Post by rikkiandjulie on Aug 7, 2015 6:31:41 GMT -5
Hello all! I hope it's okay to post here. If not let me know and I will delete ASAP. I have just been searching the Internet for an active, friendly LGBT TTC board, and stumbled upon this one, and it looked promising.
My wife and I have been married for 7 year tomorrow, and are currently in our third TWW. We are using anonymous donor sperm from Cryos NY. I am 26, and DW is 29.
DW appears to have minor trouble with ovulation, so for this cycle we used follistim+femera+ovidrel+progesterone. We had two gorgeous mature follicles, a perfect lining, and the nurse said that this was DWs easiest IUI to thread, meaning the timing was just right, AND the best post wash sperm count to date. So here's to hoping!!
I know that three months of TTC isn't long in comparison to many others, but it feels soooooo long. I struggle every day with trusting our team of doctors, and others saying that it will happen, eventually. I just can't help but wonder if we are striving for something that the universe does not want for us.
I am just looking for a supportive group of men and women to be an open ear, and in return I'll be there for you. I just feel very alone in all of this as the non-carrying mom this time, and often frustrated. But this cycle I made a promise to DW and myself that i would try to live in the moment, and not obsess about the outcome. SO HARD TO DO!
Me: 31 Wife: 30. Legally married 2008, thanks CA! TTC #1 since 11/14 using donor sperm. IUIs Jan-Aug 2015 BFN Sept & OCT 2015 added Femara. BFN Saw RE December 2015. IUI with Clomid & Trigger Jan 2016 BFN IUI #13 with Follistim April 2016 BFFN IVF #1 July 2016. 14R, 10F, 6 Day 5 embryos. 4 PGS normal embabies!
Welcome. We're glad to have you join us and good luck with your TWW! As others have said, we hope you'll jump right in. And you're certainly not alone in being the non-carrying parent or in struggling with TTC and with trusting your doctors.
****loss and living child discussed***** We're queer. I'm 34, have severe stage 4 endo, and both fallopian tubes are gone. My love ("Manada" 33) was diagnosed with diminished ovarian reserve. We did Partner IVF (my eggs, her uterus). We lost our twins Tav.in and Ca.sey at 21 weeks gestation.
Welcome and good luck with your cycle! I think the cycles feel longer when you have medicated IUIs, because you are 'supposed' to have such a higher rate of falling pregnant. When I had my IUIs, I certainly felt that I should be falling pregnant each month, and was paranoid that it was a problem with my doctors.
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