If you have found your way here via ICLW, welcome!
I am S. My husband ("MM") and I have been married for almost a year! Because of my "advanced" age (I'd just turned 37 at the time), we actually started TTC in April 2008, several months before our November 28 wedding in Maui. We both knew we wanted to be parents, and we had heard that this process can take some time when you're older. Little did we know how long. . . . We live in our suburban home with our two golden retrievers, surrounded by families with toddlers, new babies and pregnant moms, and wait for it to be "our turn."
We are "unexplained." All our testing has been normal. Our RE has told us that the most likely explanation for our failure to conceive is poor egg quality related to my age. (I am now 38 and will be 39 in March.)
We have just started our 19th cycle TTC. I had a very early miscarriage in August, the result of a break cycle. That was my one and only BFP, and I have never been more than about 5 weeks pregnant. (Our complete TTC history is in the left sidebar, if you're interested.)
If all goes as planned this cycle, I will be doing my second IUI in a little over a week. I am currently on CD 6 of my first cycle adding Foll.sti.m to Cl.omid. I hope this works! Even though I would hate to be due in late July--I live in Phoenix, where it gets to 110+ daily that time of year--I will take a healthy pregnancy any time I can get it by this point!
I am S. My husband ("MM") and I have been married for almost a year! Because of my "advanced" age (I'd just turned 37 at the time), we actually started TTC in April 2008, several months before our November 28 wedding in Maui. We both knew we wanted to be parents, and we had heard that this process can take some time when you're older. Little did we know how long. . . . We live in our suburban home with our two golden retrievers, surrounded by families with toddlers, new babies and pregnant moms, and wait for it to be "our turn."
We are "unexplained." All our testing has been normal. Our RE has told us that the most likely explanation for our failure to conceive is poor egg quality related to my age. (I am now 38 and will be 39 in March.)
We have just started our 19th cycle TTC. I had a very early miscarriage in August, the result of a break cycle. That was my one and only BFP, and I have never been more than about 5 weeks pregnant. (Our complete TTC history is in the left sidebar, if you're interested.)
If all goes as planned this cycle, I will be doing my second IUI in a little over a week. I am currently on CD 6 of my first cycle adding Foll.sti.m to Cl.omid. I hope this works! Even though I would hate to be due in late July--I live in Phoenix, where it gets to 110+ daily that time of year--I will take a healthy pregnancy any time I can get it by this point!
I hope IUI#2 works for you! And your dogs are so adorable. I'm a big dog-lover. :)
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Thanks for your comment!
ReplyDeleteI hope IUI #2 works like a charm. Will be following.
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You know I live in phx too! and the cycle that worked for us was our first with follistim and clomid (IUI #3). Best of luck to you!
ReplyDeleteI am hoping & praying that all goes well for you this cycle. I loved your Q & A the other day, that I borrowed it.
ReplyDeleteHave a great day ! ~ICLW
I didn't discover blogging until I was in my third year of infertility--I hope it brings you the same kind of peace and outlet that it has for me.
ReplyDelete"Unexplained" seems like the worst kind of diagnosis. How are you supposed to make what already seem like impossible decisions? In some ways, when J's sperm totally crapped out on us it made things easier--we were almost ready to switch to DS anyway, and his body made the decision for us. So I feel for you, in that strange world of uncertainty.
The truth is, infertility sucks. And there ain't nothing that can change that. Hang in there.
sorry to hear about the recent m/c. good luck with IUI#2! sending you lots of positive thoughts!
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