Uxeplained Infertility - How did you ultimately conceive?

[HopelessGsyGirl]

Curiosity question. If you were diagnosed with unexplained infertility and you managed to successfully conceive, how did you do so?

We didn’t, after two rounds of ivf - well actually the second time technically we did but then I had a miscarriage.

I know it’s not what you want to hear but it’s the truth sadly, I note it’s not an option you’ve given but sadly it’s one you do need to consider is a possibility.

I fully understand and respect that this is a possibility and I am very sorry for your loss. This isn’t post isn’t meant to cause offence or upset, it was merely a curiosity post as stated as it seems more and more people are being diagnosed with unexplained infertility so I was interested to see what techniques worked/helped

I got to the unexplained fertility point. This is not on your list but I was told: by the way your thyroid levels are inconclusive so might as well try Levothyroxine. It was a high dose and I fell pregnant the next month.

IVF. Second transfer for our DS. Never found out why we couldn't conceive.

I’m sorry you’re going through this.

Have you looked into natural causes of reduced fertility?

lifestyle changes generationally is suspected to be causing it - exposures to toxins, diet, lack of exercise, hormonal imbalance. Men’s sperm counts are reducing year on year, sometimes there are natural things you can do to support your body as well as medical intervention. Worth a look into.

im not saying it’ll result in a healthy pregnancy, but it might optimise your chances with medical support.

the book staying alive in toxic times covers some of this if you can get it from the library (although it’s worth buying and referring back to, I found it excellent)

A quick google shows this. I’m sure there’s more available if you look for it and similar for women.

Second IVF transfer for us too. I have endometriosis though and even though we’re unexplained I’ve always figured that could be a factor.

No I’m not upset just pointing out that within the possibilities it’s something that you may need to consider although I really hope you don’t.

When we got to ivf we attended an information session where the % of likely chance of success, I was 38 and our chances were listed as 50%.

Glad you found something that helped :)

I'm glad IVF worked for you - I think this is the road we will ultimately go down

Thank you, however I wasn't looking for advice on this post. I know my situation and I know what my journey will likely look like. I am just curious to see what worked for others.

I'm glad IVF worked for you - I think this is the road we will ultimately go down

We had unexplained infertility. We tried for three years then had some fertility treatments which failed.

We decided to have a break for 3-6 months to decide if we wanted to try IVF.

I got pregnant in this time. Dd is now 28.

Not quite unexplained infertility but I had very very irregular periods and despite lots of testing from my late teens they didn’t come to any conclusion as to what was causing it. For my first baby I tried a big life style change lots of regular exercise and diet change - little to no refined sugar or processed foods. I did fall pregnant after about 2 years but who knows why - periods didn’t become regular. 2nd baby I used clomid, 3rd baby was a fluke. I still cant quite believe that I have three children after my undiagnosed periods. Weirdly now in my late 40s I’ve started having regular periods 🤷🏾‍♀️

We didn't get as far as having tests or anything as we kind of just went with a 'if it's meant to be it'll be' attitude but there were 4 years between coming off contraception and falling pregnant with DD2 age 41 (I'll be 42 when she's born)

Not even a sniff of a BFP in those 4 years and my periods became a lot more irregular when I hit 40. In fact I was convinced I was in perimenopause and had completely ruled myself out by the time i did eventually fall pregnant.

IVF with ICSI X 3. I fell pregnant each time, miscarried one and was blessed with two beautiful children.

I did have one blocked fallopian tube and borderline POCS but they couldn’t confirm a reason why I wasn’t able to conceive.

I did do the whole old wives things too, drink whole milk during egg development, pineapple juice after transfer, get optimal BMI (which meant putting on a bit of weight for me) … but it was worth it

good luck xx

I cut out dairy, wheat, alcohol and got healthier. Then despite tests indicating I didn’t have polycystic ovaries (apparently I was ovulating and bloods were fine) I mentioned bad spotty skin on my back and the consultant was interested, tried me on Clomid and I conceived immediately (after 3 years trying). I’d also just had a laparoscopy and dye as an investigation which can flush your tubes out a bit. I’ve always been chesty/ mucusy and was told this can extend to your fallopian tubes as well. Hence cutting out dairy and wheat. I also used Pre-seed lubricant with the Clomid? Also sex every 2-3 days, no more than that. Good luck I have one son, now a teenager.

Clomid worked for me in the 2nd month of using it. I also had reflexology which helped take so much of the stress away.

Good luck with however you decide to move forward.

I’m another one that falls into the “nothing worked” camp unfortunately. Had a few years of trying naturally. 4 rounds of IVF/ICSI. Changed my diet. Took many different vitamins over the years. Started exercising more. During two of the IVF was on so many different meds. Then tried 2 more “lite” versions. Paid for expensive immune testing. Genetic testing. Did acupuncture. All sorts. We have conceived 3 times over the years but all ended in miscarriage. And I’m now too old to conceive again anyway.

I have 3 friends who also had unexplained infertility and they all conceived with IVF though. I was the only failure.

It took three round of ivf to get pregnant once, at the last attempt when we had already given up hope. We are in week 37 and everything looks good so far.

Our ivf rounds were fairly successful, good fertilised embryo numbers with good grades, but they never got implanted before this attempt :/

Nothing worked for us- but that isn't an option on your poll.
I'm sorry you are going through this too.

Overall, we TTC 12yrs- no health issues and normal BMI's, good AMH, semen normal, tubes clear, regular cycles etc .

Conceived naturally twice, but both MC'd. 1st round of IVF I got pregnant, saw a heartbeat at 8 weeks and MC'd a week later. Further rounds of IVF- I didn't get pregnant.
We stopped TTC at 43.

I was going to mention certain supplements, books, links etc but you made it very clear to another poster above that you don't want to hear that on this post! Wishing you all the best.

We’ve been trying for 3.5 years. Had every test multiple times just to double and triple check. Absolutely nothing wrong apparently with either of us and scans all done and fine. X2 HyCoSy etc and on all the supplements and always had a healthy lifestyle . Going to have IVF in the new year as although every blood test and other result is ‘perfect’ there’s clearly something very wrong!

I was 37 - tried to conceive for 12months, tried clomid, IVF worked on the 2nd round. Then conceived naturally within six months of giving birth. I think had we had time on our side I would have possibly conceived without intervention but we were (sensibly) encouraged towards IVF by the consultant.

Not unexplained but after 18 months of secondary infertility and nothing we discovered DH had a very low sperm count and were told we would need ICSI. They were shocked we already had a child as his count was so low. We conceived the next month.

Frustratingly these things can be so random. I will never know if his count was that low really and we were just super lucky or whether he just gave bad samples. I never believed stories like ours until it happened to me but obviously there are also quite a few stories where it just doesn't work. I think sadly age being on your side is a huge factor as it gives you time even with smaller odds each month. Hoping all goes well for you.

I was TTC for a year with my first, then it's been a year this time too with one MC. We saw a fertility clinic a few months ago who couldn't find any reason, good sperm count, I was ovulating etc

I don't know if this was what did it @HopelessGsyGirl but we used a fertilily cup this time and I'm now 8 weeks. They're not too expensive and it was fine to use so I'd give it a go if I was trying again in the future