I just wanted to say thanks! I'm pregnant. I do believe that reading
the Success Stories on your site really helped me.
We'd been TTC #2 for 14 months.
After reading many success stories and your info on herbs etc,
I decided to try something different.
I'd heard it all (and tried A LOT)
before but something about all of your Success Stories helped me
"just do it".
I started drinking Green Tea & Red Raspberry Leaf tea daily.
I also took EPO and took one baby aspirin a day post ovulation.
On my second month of this regimen, we conceived!
We found out the same day we were due to go in for a consult
on our upcoming IUI cycle. My doctor even admitted that she was
PLEASANTLY surprised that we did it on our own!
I should mention that it was also the second month we used our Clear Plan Easy Fertility Monitor
We had purchased it after being diagnosed as Unexplained Infertility.
I think the combination of using the monitor and doing ! the teas,
supplements and baby aspirin is what did it for us!
Seems so simple but not really after trying EVERYTHING under the sun
(including other herb regimens) for over a year.
Thanks so much for your wonderful site!
BTW - I'm 10 weeks and due June 10, 2002!
Good luck to all the ladies TTC'ing out there.
My advice is READ, READ, READ these success stories,
talk to your dr. and
NEVER GIVE UP!
Try everything because *something* will eventually work
and you will be blessed!

Take care & THANKS!

N. Beavers
TX

Posted By: Kerri G After 3 Years Ttc I Am Pregnant With Twins

My Husband And I Tried 2 Years On Our Own To Have A Baby.
After 2 Frustrating Years, We Finally Went To
Fertility Specialist. We Went Through All The Test And
Found Out That My Husband Has A Low Count.
We Were Actually Happy To Finally Know What The Problem Was.

We Had 4 Failed Iui's Using Different Doses Of Clomid.
I Took A Month Off And My Doctor Put Me On 2 Amples Of
Gonal-F. Our 5th Iui Also Failed.

I Had To Take 2 Months Off After That Cycle,
Because I Had Few Cysts On My Ovaries.
After 2 Months Rest, My
Doctor Increased My Dosage To 3 Amples Of Gonal-F.
My Doctor Wanted Me To Have 4 Mature Follicles This
Cycle. So On Day 2 Of My Period, I Started My Shots.
On Day 7, I Went And Hand An Ultra Sound Done And It
Showed 4 Big Follicles; 14,13,13,12.
I Was So Excited That It All Worked Out.
For 2 More Days I Continued The
Shots And On Day 10 My Sister Gave Me
the Profasi Shot To Make Me Ovulate.
The Next Afternoon I Had The
First Iui Done And The Following Morning I Had The 2nd Iui.
After The 2nd Iui My Husband And I Went Up North
And Stayed In A Cabin For A Week And Did Nothing But Relax.

13dpiui I Started Cramping Bad And Also Had Some Brown Spotting.
This Is Very Usual For Me Before Af Shows Up.
I Called My Husband From Work In Tears.
I Was Totally Devastated, I Just Knew This Month Was Going To
Work, Everything Went Perfect. After A Very Long Bad Day,
I Had Come To Terms With The Fact That Af Was
Coming Soon. On 17dpiui I Still Had Not Seen Af And
The Brown Spotting Was Now All Gone. My Mom Was
Begging Me To Take A Test, But I Didn't Want To Get
All Upset Again If It Was Negative.
I Gave In And Took The Test And In Seconds It Was Positive.
I Yelled For My Husband, And He Came Running.
I Was In Tears, And I Told
Him That I Was Pregnant. He Couldn't Believe It.
He Thought I Had Started Already,
He Didn't Know Anything Different.
So He Was Very Surprised.
2 Days Later I Had A Blood Test To Confirm
And Everything Came Back Excellent.

Then I Had To Wait 2 Weeks To Find Out
If I Was Having More Than One Baby.
On October 8th I Went In For
My U/S And We Found Out We Were Having Twins.

We Were Very Excited. We Are Blessed Twice.

As For My Symptoms,
I Had Very Strong Cramps Just Like Af,
Brown Spotting For About 4 Days, Very Gassy
And Hungry. It All Felt Like Af Was Coming.
I Would Have Bet Money She Was On Her Way.
I Didn't Start Getting Morning Sickness Until I Was 7 Weeks Along.
But Now I Am Feeling Very Good.

I AM 10 WEEKS WITH TWINS AND DUE ON JUNE 7, 2002

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!

my story for anyone who's interested (long)...
Posted By: claire
Monday, 12 November 2001, at 08:03 AM

Well, I don't post here at all much, but I have been an addict for this website, reading all the stories and following people's stories. I thought people might want to hear another story.

Started ttc 12/00 in the UK and got pg right away. From start, had a "feeling" things weren't right, but at 8 weeks took another pg test which was still +ve. Went to the doc who said they can't do u/s on a gut "feeling" - i would have to wait for 12 wks. but got myself in such a state and went to ask for a private referral. By this time, I had started spotting slightly. Turns out that the baby had died at 6 wks - which was why I was feeling less symptoms than originally. But hospital protocol stated I had to wait for a week to see if I had the dates wrong (I knew they weren't). luckily, I m/c naturally the day before the d&c was due (on valentines day, no less).

Started ttc straight away - felt "o" pains and "implantation pains" which were very strong (plus spotting). +ve hpt 5 weeks after m/c. great I thought. Went to doc who told me it was likely just the hormones from the previous pg, and if i was still "pg" by 9 weeks, to come back and register. Started bleeding a week later, and presumed it was another m/c. Devastated, so had a month off. Started temping and spent a fortune on herbs and books. Always got "pg symptoms" (which I never had before the m/c) like sore boobs, backache, headache etc., and always took hpt, convinced that month would be it, but no. Very weepy all the time, and worried something was wrong with me. had hormone tests which were OK. U/s showed I seemed to "o" early, although this didn't tally with my temps (and would make my lp 19 days). Also, ewcm seemed to show on cd 9 of a 30 day cycle. One month, even bled for 14 days, so was very worried about my body.

Then had major move abroad with DH. After 1st month trying abroad with no luck, went to a private doc who diagnosed me immediately as having depression and said this would stop me conceiving. prescribed me prozac, which i didn't want to take, but my DH was at his wit's end, so I took it. This cycle, I gave up trying to eat well and drink water. Had lots of coffees/cokes, stopped all the vits and herbs, no temping or thinking about it. Felt much calmer this cycle, which I presumed was due to the prozac, but also started to feel "drugged tired". Was going to complain to the doc about the medication. No "symptoms" I had felt before af always turned up, but started to feel a little hopeful. Don't know why. cd 32 I tested and it came up straight away +ve. I hope to keep this one. Still no symptoms, not even the pulling sensation.

I believe it goes to show that the emotions are probably one of the biggest reasons for infertility, but how do we avoid the roller coaster ride of hope and disappointment each month??

In the past months, I have seen many friends have babies, my own due date came and went and many more friends got pg without trying. So I do know what all the girls here go through when they write their posts. Gook luck to those still trying.

Hi Everyone,

This is a long one too however will try to stick to the main point which is I finally got to where I am- eight weeks two days pregnant. We started trying in 1999 about April. I had turned 36 in January and thought, "good I've got four years to have a couple of children- no sweat". First had all the routine checks that things were OK- hormone levels, blood types and diseases and immunity to rubella. Doctor gave me a chart and told me to temp to check fertile times as had always been irregular. As my job had irregular hours this was difficult but got right into it in June on a month's holiday. Nothing happened but didn't bother, thought "oh well it can take up to a year".

In April 2000 found out I was five and a half weeks pregnant! Fabulous, the year thing worked, told everyone, even people I didn't know ,the news. About six blissful days later started brown spotting, saw doctor she said no problems unless it turns red. Two days later it did with bad cramps then the next morning I miscarried. Was absolutely distraught but suddenly everyone was telling me they'd miscarried and became convinced it was practically compulsory to have a miscarriage first when you were my age kind of like a clean out after all those years of inaction. Also was told that you are more fertile in the months after a miscarriage so before I knew it would be pregnant again. So very hopeful set about trying again this time without temping as became pretty regular for a while. Six months passed and nothing- also suddenly occurred to me I was almost 38 so got a referral to special fertility doctor who immediately scheduled me for a laparoscopy which found extensive endometriosis. Ha, that had been the pr oblem! Also gave me prescription for Chlomid to help things along due to my age. Started chlomid in December and found I was pregnant in January this year! Only found out at five and a bit weeks again due to the fact that I thought AF had arrived- brown spotting- however this went away after a day and did a test got + result. Two days later at night got bad cramps and thought 'oh no here we go again' and miscarried in the morning. By now had developed along with everything else a phobia about going to the toilet due to having horrible monthly bleeding moments and miscarriages there. This time insisted on every medical test available to man to be inflicted on me in case had some underlying condition or chromosomal defect. All came back OK except thyroid test- found I was suffering from hyperthyroidism which can cause miscarriage. This also explained why I found it hard to keep weight on.

So had to be treated with medication for three months before could even try again which was relief to have a holiday from sex I have to say.

Meantime I found a wonderful herbalist who had helped loads of women get pregnant and she put me on daily herbs to complement the thyroid thing and get everything cleansed and in balance. Took time off work and started temping again, in the mean time had a couple of blighted ova which are eggs which do not divide properly into sac and baby and miscarry very early like a late period. By now had temperature and toilet phobia and thought could not stand much more of this as I was hurtling towards 39 developing new Downs Syndrome fears and not even pregnant. The herbs helped alot and my periods became regular, I felt better with no more PMT or period pain. Still in August in desperation went back to the fertility doctor ( thyroid now back to normal) and enrolled for IVF. Started the daily injections mid-September, did the procedure,( which was a rollercoaster as they didn't think there was anything good enough to implant the day before they were due to) and waited. Worst wait ever for what I thought was going to be the $3000 period. However saw my herbalist days before the blood test and she said I was glowing and allayed the fears I'd had the days before ( CD 24 & 25) of slight cramps saying they were normal before pregnancy too. Also had had lots of twinges and when got up felt like I pulled a muscle in my groin. My breasts were swollen with huge nipples but I was still convinced this was something to do with the drugs I'd been injecting. On October 15 went for the blood test and was + with good levels of hormones! Last week ( at seven weeks) had ultrasound and for once saw something in there not just a sac like with the miscarriages. Also saw the heartbeat which apparently is good non-miscarriage signal. So am taking it one day at a time, still monitoring the thyroid etc. but or the first time in almost three years feeling totally optimistic.

Other symptoms have been- cravings for tomatoes and onions in Week 5, needing to pee all the time since then and tired since Week 6. No real nausea yet just some strong food aversions. So everyone out there just keep on persisting, some of just have a much longer and harder road than others but we get there.
Best wishes to you all!

Jodi