https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 27 May 2026 11:13:36 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/infertility-or-secondary-infertility#post-1149410 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 16:41:38 +0000 pui 1149410@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Plain old infertile myself. I have never been pregnant.</p> <p>I would agree that being IF and having no children is different than being IF and having a child (no matter how that first child was conceived), but that said both are surely just as hard to bear. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/infertility-or-secondary-infertility#post-1149157 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 13:39:23 +0000 bhbee 1149157@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm with you that the bigger difference is whether you have a LO or not, instead of whether you used drugs the first time or not.</p> <p>I used clomid for #1 and will be getting help with #2 soon, but I see it as secondary because they told me there was a chance carrying #1 to term would fix our unexplained issues. no such luck. plain old infertile here too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/infertility-or-secondary-infertility#post-1147788 Sun, 13 Oct 2013 16:55:31 +0000 BSB 1147788@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, I have just regular primary infertility. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/infertility-or-secondary-infertility#post-1147724 Sun, 13 Oct 2013 15:24:54 +0000 Mrs. Polish 1147724@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sarac: thanks for posting this. I was curious about what "secondary" consisted of, but for some reason never looked into it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/infertility-or-secondary-infertility#post-1147698 Sun, 13 Oct 2013 14:56:30 +0000 LovelyPlum 1147698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My doctor diagnosed me with secondary IF after two miscarriages, even though those were my first two pregnancies. When I asked why secondary, they told me that secondary means you have been pregnant before, even if you didn't carry to term. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/infertility-or-secondary-infertility#post-1147595 Sun, 13 Oct 2013 13:03:30 +0000 swedishfish 1147595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Eh, I guess I'm just plain old infertile too :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/infertility-or-secondary-infertility#post-1147589 Sun, 13 Oct 2013 13:00:55 +0000 sarac 1147589@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ooops according to this definition - </p> <p>Here's the definition from the RESOLVE site: "Secondary infertility is defined as the inability to become pregnant, or to carry a pregnancy to term, following the birth of one or more biological children. The birth of the first child does not involve any assisted reproductive technologies or fertility medications." </p> <p>I'm just plain old infertile! Since I used drugs to make my first baby. Whatever - I'm still glad to have a place to put my posts about not being pregnant. I do think that it makes a difference (to some people, at least!), whether you have a baby already. </p>