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[blakesmummy09]

Hey girls I'm at the year mark Monday so thought I'd come over a few days early hope you don't mind.

Me and my partner are ttc #3 but only my daughter is biologically his. We have tried bbt, opks, dieting, preseed. You name it we've tried it and still we are no closer to having our third child.

Unfortunately for us our ttc journey will stop August 2017 if no success as our son has disabilities which we have to consider as time goes on etc.

The gps won't help me in any way at my practice as I'm deemed fertile from having two others already and I cannot change practices as I live in a village with no public transport to get there.

Sorry for the long story I'm finding it very hard to of hit the year mark at the moment as one of my friends who was ttc too at the same time is 6 months pregnant so as you can imagine it's made it that bit more difficult for me. I'm hoping I can share my journey with you girls who understand the emotional rollercoaster that comes with LTTC and the heartache and disappointment that I've been through. Sending lots of baby dust and crossing fingers for all of us

 

[Sarah_16x]

Hi, I've been ttc roughly 4 years with my partner, I've got 1 child from previous realtionship. My partner had sperm analysis done last year which showed he had reduced motility.

Only this past two months this being the second has he been taking the tablets properly and not missing tablets etc

Hes currently on his second box of men's conception tablets and he takes other vitamins.

He's stopped smoking and currently using an eciq and stopped drinking weekends, not sure on his sperm at the min as need to have another done.

We are saving for ivf and should have funds by Feb/ March time, but if anything happens before than we will have money saved up

Hoping you get your bfp soon
X

 

[yellowbell]

Sorry for the long story I'm finding it very hard to of hit the year mark at the moment as one of my friends who was ttc too at the same time is 6 months pregnant so as you can imagine it's made it that bit more difficult for me. I'm hoping I can share my journey with you girls who understand the emotional rollercoaster that comes with LTTC and the heartache and disappointment that I've been through. Sending lots of baby dust and crossing fingers for all of us

Same here, when I was ttc 1 and I was seeing my friends and family get pregnant one after the other, it was really so difficult for me, I clammed up and became a bit of anti-social. Then now these same women are either with their 2nd (even 3rd) baby already or currently pregnant again and I`ve started to feel that envy again

 

[blakesmummy09]

Thanks girls I've never been ttc before so I'm finding it really hard at the moment. I'm going to change doctors as soon as I can drive to hopefully get some answers x

 

[Inkedlady88]

Figured I'd join in. We've hit our one year mark this month as well. I'm already active in the assisted conception forum now too as we've had to resort to IUI. I'm currently in my TWW (10dpiui), but just got a stark white bfn, so I'm not feeling positive that this cycle worked. Due to OH's count, motility, and morphology issues with this last SA (post wash count was only 2.2 million.) he's either going to have to go see a urologist to find out why everything is so poor, or we're going to have to look into IVF.

I also am feeling the isolation of this infertility process. I'm having a hard time being around pregnant women and those with littles. I haven't even managed to get my three year old nephew's birthday present to him and his birthday was at the end of last month (my SIL has him and my 5 month old nephew.) I feel like a terrible aunt, but I'm so consumed with ttc that it has taken over my life.

 

[PD4]

I know the feeling all too well. Sadly, I was on the other end when I was pregnant. I had two friends that were TTC for years and both of them stopped talking to me and I got so mad! Now, I totally understand. A good friend and coworker is pregnant (not planned at all) and it is SO hard to see her growing belly. I am happy for her but definitely jealous.

 

[jcleary10]

inkedlady::
Has your DH tried clomid? I know it's usually used for women, but my husband had low motility and low counts at our first SA a while ago. His numbers were VERY poor. However, at our last IUI his post wash was 33 million and motility was like 93%. It was FANTASTIC numbers and his SA's are all in the normal range now that he has been on clomid. He takes 50 mg every other day. It's something to think about. He saw a urologist for this, but now our RE just refills it and says he would have prescribed the same thing if we hadn't already seen the urologist. It's something to think about. It has worked out amazing for us.

Don't worry too much about being 10dpiui and BFN. I got pregnant my second IUI and didn't have a BFP until 14 days after but the doctor said I implanted late. I ended up MC but I was pregnant for a short time for the first time. So, IUI's can work! SO it may just be taking a little longer to implant. Hold out hope for a little while longer. I'll be sending positive thoughts your way.

 

[Inkedlady88]

inkedlady::
Has your DH tried clomid? I know it's usually used for women, but my husband had low motility and low counts at our first SA a while ago. His numbers were VERY poor. However, at our last IUI his post wash was 33 million and motility was like 93%. It was FANTASTIC numbers and his SA's are all in the normal range now that he has been on clomid. He takes 50 mg every other day. It's something to think about. He saw a urologist for this, but now our RE just refills it and says he would have prescribed the same thing if we hadn't already seen the urologist. It's something to think about. It has worked out amazing for us.

Don't worry too much about being 10dpiui and BFN. I got pregnant my second IUI and didn't have a BFP until 14 days after but the doctor said I implanted late. I ended up MC but I was pregnant for a short time for the first time. So, IUI's can work! SO it may just be taking a little longer to implant. Hold out hope for a little while longer. I'll be sending positive thoughts your way.

Thanks JCleary. OH hasn't tried Clomid yet. I'm probably going to have to force him to see a urologist. He hates going to the doctor, it gives him major anxiety.

At 11dpiui I had a VF line on a clear blue+ but it turned out to be a false positive. I've had nothing but BFN's since then (13dpiui today) on several different brands. I'm taking my progesterone until tomorrow, if I don't have a bfp by then, I'm pulling the plug on this cycle and letting my RE know it was another failure.

 

[jcleary10]

Maybe you could talk to your doctor and he could prescribe it so he wouldn't have to see a urologist?

I'm sorry this cycle didn't work out for you. Hang in there. My RE told me after my first failed IUI that your chances improve each cycle after. Not sure how true that it, but it gave me a positive outlook.