I have lots of thoughts and feelings inside me after my consultation with the RE today. He was able to answer a lot of questions for me. He does feel it's time to step up the meds a bit. With my next cycle I will be doing femara plus FSH. My DH is worried about using FSH, but my eggs just were just not responding with clomid or femara alone. Mostly, he is worried about the possibility of twins. The RE went over the statistics and all that, but I agree it is a concern. The RE also wants me to wor… Continue

hi ladies- my name is susan and i am what i call an "infertility survivor". my story in short- started TTC at 33, 5 medicated (injectables) IUIs, 5 IVF cycles, four miscarriages, four failed IVF cycles with arrested embryos. 5th and final cycle at age 36 was successful after transferring 4 embies. twins. lost one baby at about 8 weeks. continued to have a difficult pregnancy with a lot of complications. i was told my daughter had a spot on her heart which was a marker for Down's. I was told she… Continue

I am getting anxious and nervous about my upcoming appointment tomorrow. I have my list of questions ready, and Josh (DH) is still planning on meeting me for the appointment. But of course just when I thought my body was regular, something changes. We were just talking last weekend that my periods were at least regular this time around. When we went to see the RE back in 2007, my cycles were anywhere from 29-40 days in length, but now they are closer to 30-32 days in length. Such an improvement.… Continue

The first time we went to the RE, everyone knew about, including our family and closest friends. They also knew we had been TTC for some time. Obviously there was a lot of questions as far as what was the problem, and what was happening...and of course the dreaded "are you pregnant yet?"
Now that we have decided to go back to the RE, I am trying not to tell anyone about it, although feel like I'm keeping secrets from my family and closet friends. Is that wrong? I feel so conflicted. I feel the u… Continue

I am 33 yrs old, soon to be 34 in January, and my DH and I have a healthy happy 5 1/2 yr old son and an awnry 7 yr old black lab. Our family is perfect, expect for one small detail, I have want to have more children. Not only for myself, for my husband, for my son, for my extended family. Wanting another child, wanting to be pregant again is part of who I am. We conceived my son, the first month we tried, having said that it's important to note that we were using OPK and BBT charting at the time… Continue