Hi everyone. I am kind of new here. I was actually on the board about 3.5 years ago--and there were not too many Femara users back then!! Anyway I am back--using Femara again. I nurse my little ones and usually don't see ppaf until they are at least 24 mo. So after I got ppaf at 24 mo we just were trying au natural. Then I got pg in Nov/Dec and then miscarried. Ever since then I feel like my life is not my own and I have been crazy to be pg again. So it has been 8 cycles. I am at the end of my first femara cycle. I was not happy with how it went at all. I never had an lh surge of my own. I had only one good egg--and it was pretty big by the time we did the trigger. THe trigger hurt like heck. And now I get to do it all over again this month. My temps have fallen which is ALWAYS a bad sign. Plus I get other signs and they are all there. Anyway I hope to be able to add something to the board. I see there are many success story threads on the front page so I guess that is a good sign. I feel like maybe I am too old for the Femara to work--but I guess 34 is not so old. I also know that some of you are ttc for the first time so I feel bad that I am ttc#4 but my heart still wants more--I just can't help it. If anyone knows how to turn those feelings off I would be grateful--I don't want to feel like this anymore. Plus this was the way I felt ttc#3--desperate and I did not like the person I was then or the person I am becoming now. All I can think about is ttc--or talk about. I have to work real hard so that every conversation I have is not revolved around ttc--or my failure in that department. SOrry if that sounds too depressed. It is the end of my cycle--and it is always the worst then.

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Tracie
DS#1 5/8/99 (Clomid 3 cycles, 1 50mg and 2 100mg) weaned at 27 mo pp after getting pg with ds#2
DS#2 3/25/02 (conceived while bfing ds#1(25 mo old), no ppaf) weaned at 24 mo pp to get ppaf back
3 Angels 03-2004, 06-2004, 07-2004
DS#3 7-14-05 (Clomid 2 cycles, Femara & hcg at 5dpo 1 cycle) weaned at 31 mo pp
1 Angel 12-2007
TTC#4
Cycle 1: Femara 5 mg(cd4-8), HCG 10,000 trigger cd 13
Cycle 2: Femara 5 mg(cd5-9), HCG 10K trigger cd13, 200mg prometrium
Cycle 3: Femara 5 mg(cd5-9) HCG 10K cd12, 200 mg P 11 dpo hcg 69, P 55.6
17 dpo hcg 1421

Hi, you are not too old at 34 for Femara to work! I am 34 and just got my BFP last month, with only one egg too, so it CAN happen! It was quite large when I went in for my day12 ultrasound, and the RE told me to save my money and not do the IUI because I would have just as much chance with timed bd with only the one egg, and he was right!! So don't give up!

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TTC #2 since 3/06
11 cycles on Femara--BFN!
Feb. 25/08--BFP on 12th cycle!!!!!
EDD Oct.31-Nov.2/08!

Wow--you were awfully patient to do 11 cycles of Femara---WOW!!! THanks for responding and giving encouragement!!!

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Tracie
DS#1 5/8/99 (Clomid 3 cycles, 1 50mg and 2 100mg) weaned at 27 mo pp after getting pg with ds#2
DS#2 3/25/02 (conceived while bfing ds#1(25 mo old), no ppaf) weaned at 24 mo pp to get ppaf back
3 Angels 03-2004, 06-2004, 07-2004
DS#3 7-14-05 (Clomid 2 cycles, Femara & hcg at 5dpo 1 cycle) weaned at 31 mo pp
1 Angel 12-2007
TTC#4
Cycle 1: Femara 5 mg(cd4-8), HCG 10,000 trigger cd 13
Cycle 2: Femara 5 mg(cd5-9), HCG 10K trigger cd13, 200mg prometrium
Cycle 3: Femara 5 mg(cd5-9) HCG 10K cd12, 200 mg P 11 dpo hcg 69, P 55.6
17 dpo hcg 1421

You are defiantly not too old at 34. I am 31 will be 32 and am currently PG with my first baby and she is my little Femara miracle Everything happens when its supposed to.....don't give up.

I wish you all the best and sending you lots of

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Amanda, James & Sweet Mackenzie

7/17 -3rd Laparoscopic Surgery for Endometriosis
8/07 femara & ovidrel First Cy..... 8/24/07
(After trying for 6 years on and off)

I am sorry that you are going through this tough time right now. I, too, am dealing with secondary infertility. I have one great son. I have a great life. I want another child. Sometimes it gets to me and sometimes I feel like I really have no reason to be sad. It is hard dealing with infertility at any stage in your life. I hope you are not too old. I am about to turn 34 in May! I think that if I knew what was wrong with me, I would feel better. I just guess all the time. One day, I think my hormones are out of whack. The next month, I assume I have endo. I want to know what is wrong with me, dang it! Anyway, please note that you are not alone and you are not selfish for wanting another child. I have just posted on my blog to my family and friends that I am dealing with secondary infertility- check it out Life Centered Around Grant: Mommy, are you sick?

I hope you feel better soon. Waiting is the worst!

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Heather
01/04 - Chemical M/C faint BFP for two days but A/F came on time

04/04 - M/C 8.5 weeks blighted ovum

06/04 - BFP and this one stuck!!! DS was born 2/25/06 after 10 weeks of bedrest and 3 weeks of
hospital stay!

TTC #2 since April 2007 Clomid cycle 11/07 - ovarian cyst, Progesterone 200 mg during luteal phase since 9/07

Femara 1/08 - BFN, ovarian cyst on right side - bleeding in to itself

Femara Feb 08 - days 5-9, BFN ovarian cyst on right side - 3 cm

March 08 - HSG all clear after applying pressure and more dye? au naturale cycle - BFN

Currently au naturale until June

Life Centered Around Grant

Hey Tracie!!!!

Girl get over yourself with OLD! You're talking to a 42 year old who is PG again (and with the last one I might add) making my 4th and his 4th and 6 all together between the two of us (2 His, 2 Hers, 2 Ours).

Look at those boys!!! I can't believe how much they have grown and changed. WOW!!!!!

Sorry the first cycle on Femara didn't work out this time around. Keep your chin up. You know it can happen and will happen. It's all a matter of timing - and that doesn't mean OURS! I'm so glad you are here. I've missed you.

Good luck this time around and sending you a bunch of as a welcome back gift!

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Welcome back! I don't think there is much difference betwen 30 almost 31 when I got pg with you being 34 And you have all the right to have as many kids as you and your DH want!
I'm pg from a "break cy" but I just love the ladies here so seems can't leave! Hope Femara works for you soon! lots of

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Celina

Welcome back! I agree 34 is not old and i don't think these days that fertility discriminates by age... Myself and DH have been trying since i was 22 we did get pg but each time ended in miscarriage....So we took a break and decided to adopt in 2002...I am now 30 and we are back trying again, i started out on Femara but sadly it was not my recipe, i am not on injectables but can not leave this thread as the ladies have become such good friends and a wonderful much needed support....I feel you have every right to want and yearn for another child, i wish there was a way we could control our feelings of desperation...As Shannon said it will happen it is just a matter of when it is meant to be, eevrything does happen when it is supposed to Stay strong!

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TTC#1 Pregnancy
Actually #3 addition
DS 6 (Adopted)
DS 4 (Adopted)
TTC since 1998
2002 Welcomed our 2 wonderful boys (Adoption is wonderful)
2007 March - Laparoscopy, Hysterocopy & chromopertubation-Femara- Ovidrel- IUI
April - Femara- Gonal F shots- Ovidrel- IUI
May - Gonal F shots- 1 Follie 18.5mm - Ovidrel- IUI CD12-15dpiui -Beta #1 312-Beta #2 17dpiui 767- M/C @ 8weeks
Sept - March '08 (with off months due to Cysts) Gonal F- Metformin- Ovidrel- IUI