,

DH & I are on our 17th cycle TTC#1 and I have never had a BFP at all and he has never gotten anyone pg.

When I first started TTC I kinda thought it could take 12-18 months at our age (34&36) but now that I've been a member of B&B it seems all I see are newbie BFPs everywhere!

Can you all help me put this in realistic perspective? Is 17 cycles abnormally long? Anyone get a natural BFP after this or longer-without ever doing any meds or medical intervention? I'd just love to hear some of your stories-I've been feeling very discouraged that it's not meant to be for us.

Thanks all,

 

[sjb1985]

Hiya Hun, I fell pregnant very easily (too easily lol) with my son at 20. We were trying for another 9 months after he was born and after 3 years it got to the stage where we thought it wasn't going to happen again for us. A week later when we stopped trying we got our BFP!
We never used any meds, didnt even see a doctor about it, it was all 100% natural.

Maybe it is due to putting too much pressure on ourselves, as we couldnt believe that the week we stopped trying is the week it happened for us.

Don't lose hope hun, i am a firm believer that good things come when the time is right. Stay positive and i wish you all the luck in the world for you BFP! xxx

 

[sue247]

Hi there, i have a 3 year old already and fell pregnant straight away with him. When i was ready for one more thought it would be easy, but it was not. I tried for 18 months. used the ovulation strips, agnus catus, anything i could. It just was not happening. I was on the verge of going to see my doctor and start getting fertility tests done. (I left it so long as i was dreading the invasive tests), by the way i am 36 years old. Anyway, the monthi was due to go and see my doctor i thought i would splash out on a clearblue fertility monitor. I fell pregnant that month! Unfortunately i miscarried at 6 weeks. I again waited for my AF to re start and dug out my Clearblue Monitor once again and fell pregnant straight away again with it! (So after 18 months i have fallen pregnant twice - both times using this monitor). I am almost 9 weeks now.


Like you i felt people generally were not TTC as long as i had been before getting their bfp's and i was really feeling like there was a problem. What this monitor helped me to do was to show me ALL my fertile days. (the days leading up to when i O). and i think that we just needed to DTD much more than we was, once or twice over the fertile period was not enough to cover all bases for us!

Hope you get your bfp soon X

 

[Emmielou28]

Have you had any investigations done at all?

My best friend was trying unsucessfully for 8 months (which I realise is no where near as long as you) but one month decided to start taking Vitamin B6 and also used pre-seed. Low and behold she got pregnant that month. Have you tried temping etc?

 

[Titi]

Have you had any investigations done at all?

My best friend was trying unsucessfully for 8 months (which I realise is no where near as long as you) but one month decided to start taking Vitamin B6 and also used pre-seed. Low and behold she got pregnant that month. Have you tried temping etc?

Thank you to all for your replies & help.
I used opks for about the first 15 cycles and started temping in November. I am also using softcups and preseed, grapefruit juice and maca. I have been taking a prenatal since 05/08. I tried extra b vitamins & accupuncture from May 09 until Sept 09. I have also tried about everything else you can imagine including NTNP the last few cycles. Am now trying SMEP this one.

So far I've had cd21 bloods which came back great and a vaginal ultrasound that showed no problems plus a ripe follicle ; )

DH had a Semen analysis that wasn't great but wasn't that bad. His count was normal but he had a motility of about 49%. That was in Nov. and he has since quit smoking, started eating better and is taking FertilAid and an ayervedic formula.

 

[mrsfeehily]

Have you had any investigations done at all?

My best friend was trying unsucessfully for 8 months (which I realise is no where near as long as you) but one month decided to start taking Vitamin B6 and also used pre-seed. Low and behold she got pregnant that month. Have you tried temping etc?

Thank you to all for your replies & help.
I used opks for about the first 15 cycles and started temping in November. I am also using softcups and preseed, grapefruit juice and maca. I have been taking a prenatal since 05/08. I tried extra b vitamins & accupuncture from May 09 until Sept 09. I have also tried about everything else you can imagine including NTNP the last few cycles. Am now trying SMEP this one.

So far I've had cd21 bloods which came back great and a vaginal ultrasound that showed no problems plus a ripe follicle ; )

DH had a Semen analysis that wasn't great but wasn't that bad. His count was normal but he had a motility of about 49%. That was in Nov. and he has since quit smoking, started eating better and is taking FertilAid and an ayervedic formula.

Hi Hun,

I'm so sorry that you're going through this frustraing time where nothing seems to be working but it sounds to me as though you're both doing everything in your power to make it happen.

I know you probably are sick of hearing this but me and DH tried to get pregnant for about a year before we got married - nothing, not even a hint of a BFP. We then had a break for a while before our wedding and started trying again the month after the wedding.

I wasn't expecting to get pregnant as it had never worked before and I was just 'waiting' that month out for my next cycle so I could use my newly purchased Clearblue monitor.

Well needless to say I didn' need the monitor as I fell pregnant in that month! It's honestly like when I wasn't expecting it or putting any pressure on myself it happened! It's easier said than done I know but try and relax as much as you can.

Fingers crossed for your BFP soon

xx

 

[Kerrieann]

Hiya hun, sorry its taking so long It took us 26 cycles!! The only things we did different last month was we both starting taking pre-natal vits (hubby took wellman) and we used the clear blue fertility monitor which was fantastic and think it was this that definetly did it for us!! I also made sure i didnt get up after sex this month and as gross as it sounds i just went to sleep straight after!! Good luck hun, really hope you get ur soon xx

 

[padbrat]

Me and OH were trying for 6 years and nothing (naturally). Then I happened to randomly get tested for my thyroid and they said it was underactive and put me on some pills. They said it would take 6 months for my body to be right with it's levels in general.... 6 months later bang on I fell unexpectedly pregnant!

Make sure they have checked basic stuff like that before you give up hope!

Good luck x

 

[jeanettekaren]

We have been ttc for over 4 years!!! We are actually on the ivf waiting list. I personally think we had problems because I was on the depo injection for years and maybe residual hormones were left over and that's we we didn't fall for so long.

 

[somedaymama]

I am newly pregnant after trying for 17 full months. My 17 months weren't 17 cycles--I didn't ovulate every month, but it still can happen after so long! Hope you get your BFP soon!

 

[Emmielou28]

Another friend of mine was TTC for 18 months and someone suggested to her that it could be because she regularly took paracetemol that was stopping her conceiving as it lowers your body temperature. She suffered from bad headaches so took them regularly. The first month she stopped taking them she fell pregnant. Just a thought? x

 

[Titi]

Thanks Emmielou-nothing like that here, tho......but that might end up being helpful for someone else : )

 

[AngelzTears]

Hi! It took me 14+ months to get pregnant. I stopped counting eventually. I had Celiac and previously had cysts on my ovaries, so I don't know if that had anything to do with my trouble conceiving. I did conceive naturally, totally surprised about getting pregnant too as it had been so long.

We didn't really do anything differently. The only things I can think of that were ever so slightly different is that my periods were consistently getting more painful every month and more flow (the 2, maybe 3 cycles before I became pregnant). I suppose that means my ovaries are functioning more properly since they were doing more? Also, this is really TMI, but on the two days that I was ovulating when I went the bathroom after sex, the first day the sperm never came out of me and the second day after sex it was all lumped together in a ball rather than just like normal liquid. One of those two days got me pregnant. Not sure if any of this info will ever be of use, but I really don't know why one month I could get pregnant and not the other 14+ months when I actually tried. It's a mystery!

 

[Farie]

Hi hon

I was trying for 3 years for this bean, we have had male factor, anovulation plus other issues. We had given up hope of a natural baby by the last cycle and since I didn't want to pay for IVF we had started to explore the adoption route while waiting the additional 2 years before we became eligible for help. .. and got a BFP very unexpectedly!

We have made massive steps to improve DF's and lifestyle changes to make us happier and less stressed, but I can honestly say this BFP was the biggest surprise ever!

 

[Vienna 09]

We were trying for 2 and a half years and at the end of the last year found out that the reason for our problem conceiving was OHs very low count.
In January this year I started a new job involving LOADS of travellling, and started to train for a half marathon. I totally put babies etc. out of my head and decided to focus on other things for a while, believing that we would need to go the IVF route at some point, and wasn't ready for all that upheaval yet.
Lo & behold, got a BFP in March which was such a shock!!! I don't even remember when we could possibly have conceived!!!
I have heard from others also that as soon as you stop obsessing over it, it just magically happens... MUCH easier said than done though, I know.
Good Luck and I hope you have a similar suprise soon!

 

[lilia]

My OH and I were trying for around 2 years with not one single BFP. After a while we just kind of accepted that it probably wasnt meant to be and guess what? I'm 18 wks pregnant, it DOES happen
I honestly completely believe the cliche that when you relax and stop trying then thats when it is most likely to happen. We had both been so busy with work etc. that we had put any thoughts of a baby to the back of our minds. We had not been testing or anything at all, we had literally been that busy.
I don't even know the reason why i bought a test, we were walking past a pharmacy and i said 'oh lets just get one'! I actually remember saying on the way home 'well theres about a 10% chance this will be positive, its just never going to happen'
I only even looked at the test to make sure that it was working , to see the two lines shocked me soo much!
It can happen, so my best advice would be to just relax about it all. I know its easier said than done, but i'm sure it will help

Good luck xxxx

 

[Titi]

Congratulations to all you girls who had to wait so long and are now PG! I'm so happy for you and thank you so much for your replies-it is really giving me so much hope~

 

[Farie]

It can happen, so my best advice would be to just relax about it all. I know its easier said than done, but i'm sure it will help

Good advice to a degree, although it would take a brave person to pop into LTTTC and say that

 

[Soos]

well we were ttc for 6 months (or maybe more, maybe even it was a full year, it was kind of on and off and i didn't count months) and i fell pregnant as soon as i started to workout regularly (after a month of fitness). just a suggestion!

 

[Titi]

well we were ttc for 6 months (or maybe more, maybe even it was a full year, it was kind of on and off and i didn't count months) and i fell pregnant as soon as i started to workout regularly (after a month of fitness). just a suggestion!

What kind of work out plan did you do? I started about 8 weeks ago-doing all different kinds of cardio and weight lifting. But I have taken about two weeks off as I felt crap when I got last AF and then have had a hard time getting back.