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[gemasita]

I'm here. We started TTC#1 a year and a half ago but about 9 months ago, we found out during a surgery for a pelvic infection that my tubes and one ovary had been damaged when my appendix burst about 6 years ago. So we had been TTC for about 9 months at the time and I woke up from surgery to find out that we could only conceive with IVF. It was a shock.

We had a failed IVF in December and are now in the 2WW for our first FET. We have no more frozen embies after this so if I am not pg, we will have to do another fresh cycle. We would probably do one more fresh cycle and hopefully have a couple of frozen out of that too and then maybe move on to adoption.

I am a doula and childbirth educator so my career is being around pg women. I would like a chance to experience the things that I help other families with. I know several local mamas from this board and I am the only non-mama. It is tough and I feel like an outcast sometimes. :

[barose]

Originally Posted by gemasita

I'm here. We started TTC#1 a year and a half ago but about 9 months ago, we found out during a surgery for a pelvic infection that my tubes and one ovary had been damaged when my appendix burst about 6 years ago. So we had been TTC for about 9 months at the time and I woke up from surgery to find out that we could only conceive with IVF. It was a shock.

We had a failed IVF in December and are now in the 2WW for our first FET. We have no more frozen embies after this so if I am not pg, we will have to do another fresh cycle. We would probably do one more fresh cycle and hopefully have a couple of frozen out of that too and then maybe move on to adoption.

I am a doula and childbirth educator so my career is being around pg women. I would like a chance to experience the things that I help other families with. I know several local mamas from this board and I am the only non-mama. It is tough and I feel like an outcast sometimes. :

[Perdita_in_Ontario]

: I'm here too.

Started TTC in 1998. After finding out eventually that DH has CBAVD, we did our first TESA/IVF/ICSI cycle in 2004, which resulted in our DD. We also had a failed IVF in December/Jan and will be starting another cycle in either March or April depending on schedules.

Jamie - fingers crossed for you...

[crazyrunningmama]

: to you Jamie!!!

I was out in my T-shirt today, gotta move to the west coast Perdita!!

[Pookietooth]

I'm here. We took over 5 years ttc to get ds -- ended up using Repronex injections to conceive him. Had been trying to control my PCOS with diet, supplements, and homeopathic remedies, but it didn't get me pg. Decided to finally go see an RE again since I was almost 42, the max age they will take you. Saw one on my 42 bday back in December. She had me do the clomid challenge test (which I passed), but my lining was thin. We tried femara, same problem. So it looks like, as soon as AF starts, we will be moving on to Follistim. Oh boy!

[kristenok18]

I'm here. We've been ttc#2 for 3.5yrs. I have pcos, dh has several male factors. I'm upping my dose of femara next month, and we're hoping to do an iui in the next month or two. On my first cycle of femara we also did an iui (back in Aug 07), and were able to get pg, but mc at 8w. Lately I haven't responded to much of anything, so I might be moving on to injectables soon. Or tossing in the towel, depending on my frame of mind. I'm also taking metformin, though I can't really see that it's doing anything.

[Perdita_in_Ontario]

Originally Posted by crazyrunningmama

: to you Jamie!!!

I was out in my T-shirt today, gotta move to the west coast Perdita!!

One day... one day...

[Julia'sMom]

: I'm here too!

It took 2 years to conceive DD1. However, no complaints because only 1 cycle of clomid did the trick for us.

Now we've been ttc since she was born (20 months). My first RE visit was last week. We're on the roller coaster again.

Anyone else notice the sig's in the first page of responses? Some of them have had children since they first posted. Kinda gives ya some hope.

[barose]

Originally Posted by Julia'sMom

: I'm here too!

It took 2 years to conceive DD1. However, no complaints because only 1 cycle of clomid did the trick for us.

Now we've been ttc since she was born (20 months). My first RE visit was last week. We're on the roller coaster again.

Anyone else notice the sig's in the first page of responses? Some of them have had children since they first posted. Kinda gives ya some hope.

Eeek! I didn’t even realize that was from 2003! How did I even find that thread to post on it?

I think hope is relative depending on how long you’ve been ttc.

[poetgirl]

I'm here as well. TTC #1 and voila! IF. Didn't see that coming. This would be month 16 but we're taking it off becuase I am having polyp surgery (simple polypectomy did not get it). I have low progesterone which my RE thinks is caused by an ovulation prob., though I O fine on my own and usually early. He says I have a hypothalamus dysfunction and my brain is esp. resistant to giving my body certain triggering messages about hormones. Go figure. I wasn't too responsive to the Clomid, so after this month we'll double the Clo, check my Prog. and if it's still not good I guess move onto injectables. As it is now, I'm told I have a 1-2% chance of conceiving naturally. Anyone else told such slim things when your prob. is still a little vague?

[mischievium]

I'm here as well. Going into month 14 of TTC. No officially diagnosed problems, yet, but I am in the process of being screened for Cushing's Disease or PCOS.

I was thinking, even before barose found this thread, about starting and Infertility version of "the one thread". Maybe like a monthly thread? Maybe I'll start it and see what happens?