Your husband sounds as wonderful as mine. My husband has been there for me step by step. He keeps reminding me just to remember that it is not a matter of if but of when. He is also very positive and keeps telling me that I will be a mommy soon enough. He wants this just as badly as I do but he deals with it in a different way. I am so glad that I have him. Thanks for the other ideas. Actually last night we vegged on the couch and watched a movie. It was nice and it was just like when we were dating again....we needed that time for just the two of us. It worked however and got my mind off of things. Thanks for the other ideas as well. I have started walking also. I thought maybe it will clear my mind plus it helps me to stay healthy!
Stress Relievers
August 21, 2007
Hi Everyone. I am starting to wonder if some of my problems are stress related. I was wondering what you all do to help relieve the stresses of trying to conceive. I do my best not to think about it too much but I thought maybe some of you have techniques you use to get it off your mind. Any ideas would be great. Thanks!!
Sounds like we are both blessed. Another thing that helps me to reduce the stress is knowing that this site is here. Plus having wonderful people in both of our lives. It's so amazing what stress can to your body. I live in europe and moved here from the USA about 1 year ago and finding the resources here very limited. Now I'm always looking on the net plus we have another couple that is going thru the same thing but she is not having her period at all. I do feel some pressure because of my age and I feel time is running out. I told my husband last night if we were in high school and not wanting a baby that I would get prg.
It is hard and it is frustrating. I am gonig to see an OBGYN tomorrow and I am requesting to be put on Clomid. I hope that this can help me to start ovulating. Just giving this a try will give me so hope. It is just frustrating when I know that my body isn't functioning well and that I don't know why it is not.
I understand and feel the same way! I've been prg before twice with my first husband and lost both babies and now I'm in a wonderful marriage and we both want a baby so much and nothing is happening. I feel like I'm being punished. I'm having my period (just started Monday) and I thought I was prg....now we have started to change our diet and we are going to check his sperm count and check into my health very soon. Plus get the Ovlation kit also.
That must make things difficult. I am really anxious to go see the OBGYN tomorrow. It kind of scares me to go see someone because I am always afraid of what they are going to tell me. I just hope that they are willing to try me on clomid especially since it has been 6 months since I have ovulated. It think it is time to give my ovaries a kick. I hope that is all I will need to get PG.
See I went off the pill in March of this year after being on it for five years. 3months later I still hadn'r had a period so my doctor put me on 3 rounds of provera to induce a period. It gave me a withdrawl bleed the same way that the BCP did but still no ovulation. So I have had withdrawl bleeds but no period on my own. That in itself tells me that I am not ovulating. It is sure nice having you to talk to angelfish. I too will keep you in my prayers. I hope that we can all be blessed with the one thing we want: a child.
I feel the same way having someone to talk with that is going thru the same thing is wonderful. I'm having my period every 26 days and I can feel mild pain about every 14 days one of the sides and that suppose to mean I'm ovulating. The hubby and I are 36 years old and nothing yet. But I drink caffine and don't eat very healthy and started doing that this week. Plus we started walking. Same as you all we want is a child first we spoke about a football team (which is called soccer in the states) but now will love just one little baby. I keep on telling him that god hasn't picked out our baby because the parents are so crazy:-)
My husband just keeps telling me that when the time is right it will come. He truly believes that we will be pregnant before long. I think the idea of trying Clomid is giving us both a little hope that it is possible. Dr.Q has also been great at making me feel better about the situation and letting me know that my prognosis is good. I hope he is right. We want a child more than anything and we'd be so grateful if we would be able to conceive. Clomid has been shown to increase the chance of having multiples but we don't care. If we are blessed with having twins then great but we would be happy with just one. As long as all goes well and everyone is healthy that is all that matters to us.
Yes, I agree that this site is a blessing to us. Unlike other forums, it is hard to get a professional/expert opinion that Dr. Q gives us. A lot of them would require expensive membership, or you would have to wait in line to ask a question. When I found this site, I have asked Dr. Q every single question that has ALWAYS been bothering me before, and he would ALWAYS answer them straight to the point. It is hard to go through your day and not know what is going on in your body. Before I was put on Clomid, I was feeling your anxiety, Liane and Angelfish. I used to ovulate on my own, but whenever I get stressed about something (even when I am not aware I am stressed), my hormones are affected thus affecting my ovulation/cycle. I have been put on Provera too for three cycles, but it never made my period regular again. This time, I am already on my third cycle of 50 mg Clomid. On my first round, I did ovulate. I did BBTs and OPKs, but with no luck. This month, we will try our best to baby dance every other day starting on day 10 until day 20 to cover all our bases. hehe! We have not done that in the last two cycles. We would always wait until my OPK turns positive. I will still use OPK for this month, but as I've said, we'll try the "every-other-day" approach to see what happens. I am also changing my OB/GYN. I have also made an appointment for Sept. 4th. My current OB/GYN does not seem to care what I am going through. I have not even talked to him..I always talk to the nurse practitioner.
Like you, my husband is the same way. As I was reading through this thread, it gave a smile on my face because our husbands are thinking the same way. My husband also wants to have a baby as badly as I do, but he is taking it in a different way, and he never gets depressed when I get a negative result. Except last cycle when I showed a positive HPT, then when my beta HCG came, it was negative. Since that was the first time that it happened, he also thought that "that was it". But then again, he would always tell me--"God is the creator of life...He knows when is the best time for us to have a baby. Let's keep doing our best, and He will do the rest." So, ladies, I believe that WE ARE GOING TO GET PREGNANT SOON...let's have faith, ok? :-) God bless you!
Like you, my husband is the same way. As I was reading through this thread, it gave a smile on my face because our husbands are thinking the same way. My husband also wants to have a baby as badly as I do, but he is taking it in a different way, and he never gets depressed when I get a negative result. Except last cycle when I showed a positive HPT, then when my beta HCG came, it was negative. Since that was the first time that it happened, he also thought that "that was it". But then again, he would always tell me--"God is the creator of life...He knows when is the best time for us to have a baby. Let's keep doing our best, and He will do the rest." So, ladies, I believe that WE ARE GOING TO GET PREGNANT SOON...let's have faith, ok? :-) God bless you!
Yes, it is VERRRRYYY HARD to have faith. When I got the news that my beta was BFN, oh my...I cried, and cried. I was in pain emotionally that I did not know how to have a positive outlook anymore. Liane, I'm sure you will find more answers when you see you OB/GYN. Keep us posted what he/she tells you, ok? :-)
August 21, 2007