FertilityTies posts tagged with secondary

Secondary infertility

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 15:23:33 -0500

I got pregnant the first time very easily. We conceived our daughter two weeks after stopping the pill. Since her birth 19 months ago we haven't been able to have another child. (No birth control ever used since her birth) I had a laparascopy 2 years before I became pregnant. Most recently I've had lupron depot injections to get rid of endometriosis and on top of endometriosis I have pcos but don't fit the physical aspects of the disease although I have irregular cycles.( I do take metformin) Since its so hard to get pregnant the second time around, does it mean when I try to have baby #3 and #4 it will be just as hard? Thank you!!

KatieJ

Trouble conceiving a second child

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:09:36 -0500

Hi, my husband and I have been trying for a year for a second one and had no success. I calculate my ovulation period and also tried the Ovu Kit but no use. One thing I do notice is that after intercourse, the semen would continue to come out for as long as two days. (we have intercourse every other day during the 7th-14th days post cycle)

Is my body rejected his sperm or something? We conceived our first child just a few weeks after I stopped the pill and right before I thought I was getting my first period post stopping the pill. I haven't been on any form of birth control nor do we use protection since then.

What should I do? Should I see my gyno about this and get tested? Thank you so much. We very much want to have another child so the two kids aren't too far apart. I'm 29 and hubby is 31.

blueburu

help

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 08:59:10 -0500

Dr.Q,

I am very concerned. I recently read a post of yours that said that infertility just happens. I am starting to resent my husband because he's just not ready to start a family yet. Are you saying that a perfectly healty woman can just go infertle? Is there something that can prevent this, and what does a person look for?

Jan

DR Q ORDR EVA ANY ONE PLEASE HELP

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:52:11 -0500

i have secondary infertility 4rounds of clomin bfn,4 rounds of injectable iui bfn,1 ivf failed two 3day embryo transferred i have 2 blasts frozen i have afollow up with my re before the fet transfer should i consider any follow up test before the transfer i dont want to loose this chance i had aHSG my tubes were open i had saline sonogram no polyps i dont know what else to do any suggestions doc,please help i am desperate ....every single test we took came back normal we dont know why all this treatment failed i have 6 yr old who we concived imme ...

angee

Kelly's Journey With Secondary Infertility

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 07:14:10 -0500

Well I'm no stranger to this website but this is the first time I have posted my Journey. My issue is with secondary infertility.

After I had my daughter, Samantha, (who is 4 1/2 years old) I didn't think I would have any problems conceiving a second child. After all, even though I have always had irregular periods and my brother and I were both conceived with Clomid, I had barely been off the pill for a month before I found out I was pregnant. I was 2 months shy of my 28th birthday when I had her.

I'm now 32 and have been TTC for about 14 months. I had a miscarriage last January after 2 days of knowing I was pregnant. I don't count that pregnancy in my TTC months because it wasn't a sucessful conception. After my miscarriage, my OB advised me to wait 2 months before TTC again so my husband and I resumed efforts in April, which was my first month on Clomid. three unsucessful Clomid cycles and 1 cyst later, my OB referred me to an RE.

He determined that at the time I went to see him I was too far into my cycle to start Clomid so he had me do an HSG that month. My tubes are open and I had no structural abnormalities to speak of. My husband also had a sperm analysis that determined his sperm count is high with good motility and morphology. Therefore, I just waited for a new cycle to start to call the RE.

CD 3 bloodwork revealed a high estrogen level so I had an ultrasound but no cysts were visible. My CD 11 unltrasound revealed 1 developing a follicle and was on target to ovulate on CD 15. When I went back for an US and PCT on CD 13, however, the follicle was gone so the Doc explained that I may have ovulated early. Meanwhile, my PCT revealed no problems with sperm navagation through CM so I made an appointment for bloodwork the following week, which determined that my progesterone level was almost non-existent. Next month the RE upped my Clomid to 100 mg and once again CD 3 bloodwork revealed high estrogen but no cysts were found. At my CD 11 ultrasound though I had what looked like either a large follicle or a cyst so I was given an HCG injection and told to BD that night. Unfortunately, I started bleeding pretty heavily after that and havn't stopped yet. In response to my dillemma, I was put on birth control pills and will get injectables when a new cycle starts.

Believe me I thank God every day that I have 1 health child already but it doesn't erase the desire for another baby and the disappointment with what's happened in this attempt. My heart goes out to everyone who has had to experience infertility at any time in their life. Please tell me there's light at this end of this tunnel.

KellyK

Handling Secondary Infertility

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:52:01 -0500

KellyK

Secondary amenorrhea

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:47:21 -0500

Will I have to go under fertility treatment if I as diagnosed with Secondary amenorrhea?

Margarita Andon

Need support... TTC #3 for 17 months...

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:00:20 -0500

Bled non-stop from Feb 2007 when I went off birth control through August 2007 when it stopped for two weeks because I was pregnant. I miscarried and bled for six weeks. It stopped for a week then started again and didn't stop.

Saw dr. numerous times with no action. Changed drs. Diganosed with hormone imbalance (yet he never tested my levels?!?!)

10mg day of progesterone on 1/28/08 for 10 days

Stopped bleeding 1/31-2/2

Ended pills 2/6

LMP: 2/3/08-2/12/08

Ovulate 17th

LMP: 3/2/08

Ovulate: 3/16/08

Pills: 5/13/08-5/22/08

LMP: 5/22/08

Ant O: 6/5/08

Pills: 6/10-6/17

LMP: 6/19/08

Pills: 7/4/08-7/11/08

LMP:7/11/08

Ov 7/21

Light brown spotting 7/27-29

Now been crampy w/ headaches and stuffy nose for a week, but 3 BFN as recently as FMU today.

This is so frustrating and I feellikemy dr. isn't doing what he could to help, yet can't change b/c of insurance.

Just needed to vent and looking for suport.

Tess

I feel like My Body is Playing Tricks on Me

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:17:42 -0500

I have been trying to get pregnant with our second child. I have unexplained secondary infertility. I dont get my period on my own without the Provera. On Saturday I had a little bit of spotting I wiped once and it went away, then the next time i went to the bathroom it was gone. And Since then I feel like I have been having Symptoms of early pregnancy. On Saturday and Sunday I feel like my breasts were throbing. My mouth was salvating, and I was just feeling really weird. Now today its seems liek those symptoms have gone away. I have the occasional breast tenderness and pain, more like a tingely feeling. And right now the only symptoms i am having is your can clearly see the viens in my chest( I have never noticed them before)I am having a very hard time staying asleep at night. And for the past couple of days I have been having slight cramps, but mostly i feels like a bloaty/stretchy feeling in my lower abdomen. I dont know if I ovulated this month or not, and I took a pregnancy test on Sunday and it was negative. The ony thing that concerns me is that i feel like my uterus is a ballon and getting bigger. Should I be Concerned? Has anyone else ever had these symptoms and then ended up having a postive pregnancy test? A Doctors hel pwould be great!!! Thank you so much!

Summer Maenner

secondary infertility

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:13:31 -0500

I'm 37 years old and have two children who are 6 and 8. I have not taken any birth control since my 6 year old was born. I have about 2 periods a year. I don't even know where I would start ow with what kind of doctor? Where do I start?

TanyaB

How rare is this.....

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:42:58 -0500

Secondary fertility.. well in my case thirdary fertility..lol. I have had 2 sccessful pregnancies. How rare is it to not be able to get pg for a 3rd time?

jilly_ttc#3

Low progesterone.

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:30:05 -0500

I have secondary amenorrhea and have just completed my second round of clomid with no success. I'm in need of some help/advice as my gyno is away on long service leave and I'm very confused.

I take ralovera-progesterone for 7days and then wait for a withdrawal bleed, I then have been taking clomid days 5-9. Between day 20-25 I then have a blood test to find out if i've ovulated. Both times now it has come back at 3.2? Does this mean the progesterone is not working? Is there anything I can do to increase my progesterone levels?

Josiekim

Journey Update

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:43:05 -0600

Ok, so I had my first re apt today. As some know, we have secondary unexplained infertility. On cycle 19 currently. We will be doing a critical sa for dh..then starting a combo of clomid 100mg cd 3-7 mixed with some injectables (follistim 75 iu) and hcg shot with iui 36 hrs later.

Gosh this all seems so overwhelming..so if anyone has advice, it would be much appreciated!

My re is big on not over stimulating...guess thats why we are doing clomid w/ injectables instead of injectables alone.

Babydust to all!

Kelli

Success rates dropping post clomid....

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:45:34 -0600

Hi Dr. Q~

As you probably know..we have secondary issues conceiving another. First was quite easy. On cycle 19 now. We did clomid for 5 months and am now on a break cycle b/f probably moving to injectables. Now, I've read that after 5 or 6 cycles of clomid, once success rate drops. Does this mean your odds don't improve anymore OR that being on clomid for so long lessens your chances? Just curious on my chances for this cycle given that I do o on my own and sperm ct is great....

Thanks so much!

Kelli

There goes 18th month ttc for #2 :-(

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:33:39 -0600

So...temps are down, 13 dpo..cramps..sure af is on her way. That was 18th month ttc for #2. I just don't get it. Our son came on try #1..what is going on???

The tests we've done to date are: sa, hsg, cd 3 and cd 21 labs, follie/lining checks. I really don't know what else they could possibly test for. Eggs and sperm look great, its just not happening. We've only conceived 1 time in 18 months and it was chemical.

So, I guess for February, we are done with clomid and iui...I ovulate on my own anyways...then at the end of Feb..we meet with specialist. Don't know if they will suggest iui with injectables or move right to ivf. I just want whatever is going to give me more of a chance, probably ivf???

Thanks for listening to me vent...if anyone has any suggestions, I'd love to hear them!

Baby dust to all!!!!!!!

Kelli

Post coital exam for secondary unexp. infertility

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:09:28 -0600

I've often wondered about having a post-coital exam done... but have always been doing iui's the last few months so the timing didn't work to bd before going to dr.s.

Anyways, Dr. Q...would this be a good exam for me to do b/c we have unexplained secondary inf? No probs conceiving first born. Would my ph change that much in 3 yrs? My diet/exercise is relatively the same.

As always, thank you for your help!

Kelli

Yeah, my doctor's office just called, and....

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:34:39 -0600

They are going to allow me to do double iui's again next week! Its not normal protocal in their office..but since I got preg by iui in October (chemical)...they are going to give me one more shot. If this doesn't work, its onto a specialist. I do have a good feeling, this is going to be it!!! Wish me luck!

Kelli

To IVF or Not to IVF...that is the question for Dr. Q

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:58:59 -0600

Ok..so we've been ttc baby #2 for 18 months..#1 came on first try..no meds. We have unexplained secondary infertility. Dh sperm count is great. My eggs are big and I do ovulate on my own. All hormone levels look great. We are headed on round 5 of clomid and 4th iui. The second round of clomid/1st iui ended in chemical pregnancy. We are considering ivf but do not want multiples..and are concerned with all the shots/medications..as I tend to be pretty holistic. If I was your patient, Dr. Q, would you suggest ivf or try a few more times naturally if this last iui shot doesn't work? I appreciate any feedback!

Thanks so much and happy New Year!!!

Kelli

IVF question

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:13:14 -0600

I know its a general answer...but roughly, what are my odds at a shot with ivf? I am 27 dh is 30...we have 1 child conceived on first try. TTC for 17 months with #2...chemical in October..no known issues after all the tests...great sperm counts.

Thanks, Dr. Q!!! ;-)

Kelli

Primary Vs Secondary Infertility

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:59:11 -0600

Hi doc Q,is there any difference in the treatment of both these infertilities.I think I have Secondary infertility (7 months of ttc).I m on clomid 50 mg,I ovulate on my own ?Will higher dose of clomid be of some help?Should it be worth to ttc for 1 year before going for treatmnts like IUI,or its just wastage of time...Thanks

BabyLove