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Feeling down TTC number 2

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Swirls346 · 29/08/2023 13:04

I am extremely grateful for my beautiful son who will be 2 in December but I can't help but wish to give him a sibling. It never gets lost on me how lucky we are to have a child and he brings us so much joy- he was conceived with IVF ICSI.
We are month 5 into trying for our second and still no luck and I do have that gut feeling we will need IVF again. We can't really afford it any time soon so would have to be in a few years most likely.
I feel like everyone around me is pregnant and they seem to have found it so easy to get pregnant.
I never used to ovulate (PCOS) but now have fairly regular cycles, we have MFI though so a double whammy.
Anyone else in a similar situation? I feel so alone in all this sometimes.

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LS2020 · 29/08/2023 20:42

Hi @Swirls346 we are in a similar situation, LO born May 22 after IVF and desperate for our second. We were technically unexplained fertility but husband had some low sperm scores. We’ve been trying since April time after trying 2.5 years for our first and I know it’s such a short time in that respect but the waiting again is awful. I had an early miscarriage at 5 weeks last month which has also given us some weird hope (?) so we are really lost on how long to give it now. We could probably afford to do IVF again but I’m not sure I’d want to give up the lifestyle for it. But similar my boss is pregnant with her second (she came back 5 months before me) and is half way, my colleague has the exact same due date as my early miscarriage which feels a doubly twist of cruel fate.
im finding it really hard to be positive but also try to appreciate my LO’s milestones as possibly for the last time

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