Trying To Conceive Success Stories - Page 115

A large collection of trying to conceive success stories and two week wait symptoms submitted by our visitors. A great way to pass the time during your two week wait! When you get your positive pregnancy test, please submit your story and two week wait symptoms for others to enjoy! Best of luck on your trying to conceive journey!

Posted by laurenrene
I am 26, DH is 25. We have been trying to conceive since August of 2009. We got pregnant in Feb. 2010, but had a miscarriage in March. Since then we have tried for 9 months with no luck. Last month DH had a seminalysis showing 6 million sperm #/mL and low motility (however, it was very cold outside and the sample could have been exposed and results off). I ovulate late in my cycle (day 21). I have been going to acupuncture and taking herbs for 3months. We scheduled an appointment with a fertility clinic and talked with the doctor last week. He wanted me to start clomid this next cycle since I ovulate late and could possibly have a short luteal phase. I'm hoping that doesn't have to happen because I got a faint positive this morning! It's on a CVS early result test with blue dye, so I am still apprehensive. I'm going to the doctor tomorrow to confirm the results. We are in shock right now. We feel like it's been so long in the waiting, even though it's only been a year and half. It seems like eternity. I know I will be scared to death until I see the heartbeat. Praying for a healthy baby and pregnancy!

Added: Jan. 10, 2011

Posted by chellilee
Ok, a few things I have done differently this cycle as opposed to the last are:

1) After BD, I have in the past put a pillow under my hips and then put my legs on the wall or something similar. This time, (having looked up advice for people with retro uterus trying to get pregnant) I tried their suggestions which was to actually try it doggie style, :) and then keep lying down on my stomach with a pillow just under my hips. So the opposite of putting the legs on the walls.

2) I feng shui'd our bedroom a bit. I feng shui'd our house a bit. Mostly de-cluttering 'to make room for the new baby'. I bought 3 wooden elephants of different sizes, mum, dad and a baby elephant. Elephants are supposed to bring symbolise maternity and maternal instincts. I also bought a Balinese wooden fertility sculpture.

3) We BD'd every day instead of every second day, a few days leading up to Ovulation a few days past it.

4) I used one of those Maybe Baby ovulation predictors, but I found it did not help me much. The 'ferning' only really came after my usual ovulation (and my period is usually on time.) But I did have a sneaking suspicion it was ferning more and more after my ovulation because I was getting pregnant! And its true!

Now Im not saying any of the above will work for people, but I guess I believed in the power of feng shui (being chinese myself). I think the retro utero thing may have been 'the thing'. Tho hard to be sure really.

Now Im hoping I will sail through the first trimester with no problems at all (and of course through the next two.) It is nerve wrecking every time i go to the toilet and slightly scared I will see blood or spotting (which is how my last pregnancy which ended up in a miscarriage at 6-7 weeks was.) But this time, it feels different. Even the CM/ maybe a teeny bit of spotting is different. fingers crossed. Wishing you all lots of luck with your baby making. Its not easy, keep the faith!

Added: Jan. 10, 2011

Posted by joanne43
Today I got a BFP (day AF due) after getting very faint positives on dpo 11 and 12. We have been trying to conceive following a missed miscarriage (identical twins) and D&C on November 1, 2010 at 15 weeks. I already have a 17 year old son, DH has no children. I have had one period which started on 10 December, 5 weeks after D&C. I have heard you are more fertile after a miscarriage and I am 37. The major symptoms I have experienced are constantly feeling like AF is coming. No sore bb's this time and this was a major symptom for me last time. Had a few days of dizzy spells around 10 dpo, but nothing else major, oh except I can't stand the smell of coffee. We BD every day after AF finishes, and I make sure I stay lying down for at least 20 minutes, sometimes with cushion under butt. I drink green tea everyday, don't know if this helps and I have been taking high dose folic acid since my m/c. I am still experiencing the feeling that I am going to get AF any minute, fingers crossed.
Baby dust and good luck to everyone else ttc.

Added: Jan. 9, 2011

Posted by hmccall
I woke with a jump in my BBT and thought this is a sign. I POAS and sure enough there is a faint faint second line. DH and I have been TTC for 10 months. After trying for 7 months, I went to my ob/gyn for an annual ckup. I mentioned that we had been TTC for a while. He asked if I knew when I ovulated and of course I said yes, CD19. He did not think that was early enough and prescribed clomid 50mg. I also had my 21 day progesterone ck'd prior to starting clomid and it was 7.4. He told me to take it CD5-9 and I did the first month. This put O on CD 21 and I was very ill during that time, so no chance for that month. Then the next month I took it CD3-7 and O'd on CD14. We had good timing but BFN. I called his office and requested a HSG to flush my tubes. I had been told by several ppl that they got PG the next cycle after their HSG. Well, I had the test (only slightly painful) on CD 8 (Dec 21st) and both tubes were clear. I ovulated on CD15 (Dec 28th) and 11 days later got a faint BFP!!!! I honestly believe the hsg cleared the way for our BFP. I will say that all 3 months on clomid my progesterone was b/w 15.4 and 32.2 and I never need to increase from 50mg.

Added: Jan. 9, 2011

Posted by mrstappis
My husband and I have been together for 7 years and I have never been on birth control. Luckily we had no mistaken pregnancies before marriage but this alarmed me when it came time for us to start trying. I'm 32 so I had a full check-up, the coast was clear. After not conceiving in couple of months my husband had a sperm check. It came back with abnormal morphology. Doctors said let's take another in a month so we did, same thing. By that time I had a hemorrhagic cyst and we had to wait until it was gone. Once gone a few more months went by and no pregnancy. Finally, my husband went to a male infertility doc where they found vericocele and did more extensive sperm tests. The doc came back letting us know that there is no need for surgery and just to keep trying naturally without and drugs. 5 tubes of preseed later, Fertile CM supplements from Fairhaven and some tears after trying for 8 months we are now pregnant!!!

Symptoms:
CD 7- Sudden vomiting and diarrhea+plus fever (thought I had food poisoning) tender breasts
CD 8-Fever in the AM, nauseous w/food aversion, tender breasts
CD 9-Weepy, super gassy, nauseous w/food aversion, tender breasts, BFN
CD 10-BFP!!!! Digital Clearblue test

Don't give up, the human body is magical and very complex. Be good to each other in the process. All the months of waiting will make you appreciate it so much more. I wish all of you lots of baby dust!!!

Added: Jan. 6, 2011