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Re: Pregnency, Invitro, Insurance companies.
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Jun 9 15:06:02 2005
First of all, congrats on your wedding! Yes! You need to start taking a
prenatal vitamin. Folic acid is very important in fetal development.
You can either get a prescription from your dr or most drug stores carry
them. Right now it sounds like your plate is overflowing!! It's like
you said, after the honeymoon things will start settling down and
getting back to normal. Until then, I wouldn't worry too much about not
getting pregnant. I know that it is aggrivating, but you have alot of
stress on you right now. Just try to make it through one thing at a
time. The first obstacle being your wedding this weekend. Then take
some time for you and your husband to get your new house and lifestyles
in order. Hopefully by conquering one thing at a time, this will take
alot of stress off of you. I wouldn't necessarily run out and start
buying ovulation kits. Of course, that is only your decision to make,
but right now you have so much going on that it is probably impacting
your cycle. I would suggest waiting a few more months, settle in, and
then go from there. I know that I spent a fortune in pregnancy tests
too and over time, this can become expensive plus heartbreaking to see
the "negative" sign pop-up on the pregnancy test. Please try not to
worry about too much. You have so many exciting things going on right
now. Try focusing most of your attention on your new life that is about
to begin and just take it one day at a time.
I wish you all the luck in the world and take care!!!
p.s. feel free to write me back if you'd like & I hope that I helped
you out! :-)
At Thu, 9 Jun 2005, anonymous wrote:
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>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:
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>>>>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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