TTC Girl Month 8... this time with Femara
Hi,
I am also a long time reader, first time poster as I could not remember my username or password [emoji2957]
I have three sons who were all conceived the very first month trying. 2 were vacation babies (so lots of bd) and one was from one attempt all month!
My youngest is now 6 and although I never wanted more than 3 kids I haven’t been able to let go of my dream for a daughter. I had a surprise pregnancy last summer followed by an early miscarriage. After that we decided that we needed to make sure #4 was a girl and so we tried IVF with PGD last September. Unfortunately during all of the pre-testing we discovered that I have very low AMH for my age (38) and IVF would probably not work. I was determined so we tried anyway and $8,000 later I had a cancelled cycle :(
So I started swaying. My doctor put me on Femera to improve my odds but no luck after 6 months. I was doing everything recommended, checking my ph (consistently 4.5- DH was 7 from the sperm analysis we had done), using OPK test strips for timing, watching my diet, I was doing intermittent fasting, lots of walks, I used rephresh for 2 months. The 7th month I was feeling extremely discouraged as it was my first unmedicated cycle. I tried the E4D plus one attempt method and it worked! I am currently 10 weeks pregnant and waiting on my NIPT test and I am an absolute wreck. The month I conceived we dtd the first day after AF cd7, cd10(DH had a hot tub before and I elevated my hips afterwards and went to sleep), cd 11 I got my peak on Clear blue at midnight and we dtd at 7am the next morning (cd12) as DH was sleeping. Looks like I ovulated cd13. I didn’t have another attempt all month after that even though I should have with the e4d. I just wanted to try only bding before O first.
Sorry that was so long winded!! In the end I feel I did everything I could have. It was so hard adding the stress of swaying to not being able to conceive. Wishing you the best of luck! I will update with my test results.
One more thing- I was also very dry with the Femera. The month I conceived without it I think I had lot of CM during my attemps. I am stressed over that but I do think it is what helped me get pregnant. Oh and no O for me!