thank you. I do ovulate every month on my own and have regular periods monthly. I am so confussed. One of my sisters friends have been trying for 3 years and they are both healthy as well, and havent taken any medication. I truley dont want to go on the "medication route" is there anything out there that may help besides meds? like a tea or some sort of vitamin or anything? btw- i have really crappy health insurance whom LIED to me and said certain maternity coverage was covered when in fact it's not..
SERIOUS QUESTION DR. please answer- thank you
October 13, 2008
My dh and I have been ttc#1 for over a year and half now. (as of right now I am not sure if I am pregnant) I am due for my period by sunday I believe. BUT however- if I am not pregnant what is my next step that I should follow? I got pregnant 1 year to the date in June but sadly miscarried at about 4 1/2 weeks. So I know we CAN get pregnant! We wanted to do this the 'natural' way and not use any meds should I be worried or am I still okay yet that were not pregnant. I am 23years old and dh is 26 years old. I see my ob yearly but am currently switching possibly because I just dont fell comfortable at that office. I just dont know where else to ask this question.. I just found out now the 9th friend of mine is pregnant and here I sit. =( HELP or any advice. There has been no problems on my side of infertility and none on hubbys side that were aware of. Please help, Im losing hope. Laurie
LaurieH:
do you have an obgyn? if you do maybe you can start there and talk to them about what options you have with meds...
Now, without meds I know there are women who can get pregnant on their own and it takes a while, but for the most part after over a year of trying it's usually recommended for them to see an obgyn or an RE.
In terms of natural supplements some ladies here have taken some that help them but it's never guaranteed but you could consider trying.
FertilityTies is working with some fertility specialist to come up with a supplement as well, although that won't be available until a few weeks from now.
good luck and keep us posted!
do you have an obgyn? if you do maybe you can start there and talk to them about what options you have with meds...
Now, without meds I know there are women who can get pregnant on their own and it takes a while, but for the most part after over a year of trying it's usually recommended for them to see an obgyn or an RE.
In terms of natural supplements some ladies here have taken some that help them but it's never guaranteed but you could consider trying.
FertilityTies is working with some fertility specialist to come up with a supplement as well, although that won't be available until a few weeks from now.
good luck and keep us posted!
Laurie,
You know, YOU could be doing everything right, but nearly 50% of the time, the man has something "wrong" with his semen/sperm or there's a possibility that you could have "hostile" cervical mucus, making it difficult/impossible for the sperm to pentrate the cervix.
Once you have found a doc you like, I'd recommend asking him/her to write orders for your hubby to have a semen analysis.
Like you, I ovulate on my own each month. But it took 3 1/2 years of ttc naturally to conceive our daughter and we've now been ttc for 1 year for #2. Our issues then, and now, are male-factor. We've started the process with a consult with the Reproductive Endocrinologist (RE, for short; aka fertility specialist). He is recommending that we get DH's sperm issues (in our case, low motility and high white blood cells) taken care of before proceeding with further treatment.
We have been doing IUI with our OB/GYN for 3 cycles (starting #4 this week) and seen no progress.
Even YOU trying supplements isn't going to help until you know that you don't have male factor infertility.
See, that's part of the curse of being a woman. We naturally assume that since we are the ones to carry the child, that infertility falls on us.
You know, YOU could be doing everything right, but nearly 50% of the time, the man has something "wrong" with his semen/sperm or there's a possibility that you could have "hostile" cervical mucus, making it difficult/impossible for the sperm to pentrate the cervix.
Once you have found a doc you like, I'd recommend asking him/her to write orders for your hubby to have a semen analysis.
Like you, I ovulate on my own each month. But it took 3 1/2 years of ttc naturally to conceive our daughter and we've now been ttc for 1 year for #2. Our issues then, and now, are male-factor. We've started the process with a consult with the Reproductive Endocrinologist (RE, for short; aka fertility specialist). He is recommending that we get DH's sperm issues (in our case, low motility and high white blood cells) taken care of before proceeding with further treatment.
We have been doing IUI with our OB/GYN for 3 cycles (starting #4 this week) and seen no progress.
Even YOU trying supplements isn't going to help until you know that you don't have male factor infertility.
See, that's part of the curse of being a woman. We naturally assume that since we are the ones to carry the child, that infertility falls on us.
Hi Laurie,
I totally understand your desire to go natural. Most of us do. I'd suggest acupuncture, if you haven't tried it yet. Plus, your acupuncturist can tell you about herbs that might help you. I did acupuncture, and it totally made a difference in my cycle.
With that being said, I didn't get pregnant until I added Clomid, which is the first med doctors tend to prescribe. It's primarily for women who don't ovulate on their own (which I did), but it can help give you that necessary "boost". I got pregnant my first try, after failing to conceive on my own for 10 months.
Best of luck.
I totally understand your desire to go natural. Most of us do. I'd suggest acupuncture, if you haven't tried it yet. Plus, your acupuncturist can tell you about herbs that might help you. I did acupuncture, and it totally made a difference in my cycle.
With that being said, I didn't get pregnant until I added Clomid, which is the first med doctors tend to prescribe. It's primarily for women who don't ovulate on their own (which I did), but it can help give you that necessary "boost". I got pregnant my first try, after failing to conceive on my own for 10 months.
Best of luck.
October 13, 2008
I'm sorry you're going through this....and hope you'll be able to find solutions soon for you and your dh.
After 18 months of trying you should really consider seeing an RE, you could also considering switching Ob/Gyns for some treatments before an RE, but REs would be able to help you more effectively.
Keep in mind that many people go through "unexplained infertility" a situation where even when a couple is healthy (i.e. no sperm issues, no ovulation issues) they're not able to conceive and need the assistance of medical treatments in most cases.
Best of luck and keep us posted!