Speaking of fertility,

pmarie33 · November 2013

What's your story? We all posted our birth stories. What's your pregnant story?

We started trying for #2 right after my first period from #1, so in January 2010. Two years later we were done. No more temping, opks, checking cm or cp. Done. I was so depressed and just disappointed my reproductive factory sucked ass.

A year after that, surprise!! A very much wanted surprise.

jnsmith85 · November 2013

I got off BC in October of 2012. We were still very careful up until the end of January '13.

Went to Vegas for our 1 year anniversary (since we got married there). And while we were there, it was the first time we actually "tried" to get pregnant.

And fortunately for us, the very first time was all it took.

So now we can say we got married AND knocked up in Vegas. Which is the exact reason LO has a onesie that says "I'm what happens in Vegas"

Amjoy25 · November 2013

We decided to start trying when I turned 30. We tried for 3.5 years and finally went to a fertility specialist. We tried 2 rounds of IVF, no go; I had an exploratory laparotomy, and he found stage 3 endometriosis. No clue I had it! We were waiting for me to heal and have a period...we got pregnant naturally! Yay!

Inn2 · November 2013

10 years of trying with not even a blip. We stopped at IVF because of cost and since our chances were 30% with trying it. 2 years later, after we had given up and grown accustomed to a childless life, I thought I was entering early menopause. Nope! God had other plans in mind! He is our miracle baby and I guess my 10% odds for natural conception were enough!

bionicb · November 2013

IUD fucking disappeared (we think the first week of Oct 2012) without me knowing. Felt yuck and had incredibly painful boobs for the first time ever, and was what... 4 days late I think so I took a cheap-o test. yeah, two lines later I was freaking out! Bought a digital test that night, took next morning. No mistaking that motherf-er. So, IUD out in Oct, BFP Feb 4th.

Most wonderful gift ever.

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JenMatt2010 · November 2013

Got pregnant with DS the first month we were trying, and then again with DD.

My dad used to joke that if my mom stood downwind, she'd get pregnant. (i'm one of 4)

So yeah, I'll be getting on the mini pill as soon as I can!

Welshgirl12 · November 2013

I came off the pill last August to allow my body to chill since i had been on it for over 10years. We started TTC in November but my periods were still all over the place. January came and we "knew" I wouldnt get KU then since DH would be in Vegas for a week during my supposed fertile week. He came home, we moved house, I lugged heavy boxes,etc. We both had a flu type thing for a couple of days, then February 1st I still wasnt well so I took a test, and sure enough, two lines! Thought the test was wrong so I took another...and another...

It is DHs baby, I swear Iol!

Foutzie44 · November 2013

With DS1, I had been on the pill for 7 years, stopped taking it and we tried for 2+ years. Started infertility workup, got pregnant the cycle after my HSG. Guess my tubes just needed a clearing out.

I never went back on birth control after he was born....

For DS2, we started trying right after new years and got my BFP on our first cycle, on my 30th birthday, which was valentines day!!! Never expected it to happen so quick the second time after our struggles with #1 but a welcome suprise!

Ajoyd · November 2013

We got married in late August of 2012. Started trying right away. Two months of winging it then started charting. BFP in early February on 4th cycle charting. It feels so long ago now that I'm holding the results of that test in my arms!

Jalee85 · November 2013

We got married on 9/21/12 and started trying right away. I started using OPKs in December. In December my period was late by 2 weeks, but test were all negative and so we kept trying. Then on Febuary 14th I had a really stressful day DH had just left town and I had just gotten a denial letter for a supervising position I had been applying for since December. I realized I was late and got a positive test. I had also just started to temp and I thought I was doing it wrong. Turns out I was just pregnant...lol

Arod1087 · November 2013

Started a new diet that is based around all organic grassfed meats and high amounts of omega 3 fats. I got pregnant 3 weeks into it. After doing some more research turns out the diet was also a fertility diet..woops?

BlessUrHeart29 · November 2013

I went off BCP in early 2011 bc we had discussed trying to get pregnant later that year. Well, that turned out to be a really rough year for us, so we put off the baby talk and did some counseling. I never went back on BCP though bc that seemed like a hassle if we were eventually going to try for a baby.

By mid-2012 we decided that we were in a really good place and we were ready to try for a baby. So I guess we started trying late last year and we had our BFP a couple of months later.

CousinVicki · November 2013

with my first i was not ovulating normally, so i went to see a fertility Dr and got diagnosed with 'mild' pcos. i decided to try changing my diet to low-GI (which is good for pcos) before doing treatments, and i got pregnant on my own. not sure if it was totally the diet, may have been a little luck too.

second time around things were still screwy despite trying to do the diet thing again, and i was a few years older. went back to Dr thinking it would be a quick fix. ended up being 15 months worth of treatments: clomid, injectibles, and 2 IVF's. first IVF turned ectopic (wtf) with nothing left over to freeze, and was a brutal disappointment. second was twins, lost one at 8 weeks. it's difficult seeing my son now and thinking there was another. =/ overall it was one of the hardest 1.5 years of my life, but with lots of support from husband/family we got through it, adn now i have the cutest baby ever.

AmandagStark · November 2013

Husband and I decided to "stop preventing" and let things happen, as they would. We decided this in December 2012. During the blackout that occurred during the Super Bowl we believe conception took place. Ha!

trackgirlparis · November 2013

We were engaged August 2012 and I moved to Calgary November 2012. I stupidly didn't get enough BC to bring up here with me and ran out. My last period was the second week January 2013 and I got my BFP on February 11th!

Surprise surprise, but everything has worked out amazingly :-) and I was even able to get married at 7 months pregnant! Lol

LitalovesKay · November 2013

I have PCOS so I have definitely had fertility issues as well as a miscarriage. I thought that I would not be able to get pregnant without meds and if I did get pregnant I would have trouble carrying t term. SO and I were not trying but not preventing. Around Oct he confused to trying to knock me up. I laughed it off thinking that it would be a hard task. In Dec after not having a period for 2 months I took two test and nothing. Shortly after that we decided that we didn't want to get pregnant. In March I asked SO if he was positive and decided to start BC however my gyno wanted me to take a preg test and I was 12 weeks.

carawasa · November 2013

Last year we were living with my parents talking about getting engaged. I graduated from college in 2012 so I was working full time and so was FI and we were saving like crazy for a house. We really were not trying for a baby...not at all. In fact we thought we'd never have kids.

The pull out method was successful for the past (then) 9 years until he decided not to pull out that one time (FI was drunk)... I just knew I was pregnant immediately! 10 months later here we are in our own home, engaged, hanging with our cute little girl!

Jenball717 · November 2013

After DD1 I got Mirena, I was afraid to have more due to severe anxiety and depression issues. I wanted to be sure I could provide emotionally for any children I brought to this world.

Fast forward 5 years and I felt I had my mental issues well handled and we felt strongly that another girl was meant to join our family. Got my iud out and were going to try for a May baby. Then, in April 2012 we were driving one day when a teenager in a truck pulled out in front of our car and totalled it. In addition to minor physical injuries, my anxiety came back full force. I got back on meds and baby plans were on hold until I could handle life without them again. My goal was to be off by December so we could try for an October baby since October is the best!

Got off meds in November, started trying for baby in January, found out we were pregnant on DD1's birthday in February.
And that girl I felt so strongly about is now here, the dark haired daddy's girl that I imagined she would be!

yesthisiskim0401 · November 2013

DD1 (and her twin) was a complete surprise. We got married and decided to pull the goalie since we knew it could take a while to conceive... yeah, a month after our "I do's" I had a BFP with spontaneous fraternal twins. I, unfortunately, lost DD1's twin around 10w pg. We were devastated.

We started TTC #2 in Sept '12 and again achieved pregnancy quickly, on our second month. It ended in a m/c on Thanksgiving

I started temping and using OPK's and waited two cycles before actively TTC again and viola, DD2.

There have been many hiccups along our road of TTC but I feel very blessed with my fertility and the two end results.

ETA: DD2 was most likely conceived on our last day on our Disney vacation in Jan. Just a fun fact lol.

kcs7 · November 2013

I had never wanted to have kids. I never played "mommy" even. I then met my supet God sent dh and felt completely different about it. I knew he would be an awesome dad and I could see myself as the mother of his children.
I let my dh know in a year we could start trying. A year came and he remembered lol. But so did I.
Went off bc after ten plus years. Everyone said be patient. Month and half later ...pregnant.
It was strange for me to tell dh as I have a bad history of pregnancy as a teen 17 yrs prior (had abortion, pyscho ex bf put me in hospital and also a mc by same said pyscho). So saying "I'm pg" always was a negative thing for me. Plus this time I was super sick with flu and my poor dh was not sure if he should show his happiness as I stood there half naked telling him uh...I peed on a stick?? And um, it says I'm pregnant?? We laugh about it now.
I am amazed everyday now, and he IS an amaaaaaaazing dad. And I wonder how it will be someday meeting my two angel babies one day in heaven...

hamiltks10 · November 2013

We were married in October of 2011. I got a BFP in January of 2012...but miscarried within a week. Surprisingly, I got another BFP the very next month. I never had a period in-between. DS #1 was born on October 19th, 2012.

We knew we wanted 2 or 3 and we didn't want to wait too long before trying again...so we weren't really trying, but "didn't try to prevent" starting in January of 2013. I was pregnant again quickly and DS #2 was born 1 year and 1 day after his big brother.

asilwhite · November 2013

We decided to start trying on our 2 year anniversary in 2011. I temped, tracked my cycle, etc. and month after month nothing.

Finally got a BFP after 10 months of trying but it ended up being a CP.

We saw a RE (reproductive endocrinologist) after we had been trying for a year and discovered we had male factor IF and had a 1% chance of conceiving naturally. After 3 IUIs and 1 cancelled IVF cycle our 2nd attempt at IVF was successful and 21 months after we started trying we got our BFP!

It was a long hard road but I'm so happy my son is finally here!

LSP87 · November 2013

I got pregnant unexpectedly when DH surprised me in the middle of the night..it was probably the best night ever and my calendar totally went out of the window. I didn't consider I might be pregnant until i was due for my period...which never came. I was oddly calm and really peaceful, which is NOT like me before my period. It was about 10 weeks before our wedding which had been in the works for almost 2 years..I was totally freaked out but I knew I wanted to be a mom, so I jumped into getting ready for the baby and pretty much forgot about the wedding stuff.

The pregnancy was unexpected, but not unwelcome. It's crazy to think how much has happened this year but I'm glad DH surprised me that cold night because our son is the best gift he could've ever given me ;-)

HFrizzle · November 2013

We never had a fertility issue until we decided to try for #4. We started trying in Nov 2011 and nothing. I went to my pcp in Feb 2012 and was diagnosed with hypothyroidism and PCOS, so the onslaught of meds were started. In July of 2012 my OB have me an rx for Clomid & we tested the husband for fertility issues to only discover he had almost no sperm count (mind you he had a vasectomy in 2003, a reversal in 2009 to which we got pregnant 6w later with our third DD). In December 2012 I did one round of the Clomid and hated it, nothing happened either. We had a death in the family in Jan 2013 and did a lot of traveling, so we never got around to taking another round. Come Feb I was having no signs of a period starting, but I was starving all the time and exhausted, but being pregnant was the last thing on my mind since we were still grieving. So the 15th I was due for my period and took a test just for s&g and sure as shit it was positive.

Ycu2013 · November 2013

We have been very lucky and extremely blessed. With both of my pregnancies we got pregnant the first month trying. I thought it was to good to be true and always worried about having a miscarriage, but both times we have gotten beautiful healthy baby boys.

SuperSecretStatus · November 2013

It took almost 2 years to conceive DD1. DH has sperm issues. I was on CD 61, and the advice nurse told me to take a hpt before coming in for a shot to get my period started. I only waited that long to test because I had a 68 day cycle a few months before. DH had swung by the house to pick up some gear, and I freaked out when the 2 lines popped up. Then I cried because he was leaving in less than a month for Iraq.

With DD2 I had my IUD removed Oct 30th due to endometrial inflammation. I didn't think I'd get knocked up anytime soon, and I was enjoying BC-free sex when BAM! I got knocked up in Jan.

slh6363 · November 2013

Married in June 2011. Planned to start trying in summer 2013... I am a teacher and if I could help it I wanted to try for a spring/summer baby. Well I went off BCP in Oct 2012 (mostly bc my Rx ran out) but then decided to stay off it to get my body regulated before trying....so ours was a surprise BFP!

JLW0504 · November 2013

I married DH in November 2011. I told him I wanted a year to ourselves. I went off BCP in December 2012 and got my BFP in February 2013!

I was surprised we got the BFP so soon since my OB said it could take awhile(I was on BCP for 10 years). We are blessed to be the parents of our beautiful little girl.

lereade · November 2013

We started trying almost exactly 2 years ago, actively tried for about a year. We both came down with colds last October and quit trying after that due to frustration, just didn't do anything to prevent it from then on. Last December, MIL and FIL were visiting for Christmas for 3 weeks, staying with us. They left on January 2nd of this year, and of course we celebrated surviving their visit with DTD. 5 weeks later, about 12 hours after DH surprised me with a new pup he got from the local rescue, we found out LO was on the way! Of course MIL claims to have been the missing ingredient in it all, that it was her being here that made us finally successful.

hartsl01 · November 2013

Dh and I wanted to start trying in the beginning of the year so I went off bc in December. We were really planning on a 2014 baby but ended up getting pregnant on my 2nd cycle in the beginning of February.

nbcarlson · November 2013

DH and I talked about me going off Bc but we were in no hurry. I ran out in March of 2012 and we decided to just go without hoping I would get pregnant soon. I wasn't charting or temping, just having sex in the middle of my cycle. We got a BFP at the end of September. Sadly I had a miscarriage in October.

My doctor told us to wait two cycles before trying again. After that I started temping and charting. In January DH was tired of timed sex and we were both burnt out after my MC. I can't remember exactly but I think we had sex at four days before I ovulated and that's it. I thought for sure I was out for that cycle but somehow we got our second BFP!

That was followed by bleeding right around the same time I lost my last pregnancy and I thought I was having another miscarriage. They scheduled us an ultrasound on valentines day and we thought we were gong to hear the worst but right away we saw the little flicker of a heart beat. Best valentines ever!

cassey910 · November 2013

Me and DH have been married for eight years and we kept going back and forth about when to have a baby. We finally were both ready and we started trying Jan 2013 and found out in Feb I was pregnant. I feel very blessed to have conceived in the first month and now we have our little guy! Couldn't be more happy!

MammaWolf7 · November 2013

My husband and I got married in July 2012 and I finished the pack of birth control that month. Found out in September that I was pregnany but unfortunately we miscarried in October. It took almost a month for everything to happen because I was in denial and didn't want to believe it. Lost the baby in November and found out first day of February we were pregnant again.

bribri5285 · November 2013

I got my period for the first time in December 2012 when DS was 6 months old. I hadn't been on any birth control because I didn't want to affect my milk supply. Middle of January I thought I had a yeast infection and was going to by some monistat, and sort of thought to myself, "well I haven't had another period and if I was pregnant I'd need the 7 day and not the 3 day..." So just to set my mind at ease I bought a twin pack of pregnancy tests and the 7 day yeast infection treatment. Went home and just to be safe took a pregnancy test before I started the treatment and holy moly it was positive! Use the second test just to make sure and that one was also positive!

My husband was completely confused and shocked when he came home from work, changed DS diaper and written on the diaper was "Big Brother." We had been using the good ol' pull out method... clearly and luckily it didn't work for us, because now we have two little boys

yesthisiskim0401 · November 2013

Recognition

ETA: ^ this is what I get leaving TB open on my phone when DD1 is around. She typed something, it was autocorrected, and she posted it. She's got talent.

ashleymarie512 · November 2013

We got married in April 2011, went off bc in July and didn't have a period at all. Did two rounds of Clomid with obgyn before consulting with RE (no ovulation). We tried three rounds of Femara and two rounds of injectables with intended IUI all with no ovulation. Finally turned up my meds and had to either cancel or convert to IVF. We converted and got 23 eggs. We transferred two and neither took. We did a FET three months later to the day and had twins at our first u/s. At our second (8wks) baby b had no hb. Heartbreaking day. Like @cousinvicki I still look at DD and wonder what her twin would've been like. We have four frosties left and will do FET to try for #2.

muffyvonmuff · November 2013

I went off BC in November to start trying in December. I would have tried earlier but I refused to not be able to drink for my hubbys dirty 30 celebration. 10 of us rented a house and went to Costa Rica to celebrate and that is when we officially started trying. He even bought me a "Made in Costa Rica" onesie for xmas hoping I was KU. Turns out after coming of BC my first cycle was 41 days so my next period wasnt until New Years Day. We then made a new year resolution to have sex every day in January and that obviously worked.

Must have been fate so I would be with you ladies for my BMB

Suzi-G- · November 2013

We got married in Oct 2007. Started trying the next month. Got pregnant in March 2008, miscarried. Return to Charting etc. Had really long crazy cycles. Nov 2008 started the whole RE testing deal, diagnosed hypothyroid, did three medicated cycles. All failed then my insurance crapped out. Got
pregnant in March 2009 (a year and a day after the last pregnancy). DS1 was born Jan 10, 2010.
Because of my work we didn't start trying for #2 until May 2012. Got pregnant quickly. BFP in Sept. found out just before Halloween that baby had stopped growing and had no HB. Decided to wait to miscarry naturally. Miscarried while on vacation in Nov. at Disneyland with Dh's family. That sucked. Never quit bleeding, had a D&C just before Xmas 2012. That sucked too but then we got the surprise of our lives, I had a period almost immediately after the D&C and BOOM got pregnant again with DS2.

That's the short version.

I had had an earlier miscarriage in my 20s so after the D&C went through testing and genetic counseling and was found to have a blood clotting disorder that probably contributed to my issues. This baby made possible by Bayer aspirin.

N021282 · November 2013

DH and I got married in April 2012. In November I had some severe headaches and I suspected that it was due to the pill that I was on. We decided that I would go off any hormonal contraceptives for a while to see if the headaches improved. Mid November, when I knew I would be ovulating DH and I were in the middle of sex when he suddenly looked at me and said he thought we were ready for a baby. I was so shocked! We started trying then and beginnig of February we got our BFP. Very lucky that it went so fast and that we had a very healthy pregnancy.

ksimo6 · November 2013

We had a loss in December of 2012 at 8 weeks. We tried again in January of 2013 (before the required two month waiting period I know) and got pregnant.

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