Laura, Im lurking from Due in January, but i just wanted to wish you all the best of luck and tell you my story. My story is not the norm, but I thought it might give you a little glimmer of hope. After TTC DD for 13 months, I was so frustrated. DTD was no longer fun, it was a chore. DH and I were fighting, he said I was putting stress on him and giving him performance anxiety issues. We decided to "stop trying". Well i know everyone says, when you stop trying it will happen. But I mean we really stopped. We had an "ovulation kit burning party" on New Years Eve. We took all out TTC paraphenellia, charts, thermometers, you name it, and we burnt them in our fireplace. We got really intoxicated and just had a good time. I got a BFP 2 weeks later. Fast forward to TTC #2. after 4 and a half years of TTC we were at our wits ends. We had been to a reproductive endocrinologist and had every test done. We were diagnosed with Unexplained Infertility. Meaning like you above have said, everything was normal. I had normal periods, DH's sperm were great swimmers, etc...everything was normal!! No one could explain WHY!! We did about 12 cycles of clomid, which according to OPK i o'd every month day 17, we had IUI's done. We were lucky enough that our insurance covers 3 lifetime trials of IVF with no out of pocket expense. We decided this was the route we had to go. Now I just had to wait to get my period again, to start the medication for the IVF. I was suposed to get my period, wait 4 days and start the meds. By 3 days after AF was suposed to come, i hadnt gotten my period. I called the RE, and he said, "dont be too happy, its probably just late, if you dont get it in 3 days, we will give you meds to bring it on". Something told me to go buy a HPT. I went to the store and bought one, and you guessed it , I had my BFP, the day before I was supposed to start IVF. It is a christmas miracle. I cant tell you how much we prayed for this. The RE said that with unexplained infertility, your chances of conception with IVF were 82%. In our minds, we were basically all but guarenteed a BFP the next month. Now all the stress was off, there was no thinking about it. We just had a good time, and look what happened. I know that stress and mental attitude play such a role in this! I just wanted to let you know my story, because it has a happy ending. I know many people have probably told you to stop trying, and it will happen. Keep up the prayers, the good mental attitude and just let nature take its course. I believe it is all in gods grand plan, and it will happen for you. Good Luck!

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