Tell me about your "that's impossible!" pregnancy... - Page 2

[frontierpsych]

I also read an article about a woman in her mid-40's who had been infirtile her whole life. When her period stopped she thought it was menopause. She was pretty overweight and built big, so whe never got the real "pregnant belly" and never felt any real movement due to the position of the placenta. She went to the doc one day for bad cramps, and wound up with a healthy baby!

[GooeyRN]

DH's friend got 3 women pregnant. (within a 3 year time frame) All were on the pill and he wore condoms every time. He must have super sperm. Unfortunately, two of the babies did not survive pregnancy.

[newmainer]

These stories are so fun!

No 'impossible' baby for me this month.. AF arrived today. But i gotta say, all these stories make me want to say, 'sure honey, go and get that vasectomy!' with a giggle!

[ripcurlgirl26]

My DH's parents tried for years to have a child. I'm not sure how entirely long, but I'm thinking probably around 5 years. They went through the process and adopted DH's older sister, and then got pregnant themselves with DH right after they adopted her! Craziness. Infertility runs in the women on his side though.

These pregnant after vasectomy stories are scaring the heck out of me. DH is going to get one since we're done. Both of my boys were conceived the first month of trying, and I reeeeally don't want another. *cry*

[thefragile7393]

Hmm...well I can't really report anything too miraculous.

My mom was 41 when she found out she was pregnant with me. Never been pregnant before...she was married to a sterile man for about 15 years before divorcing him and meeting my dad in her late 30's. She always assumed she was too old, therefore no protection was used. Surprise!!! I am their first, and only, child.

[Liquesce]

I was once upon a time told that I'd most likely have difficulty conceiving given the menstrual problems I had. Fast forward ... married June '06, pregnant August '06. And then again in November '07, while not regularly menstruating yet after the first baby, while using a diaphragm with spermicide and with a condom, all together. Didn't want to take any chances, you see. Next time I decide I don't want to chance it I'm just not having sex.

[newmainer]

i guess the abstinence people do have a point...

[NatureMama3]

thought of another one.

friends of my parents had 1 child and had a vasectomy. When their DD was 22 and they were heading toward 50 the wife thought she was going into menopause only to learn that after all that time *the vasectomy failed* :. Talk about shocked.

[JessicaS]

My mom got pregnant twice on the pill, once with an IUD, and once on purpose.

[Full Heart]

When my aunt was younger her appendix burst which nearly led to death but also alot of scar tissue. She was unable to concieve and finally after several surgies to remove scar tissue and she had a dd. After that she had several more surgeries. One was to remove a tube and ovary. The other they said was non functioning. 10 years after her dd was born she discovered she was pg...but the egg did not come from the ovary that was left. No. Her other ovary and tube grew back! They should have removed it years before lol.

[Amylcd]

I've gotten pregnant twice while using birth control pills also (used correctly, different brands)

[applejuice]

Originally Posted by Full Heart

. No. Her other ovary and tube grew back! They should have removed it years before lol.

The surgeon may have left part of the ovary in there. I know that this is what was done with my Grandmother decades ago, to maintain some hormone balance. It does not "grow back"

[hopeandolive]

Another "infertility" story here...

With dd1 we tried for 2+ years w/out protection. Finally sought out some help and one cycle of clomid + IUI we conceived dd. 2nd time around not so lucky Six rounds of clomid+ IUI, several rounds of injectibles and IUIs finally IVF w/ ICSI and I get the call from the doc 2 weeks post retreival and he says well "Your HCG# is a 5...which just isn't a good number...sorry". So I was dumbfounded. I had to continue with several rounds of bloodwork to see if the HCG was rising appropriately...it was, still they were determined that this just "wasn't meant to be". At 6 weeks did an ultrasound to confirm the baby wasn't in a tube or anything...all was well. Another ultrasound at 8 weeks they decide "baby is measuring almost a week behind, sorry this just doesn't look good"...basically told me to expect a mis-carriage and feel free to stop taking all my meds (fertility related "sticky meds"). I was like "uh no thanks....I'll continue with my meds UNTIL I miscarry....in the meantime I'm good thanks". They then said "well I guess it can't hurt and we'll have you come back in a week to remeasure everything". We what do you know a week later heartbeat is going strong, baby grew appropriately and I am not 21 weeks along!!!!

[~Ryleigh's Mommy~]

I guess I kinda have one too, though I can't say it was with correct use of BC.

I'll just start by saying that I have endo which resulted in an ectopic pregnancy and the removal of one of my tubes. I was in High school then, with a different partner, and I was taking BCP, never missed any.

So I only have one tube. Fast forward, different guy, my husband actually. He's been on chemo since he was 14 yrs old. They told us he was probably sterile from it.

Low and behold, we got pregnant with my daughter within months of getting married (no birth control)

After I had my daughter I had an IUD put in. Fast forward to this new years. Our marriage had been on the rocks and I was actually getting ready to move out. We hadn't had sex in at least 6 months. Well, a couple weeks into december, my IUD had accidentally came out during a Diva cup misshap. It was quite painful, I'll add.

Anyway, about a week later was new yrs eve. I'll save you the story, but quite a few too many drinks later it was new yrs day, and I had no recollection of what had happened, but we woke up in bed (I had been sleeping on the couch for months)
I found it kinda odd that I woke up in bed, but just grumbled about how stupid I was and forgot about it.
About 2 1/2 months later after spending a week in bed sicker than a dog, I finally realized I was pregnant.

So no, I didn't have any birth control, but my IUD had JUST come out and we hadn't had sex in at LEAST 6 months. It really does only take one time
All this from a couple who supposedly should have fertility problems.

[immamama]

Have a friend who had three kids, didn't want more. She got her tubes tied. Got pregnant. So her husband got a vasectomy. Got pregnant again! She now has 5 kids and had a complete hysterectomy to make darn sure she never got pregnant again.

[Sativarain1]

yes I just recently became pregnant after using the pill very faithfully. I guess sometimes it's meant to happen

[Ahimsa]

Originally Posted by notyetamommy

My mom also had a friend go to her 6 week postpartum appointment and find out she was pregnant with TWINS!

This happened to my step grandmother. Her 1st two are less than 10 months apart and for a couple of months every year they are the same age. She had another baby within a couple years of those two and then had a bunch of miscarriages. They went ahead and adopted a baby and she found out she pregnant soon after.

[jule924]

CRAZY stories!! I sure hope the vasectemy my dh plans on getting works! This baby is #3 and wasn't planned (though it was our "error" )

My bf and her dh tried for about 2 years. The second year she went on some fertility meds (not sure which ones). Because of insurance they hadn't had him tested yet. After the second year they had him tested and he had a VERY low count AND low mobility. The Dr. basically told them they had no chance of getting pg on their own. So they decided to take a break and try to figure out the next step and look into their options with insurance. Well, a few months later my bf came to visit and we went out and had a *few* drinks. She said she felt kind of bad (thought she was hung over). We talked about maybe could she be pg? I told her she should take a test. She finally did a couple of weeks later and found she was around 11 weeks pg!!

She just got pg again recently though sadly this one ended in miscarriage

[GiGiQ]

I got pregnant on BCP and my aunt conceived after a tubal, though from what I understand she had an extra set of tubes (she may have absorbed her twin in utero and had a few extra organs).

My cousin is another one who wasn't able to conceive until going through the adoption process. She was finalizing paperwork when she went to the doctor for stomach problems and discovered she was 22 weeks already. She'd missed all the symptoms since she wasn't looking for them and had chalked her weight gain up to stress and thought the baby's movements were gas.

[redorchid]

I'm pregnant with my third child and I've never once planned a pregnancy.

My first, I wasn't on birth control, but I had been on depo provera (the shot) for years and had just gone off it a month prior to concieving. We were using condoms, but the evening in question was the one where we skipped it.

My second, I was taking the mini pill and I took it as directed.

This one is the amazing one, to me. I had a Paraguard IUD in when we concieved. I did a lot of worrying and studying and decided to take out the IUD. I had a pretty high risk of miscarriage for the few weeks afterward, but everything is fine now. I'm 26 weeks pregnant with the baby that beat the odds!