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Oct 17, 2005 23:22

On the fertility front, I had it pretty easy. It took 5 years to get to the IVF stage, but once we did, I got pregnant (and stayed that way) on my first round the first time, and (with ICSI) on my second round the second time, 2 years later. (The nice thing about going through IVF is that there's no ramp-up the second time ( Read more... )

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kmelion October 18 2005, 16:19:31 UTC

I posted somewhere else, wondering if I was the only one who thought having sex on a specific night (or nights) because the clinic says so is a real mood killer for me...and I have a very high libido.

eyelid October 19 2005, 22:42:22 UTC

Doesn't the Mirena have hormones it releases?... because if so that could also be causing your problem.

cogitationitis October 20 2005, 00:11:22 UTC

Yes, but the Mirena actually improved things slightly (it has progesterone). I've had this problem for years. Estrogen is out of the question--I have weird side effects.

estherchaya October 20 2005, 02:56:00 UTC

It's utterly ridiculous. I hate the "have sex on this night at this time for this long" kinds of instructions that we get from the fertility clinic. It's a sure fire way to ensure that we will not have sex when we're told to.

estherchaya October 20 2005, 16:41:01 UTC

Pardon my ignorance, but what do you mean "there's no ramp-up the second time"?

cogitationitis October 20 2005, 20:43:27 UTC

At 30, I started 'trying' the normal way. At 31, we both got tested, and I started charting my ovulation (or rather, lack thereof). At 32 came Clomid (Serophene). At 33, we were up to specialists (not the OB/Gyn), and "turkey basters," as my husband called it. By 34, it was injectable drugs, egg harvesting, IVF, etc. At my second pregnancy, we started with normal IVF, and also used ICSI (sperm injection). (My kids are 26 months apart; there was only one failed cycle between them.)

estherchaya October 20 2005, 21:02:45 UTC

Ah. That's sort of what I thought.

We have "tried" the normal way.
We have tried 6 or 7 rounds of progesterone followed by clomid.
We have just finished a bunch of testing with the specialist (reproductive endocrinologist) and are waiting for the "experts" to decide our next steps, which we are guessing will be IUI.

I can't tell you that I'm finding this a particularly enjoyable process.

So, hey, if I get to go through this twice, at least I know that next time I can cut to the chase!

eyelid October 27 2005, 17:11:57 UTC

Has anyone else found that performing on demand has killed their sex life?

For me it's more the "You must have sex EVERY DAY, preferably twice a day" thing that is deadening. I'm just not INTERESTED in having sex every single day for two weeks straight.