Dear everyone. I'm so glad to find such a community where everyone seems to be ready to help! It's such a relief...cause they say I'm pretty young to worry about, though I can't get pregnant for a rather long time... We were never trying, but we don't use condoms or pills for more than a year (I've never used pills by the way). And it's not like we are a planning a baby, but I really want to get pregnant. Without planning, talking it over, getting prepared, just to have it naturally. And it doesn't happen. My husband isn't aware of me being kind of already obsessed with this idea. And I don't know what to do. Maybe someone knows if there are any tests, that I can take by myself to check if I have any serious problems? How did you ladies start all those thing, how did you recognize if there were serious problems?
Thank you, beautiful ladies! I hope all of us will be able to give a birth to beautiful children! (Thinking about you reading it I feel like giving a warm hug. Just for the feeling that I'm not alone here! XXX)
Hi miss sunshine. I'm 25 and have never used protection in the 11 years me and my boyfriend (now husband) have been together. At 18 we knew we wanted a baby as we wanted a young family. However due to my absent periods, I went to see my gp. He referred me for tests at the hospital where they scanned me to find that I have pcos and endometriosis. They wouldn't do anything further with regards fertility tests until I was 22 as you had to be in a particular age bracket. Iv since been prodded poked and operated on. It's taken 3 years to be referred for the ivf after every test and trial. But I now start my journey and I'm so excited. X
Dear Shannon, you sound so encouraging. Thank you for sharing that experience! But still I'm so afraid to find out if I'm not able to get pregnant naturally ... and we've never discussed it ... I mean, I know it might sound stupid, but I feel so, like it's my fault, maybe I've done something wrong, maybe I shouldn't have smoked in my teens ... I don't know, I just want to check it somehow on my own at first. And it seems like I have to go to the hospital anyway, to take all those tests. I thought that maybe there is a shorter way, first small test or something ... my gynecologist told me that there is nothing to worry about, that I might got too stressed so it doesn't happen, that it takes time and all that. She is pretty sure that I'm fine, but I can't get rid of the thought that I'm not. Maybe it is possible just to check it somehow without getting into planning the pregnancy? I just feel so unconfident ...
Shannon, I really admire your courage and I pray that this journey will be exiting all way long, till it's happy end! Thank you! Send you all my love XXX!!!
Not sure why your gynae thinks you're fine if you haven't had any tests done? That sounds rather negligent to me... they can't know that. Also she doesn't know if your husband is fine.