We had been trying for quite a few months with no success and my GP sent me to an OB/GYN who sent me for an ultrasound to check that everything was O.K. At that ultrasound the lady doing it told me that i had an egg ready on my right side. She told me the measurement and I knew that I should ovulate within the next two days. We had been DTD for a couple of days before that appointment but after she told me that info we just kept on doing it and that's when we got our BFP.
Gecko - My cycles were all over the place so I used Fertility Friend and charted temps and CM and used OPK's.
My successful cycle:
-Was long - I didn't ovulate until day 33 which was my longest cycle ever.
-Had 6 positive OPK's before I ovulated. I knew I ovulated then because I was temping as well.
-Had very little fertile CM
-Had started accupuncture that cycle on about day 21 I think
-DTD alot because I wasn't sure when I would ovulate with all those +ve OPK's
I was on my last cycle before I was to move to the 6mth + TTC too, so hang in there and good luck with your BFP!
We had given up and like many others thought 'oh well we will see what happens'
I had seen a FS who said I should have no trouble falling with clomid. So I felt better about that to start with. I was sent to have a heap of blood tests, back to see FS the following week and I thought I better do a preg test (I thought as normal, no 2nd line like the millions of other HPT I had done) and to our surprise, BFP!
I always read about how people take a break or give up and then fall pregnant and I thought it would never happen to me. I ovulate 3 or 4 times a year if I am lucky (PCOS) so it was such a pleasant surprise.
Good luck, I am sure it will be your turn next. I seriously didn't think it would be my turn for quite a while!
I'll give you a little background about me first of all. Ds1 was conceived on the pill, when he was 15mo we decided to try again for #2. Never in our dreams did we realise how long that would take. After a couple of laps, endless rounds of clomid (IVF was never an option for us), 3 years later we conceived Ds2 (on the third cycle of clomid). After he was born we decided that we would not go on birth control and try for #3. Again, endless rounds of clomid, laps, other tests, more fertility drugs and finally a diagnosis of PCOS (having numerous breaks from TTC just for sanity reasons) we finally fell pg 10 years later, sadly that ended in m/c. 18 months later (yes, more clomid, more tests - a couple more sessions of breaks) and I'm finally pg again.
I had charted since my m/c and only in Jan/Feb this year decided to give charting a break - at the same time I also took a break from actively TTC. Because of my age, I talked DH into giving it one more try - just another 6 months - if nothing happened then, I was happy to let go. I had him agree to go have a sperm analysis and had actually been to see my gyno to get the request forms for that and for blood tests for me and for another script for yet another fertility drug. Little did I know at the time I was already pg (conceived naturally). All those request forms are still sitting on my bedside table.
On this cycle, I O'd on day 14/15 (I actually feel O pains) and we DTD on days 11, 13 & 16. The chart is attached to my signature, although I did have to override it, as FF changed my O day to day 27.
All the best, I hope that your BFP is only around the corner. Remember miracles do happen. (BTW, I got my BFP for my birthday, bub is due for Christmas - couldn't ask for a nicer pressie.)
I just saw your post and wanted to let you know about me.
My first pregnancy which ended in a miscarriage took me nearly one year which I was charting. My second pregnancy we tried for four months and then I went to acupuncture and took chinese herbs and after three months I conceived. We did the 'sperm meets egg plan' on the month I conceived although i didn't get a positive on the ovulation tests so we just did it every second day and voila we fell pregnant. I am pregnant again after three months of trying following the same acupuncture/herbs and dtd every second day only on the month I conceived though (got a bit slack with the ovulation tests).
I totally recommend the traditional chinese medicine approach.
Good luck
Last edited by Bubbles; June 22nd, 2009 at 05:00 PM.
I was like you Gecko with the about to head over to the 6mth+ thread thing.
I was charting on FF (temp, and CM) mostly because I was still getting used to my cycle after coming off BCP for 9 years and I hadn't paid attention to what it had been like before that. I had noticed that my temps were a little on the low side and thought I'd try acupuncture to try and raise my temps - started in the middle of my cycle near where I o'd and my temps jumped the next day or so (was also given some horrible tasting Chinese herb mix as well) and that was the cycle I got my BFP. Discovered the BFP the next week as I thought I should check if I was pg before going back for my next apptm particularly as I knew that it was around my O and my temps hadn't dropped yet.
Geko, we quit ><;
My Dr told me to have a 3 month break from TTC as my immune system was horribly low and needed building up again after losing our Bub. I was literally catching every illness under the sun, and contantly on antibiotics - resulting in thrush, which isn't very nice when you're actively TTC for a bub. I ended up going to see a naturopath who gave me a heap of chinese meds and herbs to take to get all my insides and my immunity up to scratch again. She also gave DF a few different things as well. DF and I also decided we'd put out wedding back on (we had cancelled it after losing bubs) and pretty much threw ourselves into organising it.
In the 2 month period that we were in wedding mode we forgot to use protection once, and voila. Mum's the word. Literally. That's all I can say different, and as weird as it sounds I think it can be possible to "try to hard" BUT without the herbs and natural remedies to get my body all sparkly and baby ready I don't think we would have conceived either.
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