Starbunny711
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Hi, everyone!
First off, I wanted to say what a wonderfully supportive, loving, and considerate forum this is! I am thinking of all of you and praying that your precious hearts are experiencing peace this night.
I recently passed the year mark of TTC. I realize that this is NOT a long time in the grand scheme of things. Many of you have been trying for MUCH longer and I completely sympathize and FEEL for you. As hard as passing the year mark has been, I cannot yet imagine passing the 2 yr...3 yr...6 yr... marks. You are all insanely courageous and I have so much respect for you!
Passing the year mark was very difficult for me. I was diagnosed with PCOS at 18 and always knew that TTC could be difficult, but I did not really *expect* it to be. In the time we've been TTC, 3 of my 4 best friends all got pregnant at the same time and have since had their babies. I am overjoyed to be an "aunt" to their children, but man, was it crazy hard trying to be a good supportive friend and still experience my own emotions about everything fully. My husband and I tried 5 cycles of fertility meds (2 with clomid, 3 with letrozole) with no luck (didn't even ovulate on any of them).
We took a break from February to now and I'm currently taking progesterone to induce a period (I don't really have periods EVER on my own). We are about to start our 6th round of treatment with letrozole, estrogen, progesterone, and an androgen supressant drug. My PCOS is frustrating. I'm a very active person and I am what my doctor calls a "thin" PCOS patient. I have excess facial and body hair and extremely frustrating absent periods, sometimes acne, but my weight isn't extreme. I'm barely in the overweight category. My doctor is going to try this 6th and then a 7th cycle with this combination of drugs and if that doesn't work, we'll likely be referred to a specialist.
I tell ya, ladies...I am not really doing great emotionally. I don't want to be a negative person. I want to have hope. I want to get excited about "actively" trying with meds. I've just never been the most positive and I know that that could be hurting us.
Do you all have any tips for dealing emotionally well?
Any tips for generating hope?
Tips for maintaining good intimacy in the midst of scheduled BDing?
Tips for communicating well with your partner in the midst of treatment?
I am NOT going into this cycle expecting it to absolutely work, but nor do I want to be SURE it won't, ya know? I'm trying to find that happy balance and to be hopeful, but realistic, and I'm having a hard time.
Thank you for all your great threads and your support. I really want to be positive, go with the flow, and not stress about all of this, but my personality is an anxious one by nature and it sucks.
I wish you all well with your journeys and I pray that God will grant our desires with good things.
Blessings,
~Starbunny
First off, I wanted to say what a wonderfully supportive, loving, and considerate forum this is! I am thinking of all of you and praying that your precious hearts are experiencing peace this night.
I recently passed the year mark of TTC. I realize that this is NOT a long time in the grand scheme of things. Many of you have been trying for MUCH longer and I completely sympathize and FEEL for you. As hard as passing the year mark has been, I cannot yet imagine passing the 2 yr...3 yr...6 yr... marks. You are all insanely courageous and I have so much respect for you!
Passing the year mark was very difficult for me. I was diagnosed with PCOS at 18 and always knew that TTC could be difficult, but I did not really *expect* it to be. In the time we've been TTC, 3 of my 4 best friends all got pregnant at the same time and have since had their babies. I am overjoyed to be an "aunt" to their children, but man, was it crazy hard trying to be a good supportive friend and still experience my own emotions about everything fully. My husband and I tried 5 cycles of fertility meds (2 with clomid, 3 with letrozole) with no luck (didn't even ovulate on any of them).
We took a break from February to now and I'm currently taking progesterone to induce a period (I don't really have periods EVER on my own). We are about to start our 6th round of treatment with letrozole, estrogen, progesterone, and an androgen supressant drug. My PCOS is frustrating. I'm a very active person and I am what my doctor calls a "thin" PCOS patient. I have excess facial and body hair and extremely frustrating absent periods, sometimes acne, but my weight isn't extreme. I'm barely in the overweight category. My doctor is going to try this 6th and then a 7th cycle with this combination of drugs and if that doesn't work, we'll likely be referred to a specialist.
I tell ya, ladies...I am not really doing great emotionally. I don't want to be a negative person. I want to have hope. I want to get excited about "actively" trying with meds. I've just never been the most positive and I know that that could be hurting us.
Do you all have any tips for dealing emotionally well?
Any tips for generating hope?
Tips for maintaining good intimacy in the midst of scheduled BDing?
Tips for communicating well with your partner in the midst of treatment?
I am NOT going into this cycle expecting it to absolutely work, but nor do I want to be SURE it won't, ya know? I'm trying to find that happy balance and to be hopeful, but realistic, and I'm having a hard time.
Thank you for all your great threads and your support. I really want to be positive, go with the flow, and not stress about all of this, but my personality is an anxious one by nature and it sucks.
I wish you all well with your journeys and I pray that God will grant our desires with good things.
Blessings,
~Starbunny
