Another baby thread: are you a Fertile Myrtle?

[weheartdisney]

Not at all. I've always wondered why some people get pregnant so easily, while others struggle?

Honestly, we didn't think children were in our future. I was off BC pills for 2 years when we found out I was pregnant with our first son. After TTC again, we found out my tubes were blocked and had to go the IVF route to conceive our 2nd son. I feel like another poster said, I have the children God had planned for me. Our struggles were worth it all.

Congratualtions to those of you who are pregnant now. I wish you both a happy and healthy 9 months!!

 

[pigletgirl]

Supposedly yes! I don't have any kids nor are we trying any time soon, but I thought I had a cyst, so I went ot the GYN and she had me do labs and such and everything was pin-point perfect (in terms of hormones, ect). I'm already on birth control and Im hoping it is enough.

We'll see though when the time actually comes.

 

[#1hoosierfan]

My heart goes out to all those who have to deal with infertility. You really can't fully understand what it is like until you deal with it yourself.

I was married before, and my ex had little/no sperm count. We were having to use donor, I was on injections, etc...... It cost us close to $20,000... none of it covered by insurance. It was sooo stressful, and contributed to our later divorce.

I got re-married, and while we *thought* that I did not have fertility issues, we didn't really know for sure.

Well 2 months after dh and I got married, we got pregnant on the first *try.* I was over the moon happy because I really thought I might not ever have children. (I was 33 when I got married again.)

Then two years later, we got pregnant again on our first try. That pg ended in a very early miscarriage, but I got pregnant with yds just 2 weeks later.

Our family is now complete, and we are looking at dh getting the snip in a few months.

 

[Disney1fan2002]

My mother was...15 babies in 17 years.

I had 3 babies in 3.5 years, I feel I could have kept going, so I will say, yes, I take after my mother.

 

[Aisling]

Not one bit! Have spent thousands at a fertility clinic, it was all worth it. I found out Sunday I'm pregnant.

OMG Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[weheartdisney]

My mother was...15 babies in 17 years.

I had 3 babies in 3.5 years, I feel I could have kept going, so I will say, yes, I take after my mother.

Wowza!!! That is amazing!!

 

[Aisling]

Indeed.

so after 16 cycles of trying with DD, I got on Clomid. Thankfully it took only one cycle to get pregnant with her!

So now you're a Clomid Fertile Myrtle!

Nope. It took exactly two years to conceive with our first pregnancy and it ended in miscarriage after 8 weeks. Amazingly I got pregnant the second month after the miscarriage, so hopefullly this one sticks!!! (I'm 7 1/2 weeks)

Many many best wishes to you!

So I don't know if I am fertile myrtle, but I am not taking any more chances.

It appears you are now!

I always say "God Bless the Broken Road"....the obstacles you face in life bring you to where you are supposed to be!

I never heard that quote, but I love it and can sure use it in my life.

When I got pregnant when ds was only 6 months, my dr. actually said, "Well, aren't you a Fertile Myrtle!"
The baby I am carrying now was a suprise. It turns out I ovulated a week earlier than usual! We were going to start trying this fall, so all is well.

Good luck!!!!!

Not at all. There are 11 years between my 2 kids in almost 15 years of marriage.

My sister had 2 babies back to back on the first try and then 12 years of "undetermined secondary infertility". She finally became pg and had two more back to back on the first try, so her Fertile Myrtle status just took a 12 year hiatus. But it looks like it's back.

Not at all. I've always wondered why some people get pregnant so easily, while others struggle?

I wonder about this, too, and it breaks my heart, especially when the couple is examined and are declared "healthy" in the reproductive area but still nothing happens. Hopefully science will come up with a reason for these situations.

 

[phillmolly]

no way jose!

It took us 14 years to get pregnant with my DS and we have been working on #2 for 2years. I am going to be 38 in a few weeks so we are really working hard to get #2 here soon, if it doesn't happen in the next six months or so, DH might get snipped, I don't want to end up with a surprise at 40.

 

[Piecey]

Yeah, so says my family. DS2 was conceived my first month off of BC and we weren't trying.

Same with DS10months. Not trying, but here he is.

 

[AKL_Megs]

I got pregnant with this baby (our first) the very first time we tried.

I had been gone on a four-day trip (I was a flight attendant) and was home for one night before another trip. My DH had worked that night, he came home, I knew I was ovulating, and then I left for my trip.

Baby will be here next month!

 

[DisneyDreamer8]

Nope

Took a little over 2 years, 6 rounds of Clomid and an IUI to have DS. Never had a reason for the trouble. We both went through lots of testing and it all came back "normal". So I got the dreaded "unexplained infertility" diagnosis.

I would like to have another but don't know if I want to go through all that again. I was not a pleasant person while on Clomid and I don't want to subject my DS to my mood swings (or my poor DH, again).

 

[MamaLema]

Yes, I am Fertile Myrtle with 3 kids on the first try each

 

[Mrs.Toad]

Not one bit! Have spent thousands at a fertility clinic, it was all worth it. I found out Sunday I'm pregnant.

Yay!! Congrats!


As for me, I'm not a fertile myrtle. Took 6 months to conceive our first, but never conceived again. Went through premature menopause at about age 35-36. We opted to go the adoption route rather than try with an egg donor, and we are very happy parents to two great girls!

 

[JessicaR]

Not one bit! Have spent thousands at a fertility clinic, it was all worth it. I found out Sunday I'm pregnant.

Thats wonderful, so happy for you!

 

[klmall]

Nine years of trying; endometriosis; surgeries; pills and after giving up we got our DS: so definitely not a FM!

My mom on the other hand, had me and my brother 14 months apart after trying for a year. Then she tried for 11 years with no results and had 3 babies in six years including 2 in the same calendar year (1 in January and 1 in December).

I'm the oldest and my sister is the youngest and she is definitely a FM with 10 pregnancies although only 3 came to term.

I used to work with a woman who could get pregnant almost "too easily" and virtually lost every pregnancy (more than 15 or so known ones that I remember hearing about) until they diagnosed her hormonal deficiencies and she finally managed to carry her 2 sons to term. We were quite a pair: me who couldn't get pregnant for so long and she who seemed to get pregnant almost every month!

 

[Sydnie]

Yes. My first son was a pleasant surprise and my second was on our first try. I actually never got my period back between the two boys- I managed to "catch the first egg"

 

[cari12]

I definitely am. Got pregnant on the first month trying for both my kids. I also attribute it to never using the pill as a birth control method. I think it screws up your system. The hormones make your body think it is pregnant all the time and that's why you don't have a period. But then when you go off in order to have a baby it can take months (up to a year) for your body to figure out what to do naturally again. Hence can cause a delay in getting pregnant for some.

 

[bumbershoot]

It's hard to say.

First time I ever tried to make a baby, I/we was/were successful. (maybe the first, maybe the second or third, not sure, all I know is that a week after our wedding it was extremely obvious that something had changed, LOL)

But it seems that I am extremely sensitive to hormones. So with that conception, I was extremely sensitive to the hormones of ovulation, and all I needed was hubby's help.

But then with nursing, extended nursing, and extended nursing with a voracious kid, I was extremely sensitive to nursing hormones as well, and it seems obvious *in retrospect* that even though I was *apparently* cycling (from when DS was 4 months old, which is NOT fair with the 20 hours/day nursing I was doing) I probably wasn't actually prepared, body-wise, to make more babies.

And then there was the problem of hubby slowly developing a pituitary tumor, which went undiagnosed for probably 2, maybe 3, years. Despite his asking all health care providers to test his hormone levels. Despite his developing a cyst in his "breast" area and having a mammogram (and all the shame that goes along with it for a man in a woman's pink, female-centric-intake-forms, world). Without ANYONE saying "hey, let's check your hormones shall we?" Finally probably 3 years after it started to develop (going by symptoms that were mysterious and embarrassing at the time) he had his hormone levels checked, and, as the endocrinologist put it, found he had the prolactin of a pregnant woman and the testosterone of a teenaged girl. (editing to mention...he regales people with that quote ALL the time, even last night, he finds it to be hilarious.)

So that'll put a crimp in a couple's fertility, that's for sure!

Now he's all back to normal. So glad we have such high levels of meaningful communication and also healthy doses of humor about the whole thing...how else could we have gotten through his initial sperm analysis report where *everything* was wrong with those little swimmers? If we hadn't been able to laugh about it, how could we have dealt with that?

And all of that took time (thanks, so much, health"care" people who refused to check DH's hormone levels) and now I'm 41 and doing acupuncture and drinking vile-tasting "tree bark" tea to enhance the workings of my bod.



What I'm saying is...you can be as fertile as you can possibly be, but if something's going on with the other person, it doesn't really matter. (and if your husband is losing weight but gaining chest mass...have his hormones checked b/c that was one of the most obvious signs, along with the fluid-filled cyst, that doctors kept missing, before he was diagnosed with that prolactinoma!)

 

[NEVERENOUGHWDW]

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[epcotprincess]

For me at least, it's as the saying goes, "Luck is when preparation meets opportunity." I temped for 4 months prior to trying to conceive, and when we decided we were ready I conceived on the first try. I hope it's as easy next time, but I am planning to temp again.