Trying to conceive before ivf starts....give me your tips!

ZiggyStar

Tips, tricks and advice needed here!

I've been trying to conceive with ovulation drugs (Clomid) since Dec 2010 (I have polycystic ovarian syndrome - PCOS). My ob/gyn told me last week that if the next 3 months don't work, ivf is the next step....at $9,000 upfront per cycle. :shock: I'm booking my initial ivf appointment next week with the specialist....but I really don't want to go down that path.

I see so many things on the internet about natural fertility therapy etc. Have any of these worked for anyone here? Or is it all bullshit?

Also, has anyone here had a baby by ivf?

Cheers!

mfc2006

we'll be starting our little family soon.....and i don't have any tips at all. just wanted to say good luck!

ZiggyStar

mfc2006 wrote:

we'll be starting our little family soon.....and i don't have any tips at all. just wanted to say good luck!

Awesome! Are you pregnant now? Or trying?

And thanks! :thumbup:

mfc2006

ZiggyStar wrote:

mfc2006 wrote:

we'll be starting our little family soon.....and i don't have any tips at all. just wanted to say good luck!

Awesome! Are you pregnant now? Or trying?

And thanks! :thumbup:

neither...we're a few months away from trying...but if it happens in the meantime, that would be great as well!

best of luck, Zig!

-Matt

mickeyrat

After sex, stand on your head. Gotta keep the swimmers up in you!!!

small town beck

Best of luck to you, Ziggy.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

my wife's boss and her husband had both their daughters through IVF. Cost them about $30,000 when all was said and done (they went through several cycles). She's actually on the board of directors of the giving hope foundation through Heartland Clinic, which is a non-profit organization that raises money for families that need help paying for IVF.

They don't have a single regret about the money whatsoever.

Go to a bar, get really drunk, and "meet" your man there, go home, have crazy wild uninhibited sex, let him leave in the morning without a word. I can almost guarantee you'll be pregnant. LOL.

Just kidding, Ziggy. Good luck, and if my wife has any thoughts, I'll pass them on. In the meantime, you can always check their website. I don't know, but there might be tips.

http://www.heartlandfertility.mb.ca/giving_hope.html

Johnny Abruzzo

We were at the last step before IVT. we just did it when the doc told us and out came the little boy. At one point I was told "John you're a stud". Which was good.

So um. Not much advice but good luck!

Hugh Freaking Dillon

mickeyrat wrote:

After sex, stand on your head. Gotta keep the swimmers up in you!!!

I'll never forget that awful image when Roseanne and Dan decided to try having another kid. Never watched the show, but I happened to flip past it when they had obviously just "tried", and Roseanne was lying on the bed in her nightie with her legs in the air.

*shudder*

Loulou

This is probably going to sound really airy fairy but I think it's true.
I think you need to be really relaxed and try not to stress about it too much. I had an ectopic pregnancy (which was extremely painful) and I was stressing after that there was something wrong and I couldn't get pregnant. Hubby took me away for a little while and I just tried to relax while we were away and soon after we got back, I was preggas. So my advice to you would be just try to relax about it and not get too stressed. The very best of luck to you both Ziggy.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

Loulou wrote:

This is probably going to sound really airy fairy but I think it's true.
I think you need to be really relaxed and try not to stress about it too much. I had an ectopic pregnancy (which was extremely painful) and I was stressing after that there was something wrong and I couldn't get pregnant. Hubby took me away for a little while and I just tried to relax while we were away and soon after we got back, I was preggas. So my advice to you would be just try to relax about it and not get too stressed. The very best of luck to you both Ziggy.

my sister's first pregnancy ended up ectopic as well. they had trouble conceiving after that. but now they have a wonderful 2 and half year old boy! never give up, Zigs!

ZiggyStar

mickeyrat wrote:

After sex, stand on your head. Gotta keep the swimmers up in you!!!

Yeah, I've started doing the whole tilting pelvis trick....and making sure I have plenty of orgasms to push those little spermies along.

ZiggyStar

Loulou wrote:

This is probably going to sound really airy fairy but I think it's true.
I think you need to be really relaxed and try not to stress about it too much. I had an ectopic pregnancy (which was extremely painful) and I was stressing after that there was something wrong and I couldn't get pregnant. Hubby took me away for a little while and I just tried to relax while we were away and soon after we got back, I was preggas. So my advice to you would be just try to relax about it and not get too stressed. The very best of luck to you both Ziggy.

Thanks....I'm not really stressed at all about it yet. I am getting a bit sick of the internal scans each month on day 12, and the blood tests, and waiting at pharmacies etc and the crazy side effects I'm getting from the Clomid (awesome visual trails like I'm on acid....but which make me feel sick as well)....but all in all we're in pretty good spirits about it all....and having a hell of a lot of fun in the process.

However now I've been told "three more months max until ivf", I'm starting to think "Fuck! This needs to happen NOW damnit!!" :x

ZiggyStar

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

Loulou wrote:

This is probably going to sound really airy fairy but I think it's true.
I think you need to be really relaxed and try not to stress about it too much. I had an ectopic pregnancy (which was extremely painful) and I was stressing after that there was something wrong and I couldn't get pregnant. Hubby took me away for a little while and I just tried to relax while we were away and soon after we got back, I was preggas. So my advice to you would be just try to relax about it and not get too stressed. The very best of luck to you both Ziggy.

my sister's first pregnancy ended up ectopic as well. they had trouble conceiving after that. but now they have a wonderful 2 and half year old boy! never give up, Zigs!

Yeah my sister's first pregnancy was an ectopic....and she lost one of her fallopian tubes. She has a 20 month old now....but has been trying for 13 months for number 2.

Loulou

Yeah it must be frustrating, get's a bit disappointing every month when you find out your not pregnant too but I guess just look at like you have these 3 months to try and save you some dough.

ZiggyStar wrote:

Loulou wrote:

This is probably going to sound really airy fairy but I think it's true.
I think you need to be really relaxed and try not to stress about it too much. I had an ectopic pregnancy (which was extremely painful) and I was stressing after that there was something wrong and I couldn't get pregnant. Hubby took me away for a little while and I just tried to relax while we were away and soon after we got back, I was preggas. So my advice to you would be just try to relax about it and not get too stressed. The very best of luck to you both Ziggy.

Thanks....I'm not really stressed at all about it yet. I am getting a bit sick of the internal scans each month on day 12, and the blood tests, and waiting at pharmacies etc and the crazy side effects I'm getting from the Clomid (awesome visual trails like I'm on acid....but which make me feel sick as well)....but all in all we're in pretty good spirits about it all....and having a hell of a lot of fun in the process.

However now I've been told "three more months max until ivf", I'm starting to think "Fuck! This needs to happen NOW damnit!!" :x

ZiggyStar

Loulou wrote:

Yeah it must be frustrating, get's a bit disappointing every month when you find out your not pregnant too but I guess just look at like you have these 3 months to try and save you some dough.

It's bullshit that ivf is so fucking expensive!

mysticweed

i'm so excited for you
sending waves of good thoughts

how wonderful

a zigglet

Loulou

ZiggyStar wrote:

Loulou wrote:

Yeah it must be frustrating, get's a bit disappointing every month when you find out your not pregnant too but I guess just look at like you have these 3 months to try and save you some dough.

It's bullshit that ivf is so fucking expensive!

It is isn't it? I agree.

ZiggyStar

chickweed wrote:

i'm so excited for you
sending waves of good thoughts

how wonderful

a zigglet

haha Several people on the pit have called my future baby "Ziglet". I think it might stick.

bambam87

ZiggyStar wrote:

chickweed wrote:

i'm so excited for you
sending waves of good thoughts

how wonderful

a zigglet

haha Several people on the pit have called my future baby "Ziglet". I think it might stick.

it has to be the middle name

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