Hello, ladies. I’m a newbie here. I have 5 children. 3 from my 20’s . 2 from my mid to late 30’s. I had an IUD placed after the birth of my 5th child. Never planning to have children again, I was comfortable with the decision. Then, the unfortunate demise of marriage 2 happened. I’m now re-married. We want to have a child together. More than anything, we want to experience the love of raising a wee together. We love the idea that we have a huge, blended family. 7 kids total!
We’ve been trying for 17 months. I’ve been pregnant: gulp 9 times out of those months. 7 chemical and 2 miscarriages ( 6 wks). I Know it’s genetic malformations during meiosis. My youngest had a dimple above the buttocks that could have been spina bifida ( but it wasn’t thank god) now they just have a crooked bum crack. My next to youngest was born with isolated club feet.
After having our two back to back miscarriages in August/ Sept I decided to take my fertility a bit more seriously. I started checking ovulation with lh strips and confirming with bbt testing.
That’s how I noticed my ovulation patterns are near perfect. No problems but my age. I started trying a month before my 42nd, that entire year and a few months into my 43rd year.
I had a dry spell between my 2nd and 3rd born. We actively tried for 9 months before getting pregnant. But nothing compares to the daunting feeling of loss after loss after AF after AF.
Two months ago, I decided to try and supplement with CoQ10, after three months of BFN. So far, we’re not successful at sustaining a pregnancy. I’ve also started taking DHEA.
I’m either going to get pregnant with a healthy egg or I’m going to stop trying. Not sure which one will come first but for now, I am here. With you.