Taking a break

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Living with the secret of "Broken"

randa05
  • By randa05 · New reply May 23, 2013
  • 11 replies
  • I have 14 nieces and nephews. My best friend who claims me as her children's aunt also JUST had her second 16 days ago. My sister-in-law is expecting her 3rd in a few months. My parents think that after ...

Sucked back in

randa05
  • By randa05 · New reply May 22, 2013
  • 6 replies
  • I've decided to live without kids. I have been thinking and watching others with kids. I stopped looking at how cute they are, and I starting looking at all the down falls. I began to compare my life ...

Hormones

Jewel-friend
  • By Jewel-friend · New reply May 8, 2013
  • 1 reply
  • How long does it take my system to clean this poison called hormones from my body, to get it out??? Can anybody help me ...

i need you all the most right now..

jb4ever
  • By jb4ever · New reply April 17, 2013
  • 4 replies
  • OK I have to get things of my chest..things are really starting to overwhelm me right now. My sister in law who I'm not close with for many reasons is having baby number 2 on Thursday which I'm accepting ...

"Leave a Message After the Beep"

MMGRAZER
  • By MMGRAZER · New reply March 14, 2013
  • 12 replies
  • Where to begin???? I am just going to ramble..... 31 years old, married to a understanding and supportive husband, diagnosed with M.R.S.A. Pneumonia in 2008 when I was 27weeks pregnant and my daughter ...

Lupron??

jesswdbn
  • By jesswdbn · New reply December 19, 2012
  • 5 replies
  • My husband and I are taking a break before moving on to IVF. In June I had a laparoscopy that revealed stage 4 endometriosis. It was recommended that I be put on Lupron but we have been trying to get ...

Scared to try again

Lippy0524
  • By Lippy0524 · New reply December 1, 2012
  • 4 replies
  • Hi all, I am new to the discussion boards. I have been TTC for two years now. I am 32 and starting to feel like it may never happen. Last spring we finally got pregnant from an IUI. Right after the IUI ...

MYOMIN- supplement to help PCOS... Has anyone used it??

HopefulTears
  • By HopefulTears · Posted November 28, 2012
  • 0 replies
  • Had anyone tried MYOMIN? its a herbal supplement that supposedly help the body with hormonal imbalance. I just started taking it to see if it can help my PCOS symptoms and restore a normal period. Please ...

Dreams DO come true!

Hopefulmaman
  • By Hopefulmaman · New reply November 26, 2012
  • 16 replies
  • So the hubs and I have been trying to have a baby since June 2010 and it's not happening. I had surgery on my ovaries 2 summers ago (ovarian drilling) and I have been getting every fertility treatment ...

Fertility acupuncture

jordanmom
  • By jordanmom · New reply August 16, 2012
  • 15 replies
  • I had taken a break for approximately 1 year. I am thinking about acupuncture but not sure if it hurts or how long does it take per session. Any suggestions ...

Evil thoughts

pinkbarbie4u
  • By pinkbarbie4u · New reply July 30, 2012
  • 12 replies
  • In the midst of our break, to try saving. I found myself not having the nicest thoughts when I found out others are pregnant. Now the thoughts are only brief, and I convince myself that it is their time ...

Everyone is Pregnant

pinkbarbie4u
  • By pinkbarbie4u · New reply July 16, 2012
  • 18 replies
  • My husband and I have been in the process of trying for almost 2 years now. 3 failed IUIs and 2 failed IVFs. Recently, in our break from trying (mainly for the reason to save for another try) I've noticed ...

Am I Wrong?

r_raasch87
  • By r_raasch87 · New reply July 14, 2012
  • 3 replies
  • I have been going through IF treatment for almost a year. I have done IUI four times and nothing... I take breaks between cycles because I feel so depressed when I start my period and get the negative ...

Will I feel better after a month?

Schotime
  • By Schotime · New reply July 6, 2012
  • 4 replies
  • So, after a really long and stressful year, and 3 failed IUIs in a row, I decided to take a break this month. The Clomid is really making my body feel crappy, and I think I need to recharge emotionally ...

Please read and help if you can....

London-J
  • By London-J · New reply June 20, 2012
  • 4 replies
  • Hello, Can anyone let me know of a good OBGYN? I have severe diffuse Adenomyosis and Endometreosis. After 3 years of fertility treatments and 8 years of trying to conceive, I have finally been told that ...

Taking my first break

Tracy1408
  • By Tracy1408 · New reply June 7, 2012
  • 4 replies
  • After four failed IUIs and a round of IVF that resulted in a non-viable pregnancy, we have decided to take a break until after I return from a two week business trip in August. I've been on some kind ...

What to do? ***ments***

hopefulafter40
  • By hopefulafter40 · New reply May 29, 2012
  • 1 reply
  • Not sure if I belong here... yet. I'm so confused. We just had what we thought was a potential pregnancy turn into nothing, just a long cycle, after last month's failed IVF, January's failed IUI, and ...

Infertility and isolation

beautifulstruggle87
  • By beautifulstruggle87 · New reply May 11, 2012
  • 11 replies
  • I have done everything to become a mother and I am unsuccessful. My husband and I love each other very much, we have so much to give a child and I feel like I am in the middle of a cruel joke. No one ...

Getting DH back on board

Ellen17
  • By Ellen17 · New reply April 28, 2012
  • 3 replies
  • So after a failed IVF #1 in March, DH and I decided we were in need of a break. We've booked a trip to Maui for June and I thought the plan was to return to try another cycle after our trip. I'm a teacher ...

How do I move on?

sweettlulu
  • By sweettlulu · New reply April 17, 2012
  • 9 replies
  • I think that I am done with this infertility business. I just want to move one and put it behind. Nonetheless I just can't do it and it makes me so mad. How do you move on? How do you say that's it? when ...

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