miracle natural pregnancy with severe male infertility??

Amyou06

I know we all live for these stories of hearing about couples who manage to get pregnant all natural without the help of ART.. My husband and I have been trying to conceive since Nov 2011.. we tried IVF once but had to cancel the retrieval due to poor response. After that, we said we would try again in a few months, but life got in the way and now it's been almost a year since. WE decide to focus on buying a house and putting the money toward things we knew we'd get, not investing in IVF with the uncertainty that we might never walk away with a child.  I've been very high and low throughout this decision, but I think we just exhausted ourselves after a year of  2ww's, blood tests, injections, dr.s appointments, and just the overall highs and lows..I'm excited about the house we bought, but now I"m back to baby mode(t that I ever turned it off, just more suppressed it). Of course everyone makes comments about, "OK now you have the house, now you need to fill up those rooms!!" ugh! Not many people know what we've been going through, choose to keep it limited to parents, and a few good friends. So here I am..My husband and I have been pretty disconnected in the bedroom for the last 7-8 months. I think after all the baby making sex, and after the failed IVF, we just needed some time off. But we're back in a good place with sex again. We went at it this month and I know we did the deed while I was ovulating. Now I'm feeling like I did back in the early days..wondering if maybe it worked. We were given a slim to non chance based on his counts, morphology, and movement. But there's always that CHANCE..right??? Well I'm 2 days late for my period..which is crazy. I have mild cramping and I just bought a test, but I'm terrified that my period is just off. But my boobs are abnormally swollen...I don't even have period spotting...usuallly I start spotting about 3-4 days before period even comes. I also have had major nasal congestion, which is weird for me this time of year and TMI alert..I have been having some blood in my stool...weird I know, but it's only been for about the last week. So I know, everyone will just say, GO POAS, but mainly I wanted to vent. This may sound really bad but I havent even told my husband that I'm late...I dont want to even say it out loud for fear of jinxin something. Anyway, I know the chances are that I am not. AF is probably just late coming and loves to torment me. I think Im going to wait until tomorrow morning to see if AF comes, and if not. I'm testing.   Would love to hear those stories of people who got pregnant naturally against the odds! Can't hurt.  Thanks for letting me vent.

Lm92599

Good Luck, I really Hope you get your miracle BFP

Amyou06

Thank you, me too! I'll report back tomorrow after testing.

CameraBug131

If you're looking for success stories, you should try the Success After IF board. 

Amyou06

Just to update, I tested yesterday morning (4 days late) and got a negative result. I used First Response Early Detection.. so I have to assume it would detect a positive result if it can at 6 days before your missed period. Today, still no period and really no sign of it. This is really odd..my period is usually 28 days, give or take a day.. in fact when it is slightly irregular, it's usually means a shorter cycle, ie. 21-26 day cycle... so this is basically torture, no AF, no BFP, nothing. I know false negatives are possible..but I doubt I'm that lucky.. If it doesnt come by Wednesday, which will be a full week late, I'll test again. UGH