Getting Pregnant
Scotchmc
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Advice Needed- New Here
Hi All,
I'm excited to be here. I'm 29, married for almost 2 years and DH and I decided to try to have some babies! Ever since we started trying (4 mos or so..) I've had pelvic pain, bowel symptoms, fatigue etc. Gyn did an ultrasound (all fine), pelvic exam (all fine), but thinks it might be endometriosis. She wants me to wait until we've been TTC for a year until I start with the testing and use laparascopy as a last resort. I am SCARED. I want to find out answers now and not wait until my symptoms get worse/my changes of convening get smaller. My DH is INCREDIBLY supportive of everything, but I want to hear from some woman who have been in this thing- any advice, course of action, questions to ask, hopeful tidbits (about how I'll still be able to conceive)?
Anything would be appreciated! Also, my DH had a S/A and it came back completely normal.
Thanks!
Re: Advice Needed- New Here
Regardless, there's no way to know what the chances are of conceiving until you have found out for sure if it is endo and to what extent. I happened to have an OB/gyn that was willing to do testing after three months but I know that's pretty uncommon. There are also many others that won't do testing until you've been temping and using ovulation predictor kits for a certain period of time. My OB/gyn at the time would do testing after three months but only if we had used opk's and had appropriately timed intercourse as a result for three months. I temped and used opk's for a long time, until I moved on to a reproductive specialist after just shy of two years. Temping and opk's are helpful, everyone here will suggest it, along with reading taking charge of your fertility. The chances of a healthy couple with well timed intercourse to get pregnant each month is something ridiculously low like 20-25%. You're only fertile for a few days each month, which is why temping and opk's help you to determine which days those are for the sake of timing, especially since it's not the same day every cycle. SO, take some time to educate yourself and to become more proactive. In the scheme of things ttc for four months isn't much at all, but it can still be frustrating.
My brain is fuzzy from of the details and statistics, so I'm sure someone will be able to correct me where I'm off.
Bottom line: don't be SCARED.
It's still early. So just start educating yourself and keep trying!
B/w 1/8: betas 17,345, progesterone 25.6
Congrats to both my TTC buddies, Amberley18 and sb2006 on their beautiful babies!