How old are you & how long?

[mindylou]

Hello! My husband and I have been together for 9 years and married 4! We are 24 and high school sweethearts. This is only our 4th cycle TTC, but the four year wait makes it feel like so much longer! How foolish we were to think it would happen as soon as we were ready! Now I'm wishing we'd started trying years ago.

Good luck ladies! We'll get our lil sunshines one way or another!

 

[savvysaver]

Hi ladies! I am 32 and TTC #1, DH and I have been married 9 years. I was on BC for over 10+ years because of the terrible cramps I used to get during AF. We decided to wait for a few years when we first got married because we felt we were so young. We wanted to travel, my husband start his career and be husband and wife for a while. A few years later I got terribly ill and is postponed TTC for a few years. Now after a few cycles I realized this was a lot harder than I thought...why would I think if you stopped the pill you would magically get pregnant? I stress because I am so old...I stress because of my illness...I stress because I don't even know if I ovulate.

If one more person asks when I am going to "pop out a baby" I will probably have a mental breakdown...some people are so insensitive. I would never ask a woman that question...that is a personal question.

Good luck and baby dust to all!

 

[2moms2be]

I'm 30, and my DW is 28. We're on our third cycle. We're using a donor, which makes things that much more complicated and stressful. Luckily, we have a wonderful donor who has been very patient and accommodating. I had no illusions about it being snap-my-fingers easy, but... I can't help but feel worried and stressed every time AF arrives or I'm staring a BFN in the face. I'm healthy, and there's no reason to think I'm not fertile... but there's always the creeping doubt.

Thank goodness for this place and you girls.

 

[Pirate]

I'm 32, hubs is 36, and we're on our 9th cycle of TTC #1 with 5 cycles of NTNP before that. So yeah, 14 months of unprotected sex. I also held the misconception that one could get pregnant by simply being in the same room as a naked penis.

 

[PrayingLady]

I'm 32, hubs is 36, and we're on our 9th cycle of TTC #1 with 5 cycles of NTNP before that. So yeah, 14 months of unprotected sex. I also held the misconception that one could get pregnant by simply being in the same room as a naked penis.

LOL Pirate!!! I once was of the perception too!

 

[PnkPolkaDots]

I'm 26 and on my second cycle. I got pregnant unexpectedly last spring and miscarried, so that's a big factor in why we started rather than waiting until next year. I'm glad to see so many others in their mid-late 20s trying for their first. I was starting to feel like the oldest childless person on earth who actually wants kids! I'm so hoping that October is it for us!

 

[hubbylover]

I'm 32 and TTC #6. Been at it for almost 2 years. I found out that I don't ovulate on my own so I'm on my 2nd cycle of Clomid...on cd 17 now.

 

[Sam10]

I'm 26. We've been trying for a year this month. :/

 

[savvysaver]

I'm 32, hubs is 36, and we're on our 9th cycle of TTC #1 with 5 cycles of NTNP before that. So yeah, 14 months of unprotected sex. I also held the misconception that one could get pregnant by simply being in the same room as a naked penis.

That would sure make things easier!

 

[MrsPensFan]

We're both 28 and TTC for our second cycle now. Was on bc for 10+ years and i agree with everyone; its disappointing how much money, effort, worry you go through to not get pregnant when in reality its not that easy in the first place! I am the one who wanted to wait until we were married for two years and now regret it. And the questions from friends and family just keep coming. ..

 

[CantHrdlyWait]

I was on BC for almost 10 years too, but luckily I went off over 2 years ago because my pills were making me sick. This is my first cycle so i'll see if I have any issues.

 

[2Cats]

After reading lots of other posts I feel even older than I felt before I'm 33 and my husband and I are on our 5th month of TTC. Literally ALL my female friends are pregnant/have given birth over the last year.... it's getting hard to deal with - especially since I haven't told anyone that we are trying.

 

[Pirate]

@MrsPensFan, I wonder if we live in the same city/area. My username is a sports reference about the city I live in.

 

[Pirate]

After reading lots of other posts I feel even older than I felt before I'm 33 and my husband and I are on our 5th month of TTC. Literally ALL my female friends are pregnant/have given birth over the last year.... it's getting hard to deal with - especially since I haven't told anyone that we are trying.

I know this feeling! Pretty much all of my friends are mom's already too. All of the back to school pictures hit me pretty hard this year. Luckily I work in a field where women typically don't even start trying for kids until their early/mid 30s so at least I don't get questions there.

 

[savvysaver]

After reading lots of other posts I feel even older than I felt before I'm 33 and my husband and I are on our 5th month of TTC. Literally ALL my female friends are pregnant/have given birth over the last year.... it's getting hard to deal with - especially since I haven't told anyone that we are trying.

Sounds exactly what I would have wrote. I am turning 33 next week, DH and I are in our 5th month of TTC too! Our friends either all have young children or a lot of them had babies in feb/march and then again in july/august. Most posts on facebook are baby pictures, etc.

To make it worse my SIL had the "first" grandchild earlier this year...it is all my MIL talks about to me...

We have not told anyone we are TTC either...I think it would be more pressure on me.

CD30 (usually 24-26days) and 3 BFN...just read for the witch to show so I can start over. Good luck and baby dust!

 

[MrsPensFan]

@MrsPensFan, I wonder if we live in the same city/area. My username is a sports reference about the city I live in.

Pittsburgh?!?

Go Bucs today!

 

[Pirate]

@MrsPensFan, I wonder if we live in the same city/area. My username is a sports reference about the city I live in.

Pittsburgh?!?

Go Bucs today!

Yep! The game last night was painful!

 

[CantHrdlyWait]

but the pens won!!! =]

 

[hubbylover]

All these "being in the same room as a naked penis" comments are cracking me up! But I totally agree. When we're young, our mom's, dad's, or whoever, make it sound like we'll get pregnant the first time we have sex...some do, but most don't. I guess it just SEEMS like it happens out of nowhere when you're not trying for it. Otherwise you're so focused on symptoms and cycles that we drive ourselves nuts!

 

[MrsPensFan]

Yes, it was terrible! Should have pulled AJ sooner!

Thankfully the Pens did win. Good start for them.