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@jocole: welcome! sorry you've been having trouble.

I wish I could help you but I've begun asking those same questions myself... We're starting month 10 now (cycle 11, I have short cycles), so in a couple more months we may start thinking about getting some testing done. Maybe someone else has some experience to share.

I'm in the same boat as @Mrs.Someone: . I went to my OB and she suggested we get the hubby tested and get some bloodwork done for me.

@Mrs.Someone: Thanks for the info. Now I know what I can ask for instead of just looking awkwardly at the doctor and asking if she can check my husbands sperm . Ha!

@jetsa: Oh, interesting. I should take a look at our insurance coverage. I'm actually starting a new job on Monday and that will also include an insurance switch. Sheesh! This process just gets more and more interesting, doesn't it.

We got our BFP a smidge after six months but about a month before that, I saw my OBGYN because I was concerned that it hadn't happened yet at the time. She was nice enough to tell me that if I wanted to, she could refer me to an RE but I wasn't ready for it quite yet. She did have a lot of bloodwork done on me and they came back normal. The suggestion of an RE referral was a nice surprise for me because I'm not 35 yet and I thought that's usually when they suggest seeing a specialist.

In contrast, I asked DH to see a doctor to see about getting a sperm analysis but he was told that they don't do that until after we had been trying for a year. Same hospital. Go figure. I guess it really just depends on the doctor you're dealing with, but I would highly suggest being proactive because some doctors suggest waiting and not everyone wants to do that, especially if you've been actively TTC - charting, temping, OPKs, O-focused BD, all the works - and no success after six months.

@jetsa: How do we verify the bloodwork tests are coded correctly to have insurance cover them? I just got the bill for my bloodwork and my insurance didn't cover any of it!! (O_O)

@jetsa: Thanks, I'll have to inquire with my OB then... This will suck major if insurance doesn't cover it!!!!! AHHHH!

@jetsa: Yay for things looking fantastic for you!!! Hoping you get your BFP soon!

@jetsa: that is great news! Hope you have more good news in about 2 weeks

@alivoo01: it has to do with how your provider codes the visit at the time that you had it. So if your provider marks that he's seeing you for infertility - not covered; if he marks he's seeing you for irregular periods - covered. I don't think there's anyway to go back and redo the way it was submitted, but it's worth checking with your OB's office just in case.

@marionberry: oh man!! There's no way to reverse it?! Eeeeek!! I'll still inquire, but OMG!! Noooooo.

@Shutterbug: I got my bill in like 2-3 weeks after my bloodwork was submitted?

@Shutterbug: @Alivoo01: my insurance is really slow I just got a bill for X-rays I had done 8/22. I thought all were this way but idk. The nurse I talked to acted as if billing dept. could change it.

@Shutterbug: lucky!!

@jetsa: oh man!! I'm guessing this means my OB ran it as infertility. Hopefully when I go see her in a couple weeks, she can re-code it and have insurance cover it!!! *fingers crossed*

@jetsa: Thanks!! me too!!

@MrsTiz: I have nights like that too. It completely sucks! Do you have someone irl you can talk to about it other than your DH?

@MrsTiz: Sorry you had a rough night. I have those too. It sucks. I have some people IRL to talk to , but I don't want to become that girl that only talks about her baby-making troubles.

Hello ladies. I just wanted to stop by and see how everyone was doing.

@MrsTiz: Welcome! Sorry you're having a hard time right now. I know how you feel about not being able to talk to anyone about this. It sucks having to keep it all inside sometimes. My hubs doesn't really want to hear about it either.

@Sugar.Biscuit: Welcome to you, and good luck! I'm thinking it might be time to start temping as well...

I started cycle number 12 yesterday and now my hubs is saying he wants to take a real break from ttc. Yesterday was pretty hard because I felt like I had lost my last chance for a while... Sometimes it feels like I will never be a mother.

Good news is that hubs has gone on a diet and started taking some supplements, so who knows. Maybe that is what we need to get this show on the road.

Thank you guys, seriously. @futuremama: @Alivoo01: @alayaya: I don't know what i'd do without HB!

@jetsa: SO hard! I honestly had no idea before this whole thing started just how hard it would be. At first we didn't want it to happen too soon so we had time to enjoy the process, but now I'm over it. This is really no fun at all. So sorry you're not feeling so positive. Remember you're not out until AF shows.

For months I've been wanting to read Bringing up Bebe, but I haven't picked it up at the bookstore because I've been worried about jinxing myself. Well yesterday I thought to myself "Enough is enough!" and I bought it! Hopefully I'll have time to read it after Christmas before I go back to work. I have a whole extra week off.

Have you guys put off doing or buying anything baby or pregnancy related for fear of "jinxing" yourself?

Just popping in to see how everyone is doing!

I FINALLY got AF again after not having one since August. M/C in October and then ten weeks after that I'm finally starting to feel normal again. I never thought I would actually WANT AF lol!

I decided that if this isn't our month, i'm going to start charting/temping/okp's, etc. I think 9 months of letting my body do it's own thing is not working in our favor. Crazy to think that if we had gotten pregnant the first month, I'd be having a baby this month!