r/tryingtoconceive

Have heard mixed reviews of acupuncture for fertility and am seeking opinions and experiences. Usually I am a very data/evidence based driven person and am a bit wary of acupuncture but am also trying to keep an open mind. My husband and I have been ttc for a year. I have tried acupuncture once before. At the time I was under so much stress that my periods had stopped completely, and after one acupuncture session I got my first period in four months the following cycle. I have no idea whether that was just a coincidence, but it has always stuck with me. Has anyone found acupuncture helpful for fertility, either naturally or alongside treatment? I’d really appreciate hearing your experiences.

For reference I am a 23 year old F, (TW: MC) unfortunately I miscarried at 5w3d Friday. I started taking Elevit Pre-Natal as soon as I found out I was pregnant and I am aware these are supposed to be taken at least 3 months prior conception.

Since MC, I’ve been doing lots of research and I am now leaning towards taking “Nature made prenatal multi + choline” instead of Elevit (My partner and I plan to try again in Oct/Nov).

Has anyone tried these and if so which do you think is preferred? OR if you think there is better prenatal vitamins then these two please inform me! I am based in Australia.

Just a bit of a rant today I suppose. I am 36 with a 42 yr old partner. We waited a while due to wanting to be absolutely sure we wanted kids and would be able to support any.

We have been trying to conceive for about 8 months now. I have some anxiety around my period each month as I’m seeing others have here too. I feel like in some ways I’m prepared and then when it’s late by 3-4 days or even a week sometimes, it feels even more devastating because subconsciously I have gotten my hopes up. Right now I’m five days late and my test is resolutely negative.

Not really asking a question, just need to share this as nobody but us knows we’re trying and I don’t really have someone to talk to about this. Thanks for listening!

Hi,

31y.o, 167cm 51 kg. TTC for 17 months now. Every test came as normal including HSG. My AMH 2.25 which is igood for my age. Never got pregnant even chemical one. I’m not sure what to do anymore. I want IVF but I fear that it’s not gonna happen in the first one. No idea what t o do :(

is it normal to get so excited over a clear positive ovulation test + clear ovulation symptoms? weve been trying 3 months and while i know i ovulated i never have gotten this clear of a test + symptoms. i’m just praying this is our month 🤞🥺

If this was a fucking cure for my infertility then I would fucking jump right on it.

It was my due date yesterday. I was told by a new fertility doc that my taking an antidepressant could have caused my miscarriage in December. I’m about to start CD1 of my TWENTY FIRST cycle, in total almost two years of trying. There is literally no happiness in my fucking life.

My friends all abandoned me when my miscarriage happened. I have no one living close by to support me. My husband is not hurt by our miscarriage really. My therapist says to work on acceptance. I am estranged from my family. Every fucking person seems to expect that I’ve moved on I guess?

I don’t have happy things in my life anymore. Sunlight doesn’t touch my heart anymore. I have to stop my antidepressant, as per my fertility clinic, so that’ll definitely make things fucking worse. Anytime an objectively happy thing happens I already don’t feel it - infertility and my loss have taken all the light out of my life.

BuT tRy a HoBbY they’ll say. They’re all fucking trauma filled now. Do you realize how many stories and shows and movies have pregnancy or loss in them? I was knitting before all this … last thing was an unfinished onesie for my baby and I haven’t picked up my needles since. Don’t have the headspace for music, or doing a puzzle, or going outside. Even my dogs’ cute antics don’t warm me anymore.

I’m such a fucking piece of shit sad sack of a human with a stupid fucking body that won’t fucking work and honestly if I could snap my fingers and die I would do it immediately. I have absolutely zero will to live. I just want my baby back in my arms, and I will never once get to hold her, and instead I am just left sad and fucking alone.

Hi everyone,

37F TTC for a year. My biggest issue is that my follicles are either not growing properly and I’m not ovulating naturally.

I’ve completed 6 cycles of letrozole, and honestly, I don’t want to continue with it. It has affected me in multiple ways, and I’m hoping to see if there’s anything else I can do to support natural ovulation.

So far I’ve made these changes:
Drinking 2.5L of water daily
Taking inositol after lunch
Following a gluten-free, dairy-free, no added sugar diet
No coffee or tea (only decaf about 3 times a week)
Yoga twice a day + 30-minute walk every day
Taking NAC

A few things to note:
My vitamin D, B12, and iron levels are now in a good range.
I don’t have insulin resistance.

For anyone who struggled with poor follicle growth or anovulation, what actually helped you? Did anything (lifestyle, supplements, acupuncture, medications, etc.) make a difference, or did you eventually need to move on to other fertility treatments?
I’d really appreciate hearing your experiences. Thank you! ❤️

Concerns: My testosterone levels are little high, high AMH 11

Please help what can i do to ovulate and also grow the egg to proper size.

I was hoping to receive some guidance regarding suitable vitamins and supplements.

I am only consuming prenatal vitamins and folic acid, in addition to my IUI medication. I would be grateful for any recommendations you might have.

Me (27) and my partner (27) are trying for a baby, i have pcos(pmos) which already makes it difficult. But another thing is my partner struggles to finish through sex. He has to get himself there and then quickly put it in which could be affecting the chances of catching. Any one got any tips or advice for a smoother finish to help with the baby making.
Thank you!

Hi yall, my husband and i are going through the process of looking at some sort of fertility treatments. We’ve been trying for quite a bit with no results, so i booked an appointment at a local fertility clinic to get more insight. I tested myself at my obgyn earlier this year for my hormone panels and everything looked good on my side, along with very regular cycles. My husband however had some issues with low morphology and low volume when he did his semen analysis. I wanted to know how the process looks going into fertility clinics, will they retest us both for everything again? We are both super ready for kids and would love to be pregnant by this year, is that typically feasible with fertility clinics? How long does it take to start IUI? or some kind of treatment. Would love any insight or advice here

I’m on CD2, on CD5-9 i’m adviced to start letrozole. Please give me all your tips, tricks and more.

Did you have any side effects?

And I needed to call on CD1, but its weekend so I hope they don’t mind that i’ll be calling on CD4. I think they want to scan before taking letrozole. Thoughts?

We had our first IUI cycle this month, but it was cancelled because I developed too many mature follicles. At my follow-up scan, the clinic couldn’t give me a definitive answer about exactly where I am in my cycle or whether OV has happened.

Because we’ll need to wait a while before we can afford another IUI cycle, we’d like to try naturally in the meantime. The problem is I have no idea how to figure out where I am in my cycle right now.

Has anyone been in a similar situation after a cancelled IUI? How did you work out when to start trying again?

I’ve been kind of agonizing over this, so last period (edit, in June) I had started a couple days early, the day after we had sex which is normal for me. But I noticed that the period was extremely light and not painful at all for the first two days which is *not* normal. Everything seemed shifted all wrong, my usual day 2 pain didn’t happen until day 3 or 4 after I started bleeding. I am used to just tracking my period at the first sight of blood, so that’s what I did even though the amount of blood that came out that day was nothing but a single smear on my pad.

Now my app is technically showing I’m like 3 days late for my period (I’m currently on day 27 of cycle… my cycle can fluctuate 23-26 days) and I’m trying to decide if I should test or not. I am trying to do everything I can to avoid wasting a test and a broken heart at seeing one line until I’m certain my period is late enough to reasonably suspect something. Seeing blood is somehow easier than a negative test for some reason.

So my question is can having sex actually jumpstart your cycle or just the blood? I know that sounds like such a dumb question but I can’t stop thinking about this so I need to make a post to get answers so I can quit wondering about it. I also noticed that my discharge was really thin and sticky a few days past what my app predicted was my ovulation day (ofc we BD that night just to be safe). So that’s why I’m just wondering if I just “opened the door” a little too early and the blood just started coming out even if it wasn’t ready to. Does that make sense??

Also, we have had sex a couple times this past week and it has *not* jump started my period, which is again unusual. So I’m just overthinking everything and “symptom searching” like crazy. Like where is this sudden chin acne coming from?? Among other little things that probably mean nothing 🥲 My boobs are really tender but that happens during PMS every month for me anyway so it‘s not a very good sign for me.

(No I’m not using strips or anything to track my ovulation. We haven’t been at this for very long but I do plan to start tracking that next cycle if this isn’t the one.)

Hello, I’d like to ask if anyone has experience with varicocele in their partner.

Our story: I’m (29F) completely fine, all my results are good. My husband’s (30M) semen analysis, however, has been getting worse over time – first it was just a lower count, later the motility dropped, and now all parameters are poor. Our fertility clinic sent him to a urologist, where they found bilateral varicocele. The doctor said it’s not very large, but since everything keeps getting worse, they believe the varicocele is the cause.

My husband is already scheduled for embolization.

Do you have any experience with this procedure? Did your results improve after the surgery? Were you able to conceive naturally afterwards – and if so, how long did it take?

Right now we’re hoping that at least some parameters will improve, especially since he also has high DNA fragmentation. The doctor wants to try to reduce the fragmentation to give us better chances.

Thank you for sharing your experiences.

So, I told myself if I don't concieve this cycle. I will buy a new handbag for myself that I've been eyeing up for awhile. I've like kinda convinced and tricked myself into not caring about the outcome now 😆

Just need to rant. I’m so frustrated. My husband and I have tried about everything, even the woo-woo stuff. LH strips (I catch my peaks every month), BBT (oura + natural cycles), legs up, conception cups, pre-seed, not stressing about it and BD organically, cutting out dairy (I’m already gluten free), working with both regular doctors and wholistic practitioners (tested for food sensitivities and cut those out, normal progesterone levels), sunlight, walking + lower intensity exercise, more sleep… and just the other day I had an HSG test done, no blockages. This current cycle is also my first round of 2.5mg letrozole. I don’t have PCOS and have regular 30 day cycles with 14 day luteal phases every single month😫
Frustrates me bc crackheads can get pregnant but here I am struggling🤡
*ETA we have had my husbands sperm checked, everything’s normal

As the title suggests, I’ve been having some odd symptoms this week. Period is due tomorrow. Here’s what’s up:

- VERY light spotting since Tuesday evening - brownish in color. Haven’t even come close to needing a tampon and it’s been on and off. Seems to have stopped completely today.
- Nipples are insanely sensitive. If my husband touches them I start laughing because it tickles.
- Lower back pain. Holy fuck, back pain. It’s not constant, but when it’s there, it is THERE. Feels best when I’m not sitting or laying down. Movement/standing helps.

Should I be worried at all that something is seriously wrong if I don’t get a positive test? I’ve never had any of these symptoms before a period.

Update - I got my period 😔 why is this shit such a mind fuck???

I am so sad… Had a pregnancy loss at 8 weeks in February, AMH 0,6 , my husbands Sperm test came back with abnormal morphology at 0% normal ( all other parameters were ok) - back in march they told to keep on trying and repeat the sperm test. My TSH is now normal (back then 4.5) . They told us to keep trying natural because it worked the first time so quickly but since then it didn’t . Now all of a sudden my cycle was 20 days long with a luteal phase of 9 days. I am afraid there something wrong with my hormones or with my egg quality… did anyone else have a similar story and what helped ? I balled my eyes out today , what is wrong with us ?
#TTC #CD1 PLEASE HELP

Hello my girlies. So, i am 32 years old female, husband 35, we are ttc. So we have been trying to conceive for quite some time, and there is no luck so went for a checkup and my doc ask me to do some letter and here are the levels of Amh - 3.77 ng/ml, fsh - 6.39 mIU/ml, hba1c is higher - 6.4%, Glucose fasting - 102 mg/dL. Are these numbers okay? Especially, amh and fsh. Am i on safe boat? Let me know your experiences and advice. Also, I have a pelvic examination next week a scan and then the doctor said will look if I have PCOS. We will check the reports and then proceed with the treatment if needed.

Also, my levels back in 2023 were : fsh - 4.87, amh - 6.97, hba1c - 5.9, Glucose fasting - 99