Hello lovelies! Feel like I need to talk to someone as I don’t want to badger my fiancé about babies all the time but I’m feeling unbelievably broody and it’s starting to get me down because I just feel like it’s never going to happen.
I’m a 30 something year old and my fiancé is currently taking finasteride for hair loss. We’ve discussed starting a family but agreed we would wait until after our wedding (which was supposed to be earlier this year but has been postponed until probably 2022 now). Now I know we have at least a year and a half until our wedding I really don’t want to wait another 2 years to have our first baby. I don’t know if I physically can wait - the broodiness is real!!
And while my fiancé has said he’d like to start a family I can tell he’s frightened to stop taking his finasteride tablets as they only stop hair loss while you’re taking it, so I think he’s terrified all his hair will start falling out again. BUT taking it while trying to conceive has got some bad creds on google searches - it lowers sperm count and there’s a tiny (almost zero) risk it might affect male foetus reproductive organ growth. But even though the risk is extremely low that’s a scary thought!
I’m also worried he’s just not ready yet but doesn’t have the heart to tell me.. which is fine but I just feel a bit hopeless now. Example = last week he said he was ready to start a family so I’ve been SO excited all week (due to be ovulating soon - actually planned a sexy Santa surprise and everything for this weekend to kick things off) and then yesterday he said let’s get a dog instead?!
I don’t know what to say or do anymore because I don’t want to put him off babies all together by asking him all the time. But equally I don’t want him to feel like he HAS to stop taking finasteride if that really is the only thing holding him back - I’ve seen how sad he was about his hair loss and this year he’s invested quite a lot of money into medical treatment and he’s finally in a place where he’s feeling confident enough to leave the house without wearing a hat etc.
Has anybody conceived (or tried to) while their partner was taking finasteride? If so how was your experience? Was it difficult/did you need to stop finasteride for a little while?
Love to all!xxx