So I figured it was time I finally joined this forum

[opera_lady24]

Hi Ladies,

I've been on b&b for a while now but have never joined this particular forum...I hang out on the TTC#1 forum mostly.

Anyway, I've been TTC for a year and a half, I have PCOS and I'm finally going to try the fertility drug/assistance route. DH and I didn't quite see eye to eye on this particular form of trying for a while until I helped him realize that pcos is an illness that, like most other forms of illness, one takes medications to resolve.

It has been a long and disappointing journey but I have renewed hope and I wanted to introduce myself. You are all also welcome to join me and several other wonderful ladies on my "Positively positive thread of positivity" on the TTC groups and discussions forum. There are some amazing success stories but mostly we all support each other when the going gets rough.

Anyway, I know a bunch of you are on clomid and other like meds and I would absolutely LOVE your advice as I start this process.

 

[DixieChick42]

Hi Opera Lady, I just figured I better join this group too. Sunday marks 2 years we've been trying. I still have yet to go to the fertility specialist my Dr recommended me to last year but I think I'm going to call this month.

Good luck and lots of to you

 

[opera_lady24]

Hi DixieChick! I just scheduled my first appointment with a FS. I have to wait until April though. That's not a bad thing though...the better I can time these things the better for my job (I'm a teacher so a birth during the early summer would be SUPER convenient). Granted, beggars can't be choosers! I'll take whatever I can get!!!

 

[Myshelsong]

Hello and Welcome

We have been trying almost two years, so I hear you.
Been to the Dr and have had a HSG Procedure completed, they found one blocked tube one open. Should have gone for my f/u in January but I have been avoiding it, hoping it would come naturally .... it didnt, just got my AF 3 days ago. $#%D!
Although I haven't been put on medication, it is probably because I for some reason dont want to push the issue and make the appointments when I should. Again I think I am just hoping it will just happen. But not this month! I am taking my fertility into my own hands, making and keeping Drs appointments is step one. I understand and am ok that we are going to actually need assistance, but that can still be a good thing.

 

[jenwantsababy]

i have also been on b&b for a while, but am new to this forum. you sound so positive operalady! i'm a teacher too.

my hubby and i are a few days short of cycle #14 (at the end of the 13th cycle with bfns, waiting for af). we've done the SA and hormone tests, waiting to make an appointment for HSG and whatever the next thing is. i really really really really really want to have a baby (hence my screenname). at one point i was totally against any not "natural" options, but i'm at the point where i'm willing to do whatever it takes. i turn 34 in two months.

 

[Myshelsong]

Hey Justwantsababy

When we were first talking about babies I was totally one of those people that thought I would never ever think about taking drugs to make it happen. Now, I am so far into it that I don't care what I have to do or take as long as it gets a baby into my hands.

There is a part of me that feels defeated that I am at this point, but the other point doesn't even care anymore! Hell I will make him take drugs if it will help.

 

[jenwantsababy]

Hell I will make him take drugs if it will help.

Love this

i actually finally talked to him about it this afternoon and he is now willing to do whatever it takes as well (which was very surprising to me because he is all about natural healthcare). i feel relieved.

hey, myshelsong, i like your idea in another post about having a "sex week." it might help us be a little better about doing it when i'm ovulating - for several months i have aimed to DTD every other day, but about halfway through the month i get tired. saving it up for a sex week seems a little easier.

 

[ces2008]

Hi. Welcome! I'm Carrie. I just turned 26 today! DH is 27. We have been actively TTC 21 months, but NTNP our entire 11 year relationship. I have the wonderful diagnosis of "Unexplained Female Infertility". Lovely! I started Clomid in November. Took 50mgs CD 3-7 end of November, 100mgs CD 3-7 end of December, 100mgs CD 3-7 end of January and just finished my last dose of 150mgs CD 5-9 yesterday. Fingers crossed this is all it takes. I ovulate on my own, so the goal is to strengthen my ovulation to increase my chances. FIngers crossed for all of us!

 

[cazfay]

Hi

Just wanted to say hello. I joined very recently too. I've been TTC for 2 years. Have been diagnosed with PCOS and just completed 4th round of clomid. I have not found it too bad, main side affects have been hot flashes and mood swings. This month I tried carrot juice, cough medicine for CM and switched to organic food and cut out alcohol too.

Lots of luck!
Caz

 

[Myshelsong]

Hey jenwantsababy.

It is exciting that he is on board with you. I finally got my hubby to agree to taking suppliments this month. We both have matching pill boxes now in our bathroom, we are so cute.
Sex week is great to be honest, although still no bfp but we both know it is happening so I try to take extra care things are nice and tidy for the week, start the wk with massages and go from there.

 

[Crosby]

I am also here. Moved from TTC #1. Been TTC for nearly 2 years now.
Opera lady, I have also seen you there so nice to see you moved albeit for the wrong reasons

Baby dust to all

 

[opera_lady24]

Hi all! It's nice to hear everyone's stories!

I was totally on the same page as most of you and so was DH about letting everything be natural. I recently came to the realization that pcos is a condition that needs to be treated; just because the treatment that would work best for me and my goals is fertility drugs, doesn't mean I shouldn't pursue it. It's like trying to live with bronchitis without taking any antibiotics - completely illogical.

I just hope I can figure things out soon.

 

[Kimiw]

Welcome

We have been Trying for going on 7 years, I have found a lot if support here. I hope you have luck with treatment and don't have to still be sitting here waiting 7 years down the road like me. I too have pcos, but I also have MTHFR genetic mutation so they both work against me! I finally got my very first bfp in August after using 200 mg of clomid and 1500 mg of metformin (for my pcos) but sadly the pregnancy ended at 6 weeks. But now I have hope knowing it CAN happen! Good luck girl and welcome!!

 

[runner311]

Hi there! I also just moved over from TTC#1 after 17 unsuccessful cycles.

My husband and I have gone through testing, I've had ultrasounds, HSG's, bloodwork, etc. I ovulate on my own as well. He has had a SA that has came back regular. I was just diagnosed with hyperthyroidism/graves disease in October and am currently under going treatment. My levels are getting better but are not in the range that they should be yet.

My doctor has switched up my meds and I hope this does the trick. Otherwise I think we are fairly healthy so its frustrating that it is taking us so long to get pregnant. Its nice to meet other people going through the same situations.

Like someone else mentioned, my husband is against doing anything that isn't considered 'natural', so drugs at this point in time are out of the question. A few weeks ago he had a weak moment when he saw how bad I was hurting and said that we can do Clomid but I told him we will continue the route we are on now to see if my thyroid fixes it first.

So good to meet everyone!! Its nice to have a support system!

 

[Myshelsong]

Runner sorry to hear about your medical issues, that is really hard to deal with.

My Dr just told me he wants to do a lap and my hubby freaked, he said he is not ready to let me have a surgery he wants us to focus on doing what we are doing... It was such a frustrating conversation he is only just getting really into this I don't think he understands that 21 months is a long time with no reason.

 

[runner311]

I can see that as frustrating. I find that any conversation about babies with my DH is like that. I dont think they truly comprehend things, its not that they dont care, they just get lost down the path somehow.

Are you going to do the lap? What made him suggest that? I have had many fertility tests but not a lap.

 

[Myshelsong]

I booked it for April to give us two more cycles to try for it. I told hubby that enough was enough and he has to understand this is happening.

I had ask blood work come back totally normal, hsg came back with one blocked tube but could have been a spasm it took them twice to get the cat in and was super crazy painful. I am not sure why they are doing the lap ... I asked if we could do an observed cycle but he said there was no point that I was ovulating and he wants to see if there is something else going on.

 

[Mrs Jewksey]

I have been coming in and out of this forum for a while.
We've been TTC properly for just over 2 years.

I just remembered I never announced I was coming over....Hmmmm.....

We don't know why we are not getting pregnant. Just sailing through one cycle after the next.

I've actually had no this month so providing the doesn't show I'll continue to be bewildered.

I've actually posted a thread about it on the LTTC if anyone can take a peek at it for me, thanks. All suggestions welcome...

But welcome Opera Lady, I hope you get all the support & advice you need here & hopefully you won't be here too long after that theres babydust flying about!