[iamkc]

You got a quick welcome in your post, but I thought I'd start the official thread for people to welcome you! Tell us a bit about yourself!

[mckoola]

Hi everyone! and thanks for the official welcome

I am 30 years old (DH is 31) and we have been happily married for seven years. This will be our first child if we get so lucky! We have been off birth control for five years and during that time we have tried off and on, off and on, you know... I kept hoping it would come naturally for us and kept up with my yearly appts but never got really into talking with a specialist until recently. I have charted and tested and timed and tested but each month almost like clockwork AF arrives :0( I have told myself over and over that it just wasn't time for us. We have also received all of the advice you can stand from family and friends, it will happen when it's right, don't try so hard, it'll happen when you least expect it, bla bla bla. I am a little bitter today (moody because AF is here).

My regular GYN thought I was O normally based on the BBT charts that I took in so I stopped that a year and a half ago. DH was tested too and his results were not so good. There was a maturity issue with some of his little guys, still the Urologist didn't think it was anything that would stop us from conceiving it just may be a little harder a little less likely... Again this was over a year ago.

This weekend (now that AF has arrived) I will go in for more blood work and an u/s to show hormone levels and reserves. I hope this will give the Dr. an idea of something that may help us, we are so ready! "no-one is ever really ready", haha - I AM!!!

So here I am CD 1 - and looking at a month full of testing and prodding and maybe a little fun thrown in there. I have really been taking care of myself, quit smoking (for the most part - I cheated last week), have been on Preconceive vitimins for years, stopped drinking all the time and I eat like I'm a dietician I have to admit that over those past five years I did not do as well as I should have in taking care of myself as you can gather from the smoking and drinking comment so I that first sacrifice is one we are now making and I hope it makes a difference.

I am also very glad that I joined your group - you are all so supportive and unjudgemental (my friends and family always seem to have the answer and I feel that they ARE judgmental) so this is a welcome change.

I am really looking forward to getting to know you all!

Ange

[Blue Eyes 409]

Welcome! I am Sandy (34) married to JR (33) and I have 2 DD's Jessie (10) and Paige (4weeks)

Have you had a CD 21 checkup?

I too was charting my temps and it looked like I was Ovulating. I went in to the DR for a CD 21 checkup and found out that I was not Ovulating a Mature egg. My DR put me on Clomid and I got my BFP the first month on it.

I look forward to getting to know you and hope that you get your BFP soon!

[mckoola]

Hi Sandy! I have not been checked, but what a relief to hear that there still may be something I can do! I did get an appt tomorrow to go for the blood work and u/s so I will ask about that. I sure hope they see something so that we can get on a treatment plan. I won't hear the results for a few more weeks but at least the ball is rolling.

Do you know what the name of the test is to see if the egg is mature? Or is it just to check somehow on day 21... Any details would be great - thanks again!!!

[Blue Eyes 409]

They called it a cycle day 21 check up. All they do is check your blood and see what your Prog it. It will show them if you are ovulating and how well you are ovulating ( anything 10 and over is good) Good Luck and keep us updated.

Hi and welcome to the board! Dh (32) and I (45) are ttc #1. We have been trying for 12 cycles and I have been on a break for the past two months. We (meaning me) have decided to start again this month because I am running out of time first. No way am I going to ttc after 46.

I wish you luck and a quick BFP. Keep us posted on your testing.

Hello, I am Gwen. DH and I have been TTC since November of 2005. DH had a S/A and it came back normal. I had a vaginal ultrasound three days ago and it came back normal. My doctor scheduled me to go in for cd 3 and cd 21 bloodwork if this cycle is a bust.
Lots of luck, I hope you get your BFP soon!

[iamkc]

*giggle* I forgot to introduce myself.

I'm Jessica (29). DH (26) and I are awaiting our first (within a month, we hope!), but took 2 years to conceive this one after finding out by accident that we COULD conceive. I've been told since early teens that I couldn't have kids. I found out, though, that I have trouble KEEPING a pregnancy. We had many tests, but ultimately, no medical interference. Something just decided to "work". Woohoo!

Very best of luck to you! It sounds like you've started the long process to figuring out what's going on. I agree with you--you ARE ready at this point!

[jlk]

Hi and Welcome! I am Jamie (29) and DH (30) and we have been trying since September '05 to have our first child. DH had been going to a urologist only to find out he has an extremly low sperm count. A little over a week ago his doctor told him that we have a very slim chance of conceiving naturally if I am normal (meaning my reproductive functions.) So, now we are being referred to a specialist and I will get tested and we will go from there.

I wish you all of the luck and hope that you get your BFP soon.

BTW, I know EXACTLY what you mean about people's comments. If I had a dime for every comment I have received since we started TTC I would be rich. There is no way in heck that if I relax we would conceive or it will happen when it happens. Sorry, I am not getting any younger and waiting 5 years for a miracle sperm to finally reach my egg! HAHAHAHAHA

[rinty68]

Hi Ange and welcome!

I am 25yrs old and DB is 43. We have been ttc#1 since may 04.
I am on my 2nd cycle with clomid and DB has a low motility rate.
If after another cycle of clomid i am not pg, we are having IUI.
I have high hopes of being pg by xmas 2006 anyways

Good luck and i hope you get that bfp soon as possible!

Sarah

[mckoola]

Hi everyone, I's been a while I know... some how those first couple weeks I have tried to keep my mind off this. I did have my Dr. Appt and had the u/s and some bloodwork to check my hormone levels, the bummer is that I cannot get in to talk with the dr again until october so its a waiting game to find out what he has found. I am going in for an HSG test and DH for another SA so we should have all the information in a couple of months. Whats another couple of months in the grand scheme right?

I have best wishes for each and every one of you. It is so comforting to have found some people that are going through the same thing and can sympathize~

[iamkc]

Hi everyone, I's been a while I know... some how those first couple weeks I have tried to keep my mind off this. I did have my Dr. Appt and had the u/s and some bloodwork to check my hormone levels, the bummer is that I cannot get in to talk with the dr again until october so its a waiting game to find out what he has found. I am going in for an HSG test and DH for another SA so we should have all the information in a couple of months. Whats another couple of months in the grand scheme right?

I have best wishes for each and every one of you. It is so comforting to have found some people that are going through the same thing and can sympathize~ [/b]

It seems strange that you can't even find out their findings before the appointment. Will a nurse or doc give them to you, even if s/he can't explain them yet? We'd all be happy to research obsessively, I'm sure.