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Re: Pregnency, Invitro, Insurance companies.
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Jun 9 10:36:42 2005
Thank you for sharing your thoughts with me, your post have been very
helpful. I am beginning to think that I'm not getting pregnant because
of my stress level. Since Jan, 05 I've been planning my wedding which
is this saturday (6/11/05), we just recently moved in a new house, and
during all of that I'm still working full time in another city. So I
guess my body is probably telling me that I need to slow down because my
life sytle right now is not ideal to be carrying a child. I have heard
that to increase your chances of getting pregnant you should take care
of your self as though you already are pregnant; such as getting more
sleep, healthy foods, vitamins, more water intake. Did you change your
life style in anyway when trying to conceive? I know after the
honeymoon, life will go back to normal and I will have more time and
enegery to cook healthy foods and get alot more sleep, but do you think
that a multi vitamin will really help that much? Also do you think that
the ovulation testers @ the drug store are accurate? I've put so much
money into "First Response" Pregnancy test you would think I have stock
in their company, so I'm a little discourage from buying more tests and
then still not getting pregnant. Sorry for the 20 questions, write back
whenever you have a chance.
At Thu, 9 Jun 2005, anonymous wrote:
>
>Sorry it took so long to write you back. When my husband and I had
>decided to start trying to conceive, my obgyn told me that my chances of
>ever getting pregnant were very slim. I had heard this since I was 18!
>I was 24 when we decided to start trying. Anyhow, my dr sent me to a
>fertility specialist. He's the one that told us to try for a year and
>if after that I still had not become pregnant, we would start Clomid. It
>was about 2 weeks later that I found out I was already pregnant. I
>think it was easier for me to get pregnant because at that point we
>weren't "trying" yet. A few years later we decided to "try" again to
>get pregnant. It took about 6 months before I finally did get pregnant.
>I did everything by the book to get pregnant, but I just couldn't. I
>finally threw my hands in the air and said forget it, we'll try again
>later. Lo and behold, I got pregnant the next month when we weren't
>trying. I feel very strongly that stress plays a very important role in
>getting pregnant. I know how anxious you can get trying every month.
>You do everything by the book and then sit back and wait to see what
>happens. I remember checking the toilet tissue everytime I went to the
>restroom to see if there was any blood on it. I would hope & pray that
>I wouldn't get my period. And then when I least expected it, I would
>start. Add on top of that the stess of trying to get pregnant, it
>throws your period out of whack and makes you even later. The only
>piece of advice I can give you from past experience is to try to stay
>calm. Don't stress out about it. Don't make it a mission to have sex
>just to get pregnant. Just have fun!! Trust me, after children, the
>chance to have fun, carefree sex pretty much goes out the window for
>many years! haha I hope that this tid-bit of info helps you somewhat. My
>heart goes out to you...but there's always hope!! Try not to get
>aggrivated and stressed out about it. That can wreak havoc on your body
>& make it worse. Keep your chin up and think positive. Take care!!!
>
>At Wed, 8 Jun 2005, anonymous wrote:
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>>If I may ask, How long were you and your husband trying, before you got
>>pregnant?
>>
>>At Wed, 8 Jun 2005, anonymous wrote:
>>>
>>>I had a very similiar situation to yours. I went to a fertility
>>>specialist who told me to try for a year. If after a year of trying,
>>>then come back to see him. 2 weeks later I found out I was pregnant.
>>>Several factors can keep a woman from ovulating. One of them is stress.
>>>If you have doubts whether you are ovulating buy an over the counter
>>>ovulation kit. Also keep a calender of when your last cycle was.
>>>Usually ovulation occurs 14 days later. This is not the case everytime
>>>though. There are actual months that a woman can ovulate more than once
>>>throughout her cycle so that gives you some more "time". My dr also
>>>told us to just have "sex". Don't try. Just have fun!! There's only a
>>>24 hr timeframe in which ovulation occurs so timing is everything. My
>>>husband and I had intercourse everyday from the 10th - 20th day. Trust
>>>me...no complaints from him :-) I don't have an answer regarding
>>>invitro. Sorry!! Have you tried contacting your insurance company to
>>>see if it is covered? We have BC/BS and I know that invitro is not
>>>covered but this is something that varies from company to company.
>>>I wish you the best of luck!!! Take care
>>>
>>>At Wed, 8 Jun 2005, anonymous wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Hey all,
>>>>I've been reading all the posts, and I now have few a questions of my
>>>>own. I have had endo for about 4 years now and have had one lap in (Dec
>>>>02) and a 6 month treatment of Lupron (last dose Aug 04). I have been
>>>>trying to conceive since Feb 05, and I have not become pregnant. I 'm
>>>>worried that I am not going to be able to concieve a child naturally.
>>>>When should I go to the gyno and have test done to see if I should
>>>>consider alterntive means of getting pregnant? How realible is Invitro?
>>>>Is it covered by most insurances companies? If not what is the average
>>>>out of pocket cost? I have also heard that if a woman is under a large
>>>>amount of stress that it is possible she wont ovulate at all? Does
>>>>anyone know how factual that is?
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