15 months TTC - need some hope please

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AF has just arrived - 2 days late.

Me and DH have been trying for 15 months. We have had blood tests, sperm tests, ultrasound which has all come back clear.

I am booked in for a HSG next week.

I have been temping for the last couple of months which has also shown ovulation.

I have been using the CBFM for 10 months which shows regular highs and peaks.

On top of this I take prenatal vitamins, EP days 1-ovulation, preseed and am having acupuncture.

We regularly DTD around 2-3 times a week and more around my fertile period. We have tried doing it every day around ovulation and also every other day but still no luck.

I am feeling very very low. Any words of advice? Esp from the long timers - what worked for you?

It took 18 months for us to conceive DD. Digital ovulation kits and very precisely timed sex finally cracked it for us.

I am now pregnant with DC2, after having unprotected sex ONCE, so clearly my body has now got the hang of it.

Good luck, I feel for you both. Here's hoping for a new year BFP.

Thanks TheBook it's good to hear that. Finding it hard to see the light at the moment.

Can you remember what your precise timing was - every day or every other day?

19 months first time. We had given up and thought we would need IVF. 9 months second time. Was using CBM but I think DTD every other day.

Every day, more than once if we could manage it.

It was highly pressurised, not-very-passionate sex, but it got the job done.

Thanks guys.

Unfortunately we reached functional sex stage a long time ago. I was actually surprised when DH wanted to have sex CD27 as I told him I wasn't fertile and he reminded me he wanted sex for fun not to make a baby - I'd forgotten such a thing existed hahahaha.

18 months for us before we conceived, fingers crossed for you. X