Increasing Fertility: Tween
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Just a Little Direction
Asked by T.R. from Dallas
on July 10, 2008
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Okay ladies/please help out/been trying for 2 years naturally to get pregnant/had one miscarriage/and now really thinking about going to get checked out to see what th...
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- Hi There, I have been down that road. Here's what I learned the hard way: If you are having regular periods, but don't understand the Fertility Awareness Method (t...
- Talk with your OB/GYN first. S/he should be aware that you've been trying and that you've mis-carried and know your general health history. If your OB/GYN can't give...
- I always thought that, since I was having a period every month, I was ovulating. I was wrong. As soon as my regular ob/gyn prescribed chlomid (to "encourage" my ovar...
We Want Baby Number 3 to Be a Boy
Asked by B.B. from Grand Rapids
on December 21, 2009
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Hello, my husband and I are thinking about having another baby, we have two girls and we would like to try to have a boy. Do any of you have advice on what we need to...
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- I too also used Dr. Shettles method twice and (for me) it worked twice. My first child is a son, so I used the method and my second child was a girl. I also used it ...
- Lol i am sorry bonny but god makes those decisions all you can do is try for another and if god says a boy than its a boy. The reason is its true!! we are currently ex...
- the chinese calendar was accurate for us..we are having a boy which is surprising because there are no boys in our family but i look at it as just a coincidence. were ...
40+ Mom Seeking Advice on Birth Control Pills or Other Options
Asked by K.R. from Houston
on June 25, 2008
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Good afternoon Ya'll...I'm 45, fixin' to turn 46. We have two grown daughters, whom are 20 and 18, and moving off to college in the next month. My husband and I had be...
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- Several people I know have the IUD. It's something that a doctor inserts into the uterus and it lasts for 5 years. Most people have a 1-3 day cycle of spotting per m...
- Hey, K.! Brief message...Husband-Vasectomy-ASAP! Worked for us!!! D. and Robert (aged 50 and 54)...parents to 21 year old and 12 year old........Much ...
- Is vasectomy out of the question? We are tryin' for number two...but have agreed to the ol' "snip-snip", if it is not in the cards for us. Your husband would be in and...
Having 2Nd Child 6 Years After First Child.
Asked by J.H. from Kansas City
on June 2, 2011
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My daughter is 6 yrs old and just finished Kindergarten. I have been patiently waiting for my husband to come around to the idea of being ready to have a second chil...
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- I don't have kids that age gap... but that is my plan. I have a 2 1/2 year old and want to wait until she is about 5 to have a second. Many reasons, mainly financial, ...
- I was 32 with my first, and 37 with my 2nd. They get along great. My daughter is the oldest, and is a wonderful, protective sister to her brother. How you raise them m...
- Hi J.! My older son is 11 years old and the little one is 5 years old. So far so good, they have their arguments and fights sometimes but nothing big. When my second ...
Fibroid Affected Baby's In-utero Growth; Removal Before Next? Need Dr.
Asked by C.H. from Dallas
on July 24, 2009
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During a c-section to deliver my son (and first child), the doctor discovered a rather large fibroid (little bigger than a tennis ball). It turns out the fibroid affe...
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- My sister had surgery earlier this year to remove several fibroids, endometriosis and a cyst on an ovary. She went to a reproductive endocrinologist, Dr. Putman and h...
- Hi, I had the exact same thing! The doctor would not remove the fibroid because it was in the muscle tissue and said that removing it would cause more problems tha...
- Hi C.H. I have a daughter who turned 6 in May. I found out I had fibroids when I got pregnant with her. In other words, it was too late to remove them until after b...
Re: Adoption Options & Infertility
Asked by A.B. from Cleveland
on May 3, 2009
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Myself and my darling hubby have been struggling with infertility for quite some time. We have been through 3 In-Vitro's, plus 1 In-Vitro w/ an egg donor. All 4 were...
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- First let me say my heart goes out to you. My first daughter we conceived with just a little help. My second one we tried invitro and that failed then we had to go t...
- Have you considered private adoptions? My husband and I adopted our boys as newborns right from the hospital in 1998 and 1999. One birth mom found us through an attorn...
- Have you checked into Foster care? I know many people have done this and have ended up adopting the children placed w/ them for relatively little money (Just court cos...
What Is Cushing's Syndrome
Asked by T.S. from Salt Lake City
on September 24, 2008
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help mt 10 year old son has been having some health issues. When we started we went in for an eye checkup. I was talking to some friends about what was going on, som...
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- Hi T.! I'm sorry to hear that your son is having some health problems. First off - I encourage you not to jump the boat on a diagnosis based on what someone overhear...
- Its basically a hormone problem. Basically one of your hormones causes you to create to much cortisol. that can throw off your metabolism and other functions and cause...
- Hi T., Cushing syndrome can be a side effect of using steroids. I had two of my children on prednisone for many years. The symptoms include a "moon" face, caused by...
Getting Help with Conception!
Asked by A.S. from San Francisco
on October 24, 2011
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Hi mamas,
Ok, I will save you the long and crazy story of how long my hubby and I have been "trying" to get pregnant. ( I say trying loosely because it has bee...
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- unfortunately trying to conceive just doesn't always happen when we want it to. It took me 6 months of trying to conceive my first. My doc put me on some kind of pro...
- Start with a Dr. or Certified Nurse Midwife that will listen (ask your friends whom they recommend) and run appropriate tests. It would help if you could gather some ...
- See a fertility specialist. Have your husband checked out. We went though this for 10 years. Went through 2 OBGYN's who didn't "do" anything, and then saw the speciali...
Pregnancy or Perimenpause
Asked by M.R. from Los Angeles
on April 14, 2010
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I am a 40 year old married mom with a 10 year old boy and my peiod is officially 14 days late. I had an unusual period last month where it started out normal 7 days s...
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- It could be perimenopause. I started going into it in my early 30's with irregular periods and a lot of spotting for 1-2 weeks afterwards. My doctor did a bloodwork wo...
- Hard to tell. As I get older my cycle gets less and less predictable. I can have a regular 25 day cycle 3 months in a row. Then 42 days. Then back to regular and ve...
- I am about to turn 4o and have been dealing with the same issues for 2 years. After every test in the book and thousands of dollars spent to find out what was 'wrong'...
Infertility Issues
Asked by S.B. from St. Louis
on June 30, 2008
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Hey girls question for ya is there anyone out there who has gotten pregnant on metformin. We have been trying to get pregnant for a while and because I have PCOS my do...
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- My OB/GYN prescribed Metformin for me when my husband and I were trying to get pregnant. I do not have PCOS and Metformin did not work for me at all. I do have a frien...
- I haven't been on Metformin (which I know is your question) but I have been through IF treatments. If you are looking for a FANTASTIC RE, Dr Lyles is the best! His o...
- Hello S., Sorry about your luck. I too am still on metformin to keep me regualr just so I might have a chance of getting pregnant. I was also on clomid for 6 months...
