https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:42:36 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-infertility-run-in-your-family#post-1935245 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 16:30:56 +0000 2PeasinaPod 1935245@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My aunt and one of my mom's cousins also had multiple miscarriages which is what we're going through right now as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-infertility-run-in-your-family#post-1935238 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 16:28:21 +0000 Warbler 1935238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My immediate family (parents, sisters and brothers) is very fertile, but I do have an aunt who is infertile. Coincidentally, my husband's aunt is also infertile. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-infertility-run-in-your-family#post-1935154 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 15:58:25 +0000 sarac 1935154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. My mother struggled to conceive me (she even did IUI in the early 80s), and then never conceived again. All of the women in her line (her, her mother, grandmother) went into menopause at age 40, so we're clearly just a little defective. I went into it expecting to have trouble. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-infertility-run-in-your-family#post-1935149 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 15:57:41 +0000 RsMom 1935149@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It took my parents 12 years to conceive me but I'm not sure what kind of infertility they had because the doctor told my mother she just had to relax and it would happen. I suspect she may have PCOS as I do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-infertility-run-in-your-family#post-1935066 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 15:22:38 +0000 kayakgirl73 1935066@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a maternal Aunt who was never able to have biological Children. I have one child after a lot of trying and an Injectible IUI cycle. My Aunt and I both developmed Hypothyroidism in our late 20's which I wonder if that is part of the issue. My maternal grandmother had a second trimester loss but that was after 3 successful pregnanncies. No trouble on my Dad's side that I know of and my mom and my sister had no issues. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-infertility-run-in-your-family#post-1934813 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 13:48:06 +0000 ineebee 1934813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The only IF in my family is me and my mom. She took 7 years to conceive naturally! :O My mom's 4 sisters were VERY fertile. I can't even imagine how hard that was for her! :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-infertility-run-in-your-family#post-1934405 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 10:55:34 +0000 alohaorchid 1934405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well, between my mom and her two sisters there are 12 kids and most were surprises. I know my aunt suffered from miscarriages but it's not something that is talked about in my family. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-infertility-run-in-your-family#post-1934396 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 10:53:27 +0000 BSB 1934396@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. No one in our families have told us or mentioned they had trouble TTC. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-infertility-run-in-your-family#post-1934378 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 10:44:33 +0000 Mrs.KMM 1934378@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom dealt with infertility (she couldn't ovulate without help) so me and both my siblings are fertility babies. It took her 18 months to conceive me, 11 or 12 months for my sister, and 8 or 9 months for my brother (and with the second 2 kids, she started with treatments from cycle #1).</p> <p>DH and I didn't have any troubles (thankfully) although I will admit that based on my mom's history, I was worried we would. We conceived #1 on our 4th cycle of trying. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-infertility-run-in-your-family#post-1934376 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 10:44:11 +0000 Kiwibee 1934376@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. It seems everyone in my family is uber fertile...except me of course :crying: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-infertility-run-in-your-family#post-1934372 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 10:43:14 +0000 coopsmama 1934372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was adopted and no one I know of in my biological family struggles with infertility. My adopted mom did though - unexplained infertility for her and my adopted dad. They didn't use birth control and only had one pregnancy (my sister) 14 years into their 33 year marriage. (They're still married but obviously out of their child bearing years. ;)) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-infertility-run-in-your-family#post-1934359 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 10:38:24 +0000 travellingbee 1934359@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No but to be fair, it seems like most of my (secondary) IF is age related. And everyone in our family had kids much younger than me. My mom did go through menopause fairly early though. So if she had been trying to have kids at my age, she probably would have been going through the same thing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-infertility-run-in-your-family#post-1934288 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 09:56:47 +0000 travelgirl1 1934288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My aunt has lean type PCOS, and so do I. My mum and three sisters get pregnant by just batting their eyelids. DH's mum had seven kids in seven years and they all seem to be super fertile too. One of my SILs is really struggling to keep a pregnancy though, she has had several losses. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-infertility-run-in-your-family#post-1934275 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 09:46:42 +0000 Shutterbug 1934275@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom took about 6 months to get pregnant each time, but no interventions or anything. I did find out that my DH's cousin was conceived via IVF, but that's it. His mom &amp; sister are both super fertile. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-infertility-run-in-your-family#post-1934258 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 09:36:50 +0000 ShootingStar 1934258@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I told my mom I'd been diagnosed with PCOS and explained what it was, she said she thinks she had it too. But even though she had long cycles, she didn't have trouble conceiving twice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-infertility-run-in-your-family#post-1934253 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 09:32:13 +0000 Sunshine1810 1934253@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nobody had any trouble on my mom's side. My dad's sister did have a miscarriage, but was able to conceive on her own. We don't know of any other issues besides that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-infertility-run-in-your-family#post-1934242 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 09:24:47 +0000 lazypanda 1934242@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>During the course of my infertility treatments, I learned that on my paternal side, one cousin had to have her son via surrogate &amp; another cousin is currently struggling with TTC #1 for almost 4 years now. :bummed: On my maternal side, everyone just pops out babies like it's nothing. :shocked: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-infertility-run-in-your-family#post-1934238 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 09:23:28 +0000 blackbird 1934238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nobody on my side has had issues getting/staying pregnant, even though they all have endometriosis. It was difficult for me because my mother truly believed that you only miscarry if you "do something wrong". So I've had that stigma to deal with constantly. An aunt had uterine cancer...but no issues like mine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-infertility-run-in-your-family#post-1934228 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 09:17:01 +0000 sweetooth 1934228@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My aunt dealt with it. But other than that - there are no known issues in my direct family. I don't wish this on anyone, but I do wish that there was a reason for our struggle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-infertility-run-in-your-family#post-1933830 Thu, 06 Nov 2014 22:21:18 +0000 twodoghouse 1933830@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. My two sisters and I have endometriosis, as well as two of my mom's sisters. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-infertility-run-in-your-family#post-1933825 Thu, 06 Nov 2014 22:20:32 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1933825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom has three sisters &amp; two have PCOS and the third has endo. Two needed IF treatments and one went through IVF but never conceived.</p> <p>I was close with one aunt growing up &amp; I could relate to her the best. My mom never so much as had period cramps, but my aunt could relate to me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-infertility-run-in-your-family#post-1933819 Thu, 06 Nov 2014 22:18:39 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1933819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui: my mom didn't really understand at first either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-infertility-run-in-your-family#post-1933776 Thu, 06 Nov 2014 21:54:11 +0000 jaguar 1933776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, my family are all fertile as anything. Same with hubby's. It's really hard, because it means nobody understands just how hard this is for us. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-infertility-run-in-your-family#post-1933774 Thu, 06 Nov 2014 21:52:58 +0000 pui 1933774@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No... my mother got pregnant by accident. None of us were really "planned". It was tough when I was struggling because my family just didn't get it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-infertility-run-in-your-family#post-1933764 Thu, 06 Nov 2014 21:45:04 +0000 KT326 1933764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, my mom tried for 4 years before they adopted my sister. Then 6 years later when they decided to stop trying the next year she had me. I have various aunts and cousins that also had problems conceiving. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-infertility-run-in-your-family#post-1933760 Thu, 06 Nov 2014 21:43:39 +0000 mrs bunchy 1933760@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-infertility-run-in-your-family#post-1933754 Thu, 06 Nov 2014 21:41:01 +0000 mrswin 1933754@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, neither mine or SO's parents had any fertility issues nor did any aunts and uncles. We seem to be a bit of an anomaly in our family </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-infertility-run-in-your-family#post-1933736 Thu, 06 Nov 2014 21:30:31 +0000 mrs. bird 1933736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-infertility-run-in-your-family#post-1933716 Thu, 06 Nov 2014 21:18:55 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 1933716@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both of my sisters have PCOS. Only 1 has TTC'd and after 8+ yrs she and her SO adopted. The other sister is younger and unmarried. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-infertility-run-in-your-family#post-1933686 Thu, 06 Nov 2014 21:04:29 +0000 Mrs. Polish 1933686@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom also had pcos. No one else in my family seems to have any problems. </p>