And Then (After Many Many Tries) There Are Three

My husband and I have been married for almost 4 years, we knew we wanted to have a baby right away, so we tried early in our marriage. We were married young, and I am "irregular". Our Dr. at the time was "helping" us find the problem and then said that maybe we should give it some time because he didn't think we were financially set. Come to find out I don't ovulate *Our new Dr. did a simple blood test and confirmed it* and I am on a medication that will make me ovulate. He also confirmed that our old Dr. didn't do all that he could to find out the problem. *by reading the files* We are still in the "baby making process" and so far the meds have worked... We're praying for good news soon!! To women that don't know if they can get pregnant or not, deffinately talk to your Dr. and be honest with them. Good luck to you all!!!

I think if I was having trouble conceiving I would try fertility treatments. I wouldn't want to go through years of frustration so I think, and I say think because I know I would be in a completely different mindset than I am now, I would seriously consider adoption if the treatments didn't work initially.

If I do have trouble conceiving in the future I think I would consider all my options. I am not opposed to fertility drugs but I have to admit that the idea of having 3 to 6 children at once is kind of terrifying. Not only because it is a lot of work but also because there tend to be a lot more health risks for multiples. Does anyone know of any noninvasive fertility methods that don't carry a high risk of having multiples? And what is it about current fertility drugs that cause women to have a higher risk of carrying more than one child?

My boyfriend and I have been trying to conceive for about a year and a half now. Well in January I found out I was 9 weeks pregnant. Few days passed, and I had a miscarrage. So we're still trying.

I am thankful that there is options out there for many people. With so many aborations there is not as many options for adoptions. Now women like my sister have choices that can help them concieve a child of there own. I also support adpotion as well both my younger sisters have female issues that have kept them from getting pregnant. One has adpot my nephew and the other is trying help of doctors.

AND, after many tries, there are suddenly 4 (twins) or 5 (triplets)! I have a friend with twins, and another friend with triplets. The mom of triplets said it was her only chance, she'd gone through so much just trying to get pregnant, so after finally having success, I think she would have been happy with quintuplets. Let me just say that her hands are full with triplet 3-year olds!

My husband and I were able to get pregnant very easily with our first and were surprised when it didn't happen right away with our second. For two years we underwent testing, drug therapies and low and behold found out I was pregnant while sitting in an IVF clinic for an initial consultation. My doctor would say that we like to think we have control but it will happen when it happens. That doesn't mean give up on trying every means available. Just don't get discouraged along the way. I will add though, we didn't start having children until I was in my mid 30's. I now whish we had started earlier. I know that getting older doesn't help fertility.

It is incredible what modern medicine can do. I would love to see the numbers out of those 6.1 million who have problems, how many have success and thanks to what treatments. I had a hard time getting pregnant the first time but luckily it happened without medical intervention eventually for us. I was lucky that we got married young enough that we had some time. I think one of the most stressing factors is women getting married in their mid 30's and feeling the time crunch.

I feel so blessed to have 2 beautiful girls now and wish that everyone who wants to embark on parenthood finds a way to do it- adoption or on their own.