@shannonhartwell24 Thank you! Yes I totally understand, every time the period show up it's like a spiral of dissapointment and sadness. I am sorry for your friend too by the way, very sad she went through all of this, but at least happy she has now some babies!
Since you have your periods I can only assume you are ovulating... are you tracking your cycles? Actually, I had a HSG done a few months ago. My period actually restarted after this. My gyno who is specialized in fertility issues said some women actually did an HSG just to improve their chances to get pregnant. Have you ever had one?
@eeeindia Glad that the HSG helped get things going for you! I’ve not had any testing or procedures done. I’m doing basic tracking with OPK but not BBT, but my periods are SO regular, as soon as I got off the pill, that I’ve been assuming I am ovulating. But it’ll be good to at least check everything is all working like it should.
@shannonhartwell24 Yes, I understand the frustration!! Maybe doing indeed a full check-up with a fertility specialist around you could be a good idea. They will likely do some bloodworks to check all of your ''data'', and maybe prescribe you an HSG too, which might help, who knows!! I wish you the best of luck anyway, again just know you are not alone and we are in the same boat!
@shannonhartwell24 This journey is so hard and lonely, I think nobody expects it to be this way. But on the other hand, I see how many of you feel the same way. I'm still sad, but maybe just a little bit less lonely. I turned 31 in January and this is our 11th cycle of TTC, no positive pregnancy tests so far. My husband did his sperm analysis and it came back very good. I stopped tracking ovulation, it is too stresfull for me, and my cycles are regular so we are just trying to relax as much as possible. But this is very difficult, sex is a chore and we are not enjoying this journey at all.
@yac11 I am in the same situation though it has only been 6 months ttc for us. I will be 33 this month and I read that a 30 yo woman has a typical chance of 20% to conceive during each cycle.
Body signs point to ovulation every month and my fiancés sperm analysis came back good, though it was an at home kit. I’m still tracking ovulation but I get where you’re coming from with trying to relax. Less stress means a higher likelihood of conceiving. Many people say they finally became pregnant when they stopped “trying”.
@shannonhartwell24 I also had a specific timeline for when I wanted to get pregnant (took out my arm implant while finishing up my masters and started actively TTC when the due-date would coincide with when I qualified for maternity leave.
Like you, I also had to take a break from baby stuff - what I would recommend is sine it has been about six months to go ahead and make an appointment with the OBGYN, because that will give you something to do and more agency, to get any screening tests you can get done. I know I found it reassuring to rule out a few issues by testing AMH/etc.
Yes I totally understand, every time the period show up it's like a spiral of dissapointment and sadness. I am sorry for your friend too by the way, very sad she went through all of this, but at least happy she has now some babies!