[kbc101505]

Hi Everyone,

This is my first post although I have been reading the threads for weeks for support. My DH and I have been married for almost four years and have been ttc for a little over two years. All is well with DH but my timing is off. In the past six months we have changed doctors and moved to injectibles. I didn't have any side effects until this past week. I am sure it’s just the progesterone but I have been so hormonal and achy unlike any other cycle. I am they are symptoms but I am trying not to get my hopes up too much. My blood test is Friday and I am trying not to POAS but it’s really difficult.

[hockey_ho]

We've been TTC a sibling for our son for just over 18 months. Six rounds of clomid yielded nothing but a stark raving hormonal maniac. This cycle it's injectibles for us. I'm on day 7 of them with yet another ultrasound and blood draw tomorrow to see how things are cooking and when to trigger for the IUI.

Wish us luck!

[unoriginal]

Hi everyone,
My partner and I have begun the process of TTC. SInce we can't do it naturally, we have gone to see an RE and everything with me looked great!

I am going to have my first IUI next week..Probably Thursday or Friday. I am on my 3rd day of Clomid, which if this IUI doesn't work, I don't think I will take again. It has really done a number on me.

I have been reading the board for a while and am hoping to be joining those who have been so lucky as to have gotten a BFP! Good luck to all!

[SFBaygirl]

Hello all,

I am 35 years old and am struggling with my husband over our infertility. He has been diagnosed with azoospermia that is likely not treatable. If we were to conceive it would need to be with donor sperm.

As you can imagine, this does not sit easily with my husband and is very difficult for us to discuss as it makes him feel quite depressed and down on himself, as if it was his fault!! I feel my age creeping up on me but don't want to press the issue.

I was hoping to hear from other couples, especially you men out there, how you coped with this and if there are some great success stories out there.

[sunshine]

SFBaygirl! I'm sorry to hear about you and your husband's stuggles. You have come to the right place for advice, support and sucess stories. I don't have a success story...yet. I'm 35 also and I totally understand the ticking clock thing, but you're also right about not pushing your husband into something he's not ready for. I found out almost 2 years ago I have decreased ovarian reserve and my best option is to do IVF with donor eggs. I was devastated and couldn't help the thoughts of "if only I'd started treatments sooner", "if only I'd gotten married sooner", "why didn't I take better care of myself..." It took me a year and a half to get over and accept this and now we're in the beginning stages of the IVF process. I wish you the best of luck and keep us posted on your journey.

[maryv]

First time posting. It has been 9 years since my bh and I last attemped IVF. Unexplained infertility. After three years we let it go and decided to adopt. In '01 We adopted a sib group of 4 (ages 6-13) through children's services. They are now 13-21 and having kids of their own. I am going through all the old emotions and feeling even sadder this time! It is hard to know that I will never have a child/grandchild that resembles me (how do you ever get over that?) and my children who are too young to have children are reproducing like rabbits. Our 21 y.o. son has a 1 year old daughter and our 16 y.o. daughter is pregnant now. I am struggling with an overwhelming sense of sadness and dealing with how unfair life is. Not only do I not have bio children, I have adoptive children having kids and who have to live in my home and I am going to have to take care of. My daughter is so overwhelmed with her own problems and I am trying to be strong for her, but I want to scream at her.. she has no idea about our infertility..never asked. I don't think I have ever felt so sad and angry at the same time. btw, not a great experience with adoption. All four kids dx with Reactive Attachment Disorder. No one tells you about that!!!

[SFBaygirl]

Thank you Sunshine for the warm welcome. I am so sorry to hear about your own fertility issues. The hard part is coming to terms with either not having a child or not having one that is of our own genetics.

I wish you the best in your efforts with the IVF.

To Maryv, it sounds like a very emotional time. I understand somewhat. I have seen countless friends and employees get pregnant all around me, half the time by accident and each one breaks my heart a little bit.

Fertility is definately something that so many take for granted.

I was wondering about the adoption issue you mentioned. Is that common in children adopted as infants as well? Adoption is something I have considered as well as donor sperm.

[maryv]

RAD is fairly common amoung older kids who are adopted... I don't have knowledge, tho, about how common it is with infants. Our kids had so many losses in their lives, removed from birthparents home, then placed with family member who abused them and they were removed from their home, then went to foster care and apparently bonded with the foster parents and then came to us. By then they gave up on bonding with anyone. Didn't trust us and don't acknowledge their feelings. Lots of info on the web regarding RAD. There's treatment for it, but came too late for 3/4 of our kids. the youngest responded very well. Best of luck to you.

[Jennifer1]

Hi Everyone,
I am new here also. I did a google search and found your site. In just the few posts that I have read you all seem very helpful compared to other sites.

As you can seem from my signature we have been going at this for a while now. This month we were really excited to start an IUI cycle, but that isnt going to well either. It's not over yet so I am not getting bummed yet.

I am glad to have found the site and look forward to getting to know everyone.

[capitalgirl68]

Hi! I am back again and ttc #2. I was very active on these boards in 2007-2008 and had a little boy in May 2008. We got pregnant with our 3rd IUI so I'm hoping it will work again. I turned 40 last November so I'm really hoping for another miracle!

We have our consultation with our fertility doctor this afternoon to get started back in the process. Guess I'll need to update my signature!

Jeanette

[alliben]

Hi everyone! I"m new here as well. I suppose my signature explains it all. This has been a very long and hard journey...much longer and harder than I ever imagined when we first started 3 years ago! I have found that talking to others going through infertility to be invaluable! I've been doing that on another message board that has nothing to do with infertility. Since we've moved on to IUI, I figured it was time join an infertility board and found this place.

[leidy]

I am new here. After posting to the Injectable, I realized that I am not doing that. silly me. I think I belongs to this group. I have done two IUI. The second one was on July 24. Now, I don't feel like pregnant at all. No symptons whatsoever. breast, tummy are all normal. So, I am pretty sure this time is failed again. I am very stressed and annoyed, especially many "friends" kept saying: You should have another baby. I wanted to slap them, some of them knew (at least I told them) that we are having trouble conceiving, and one of them even said: "Hey, if you don't get pregnant, we will have another baby before you." I knew she wasn't being mean, she is just brainless. I can deal with the work of IUI, but is there a way to hide away from the millions of questions from people around me. Should I tatoo on the forehead:"infertile" to stop them from asking me? I am losing the hope... and strength to keep going on... I found this forum, glad to know I am not the only one facing the trouble.

[Aentwistle07]

I'm new to the forum, so hello everyone!
My husband and I are going to begin our iui journey tomorrow with a new consultation with our doctor and a prescription for clomid, not sure what dosage I'll be on.

I don't have any fertility issues that I know of, but my husband is a t6 paraplegic from a car accident a few years back. We just assumed that ivf would be our route to have a child together, until we realized how expensive it is! Since then we've been back and forth between adoption and iui with a sperm donor. Even if we were able to get my husbands sperm, it's not viable.

We tried a few times to save up the money for the iui, but everytime we had a good amount saved up, an "emergency" would come up and we'd have to use the money, very disappointing! So, always a blessing to me, my parents have offered up their credit card for us to use and pay them back as I have portrait sessions and weddings.

So, af arrived yestarday 7-28 and I have to have an updated consult with the doctor tomorrow and I'll start a 5 day cycle of clomid and get more info on the time line of when to order the donor sperm, etc. I'm nervous and excited, praying that the first cycle will result in a pregnancy because we can't afford to do this more than twice!

Best of luck and God Bless to everyone out there!

[Waiting717]

Hi everyone I am new to these boards I actually joined yesterday. I have been going to a fertility doctor since the end of last august. I began doing IUI's in november and got pregnant in december. i graduated from the fertility doctor and miscarried at 10 weeks with my OB in february. I went back to the doctor in April and am currently on my 4th IUI. The first 2 I used clomid and the past 2 I am using letrozole. i go back to the doctor on thursday the 6th for an ultrasound and pregnancy test which i am hoping is positive. I will keep all of you in my prayers and hope that everyone gets throught their 2WW and get a when they go to the doc!

[MaraG]

Hi I am MaraG. I just started my journey with IUI this cycle. I took clomid and just started injectable tonight. I am a nervous because I don't know what to expect. My dr said that I respond very well to clomid but I guess I need a little more help maturing the follies.
I have at least 10 follies in one ovary all <10mm and 6 all <10mm in the other.
Sure is a roller coaster. Excited, scared, nervous, I am happy that I found this site so that I don't feel so alone.

Thanks!