My family is very fertile! DH's aunt struggled to get pregnant in the late 70s. Her doctor and everyone else told her to just relax. My BFF also is struggling with IF.
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One of my bffs. They've been trying since before I had my two kids....in the meantime.
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Both of my sisters have PCOS, but only one tried to get pregnant. She was unsuccessful and after 10 yrs, they adopted twins.
I have a group of four girls that I went to college with and am still close with and all five of us have struggled/are struggling with IF.
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One of our friends from church... They were very open about it. They now have two adopted children!
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Just my mum who I am really close to but we are friends with two other couples. Not close enough to talk much about it though.
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I know someone who did, but i don't really know any details/we don't talk about it
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Can I count myself? I'm the ugly duckling in a ridiculously fertile family.
I actually know a TON of people who have dealt with IF. Both from my WB TTC group and in real life. I don't know if I know a special amount of people who struggled, but I am really open about our situation, so a lot of friends have opened up about their own journeys.
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Just one co-worker who has been super supportive of me since we started trying around the same time. She is pregnant now
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One of my best friends. They've been dealing with unexplained IF for 7 years
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My cousin has endo so she had multiple miscarriages. Then she did IUD and had triplets.
Another friend had three miscarriages and underwent a ton of testing to figure out what was causing them. Her next pregnancy was successful.
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A few of my friends.
All the women in my family had an easy time getting pregnant, except my grandma. She frequently talks about how she tried for 5 years after she got married and was told she couldn't have kids (unexplained IF, not that they had a lot of tests they could run in the 40s). Then she just… did. And had 3 kids right in a row.
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Nope, it's just us (me and the DH) with it. I just filled out medical history two days ago for a new RE and it reminded us again how alone/unlucky we are.
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My sister has dealt with IF for 10+ years. She has accepted it, but it's still a little sad for her when someone announces an unplanned pregnancy.
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All three of my moms sister.
One got pregnant with fertility treatments.
Another got pregnant on her own, eventually.
The third was never able to have children of her own. -
@bluestriped bee: I fell you, we are alone on this as well, my mother had NO issues at all, basically wanted to get PG AND WHAM...WAS!
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One of my besties is going through IVF now.
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My sister is still struggling with IF now. One of my aunts went through several rounds of IVF when she was in her mid-40s. She had a son from a previous relationship with whom she got pregnant really easily.
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@bluestriped bee: I know it's not the same as knowing people in real life, but you're not totally alone. You have us HB IF ladies! Hugs.
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My parents tried for 5 years to have me. They both took Clomid for a few cycles, but quit because my mom was afraid of having multiples. They eventually got pregnant with me on their own, but never had any other children.
My cousin had to go through two rounds of IVF to get pregnant with her little girl.
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Nope. Not until I told a male coworker at work I was pregnant (he's about 35 and remarried with two teenage children from a first marriage) and he mentioned he was considering adoption. He and his wife had been trying for another baby since they had been married (5 years) and had done a bunch of fertility treatments that hadn't worked. It made me sad. I had no idea. I had worked with him that whole time and he never mentioned it.
I wonder if me announcing my pregnancy was what made him finally say something. If so I feel really bad.
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My aunt. She adopted 2 girls!
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One of my co-workers became a close friend when she mentioned she was going through IF treatments. That bonded us.
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Both of my SILs, a close friend, and I know a ton of people (my generation and my parents generation) that adopted. I don't know about their situations, but I think it's safe to assume that many had if issues.
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My parents, for 3 years before they had me, and my BFF.
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@Leialou: everyone basically.
My mom had us (my sis & I) and then went 8 years of trying but eventually had kids without intervention somehow (she never thought she could).
Both my maternal aunts and my maternal uncle (his wife).
My aunts and uncle all did ivf. It was successful for 2 and never for the third
The other two had a number of miscarriages before a sticky on top of years of IF. -
Several! When we were struggling it was amazing to find out how many others have or are also struggling.
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Yes, one of my closest friends from college started TTC in October 2011 and they got their BFP a few weeks ago!
Also other friends, cousins and coworkers.
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My cousin has unexplained infertility. They got pregnant with their son after 5 years, and he's 3 now with no signs of another one on the way. (They've never prevented, even right after he was born.) I had two miscarriages, but I'm actually REALLY fertile (3 for 4 on months trying), so I don't know how to classify my ease of having kids.
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Several friends have gone through years of treatment.
-one tried for 3 years before successfully getting pregnant via IVF
-another had a m/c, successful pregnancy, and 2 failed IVF transfers and is now one and done
-my good friend had 4 losses before having her DD1 and 2 additional losses before having DD2. She also went through several years of IF treatment. She would have liked more kids but is 2 and through bc of the emotional toll of it all -
My aunt was never able to have children (1 failed round of IVF), and a very close friend is infertile due to cancer treatments she had as a teenager. She is adopting and getting her baby next month!
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One of my good friends tried IVF for a very long time, 10 years timeline but not sure what all they have tried, on the very last cycle/ treatment she was able to get pregnant with twins, a boy and a girl. They are 4 years old now, beautiful kids!
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I'm not sure what she would classify as, but one SIL has had to have both of her tubes removed due to eptopic pregnancies. They have refused to consider IVF because they are both very religious and feel that it removes god from the process. They now feel god is calling for them to adopt, so they will be pursuing adoption sometime in the future.
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One of my besties has zero chance of naturally conceiving and has conceived through IVF with the help of donor sperm. Her first round of IVF ended in miscarriage and she suffered from ovarian hyper-stimulation which made her very ill but she now has a beautiful wee boy!
I believe my maternal Aunt also had trouble staying pregnant but I've never asked her about the details.
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Now that I add it up, it's actually a lot. My grandmother couldn't for five years. She eventually had some sort of operation that fixed it and went on to have seven kids. My dad's cousin had two term stillbirths, no live babies. My neighbour ended up adopting. My sister has IF due to cancer treatments.
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My parents tried for a few years before having my little bro (we're 8 yrs apart). My cousin tried for many years before having her twins, and a friend had tried for 2 years before having her son in between IUI treatments. Another friend is currently dealing with multiple mcs
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My sister had fertility issues and tried conceiving for close to four years. She had two rounds of IVF, which both failed. If her first was successful, she would have had a baby around the same time as when I had DS1. If was really difficult for her to see practically everyone around her get pregnant, especially her sisters. She gave up after her second round of IVF and got pregnant a month or two later. My niece is 18 months old.
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IF issues/reoccurring losses run in one side of my family and on the other there is only one case I'm aware of.
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My parents (tried for 9 years - didn't know / couldn't afford any other options) and my sister.
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Nobody I am close with IRL has had recurring loss issues like I have. Or infertility. i do have friends I've met online who are struggling.
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My sister and SIL have four and eight kids...so in my immediate family, NO!
But my mom's sister and her daughter both had trouble getting pregnant and had losses, so I'm guessing maybe I got those genes? In a way I hope so, because they were both able to get things working (it just took time) and have two kids.
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