I tried to have a baby for 10 years....

Lesley - posted on 09/20/2010

I am now 40 and I had my first child in 2008 after being told in the mid 90s I would never have them on my own. I tried for 15 years to get pregnant and nothing. I had a very irregular period which went from clockwork - every 28 days - until 1993. And then it stopped. Came maybe twice a year. I divorced in 2000 and remarried in 2008...8 weeks pregnant! I had heard about Vitex - how it can help to regulate a period so I tried it in September 2007. Low and behold - a period came every 30 days! Except for January 2008 and I thought...oh, here we go again! No period. Then I started feeling off...sore boobs for like a month, VERY tired, nauseous out of the blue, so I took a HPT. OMG - pregnant!!! Wouldn't believe it til I went to my dr - she didn't believe it either until she did the ultrasound! And I had a beautiful pregnancy at the age of 37, delivered Isabella when I was 38 and today at 40 -am hoping for a baby sister or brother for her. Thanks for reading! xox

Heidi - posted on 06/07/2010

First of all, Congrats on your two children! I was diagnosed with PCOS 6 years ago and my husband and I have been trying to conceive off and on since then. We have one son, who's 8 and luckily I had him before I was diagnosed, I also got pregnant shortly after he was born, but I miscarried:( It's a very frustrating situation so I know what you're going through.

Sylvia - posted on 05/28/2010

Well, my infertility is VERY well explained (I lost both ovaries to cancer when I was in my 20s), so it's not quite the same experience. (We did try for 2 years between tumours, with no luck.) However, my sister had a quite similar experience, except without the miscarriages. She and my BIL have an adopted daughter who's 29 (my big niece), adopted from foster care during the 10 years when they were TTC, and bio daughters who are 15 and almost 11 (my little niece and baby niece). My sister found out she was pregnant with Little Niece just as she was about to start an IVF cycle, and the same thing happened with Baby Niece. It's amazing how the human reproductive system works (or doesn't) ...

CARRIE - posted on 05/25/2010

Finally someone who had a hard time for more than 2 or 3 years! I keep reading all these posts about how these women have been trying for 2 years and are desperate to have a child. I wonder how they would feel after 10 years with no luck?

I tried for almost 14 years to have a baby. Doctors couldn't tell me why I wasn't getting pregnant and I couldn't afford all sorts of specialists and expensive treatments. So I just kept trying and praying. I read everything I could find and just tried to stay hopeful. I started taking pre-natal vitamins and had nearly given up completely. After 6 months of taking the vitamins I found out I was pregnant October 3rd, 2008. I had a very healthy and easy pregnancy and gave birth via c-section to a healthy baby boy on June 10th, 2009 at the age of 33. My son is almost a year old now and I cherish being a Mom. I always hoped that I could have a few years in between having children. Now I am faced with the fact that I am almost 35 and I have no idea how long it could take me to get pregnant again........or if I can get pregnant again at all. I would like to try and have one more if it is possible. I keep telling myself to relax and be happy that I have one and that if nothing happens I still get to be the Mom I always dreamed of being.

Melissa - posted on 09/09/2009

I tried for 10 years as well. We did lots of testing, and clomid to help my ovulation issues. DH and I decided against IUI and IVF. We both had minor issues, but nothing that would prevent us from conceiving on our own. Quite out of the blue, became pregnant with my daughter Maelyn, and had a lovely uneventful pregnancy. She was born in May 2008. Now I'm praying/dreaming of giving her siblings. I SO want more children, feeling a bit antsy as well as I'm almost 34...clock is loudly ticking.