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Getting Pregnant Blues
Asked by C.H. from Charleston
on April 15, 2008
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Hey everyone, my husband and i have been really trying to get pregnant for about 5 months now with no success. People say that I need to be patient and not think abou...
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- I am sorry to hear that you are having a hard time. :( Hang in there. I would get an ovulation kit from the drug store. Do some research on different positions and ...
- I had a hard time getting pregnant too. My doctor said we were not to worry or try any fertility treatments until we were actively trying for 1 year. I did all of th...
- Hi C.! I am not an expert by any means, however, I have done quiet a bit of reasearch on this subject and many women I have spoken with or read about have tried a "det...
Having Problems Conceiving Our 2Nd Child
Asked by L.M. from Dallas
on January 30, 2008
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We have been trying for several months to conceive our 2nd child. We had NO PROBLEMS doing this with our 1st child. My OBGYN wants us to try for 1 year before we see...
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- Ever heard of the book "Taking Charge of your Fertility" and just FYI: an OB is NOT a FERTILITY SPECIALIST
- I feel your pain! We've been trying 9 months to conceive our 2nd. It took us 6 months with our first, so I've tried to be patient, but EVERYONE around me is pregnant!...
- I kind of went through the same thing. I got pregnant in the first month with my first child and with my second it took 6 months. For four months we tried "if it hap...
Late Ovulation
Asked by M.W. from Columbus
on May 28, 2007
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After 7 months of keeping track I realized I ovulate pretty late in my cycle, on average day 20 of a 27/28 day cycle. Has anyone else had this problem? Have you succe...
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- Hi Brooke, I used a fertility monitor to chart my cycle and pinpoint peak fertility. It worked the first time (I am only a week or so late right now) and according to ...
- If you now know when you ovulate, you really shouldn't need a doctor's help. That's half the battle right there. My suggestion would be to get the ovulation predictor ...
- No need for a doc's help simply due to ovulating later in your cycle - an excellent book is Weschler's "Taking Charge of Your Fertility" where she addresses the wide v...
How Do Ovulation Tests Work?
Asked by M.V. from Cleveland
on June 23, 2008
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I am just wondering if anyone knows how ovulations tests work? I was reading the instructions and it says it detects the LH surge, does that mean I am ovulating or I ...
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- Hi M., Yes, the LH surge indicates that you are about to release an egg and are fertile. Best of luck! A.
- Hi M., I used ovulation kits a lot when we were trying to get pregnant. Once you get that surge, you'll be ovulating in the next 24-48 hrs...so, get a babysitter f...
- I don't know about the tests, but I do know that tracking basal temp and cervical changes works just as well and is quite a bit cheaper. Check out the book "Taking Co...
Just Frustrated...
Asked by S.C. from Tulsa
on January 17, 2008
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Hi Everyone,
I just wanted to vent for the sake of venting. We've been trying to have a baby for a year now. For the first 6 months we actually tried tried...ever...
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- I am so sorry to hear of your difficulty! I haven't experienced your pain firsthand but my sister-in-law who I adore has gone through so much to have her daughter and...
- Hi S.- I feel your pain. We started trying when my daughter was four. I got pregnant right away, and then suffered a miscarriage. It then took us over a year to ge...
- Hi S.. Oh do I feel your pain. My husband and I tried everything ~ ten years worth of everything. When the doc's said our only hope was adoption, we started that proc...
Worried About TTC
Asked by A.C. from Seattle
on February 24, 2012
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My husband and I are going to start ttc later this summer (hopefully) and I'm worried that its going to be really difficult. He will be 25 and I will be 23. Neither of...
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- You're borrowing trouble ;-) If you're really interested in what's going on with your cycle, it might be worth checking out Taking Charge of your Fertility by Toni ...
- When I got pregnant with #1 and #2 I had no anticipation of conceiving but when I tried I couldn't. My best advice don't try to conceive just let it happen. The more y...
- LOL! Luna, my honey likes to say "don't borrow tomorrow's problems."
Ovidrel
Asked by K.N. from Dallas
on March 12, 2010
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I have been trying to get pregnant for almost a year now and had a miscarriage in October. I had a stroke at age 19 and I'm 27 now. I have to take coumadin until I f...
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- If all the tests say you and your husband are okay, why not just wait for it to happen on its own? I know it is hard particularly in this time of age when we expect t...
- God Bless you. I had an accute stroke when I was 49 and I am on coumadin too. Sure would like to go off it. I believe it was caused by the harmone replacements the doc...
- Ovidrel (HCG shot) just makes you release the egg. It's a trigger shot. With fertility, they give you clomid or femera to increase the number of follicles producing eg...
Ovulation
Asked by N.E. from Honolulu
on May 16, 2008
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Ok so I have gone on COUNTLESS websites, and each and every one give me a different answer. Are there any ladies who can help me? Besides monitoring my temperature eve...
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- We went thru fertility treatments for almost 4 years, and never used the ovulation sticks, just saw the signs they told me to look for. Ok sorry for the graphicness (...
- Hi N....I can help out on this. You ovulate about 14 days prior to your cycle...so its kind of a hindsight thing. A few things...first...you will need to monitor your...
- Check with your OB/GYN. Other signs of ovulation are: cramping, opaque vaginal discharge that evolves to a texture like that of egg-whites. You can also try bu...
Finally Dr. Decided to Put Me on Clomid
Asked by N.N. from Huntsville
on October 27, 2010
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Ok well we went to the dr yesterday and he finally put me on clomid to help with me getting pregnant. He said that most ppl get pregnant within 3 to 4 cycles on it and...
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- I was on clomid years ago - I became pregnant quickly (took only 1 or 2 cycles) and had a healthy baby boy (just one!) 9 months later....good luck!
- I took clomid for a few cycles through my ob/gyn. Nothing happened. We had my husband tested and discovered we were both having issues. Went to a RE and had all the...
- Well, my husband's best friends from college used clomid for only a couple months and ended up pregnant with triplets!! I think the mom wasn't ovulating before but not...
Clomid - Do You Always Ovulate When Taking This???
Asked by J.F. from Denver
on March 13, 2009
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My best friend miscarried about 8 weeks ago. She got her cycle back and the doc told her she could resume Clomid.
She has been using those pee stick ovulation thin...
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- She could also chart her temps. I always ovulated around cycle day 15 while on clomid with my 1st baby(it took 3 months before timing the sex right to actually conceiv...
- If she has PCOS (PolyCystic Ovarian Syndrome) as the underlying cause of not ovulating, she probably won't have a positive ovulation test. The hormones mask the corre...
- It's absolutely possible that she either a) has not ovulated yet and this is a longer than usual for her cycle, or b) that she has already ovulated. Is she seeing a fe...
