Infertility

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Thanks you all for sharing your experiences. Good and bad.
Wow Holly - what a story. It describes very well how vulnerable we are in this situation. I am in a NaProTechnology program since they are the only ones who could offer me something else than IVF. So I feel I just have to trust them and hope for the best. I really really hope that I will soon be pregnant. I am so sick and tired of these infertility issues. They seem to be the headline of the last 2 years of my life.
But peoples’ opion on clomid seems very different. Also on progesterone. However, it seems that many people have a good experience with at least one of these things. So I hope that taking them both will solve the issue.
Hugs and all the best wishes
Amber:tiphat:
 
Amber–how are things on the progesterone? I hope it’s going well for you! I remember having lots of hot flashes/fatigue with it, but it’s all worth it…🙂

KG
 
Dear KevinsGirl,
Thanks for asking:D
I was just on it for a few days so far and I have felt … Im not sure. Maybe I did have some small hot flashes. As you can hear nothing serious thus far. In the middle of my cycle I started spotting for about 4 days. The day after I had my first capsule the spotting was gone. Also I usually get spotting and then period on the 24 or 25th day of the cycle. Today is the 25th day and still no sign of anything.
…But maybe it is all a coincidense. How fast does these things usually show an effect???
I just hope, hope, hope for a miracle.
All the best wishes,
Amber
 
Amber2 said:
Dear KevinsGirl,
Thanks for asking:D
I was just on it for a few days so far and I have felt … Im not sure. Maybe I did have some small hot flashes. As you can hear nothing serious thus far. In the middle of my cycle I started spotting for about 4 days. The day after I had my first capsule the spotting was gone. Also I usually get spotting and then period on the 24 or 25th day of the cycle. Today is the 25th day and still no sign of anything.
…But maybe it is all a coincidense. How fast does these things usually show an effect???
I just hope, hope, hope for a miracle.
All the best wishes,
Amber
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Hoping for you Amber. :gopray:
 
Thank you Convert:D

I usually start my period on the 25th day. But now I am on day 30 and no period yet. However I have had a bit of red mucus the last two days ( 😊 )
Does any of you know if progesterone normally postpones the period for so many days? And how will it be when it finally arrives? Lighter or more terrible?
…
BIG HUG from Amber who really wish we all could leave this room soon.

PS wonder about Holly, how did it go?
 
Amber2 said:
I usually start my period on the 25th day. But now I am on day 30 and no period yet. However I have had a bit of red mucus the last two days ( 😊 )
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Implantation spotting???
Amber2 said:
Does any of you know if progesterone normally postpones the period for so many days? And how will it be when it finally arrives? Lighter or more terrible?
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When/if it arrives, it varies from woman to woman, but an overabundance of progesterone stops the uterus from contracting and promotes the growth of blood vessels, so it’ll usually be late. Using progesterone will stop/slow a cycle, while stopping it will usually start a cycle.
 
Amber2 said:
Thank you Convert:D

I usually start my period on the 25th day. But now I am on day 30 and no period yet. However I have had a bit of red mucus the last two days ( 😊 )
Does any of you know if progesterone normally postpones the period for so many days? And how will it be when it finally arrives? Lighter or more terrible?
…
BIG HUG from Amber who really wish we all could leave this room soon.

PS wonder about Holly, how did it go?
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Hello Amber! I have my fingers crossed for you… usually progesterone is taken for 10-14 days, then if pregnancy test is negative, the pills/shots/suppositories are stopped and a period will begin in about 48-72 hours (then you start all over with the next cycle)… if pregnancy test is positive, depending upon your issue, the doctors may keep you on progesterone until the placenta is well attached and producing progesterone.
 
Hello to all

I’ve been TTC baby number one for over 3 years… husband sometimes wants to and sometimes does not (stress, pressure, other feelings)… so each month, I just pray.

I’ve been keeping my charts for a while now and have noticed that I ovulated late in my cycle (usually day 22 to 32), then my luteal phase is only 9 to 10 days… so even if I did get pregnant, the luteal phase may not be long enough for the baby to successfully implant.

I finally, in March, got a doctor who would look at my charts, and agreed to start blood work. She ended up telling me I had tons of “things” wrong, but she would start clomid. I found out it is ok with the church, then agreed. So did the clomid in May, went in for an ultrasound, but doctor said my uterine lining was too thin…so referred me to a fertility specialist.

Husband and I agreed that we did not want to be pressured into doing things that are against the church, so I started looking for a new OB… I found a doctor who is devout catholic, only does NFP, highly pro-life…but is currently not accepting new patients. The secretary asked me to have my charts faxed over and she would give them to the doctor to review, but no guarentee.

Long story short… the nurse called me back to confirm that it was my charts… because she was NOT SEEING anything that the doctor told me I had… she said the only thing “negative” is I have low progesterone!! While that is not great, it is fixable, and thanks be to God, not the other things I was told!!

So until I find a new OB… I have been adding new methods to my charting, and once I saw I ovulated this month, I started progesterone cream… so I’m currently 6 days past ovulation, and praying that natural/organic methods, along with tons of prayer, can aid my cycles and allow me to be a mother.

I have started praying to St. Gianna Berretta Molla and to St Therese… I would appreciate all your prayers as well.

I will pray for all of you.
 
Dear CatholicGirl
I wish you all the best, and wil keep you (as the other girls inhere) in my prayers.
I also have low progesterone and short luteral phase. This was my first cycle on progesterone. My progesterone level increased and the cycle became some days longer. Next month I will also be on progesterone. The third month I will be on both clomid and progesterone. That is when we will try to conceive! I am really excited and hope it works.

Today I got my period. I am quite happy to finally be on the second cycle. Just one cycle before we start trying for a baby again. I have decided to be optimistic though it is sometimes hard.
Thank you everyone for your interest and support.
God bless you,
A:wave:
 
I know it’s hard when you would like to have children and it took me four years and I had one miscarriage. I know there’s lots of people who wait longer. However, one of the advantages of having no children is the opportunity to have adventurous sex and pounce on your husband when he gets home from work. So make the most of it. Good luck. Just have an interesting love life and the children will come second.
 
Sorry, new to this one, but I wanted to post a prayer request for my older sister. She is 37and she was only able to conceive her first child (now 13mo) after 3-4 implants using IVF over the course of about 6 mo. After that, she only had 5 or 6 eggs left. She started trying again this March: the first transfer didn’t take, and she just called me in tears that her 2nd transfer hasn’t taken either. She and DH are down to one egg.

If this one doesn’t take, not sure if they will try again from scratch or if they will scratch the whole thing. Just praying for God’s will in all this. I know it’s even harder on her for her that we are pregnant again (3rd oops in 4 yrs). Please pray for her as well to grow in her faith, she is fallen away and very secular in her views.

Thank you - praying for all here who are struggling with this. DH and I are struggling at the other end of the spectrum.
 
Please add 2 more young women to your prayers. My MIL shared news of these young ladies who have recently miscarried. One gal has one child, the other has 2.

I’ve asked the mommies on the PG thread to offer up labor pains for these women. I heard of one mommy (of 6) who has opted against pain drugs and instead offers up her labor pains for those struggling to conceive. She later heard of at least 2 couples who were later able to conceive. What an awesome gift!

Thank you all.
 
We had been trying for another child after my first wee boy but when he reached age of six and i was still not pregnant i had a laperoscimy a camera into and around my womb, they found that i had grade 4 endomertiosis a very very painful condition too much linen of the womb it was on the outside of my womb which is half the normal size on my bladder, bowels,overies and fallopian tubes 1 of wich has closed up and the other went zigzag shaped so no chance of conseption. The doctor said that my child well he is a merical to have grown in my womb. i now take northisterone 3 times dayly to control the disease as it will only worsen if left alone. I have gone through terrible pain and constant bleeding and being inemic and deppressed so now i know i am destined to one child and i thank god for him. I am greatful as i know many women dont even get 1 child. Pray ladies it works thats why i have my son i prayed and prayed as i always thought i was to be without child and even the doctor said it was a merical!! Thankyou my lord.
 
My wife and I were never able to conceive. We viewed it as a message from Heaven that there were other children in the world who needed our loving home.

We have a handsome boy from Korea, and a beautiful girl from China, adopted through Holt International Children’s Services.

Here is a link to their FAQ sheet:

holtintl.org/adoption/faq.shtml

This will be the most wonderful thing you’ve done since the wedding! Don’t grieve any longer. Is God calling you to adoption? Pray about it…

God bless you… - Rob
 
Dear Rob,
I realize that you truly want to share the wonderful pro-life message of adoption, but perhaps you can find a better way? Infertility is not necessarily a message from heaven that a couple ought to adopt instead any more than not getting a date in college is a message from heaven that you should become a religious sister or a priest!

As people have said before in response to your messages advocating adoption on this forum before… infertility is a medical condition. If there is something wrong with my body, it isn’t healthy to just ignore it.

Some of us are already discerning the call to adoption (as my husband and I are). However, it is very painful to be told by others that if we are having infertility problems then we should just adopt. Adoption is not possible for everyone. Nor is everyone called to adoption. Also, children are not little commodities that we can simply order up if we can’t make any of our own. (I’m not saying that you have this attitude, but we have encountered it in many areas by well meaning people and find it completely antithetical to everything the Church teaches about the dignity of the human person.)

Please, please realize that just because God has called you to this vocation of adoption in a wonderful way, does not mean that God is calling everyone to that path.
 
Whenever I post a polite suggestion in this thread that couples might look into adoption, I get a series of snotty replies that I should mind my own business.

Alright, I won’t post here anymore! That’s what I get for trying to help.

Goodbye…
 
Philothea27 said:
Dear Rob,
I realize that you truly want to share the wonderful pro-life message of adoption, but perhaps you can find a better way? Infertility is not necessarily a message from heaven that a couple ought to adopt instead any more than not getting a date in college is a message from heaven that you should become a religious sister or a priest!

As people have said before in response to your messages advocating adoption on this forum before… infertility is a medical condition. If there is something wrong with my body, it isn’t healthy to just ignore it.

Some of us are already discerning the call to adoption (as my husband and I are). However, it is very painful to be told by others that if we are having infertility problems then we should just adopt. Adoption is not possible for everyone. Nor is everyone called to adoption. Also, children are not little commodities that we can simply order up if we can’t make any of our own. (I’m not saying that you have this attitude, but we have encountered it in many areas by well meaning people and find it completely antithetical to everything the Church teaches about the dignity of the human person.)

Please, please realize that just because God has called you to this vocation of adoption in a wonderful way, does not mean that God is calling everyone to that path.
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I do not think adoption treats human life like commodities and certain areas of fertility treatment are a lot less ethical. Adoption requires a greater spirit of charity as a couple agree to care for a child that does not resemble them physically and perhaps has had a more difficult start in life. So it’s a Christian vocation but again not every couple may feel ready to adopt. I personally would have waited ten years. Adoption is less popular nowadays and fertility treatment more popular as couples only want to look after their own children and many unmarried mothers abort which means there are less children put up for adoption. My husband is adopted and I think a couple that have adopted through a ethical and Christian adoption agency are actingly selflessly.
 
This is my first post on here, just looking for some advice. Last year I was experiencing severe pain and my doctor discovered I had two large cysts on my left ovary caused by endometriosis. I had surgery to remove them and have been on Lupron ever since–8 months so far and I will be done with it in October. A few days ago I had a hysterosalpingogram and my doctor said both my tubes are completely blocked. This was a huge blow since my husband and I were eager to starting trying as soon as the Lupron wore off…now we don’t know where this leaves us. We are both taking it pretty hard–I have felt very strongly for a long time that God is calling me to the vocation of motherhood, and now this…I have an appointment with Dr. Hilgers at the Pope Paul VI Institute in Nebraska in a few months, but I don’t know what to expect and I don’t want to get my hopes up again…I appreciate any advice and/or prayers you can give.
 
Team B, welcome to CAF and sorry to hear about your blocked tubes. We can’t give medical advice on here, so I can’t really give you advice, but I can tell you that you are in great hands. Dr Hilgers is a great infertility dr and he will do everything to help you the moral way. He is a very knowledgeable dr. I wish I could afford seeing him, but I can’t. The only thing I can tell you advice-wise is to try to avoid during your fertile time because. If by any chance a sperm get thru the tube and fertilizes an egg, you can get pregnant and have an ectopic pregnancy. I didn’t know my left tube was blocked. The HSG I had showed both tubes were open, then I had surgery, a month of hormones to avoid adheasions, and then 2 cycles later I got pregnant and almost died because sometime between the surgery and my pregnancy my tube got blocked. I lost my tube and my baby. A loss is terrible, I’ve had 3, but the worst one of all has been my ectopic as I had to be resucitated from all the blood loss I had. My prayers are with you.
 
Hello Yessisan, thanks for your advice and thanks for sharing your story, I am so sorry you have had to go through so much suffering and I know your three beautiful children are in Heaven with God. I thank you for your prayers and I will keep you in mine also. Do you have any prayers or novenas you like to use to help get through these times?
 
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