[nmckenna]

Hi, I just joined as well and am experiencing much of the same. We conceived our daughter within about 3 months of trying. We now have been trying for #2 for a year and am just starting to seek help. I have done the HSG test and have been going to acupuncture for the past month, but unfortunately no luck yet. I am interested to hear from anyone who has tried Clomid and see what you think of it. I am planning to start next month and see what happens. I'm a little nervous about it.

Sorry to hear about what you have been going through. It's so heartbreaking.

[CarrieCC]

Just starting this journey...after 2 childeren born without any assistance. I never knew there was this whole world out there, I never knew, and I feel like so many others just take getting pregnant for granted. And of course as many of you have already said, it seems like when you are struggling is when so many others around you are PG. So I don't have any advice, I'm right here with you. Let me know how things are for progressing for you. We are going to take a couple months off till our next appt.

[mrsadam8]

Hi Ladies,

I'm new to this whole thing (forum, secondary infertility, etc.). My son will be 3 in April, and we had so hoped to have our second by now. We've been ttc for a little over a year, and it's just going so slowly. I just scheduled some testing with my ob/gyn (insurance won't cover a fertility specialist until testing is done with ob/gyn); and one of the tests is the HSG.

If you had this done, can you give me an idea of what to expect? Also, is this something I should consider taking my dh with me for support?? I'm terrified, and don't really love this whole idea of being invaded in such a way.

Any thoughts/suggestions/ideas are greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

[Hell_On_Heels]

I brought my DH to my HSG exam on Jan 2nd. He couldn't stay in the room because they use the x-ray equipment on you. Then my mom, whose a radiology tech, said you could've asked for them to put one of those lead/iron blankets over him. So that's just a thought if you do want your DH with you. It's not that traumatic, though. They shoot the dye up your fallopian tubes and it's a little painful (make sure to take Tylenol or ibuprofin before your appointment). Then the cramps lasted for a couple of hours afterwards.

The HSG cost about $1000 and my husband's insurance actually covered $600, which we weren't expecting. Must've been the way they coded it with lab work, exam, etc. I did start a health savings account through my employer this year to cover some of the expenses, though.

Good luck in your journey, and I'm in the same boat. Started my first round of Clomid in February and I ovulated on day 18 but started my period on day 27! So there wasn't enough time for everything to stick, I don't think. I'm on day 13 of my second cycle with Clomid and I'm hoping it works this time.

[mrsadam8]

Thanks for the insight, I'm glad to hear one person say it wasn't a terrible experience. Should I at least have someone driving me after the hsg, or is this something you are capable of doing afterward, just dealing with cramping?

I wish you the best on your journey. I'm sorry Clomid didn't work for you the first time out the gate. Hang in there, I hope it works for you soon!

[sarah16]

I had my mom take me to my HSG appointment. Went to work after it, I suggest eating something after it though because I was very dizzy and the food helped. I didn't have much cramping after taking some meds. Good luck.

[Hell_On_Heels]

I was able to drive afterwards, just had the cramping issue. And you bleed afterwards, too, like a period. You need to wear pads, though. I bled for two, almost three days. Med to light flow the first day, light on the second day.

[babygood1]

Originally Posted by CarrieCC

Hi Im new to this. My husb and I have been TTC for 1 year. We have two kids now. They are 5 and 3. Wanted to wait a while, when we got into a pattern and were ready for number 3. Never thought, guess you just can't plan everything. Both of our children conceived without assitance within 3-4 months of trying each time. Never thought we'd have any trouble, once we decided to go for the third. I am 31. Just thinking of making that 1st infertility appt....We have been thinking about adoption for a while, even before we had kids we would talk about it...he seems ready to explore that avenue...I'm not sure I am ready to let go of ever being pregnant again. Any advice, all this technical/medical stuff is overwhelming? Do you have tests first, then try meds? Does insurance cover anything/what are the begining costs? Thanks, Carrie

Depends on who you have for insurance? Most don't and it can cost a ton but I have heard that IVF can be less compared to adoption. See my story below...good luck! My 3 year old came very easy at age 32. Re still has no clue what my problem is.
My blood results with current baby in belly are in range of a 20 year old. Still not sure what the hold up was with getting pregnant. If your insurance can cover IVF I would go for it! The many IUIs and clomid did not work and just wasted so much time (and emotions).

[kirstenlahti]

I just found this thread. I have been reading / posting in the May IVF thread. I too am experiencing secondary infertility - and for no reason that they can find!

We basically started trying right after our daughter (2 months to conceive!) was born on 9-11-06 since I was 36, he was 35 and we wanted our children close together. Nothing for the last 2.5 years. We tried about 6-7 months of clomid and clomid/gonal-F. No luck. Now we are trying IVF. Bascially this is our one shot - unless we get embabies to freeze! We cannot afford it again and will have used up our lifetime max's on the insurance with this one try.

My hubby's tests are perfect - and mine are all great too! I have endo and have had lots of surgeries on my abdomen for endo and other things.. so they think maybe baby parts out of alignment due to scar tissue and adhesions (which I get a lot of!) - but without surgery they cannot prove really. Tubes are open, no cysts, polyps, etc - all hormone levels good, etc.

So we decided to take me out of the equation - and do IVF. I am it works. My egg retrieval should be this week sometime - not scheduled yet - but they only give you 36 hours notice... so plenty of time.

So I just wanted to say hi!

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Me -38 - endo, myomectomy, unexplained IF
DH - 38 - normal everything ( relative to baby making!)

Have one beautiful daughter, Sienna Rain, 2.5 years old - conceived naturally

Our furbabies - 3 dogs (Cujo, Leif, Ruby) and 5 cats (Spooky, Sammy, Squeekie, Sabre, and Sully)

TTC since 12/06 (basically 3 months after Sienna born)
Tried Clomid cycles - early spring and summer 08
Tried Clomid / Gonal F cycle Nov 08
Waited to take more action until after 1/09 because of starting new insurance plan

Me - bariatric surgery 01, lapro surgeries for endo - 5 of them, myomectomy, csection, tummy tuck, and obstructed bowel 3-08 - so a lot of opening to my abdominal cavity - I am very prone to adhesions - so doc thinks (without proving it = surgery) the baby parts could be out of alignment and eggs are never meeting the sperm normally

So, IVF is our best option at this time to make sure the needed parts meet up and get where they need to be

Constraint - I want to carry a baby / babies for my sister who cannot carry a child ASAP - but the plan was for me to have another one first... and she is 37 - so we want to do this as fast as possible!!

[Grateful]

I am new to this website, we have been trying for #3 for about a year and a half! I have a daughter who is 6 and she was a complete shock when I was 19. Then for my son who is now 3 we tried for 3 months! We found out I have a LPD which they put me on clomid and an HCG trigger shot, and we did our first IUI last month because we also found out my DH has low morphology. It didn't work so here we go again! Good luck to all you ladies!

[wtnganother1]

Hi and welcome. DS was a surprise to us 11 years ago. But then we couldn't get pregnant at all when we wanted to. It's been a long road, but I'm 29 weeks now. I tried Clomid with the OB for 4 cycles (at the wrong dosage) then went to the RE for another 5 cycles at the right dosage. I ovulated every time, but didn't get pregnant. I got AF last Christmas morning (ugh!!) and decided to move to injectibles. The first completed cycle took and here we are. I just want to encourage you to keep going, keep trying, keep trying different things if you have to. There is a light at the end of this long tunnel.

[zetachick565]

My husband and I weren't even trying when we found out we were pregnant almost 4 years ago this November and now we have a healthly 3 year old boy. However we have had such a long journey to TTC baby #2. We started trying back in April of last year and after twelve months of trying we seeked help from a fertilitity specialist. I had been diagnosed with hypothyroidism and thought maybe I had PCOS as well. Our doctor confirmed the PCOS diagnoses and started me on Metformin while my husband began his testing. My husbands SA came back extremely low they indicated it as *zero! After he went to a urologist and more testing they were unable to find a cause for his testicular failure. We then began the IVF process which ended up with a BFN. My husband and I are devastated and never imagined that we would be this hard to have another baby. I have such an empty feeling inside and I'm not sure I will ever feel like my family is complete.