babydustpower
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I wanted to post this as an inspiration to all those who are TTC. Today, at 11 dpo I got my first bfp. It was all natural.
I am 33 years old and my husband is 33 years old. We have been TTC since Nov. 2011.
After 8 months
Went to OB. She took a blood test and told me I was fine. She even did a vaginal ultrasound. Hubby Semen Analysis showed Good Count, low motility: 20% and morphology 2%. We saw a urologist who said to do another semen analysis. This time, it was 10% motility and 1% morphology. Urologist put him on Clomid for 4 months. Hubby's last dose on Clomid was Feb 2013. Until then, we had BFN.
Jan 2013
Hubby initiated a power oxidation smoothie after I told him that the only thing I read that helps with morphology is anti oxidants. So with dinner, we both drank a cup of smoothie. It was blended with blueberries, banana, orange juice, and apple. We also started exercising.
I also put him on L Carnitine for motility, Vitamin C, and other vitamins..basically whatever was in the ConceptionXR for conceiving. I bought the same vitamins at Walmart and Target since it's cheaper than paying 80 bucks for a bottle. Poor DH just had to swallow more pills.
I knew that it would take 3 months for sperm to regenerate so I prayed this would help.
Feb 2013
I decided to change OB and sought after an OB who specialized in fertility, indicated by the letters bed his name, FACOG. So he is more educated than a general OB and can do everything a fertility specialist can do except for IVF.
He looked at my blood work and told me I had a thyroid problem. My thyroid was healthy for a women but for conceiving, it was not optimal. He did a vaginal ultrasound and found another problem. He said I had mild PCOS. He said it's often missed because some doctors don't think about PCOS if the women is skinny.
I was put on prescription medication along with suggested fertility wellness vitamins. So he put me on thyroid med, metformin, 81 mg asa, fish oil, prenatals which I was already taking, and vitamin D. He also gave me femara which he said I could try using if I wanted to. He didn't want me to try clomid because he said that was the old school way of thinking and that clomid thinned uterine lining.
He suggested that hubby and I go through acupuncture which we didn't have time to do.
He told hubby to eat more nuts to help. He told us that if we can't get the morphology to at least 3%, he wouldn't recommend IUI. We were heart broken. We didn't realize how serious of a problem we had.
We did not succeed in Feb. 2013 We got into a major fight over TTC. I thought we would break up. He complained that he was hitting a block down there when he tried entering. Also, everytime we did BD, a bunch of semen would leak out.
I got mad and looked up my problem. I found out that I had a psychological issue called vaginismus (vaginismus.com). I fixed the problem in about 2 - 3 weeks.
March 2013
We bd. I was only comfortable BDing on the top since I kept sliding back when we BD with me at the bottom. Also, now that he can fully enter, I notice none of the semen leaked out anymore. Apparently, what we had been doing was what was termed outer-course.
April 2013
I didn't know when I ovulated. My CBFM kept saying High and I didn't test on CD 14 or CD 15. We only BD on CD 13, 16, and 19. On CD 13 when we BD with me on top I felt a zing beind my back. It tickled. I joked to myself that yep, that was the baby.
I thought we were out since we didn't try this hard this time. In the previous months, we BD 5 days straight.
I got my BFP on 4/15/2013 11DPO - very dark lines.I pray that this is a sticky but the fact that I can get pregnant makes me so happy.
Here are my symptoms..assuming that I ovulated CD 15 which I am guessing I did. We BD with me on top. No femara. I switched from preseed to slippery stuff since it got too expensive.
7dpo - boob hurt
9 dpo: lower back ache that lasted a few minutes
10dpo: boob hurt. 10dpo - pin sized drop of pink
11 dpo: Constipated. Wiped: pink streak CM. Boobs tender but not hurting as much. I ignored the pink streak - thought it might have been from straining.
The only reason I tested was because I opened my hubby's lunchbox to clean it and the smell nearly knocked me out.
My anniversary is on April 17 and we had booked tickets for Vegas. He doesn't know I am pregnant yet.
My suggestions to ladies trying to conceive - switch OB if you have been ttc for a while. My first OB did not catch my problems!
I don't know what hubby's current semen numbers are since we never went back for another test. We were going to but now that we have a bfp we don't have to!
If you have male factor, put him on anti oxidant smoothie. It helps with portion control as well. He also cut out coffee and red bull.
I am 33 years old and my husband is 33 years old. We have been TTC since Nov. 2011.
After 8 months
Went to OB. She took a blood test and told me I was fine. She even did a vaginal ultrasound. Hubby Semen Analysis showed Good Count, low motility: 20% and morphology 2%. We saw a urologist who said to do another semen analysis. This time, it was 10% motility and 1% morphology. Urologist put him on Clomid for 4 months. Hubby's last dose on Clomid was Feb 2013. Until then, we had BFN.
Jan 2013
Hubby initiated a power oxidation smoothie after I told him that the only thing I read that helps with morphology is anti oxidants. So with dinner, we both drank a cup of smoothie. It was blended with blueberries, banana, orange juice, and apple. We also started exercising.
I also put him on L Carnitine for motility, Vitamin C, and other vitamins..basically whatever was in the ConceptionXR for conceiving. I bought the same vitamins at Walmart and Target since it's cheaper than paying 80 bucks for a bottle. Poor DH just had to swallow more pills.
I knew that it would take 3 months for sperm to regenerate so I prayed this would help.
Feb 2013
I decided to change OB and sought after an OB who specialized in fertility, indicated by the letters bed his name, FACOG. So he is more educated than a general OB and can do everything a fertility specialist can do except for IVF.
He looked at my blood work and told me I had a thyroid problem. My thyroid was healthy for a women but for conceiving, it was not optimal. He did a vaginal ultrasound and found another problem. He said I had mild PCOS. He said it's often missed because some doctors don't think about PCOS if the women is skinny.
I was put on prescription medication along with suggested fertility wellness vitamins. So he put me on thyroid med, metformin, 81 mg asa, fish oil, prenatals which I was already taking, and vitamin D. He also gave me femara which he said I could try using if I wanted to. He didn't want me to try clomid because he said that was the old school way of thinking and that clomid thinned uterine lining.
He suggested that hubby and I go through acupuncture which we didn't have time to do.
He told hubby to eat more nuts to help. He told us that if we can't get the morphology to at least 3%, he wouldn't recommend IUI. We were heart broken. We didn't realize how serious of a problem we had.
We did not succeed in Feb. 2013 We got into a major fight over TTC. I thought we would break up. He complained that he was hitting a block down there when he tried entering. Also, everytime we did BD, a bunch of semen would leak out.
I got mad and looked up my problem. I found out that I had a psychological issue called vaginismus (vaginismus.com). I fixed the problem in about 2 - 3 weeks.
March 2013
We bd. I was only comfortable BDing on the top since I kept sliding back when we BD with me at the bottom. Also, now that he can fully enter, I notice none of the semen leaked out anymore. Apparently, what we had been doing was what was termed outer-course.
April 2013
I didn't know when I ovulated. My CBFM kept saying High and I didn't test on CD 14 or CD 15. We only BD on CD 13, 16, and 19. On CD 13 when we BD with me on top I felt a zing beind my back. It tickled. I joked to myself that yep, that was the baby.
I thought we were out since we didn't try this hard this time. In the previous months, we BD 5 days straight.
I got my BFP on 4/15/2013 11DPO - very dark lines.I pray that this is a sticky but the fact that I can get pregnant makes me so happy.
Here are my symptoms..assuming that I ovulated CD 15 which I am guessing I did. We BD with me on top. No femara. I switched from preseed to slippery stuff since it got too expensive.
7dpo - boob hurt
9 dpo: lower back ache that lasted a few minutes
10dpo: boob hurt. 10dpo - pin sized drop of pink
11 dpo: Constipated. Wiped: pink streak CM. Boobs tender but not hurting as much. I ignored the pink streak - thought it might have been from straining.
The only reason I tested was because I opened my hubby's lunchbox to clean it and the smell nearly knocked me out.
My anniversary is on April 17 and we had booked tickets for Vegas. He doesn't know I am pregnant yet.
My suggestions to ladies trying to conceive - switch OB if you have been ttc for a while. My first OB did not catch my problems!
I don't know what hubby's current semen numbers are since we never went back for another test. We were going to but now that we have a bfp we don't have to!
If you have male factor, put him on anti oxidant smoothie. It helps with portion control as well. He also cut out coffee and red bull.
