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Secondary infertility-anyone else?

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Bananaandcustard80 · 06/06/2020 09:55

Firstly I hope this is not insensitive to post as I know some people are struggling to conceive a first baby.

I had unexplained infertility to conceive my first child and I finally conceived on round 4 of clomid 10 years ago after 28 months TTC. They queried PCOS as I have long cycles ranging usually in the 30s but sometimes they can be even longer. When my first child was 12 months old I TTC again and conceived naturally after 2 months. When my second child was 18 months I conceived my third child after 1 month TTC.

I suffered an early miscarriage of a twin pregnancy 3 years ago which was serious as I lost a lot of blood and the crash team were round me as blood pressure went so low.

Since the miscarriage I have been unable to conceive and I've started my period today and I'm so upset. Yes I'm so grateful for the children I have and realise I'm fortunate but I can't get rid of this strong feeling of one final child.

I'm 41 now so realise the odds are not in my favour. I've had fertility tests again which came back normal. They said my testosterone was initially slightly raised but when I had it retested they said it was within normal range. I've used ovulation tests which show I ovulate around the early 20s. I've tried reflexology, reiki and hypnotherapy and I've run out of hope.

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ivfgottostaypositive · 06/06/2020 12:35

Hi OP I think you have to reconcile with yourself that your age is the biggest deciding factor - over 40 and the % of chromosomally normal eggs decrease to around 13% and to 6% by 45. It's not completely impossible but it will take much longer

cantsaynotocake · 10/06/2020 15:28

Hiya.
Thankyou for sharing your story. I also have 2 children and have been trying for three years for another.. ( unexplained )
My two were conceived pretty easily as well.

I really hope your wish comes true 😊

Kt555 · 11/06/2020 09:41

Hi we have also been TTC our second for 28 months, my daughter was conceived after only 2 months of TTC. Scans and bloods all came back ok and I’m now on cycle 3 of letrozole. I had a hsg In jan and in Feb I had a chemical, nothing before that and nothing since.

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