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Can I join in?

This is my 20th cycle, I have a thyroid disorder and high prolactin levels. I am currently being medicated for both and hoping it will lead to a BFP sometime soon! I am CD 5, had a very unwanted visit from AF this past weekend and trying to be hopeful again.

Oh, DH has slight motility issues but his dr said its mild and IUI will be another option in about 6 months and once I get my stupid thyroid on the mend!

Yeehaw, who knew having a baby was this hard?????

Yikes Dolphin....I didnt know about not taking omega 6 and 9 after O!! I will research that right now!! Ahhhhh!

Anyone doing any fertility treatments?

I couldn't find a definitive answer on the Omega 6 and 9 after ovulation....but I did read that all Omegas can suppress ovulation? Good lord! But, again...it IS the internet....and not everything is true! Did anyone else hear that about Omegas??

As far as fertility treatments, I have said no to doing them. My fertility doctor suggested I try Femara after my loss in October....for when we started to TTC again...and I said no. If we didn't have our DS however.....I would be open to ANYthing! Maybe not IVF....but all else.

What treatments are you thinking about?

Welcome pbc910! Yeah I thought preventing was the hard part until I tried to get pregnant!

Boston
Does your supplement have (EPO) evening primrose oil in as the Omega 6? If so EPO can cause uterine contractions and thus could cause a miscarriage if taken after ovulation. Try taking a look at this article. http://www.babyhopes.com/articles/epo.html

Here is a recap of the natural cycles and fertility treatments I have tried. Still no baby... I stimulate well on clomid and femara so they don't want me to try injectables. So I either have luck with femara or we are on to IVF

Natural Cycles 1-16 BFN 4/26/2010-6/21/2011
1st clomid cycle 50mg 6/26/2011
1st BFP 7/16/2011
Natural M/C 7/25/2011
2nd clomid cycle 50mg 9/25/2011
2nd BFP 10/20/2011
Ectopic 11/7/2011
3rd Clomid cycle100mg 1/14/2012 (BFN)
4th Clomid cycle 50mg 2/13/2012(BFN)
Possible mild PCOS 3/1/2012
5th Clomid cycle 50mg 3/12/2012 (BFN)
1st Femara cycle 4/9/2012
Ovidrel (HCG Shot) 4/18/2012 (BFN)
TTC Break May-Jul 2012
Natural Cycles Jul-Oct 2012 (BFN)
TTC Break Nov-Jan 2013
2nd Femara cycle 2/14/2013

Hey ladies!

So a update on us... Last Wednesday DH did a SA Low Motility and 100% Morphology, everything else is good numbers! DH was devastated and it took him awhile to talk to me about it. I know its hard on him but the night we found it he told me "I now know how you've felt for the past 2 years" my heart broke! We have been talking and it seems all better now! we have our first Fertility Specialist appointment March 6th I can't hardly wait I'm so excited! haha its been a long time coming and I'm ready to move on to our next step!

After doing A TON of research I have found that with morphology and motility its hard/impossible to carry to birth.... is there a link to my two mc and his sperm? maybe not sure. We will have a lot of questions for our doctor! haha I've found that our best option is IVF with ICSI and I'm excited! (always wanted twins) but all I really want is to have a healthy baby!!!

Today CD14 I woke up with a positive smiley face YAY but my temp spiked with it!? I guess we will know more tomorrow!!!

I take
Prenatal Vitamins
Biotin (has made my hair and nails so much stronger)
Folic Acid
B6
Vitamin C
Red Raspberry Leaf
EPO ( stopping due to O)
FertileCM ( stopping due to O)

6 dpo... This tww goes on forever!

We have started to look at ivf. The thought of it is really scary! Given my little eggs history of splitting into 3 no doctor will do clomid or femara for me. Can't say I blame them. Can you imagine? I'd probably end up with 6 and get my own reality tv show and I never liked being in front of a camera! ;)

Hey ladies... Just wanted to say thanks for sharing your stories. It's great to feel a little more normal!

Hi, new to the site.... I'm 33 DH 34.... Married 12yrs never been pregnant. Been TTC for 7yrs. This month s my 3rd round of Clomid 50mg. Hubby tested s/a results awesome!!! Today I'm 6DPO and waiting. I'm excited n scared all at same time!!! Have had sooooo many negative test in he past. I have had VERY irregular cycles in the past but or the past 14 months have been coming but my cycle lengths have been really long. Some as long as 40-50 some days in-between cycles. Once went 13 months no cycle. If I remember correctly this was in 2009-2010!!!!:-( but since August 2012 they have been pretty normal coming every month. I did miss cycle in Nov but pregnancy not a result from that. But the past 3have been right on point. Dec cycle was 8-12, Jan cycle was 7-11 as well as Feb cycle 7-11.... Ovulated in Jan and Feb on the 22 cycle day 16 of each month... Wish me luck ladies.... Any advice and or comments welcomed.

Thank you!!!!

Welcome to all the new ladies!!

So many updates on here! Great to see all this support and chatter! I think we all have interesting histories and backgrounds in relation to TTC!

I am between 3-5dpo because now CMP has decided to move my O date....very irritated! Can you ladies take a look at my BBT chart and see what you think? Could I really have ovulated 4 whole days later after my dark positive? *sigh*

dolphin....my flax oil has omega 3, 6, 9 and it says "linoleic" and "oleic" acid....is that EPO? Its an organic softgel that says its derived from whole foods. ???

Well...I might start testing tomorrow morning with my hpts.....would put me between 4 and 6dpo. I like to get an early start! I cant wait....not even until 10dpo! Its how I roll....and dont expect any result until at least next Monday....but I have 20 hpts sticks to use up!

Hope everyone has a great night!

Boston
What brand is your Omega 3-6-9? I took a look at your chart and it looks like you geared up for ovulation but it took a few days. So the predicted date looks accurate. I too test early but I wait till 8-11dpo. My dr requested it too since I have a history of ectopic he wants to know right away so we can start testing my levels.

PatientlyWaiting3701
Welcome! Have you tried any treatments or natural fertility boosters?

aleerph
Tell me about it! 2ww always seem to last for months instead! Spliting into 3 wow! That would be a lot of babies! IVF would be our next step if femera doesn't work. Although I think I want to adopt before going through IVF. I am just so ready to be a mom I don't wanna wait for the maybes of IVF.

Kalie02
I usually get a positive opk and ovulate 12 hours later. It all goes so quick for me! But I get a lot of O pain with it so I know when it is coming. Good lukc on March 6th! Keep us posted!

AFM
I am at 7dpo now.. Just trucking along really! Nothing really new. Haven't tested yet and I have not gotten the urge so I will wait as long as I can! Just logged onto Facebook to find another prego annoucement.. Oh the joy!