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Lin,
I am like you. I have been trying since August 05 and not one positive test. Most of my tests have come out normal and DH is normal. I finally started charting in May and found out my lp is 6-9 days long. Had an HSG done and one tube is blocked and also found out through charting and OPK's that I do not ovulate every month. I am on my second month of clomid with progesterone right now. First month, of course, I ovulated on the side that is blocked. So frustrating! I so hope you find out what is going on with you soon. Best of luck.

Good luck to you, lorih! We've been trying since Oct 05, and I've been charting for the large majority of that time, with regular ovulation and a 15-16 day lp. My af just arrived yesterday, so tomorrow dh and I go in for our b/w. We'll probably also drop off the sample for the SA on the way to the lab. I'll have to call the radiology lab first thing in the morning to schedule the HSG, hopefully for next Friday or so. I'm really looking forward to seeing what the problem is. I had a lap a few years ago to remove a 6cm endometrioma, which caused me lots of pain afterward due to adhesions (scar tissue). I'm worried that the tube on that side is blocked or pinched off. I'm so eager to see the results. I wish I could speed up time.

almost 2 years ttc,no + hpt, 7 failed iui's now doing ivf.

isa, were your tests all clear, or is the cause of your infertility known? Have you had any previous pregnancies/children? Good luck with your IVF!

thanks LIn, no pregnancies, no children, no positives ever. I'm 41 so I have age going against me, dh is 42 1/2, he has borderline motility and low counts but with iui and the spinning it fixes him all up to about 90% motility and about 13 million count and you only need 1 million count so they are figureing it is me somewhere. All my tests were fine but about 2 months ago they found out i have a 20% mosaicism of Turner's syndrome which showed up on a chromosomal karyotype. I may not have eggs is the thought due to the condition so even though i stim well in iui's and make tons of follies (we dont know if there are eggs in the follies)I still didnt get pg so perhaps i have no eggs. Ivf will tell me that but its not going well b/c the Lupron suppressed me too much and not much is growing.

oh by the way i always ovulate on my own without problems and bbt'ing shows luteal phase is fine. I am now also seeing an accupuncturist

Thanks so much, isa. I really appreciate your sharing that. I'm sorry to hear all that you're having to go through. Is it at least a good sign that you have indeed been ovulating and are having regular periods?

I hope that you are lucky and that the HSG will unblock any blockage. I have had 5 abdominal surgeries and the hsg did nothing to remove the blockage. The hsg was rather uncomfortable but overall not too bad and it is really neat to be able to watch the results as they are doing the test. I think you will enjoy that aspect of it. My doctor actually did mine on cd4. Did your doctor have any theories as to why you are having problems? I guess they probably won't know more until you start getting some results. Have you ever used Preseed and what have you found on that? Is it worth doing or better to skip?

No, I think it's too early for the doctor to say anything just yet. I have used Preseed several times, but obviously that wasn't the help I needed. I imagine it would do someone well if they don't have adequate cm, but there's really no way to know that without a post-coital test (which my doctor doesn't do). I've been taking Evening Primrose Oil for the last couple months, and that's done a world of good for creating ewcm, *much* better than anything else I've tried. I used to have only a teeny little bit of ewcm, if any at all, a few days before O. Now with the EPO, I get about four full days of quite a large amount. Thanks for the well wishes!

Lin, I am also in the same boat as you. I've been trying since july 2005 without any positive results at all. Since it has been over a year now, I am going to see an RE very soon. I've been putting it off, because everyone told me that once I relax and stop trying that I will get pregnant. Well...14 months later, I decided to stop taking everyone else's word for it. They are obviously wrong. This has been so frustrating for me. It seems like everyone I know has gotten pregnant or had a baby this year. My husband and I don't have any children, but we are SO READY for them!!!

I've been ttc for just over 2 years & I'm in the same boat as the rest of you. No + tests ever, period. It's very frustrating. I have PCOS, my DH has very low morphology. Our first IVF resulted in a BFN, so we're doing a FET right now. Matzgirl, Lin, I'm glad you guys are seeing (or about to see) a RE. Hopefully they'll soon get to the bottom of why you're not conceiving. Lin, good luck with the upcoming HSG & your DH's SA. matzgirl, I hear the "R" word all the time, too. Like it's just that easy, relax, go on vacation & voila you'll be pg.

Hi Lin, as you can tell you are not alone. 3yr ttc, 2 surgery not scopes actual c-section 6week off work. And no miscarriages, no blighted ovum nothing..... 4 failed IUI going to try injection as soon as body lets me.... Postcoital- bad and Waited to long to have one because Clomid was thought to be the issue. Postcoital was good prior to me trying Clomid and not good when on Clomid.
Hope this help you feel better there are alot of TTC out there and we are all in the same boat one way or another.

Lin, you are NOT alone. I'm going on 2 years with never a + hpt. Everything checks out fine, dh is good, I O every month, tubes not blocked, hysteroscopy good, they can't find anything wrong with me.

Thanks so much ladies. I'm sorry to hear that there are others in the same boat, but it's in some way oddly comforting to know that I'm not an anomaly. I wouldn't be so worried about the whole thing if we'd just gone about ttc casually. I mean, not that we've been stressed about it, but we paid enough attention (temping, opks, monitoring cp & cm, etc.) to be sure we were 100% on the mark every month, and that's what makes the fact that it's not happening harder to deal with - knowing that we'd had the utmost best odds each and every month. We already did our bloodwork, went in for the SA this morning, and my HSG is scheduled for Friday. I truly hope that one of them tells us something, though of course I don't wish either one of us to have physical problems. It would just be nice to know that there actually is a physical cause and that it's repairable. I was just talking with a colleague this morning who's been through it all, and it was good to talk to someone in person about it. They tried for 2 years before seeing a specialist, and then they went through 3 years of IUI before finally conceiving during one of the non-IUI cycles. I really hope it doesn't take that long. I just want to get back to a somewhat normal life.

I know what you mean, I felt very much the same way when I was just starting out with the testing, etc. In a twisted way, I was oddly relieved to hear that both DH & I had issues b/c then we could focus on getting treatments that were proven successful for other similar couples. So you are on the right track with the SA and HSG. I hope you get some answers soon. Hang in there.

Thanks so much, Mega. It's nice to talk to people who can relate. You know, I honestly think I'd be relieved to hear that the problem is with me. I've suspected it may be from the start due to having adhesions from the lap 3 years ago. I hope so much that the issue is not with my husband, because he's been so wonderful through all my tears. I would hate to find out that he has a low sperm count or motility and then have him feel guilty about me being upset. I could never forgive myself. He's been so wonderful and strong through this, I just hope I haven't taken advantage of that strength. He is everything to me, and I hope I've let him know enough how much more important he is than any baby.