r/tryingforanother

Tell us about everything! Only thing that isn't allowed is BFP and pregnancy talk - those have their own threads.

First cycle on Letrozole and I was feeling really hopeful. We’ve been trying for a while, and I finally saw a doctor a few weeks ago to get some help.

But… it takes two hands to clap. 😭 My husband gets stressed easily and unfortunately wasn’t able to perform during my fertile window.

Usually I tell him in advance when I’m likely to ovulate so he can mentally prepare, but this cycle Letrozole seemed to bring ovulation forward by a few days.

I got a positive OPK yesterday at 5pm.

We tried yesterday but failed, and again this morning (supposedly ovulation day), but he was too stressed too.. so failed again. We’ll try again tonight, but that feels like our REALLY last chance this cycle. 😪

I’m honestly so sad and frustrated. Maybe I have better follicles this cycle because of Letrozole, but… THERE’S NO SPERM. 😭

I still have progesterone medication to take after ovulation, but now I’m honestly reluctant to start it if we can’t manage to have sex tonight either.
I know it’s not really his fault and I don’t want to pressure him, but it’s just so heartbreaking after putting in all this effort and then potentially missing the window..

Anyone else been through this? How did you deal with it?

My positive OPK was yesterday at 5pm.. will I miss the window if baby dance tonight at 11pm? 🥹🥹 this feeling sucks.

I’ve been TTC for 7 months now, I’m 39 with an AMH of .6

I went to see a fertility specialist and after they did an internal sonogram she noticed my lining by my c section scar is thinner and said she wants my OB approve that I can have another baby. I told
Her I already spoke to my OB and while she delivered my last baby she said I can have another, it will be ok. And she said that she wants confirmation before going forward.

I understand no one wants the livability, but I’m worried that my OB will feel pressured from another doctor to not treat me if I were to get pregnant.

I know c sections for me and a potential future baby can be dangerous, but my mom had 6 and my grandma on my dad’s side had 5 and that was 60+ years ago.

I feel like im stuck. Because of my age I need intervention and the longer I wait the worst my odds get at my age and I feel like I can’t go anywhere for help.

If anyone has any advice I would appreciate it

Technically we have been trying for 3 years for a 2nd! 1 year in i got pregnant spontaneously but that pregnancy ended in a miscarriage and ectopic rupture simultaneously (heterotopic pregnancy). That was Dec 2024. Almost 2 years later, 3 IUI and 1 IVF egg retrieval later, it looks like its just not in the cards for us to have a 2nd.

We are from Canada and went to Czech to do IVF. I am turning 35 this week and my husband is 37. Unexplained infertility. Egg retrieval really went as bad as it could. They retrieved 6 eggs only 3 mature and out of those 3, one made it to blast. Now we wait 3 weeks to find out pgt results.

I honestly am in disbelief that this is my life. I pictured having two back to back and my 1st born is almost 4 now. How cruel life can be.

My SIL and I got pregnant with our 2nd the same time and she had an uneventful pregnancy and has a beautiful son. I love my nephew but everytime I see him it reminds me of what I lost out on.

Unfortunately if this one doesn't work out we will just be OAD. I am just done with all of this. I can't do this anymore but I am having a really hard time coming to terms with a one child life. My husband seems to be completely content and happy with just one. Its not that I am not fulfilled but I do have this ache in my heart about the family I envisioned and can't have. I think I need therapy.

Just got my fertility test results back. Everything is all over the place. Pre-diabetes risk. Vitamin D levels low (working to reverse these). Hubby's sperm levels are SUPER low. My ovarian reserve is severely low (37F with one child already). But also, learned that I'm a carrier for spinal muscular atrophy and it'd be an increased risk for our child to have it.

It's amazing that we were able to even have a child (2.5) with how hard it has been trying for the second (1 CM and 1MMC)for the past year and a half.

But with all this new info...I'm not sure we'll ever be able to have another biological child. So we're gonna have to call it quits. This sucks.

I started tracking BBT a few days ago for the first time and this is also my first cycle on Letrozole and progesterone supplements (Duphaston).

Honestly, my BBT is causing me more confusion than reassurance about whether I’ve actually ovulated 😪

My recent BBT:
Oct 2 — 36.20°C
Oct 4 — 36.29°C

Oct 5 — 36.21°C (started progesterone + OPK positive at 5pm)

Oct 6 — 36.31°C + my 1 and only BD at 11:50pm

Oct 7 — 36.46°C (today)

My OPK was getting darker on Oct 5 at 2pm and clearly positive at 5pm.

Would the BBT rise on Oct 7 still be useful for indicating ovulation, or can progesterone supplements cause this kind of temperature rise?

would I have already missed the fertile window by only BD-ing at 11:50pm last night? 😪

I am 11m pp w my second. breastfeeding has gone much better this time than with my first which is awesome, but I’d really like a third and up until recently I had no signs of my period returning (still 4 feeds per day at this point)

a few weeks ago i had a drop in milk and thought I might be ovulating, took an LH test (pretty dark but ultimately negative). yesterday which was 3 weeks later I started bleeding and thought ok I must have been surging but not peaking when I tested my LH, and this is my period. But it was on the lighter side (little bit of red blood but mostly brown/pink discharge) and only lasted a day.

can a first pp period look like this if you’re still bf does anyone know? Or could this just be my body spotting as it tries to regulate? And then of course my crazy side wants it to be implantation bleeding although I’m sure it’s not