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[quote=Anonymous]This is a little different situation, but we decided not to pursue fertility treatments (beyond IUIs) for baby #2.  I got pregnant on the first try with my daughter, then started TTC #2 when she was 10 months old.  I had an easy pregnacny and delivery too, so never would have imagined I would run into infertility problems.  By the time she turned 15 months I was already doing IUIs and had a diagnosis of "unexplained secondary infertility."  All my tests and my husband's tests were normal, and neither of us had any health problems.  There was no reason why I shouldn't have been able to get pregnant.

Later I would have surgery which also did not work.  After 4 IUIs, surgery, and the RE telling us that I had less than a 10% chance with IVF, we decided to stop.  Now my daughter is 5.5 years old, and we've been TTC #2 since she was 10 months old, with zero pregnancies.  We are still TTC but on our own.  We decided against DE and adoption.  We decided that whatever nature has intended for us will be what will be.  But I'm pretty sure I will never be pregnant again.

The hardest part was having no answers but I eventually decided to just accept.

Now that my daughter is almost 6, I am starting to feel too old to be pregnant again.  The 3 of us are a close family, and we have a lot of fun together traveling the world, my daughter gets to do any and every activity she wants, and I have gone back to work at my dream job.  My husband and I are able to pursue our hobbies and interests.  I can see very clearly the benefits of having an only child.  At this point the ache of not being able to have a second child isn't as strong for me as it was in the toddler/early preschool years, and while our family still feels incomplete, I feel more content now.[/quote]

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