TTC Update

[tripper]

Sigh... so AF showed up yesterday. I didn't think anything would have happened this month, so I wasn't completely surprised/disappointed, but it's still a hassle! lol

I'm hoping to hear back from the doctor this week about the results of dh's tests. I'm 99% sure there's something wrong, but I'm just not sure to what degree. We've already talked about what degree of medical intervention we'd be willing to look into in order to get pregnant, but that was almost 2 years ago, and just the fact that dh even went to get tested is a step beyond what he would have been willing to do 2 yrs ago!

So does anyone on here have experience with medical intervention (ie. IVF, Clomid, or anything in between) they'd be willing to share?

TIA ladies!
Sarah

[momof3now]

((Hugs))
Sorry, I have no experience with that, I just wanted to give you a hug!
I hope you get some answers from the doctors!

[Israel]

Hi Sarah. I have experience with infertility and some intervention. We tried for 3 years before conceiving our son. We tried IUI and injectables after the first 6 months of trying...none of that worked for us. There were certain treatments we were willing to try but we did not want to try IVF unless certain steps were taken in the process-- because of our own personal beliefs. Anyway, after another couple of years of "just trying" we decided to try just the clomid and got pregnant on my 3rd round.

I had a miscarriage this past April and that was a non-clomid pregnancy. This month we are thinking of trying the clomid again. I am an older mother, so the need for a viable pregnancy is increased do to time constraints. If you have any other concerns regarding infertility, feel free to PM me. I know that infertility can be difficult to cope with and some people may be set against all the interventions. But, someone once told me that these interventions are a blessing...and it always helped me to remember that no matter what treatments we receive for infertility, the Lord has the final hand in it all. Whether or not I take the clomid, I'm not going to have another child unless HE says its time.

It's so important to find support to discuss these issues, so I hope this helped out some. :) and I'll be praying for this next journey you may be on.

[JRBL]

Hey, gal~ I just wanted to let you know I'm praying for you!

[buttercup_97140]

Hey gal,

I hope you find that Dh is fine....but I will pray for contentment with the results as they are.

We have two clomid babies. Our two girls were conceived via clomid. Our first Emma was conceived before I was saved, so I had no care as to the Lord's will in my life. I wanted a baby, so I did what I had to to get one. We truly believe that the Lord used my pregnancy with Em as a way to reach me. (I got saved when I was about 20 weeks pg with her!) After Em, as you probably know, we had Noah. He was NOT a clomid baby, and that didn't end well. After Noah, I went to talk to an OB/GYN and we talked about the three pgs I had without the help of clomid (two were miscarriages) and because I have PCOS with insulin resistance he said that it would be better for my egg quality to use clomid. We prayed a lot about it, and absolutly sought the Lord's will in this. We prayed that our heart's desire to have more children be from Him, and we prayed that he NOT open my womb unless it was HIS will, no matter what we did. Well, He didn't open my womb until our 4th (I think) round of clomid this last time, and he blessed us with Mak. We have to remember that we are a fallen people. Our bodies were broken from the fall, and my personal issues from that come in the form of hormone issues. We continue to pray to the Lord to shape our heart's desires into HIS perfect will. We would LOVE to have more babies, but would be content if we went on clomid and it didn't work. I don't think we would go past clomid because we know it works for us. If a new issue came up that would prevent clomid working, I'm sure we would talk and pray about other options, but for right now, we stand with only using clomid.

This is a very personal decision that needs to be made between your Dh, you, your docs and firstly, the Lord! He knows your desires, and you obviously have had them for a LONG time. If the Lord is not opening your womb for some reason (and it could have been as simple as teaching your dh to be humble and get tested KWIM?) daily seek Him out and ask daily for HIS desires to be on your heart. He already knows if you are to have kids, adopt, or not have kids so turn to Him. He also has that comfort we need when we desire kids and they don't come.....He is all we need!!

I pray the Lord does indeed bless you with babies. Keep me updated on what happens in the next few months!

Blessings,
Amber