TTC for 6 months +

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Curious if people have had success conceiving after 6 months with no luck and without ART.

Yes, twice. Each time it took longer to conceive naturally. We found we have male factor issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I took more than a year at age 34. My husband had some outpatient surgery to improve his test results.

But, just as I was on the verge of starting IUI, an ultrasound tech told me the ultrasound was out of sync with what my ClearBlueEasy fertility monitor indicated.

We tried earlier the next month and I got pregnant. 3 years later I got pregnant within 3 months of trying.

My sister did IVF for her first, then had a natural pregnancy that ended in early miscarriage, then a natural full-term baby.

Although I can never know the truth, I think my systematic reliance on a specific technology may have been the problem. I didn't do basal temperature monitoring or any other corroboration. But I'm grateful for the ultrasound tech sharing that the monitors do go off too late in some cases. This was about 20 years ago. So the monitors probably are different now.

See part in bold above. We used different fertility monitors / methods than ClearBlueEasy, but had the exact same experience: our ultrasound indicated bad data from our fertility monitors!

This is why people should not place all their trust in these methods alone. They are not as reliable as they claim

Just keep trying even when it says you are unlikely to conceive. Just try.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I took more than a year at age 34. My husband had some outpatient surgery to improve his test results.

But, just as I was on the verge of starting IUI, an ultrasound tech told me the ultrasound was out of sync with what my ClearBlueEasy fertility monitor indicated.

We tried earlier the next month and I got pregnant. 3 years later I got pregnant within 3 months of trying.

My sister did IVF for her first, then had a natural pregnancy that ended in early miscarriage, then a natural full-term baby.

Although I can never know the truth, I think my systematic reliance on a specific technology may have been the problem. I didn't do basal temperature monitoring or any other corroboration. But I'm grateful for the ultrasound tech sharing that the monitors do go off too late in some cases. This was about 20 years ago. So the monitors probably are different now.

See part in bold above. We used different fertility monitors / methods than ClearBlueEasy, but had the exact same experience: our ultrasound indicated bad data from our fertility monitors!

This is why people should not place all their trust in these methods alone. They are not as reliable as they claim

Just keep trying even when it says you are unlikely to conceive. Just try.

But you and this pp did it wrong: you did not combine testing strips with bbt. You have to use both. Everyone on this thread is saying use both. It’s very accurate if you use both. Some women get the lh surge right before ovulation, some on ovulation, some it shows up after. You need bbt to confirm the pattern.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. First kid at 33, took 18 months of timed intercourse. Second kid took 7 months.

I really do not understand those who ascribe to the whole “timed intercourse” schtick and then wonder why they are having difficulty TTC.

If you are serious about TTC, just be practical, cover your bases, and have intercourse all the time.

Why is that so difficult / hard for a married couple TTC? It should be the norm.

Did you struggle with infertility? Because most people do not have the energy to have sex every day for a year? And if you know anything about a woman's body, most days you are just physically impossible to get pregnant, so...

Hold on,

No one suggested s*x every day for a year.

But if it’s too much of a struggle to for you to be intimate with DH a few times outside your optimal-window, are you sure you should be trying to have a child with that person?

[Anonymous]

First time it took 8 months. Second time we got it on the first try.

[Anonymous]

Yes. Conceived first kid at age 35 on the first try. Second took nine months at age 39. There may have been a chemical pregnancy in there but I am not sure. Both kids healthy, thank God.