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Fallen pregnant twice in 6 months and both ended in miscarriage. My first miscarriage was twins on New Year’s Eve and the second came in June when I was 9 weeks. The NHS doesn’t recognise recurrent miscarriage until you’ve had 3 on the trot, so we went private and had all fertility tests done. Results came back all clear & after I’d had two periods, our fertility consultant said to try again. I’d been using Flo to track my periods & time my ovulation successfully in the past… but nothing happened for 3 months. So I invested in Mira - the Rolls Royce of fertility tracking and it turns out, we were FIVE DAYS off of our fertile week! Meaning the last 3 months we weren’t even have sex whilst I was ovulating. Mira is very expensive (nearly £275) but the hormonal detail - such as showing your LH surge which triggers egg release- is worth it! Desperately hoping to be pregnant now - I won’t know till my period comes! If I’m still not, I’m buying Bea Fertility pronto to boost chances even further. Fingers crossed!

34 TTC for 11 months, diagnosed endometriosis stage 4 and adenomyosis. Waiting (very patiently) for NHS IVF referral and feeling like our time is running out while we wait and wait and wait.

Hi there, my partner and I have been trying to conceive for about 1 years and 3 months now. It’s so hard. I never thought it would affect me as much as it has. We have only just been referred to the ‘infertility’ clinic locally but they’re unable to advise wait times. My partners sperm count was not just low but also a few other things which can change with his diet which he has/is doing. I’ve been told the classic get your BMI to X,Y,Z. I’m about a size 14. I struggle with friend baby announcements but I am so so happy for them it just hurts it’s not me. I hate how others feel it’s ok to ask when you’re having your kids ect. I have some great days when i feel fine then I have days/weeks where all I do is cry. I feel there’s so much little support and help despite how common the difficulties of getting pregnant are. I was on the contraception pill for years. And I had a MC at about 17 years old and a termination in my early 20’s. I find myself thinking what if so often. I’m hoping that I’m not the only one who has such ups and downs and struggles. I just want it to my turn for a little family now 😩 Finding this forum I am hoping makes me feel more human. Thank you for reading in advance ❤️

Trying to conceive with my partner over 6 months now. I am feeling very stressed each month when it comes to ovulation

We are now nearly two years into TTC, after 20+ years on the pill, with two early losses, nothing for the last year. We have decided against IVF and have decided to keep trying naturally for now, after going for an initial fertility consultation. We are also on the waiting list to be seen by the infertility team with the NHS, although our waiting time is still over a year. I'm now 41 and realistic about our chances to conceive, but I am making changes, tracking and hopefull that we will get our BFP resulting in a healthy baby, whilst also not putting a strain on our relationship. Who would have knew it would be so hard. I wish that the things I'm learning now would have been told to me from an earlier age, what signs to look for with regards to your health and how your periods can give you an insight into what's happening with your body. I'm exhausted at times with constantly thinking about TTC.

Myself and my husband have been trying for baby number 2 for nearly 2 years. We are so lucky to have conceived our first child, a 3 year old little boy, easily and without problem and I cannot imagine what it is like going through this journey without having the comfort of him. My husband has issues with his sperm and dna fragmentation and after a lot of consideration we tried a round of ICSI. It went- disastrously. Despite getting a good amount of eggs, by day 5 we lost them all bar one and unfortunately that fresh embryo did not stick. We are out of money and out of luck but absolutely desperate to give our little boy a sibling and to experience a pregnancy/birth outside of covid. We are trying a whole bunch of natural stuff to try and conceive the old fashioned way, but every little helps!

I feel like we are coming to the end of the road with our experience. After meeting my partner in 2020 we started trying in 2021 and fell pregnant naturally in the March but I sadly miscarried. We had a round of IVF through the NHS in 2022 prior to my 40th Birthday but was unsuccessful. The only issue to be found was that I have a unicornate uterus. We privately funded a round of IVF on 2023 which was successful but I sadly miscarried again 2 days before our wedding at 7 weeks. We have no further funds to pursue IVF and are current considering IUI.

I have had 3 miscarriages in the past back in 2011 & 2012 with my previous partner. Have been with my current partner for 9 years, in December 2020 I fell pregnant but it was ectopic and I had to have my left tube removed in January 2021. We started trying again around April 2021. I have had blood tests done which came back normal and have also had a HSG test which showed my right tube to be clear of any blockages. I have been given progesterone for when I conceive god willing, I have had 6 cycles of Clomid, I've also been given Inhixa 40mg for when or if I get a positive pregnancy test I would need to inject myself daily. I have just had my fourth cycle on Letrazole. We got my partners sperm tested last year his sperm count was a little lower than normal, we had it re-tested again in April and it came back at 2% mobility or morphology not sure which one.

I suffer from Endometriosis and PCOS, I have had 3 laparoscopy surgeries and tried all the conception enhancing lubricants and supplements with no success. I have also tried letrozole for 6 months from the fertility clinic with no success either. We have now done 2 embryo transfers through IVF which have failed. I feel completely broken by the fertility journey, it makes me hate my body for not allowing a pregnancy to happen, im deflated by every negative test result I see and I hate myself for being jealous of everyone around me having babies and getting pregnant with no struggles and how everyone looks at me in pity or being asked when I’ll have my own children.

It's exhausting... every month brings a period which is a wave of disappointment. We're in the NHS system - I had my tests in February, and my husband had his last December. We are still waiting for our results appointment, with no appointment in sight, so we don't even know if there is an underlying issue preventing us from conceiving or what we can do to improve our chances. I'm at a bit of a loss with what to do!