ChrissiK
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Hi everybody,
after reading around on this board (and the whole internet) since the beginning of the year, i thought I was time to settle at a forum and have somebody to share all this with, the good and the bad.
So here is my intro :
My name is Christiane, I am 38y old, I am German married to an American and we currently live in the North of England. we have two sons (9 and 7).
My husband has a vasectomy when our youngest was a colicky 6 months old and our oldest just got diagnosed with Asperger's (a from of Autism). It was a dark time for us and DH thought he could not bear the stress of more children. I was not happy about his decision, but had other things to worry about.
But I always had the urge to have more children. Cried rivers when everybody especially in the immediate family got pregnant. It took me 6 years, a move across continents and a stable home environment to convince him to try again. So in January he had a vasectomy reversal.
We've been eagerly trying since, but things have certainly slowed down compared to 10 years ago when getting pregnant was not a question of "if", just of "how soon". My arsenal by now includes a Maybe Mom saliva-scope and FertiliTea, but no luck yet.
I have had several month were I thought we'd been successful and experiencing crazy "pregnancy" symptoms (implantation pain, nausea, tingling boobs, varicose vein swelling, excessive thirst... you name it, I had it!)
Finally, I have nobody to share this with other than my husband (who feels a bit pressured by now), because nobody knows we even want another one. They all assume we are done with kids.
I am going crazy on the internet looking up threads (conceive over 35, after VR, improve fertility), either waiting for ovulation or for the chance to test or for AF. Worried I am not ovulating, worried the swimmers aren't up to it -
I am going nuts, so I decided to join.
Thanks for listening and baby dust to all!
Christiane
after reading around on this board (and the whole internet) since the beginning of the year, i thought I was time to settle at a forum and have somebody to share all this with, the good and the bad.
So here is my intro :
My name is Christiane, I am 38y old, I am German married to an American and we currently live in the North of England. we have two sons (9 and 7).
My husband has a vasectomy when our youngest was a colicky 6 months old and our oldest just got diagnosed with Asperger's (a from of Autism). It was a dark time for us and DH thought he could not bear the stress of more children. I was not happy about his decision, but had other things to worry about.
But I always had the urge to have more children. Cried rivers when everybody especially in the immediate family got pregnant. It took me 6 years, a move across continents and a stable home environment to convince him to try again. So in January he had a vasectomy reversal.
We've been eagerly trying since, but things have certainly slowed down compared to 10 years ago when getting pregnant was not a question of "if", just of "how soon". My arsenal by now includes a Maybe Mom saliva-scope and FertiliTea, but no luck yet.
I have had several month were I thought we'd been successful and experiencing crazy "pregnancy" symptoms (implantation pain, nausea, tingling boobs, varicose vein swelling, excessive thirst... you name it, I had it!)
Finally, I have nobody to share this with other than my husband (who feels a bit pressured by now), because nobody knows we even want another one. They all assume we are done with kids.
I am going crazy on the internet looking up threads (conceive over 35, after VR, improve fertility), either waiting for ovulation or for the chance to test or for AF. Worried I am not ovulating, worried the swimmers aren't up to it -
I am going nuts, so I decided to join.
Thanks for listening and baby dust to all!
Christiane
