My husband and I have been trying very hard to have a child of our own for over a year now, and I am trying to get some sort of answer that will definately help me. I do not want to go to an obgyn, but if I dont get any answers soon Im gonna have to. I already know the ovulation days and all that, I need some great advice on a medication or something I can do before I have to go to an obgyn and spend 1,000 dollars just to find ouut something that I could have done on my own if I would have known. Please someione help, I really need some advice please, my husband and I are getting desperate!!!
2006-10-05 06:06:22 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Trying to Conceive
My advice to you is go see the doctor. You know what women does enjoy going to the doctor, everything you got is on display and everyone around knows details about your body that you didn't even know. But if she/he finds the problem or calms your nerves, and delivers a healthy baby, then it is all worth it. My husband and I tried a year on our own, just hoping we would get pregnant, finally told my ob/gyn about it and she helped us for a year, when nothing she did worked, fertility doctor for another year and still couldn't have a baby. May '05 had a complete hysterectomy that probably saved my life, if it wouldn't have been for my doctor not only would my husband not have a baby, he wouldn't have me either. That $1,000 will be the best investment you ever made if it will bring you a healthy baby.
2006-10-05 07:52:26 · answer #1 · answered by GreeneyedCowgirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I recommend seeing a Fertility Specialist not your OB-GYN. If you already know about charting your ovulation with your tempature and ovulating strips, then there isn't much more that you can do.
You could have your husband's sperm count done first. That doesn't cost a lot of money. If he has a problem, then you can work from there.
Check with your insurance carrier, if you have one, before your appointment. They may cover more than you realize as long as you are pre-qualified.
I have been trying to conceive for over 3 years. The first year was by far the hardest. But once I found out what was wrong with me, I found dealing with my infertility much easier.
Good Luck!!!
2006-10-05 11:43:29 · answer #2 · answered by KC 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may not want to hear this but the best thing for you to do is to go to your obgyn they can check you over and see if there is any small problem preventing you from becoming pregnant. I know women whos uterus was tilted and that was preventing them from becoming pregnant. It was a simple and inexspensive correction for them and they became pregnant. You really should have a check up anyway when planning to become pregnant for your health and the health of your future child. You really will be glad you went in the long run.
2006-10-05 06:14:42 · answer #3 · answered by tessa.dawn 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
After a year, you probably do need to see a doctor to find out if there are any problems. Stressing about having a baby is not helping you though and may even be hampering you. Forget about the end result, relax, and have fun. You may get surprised!
2006-10-05 08:05:25 · answer #4 · answered by chicchick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To get pregnant you must have sex on a day that your eggs are being released.
After the 3rd day from the day that menses started put a thermometer into your mouth and check your body temperature every morning before you start turning in bed. The best time is at about 4 a.m. Maintain a chart. You will find that on one day the body temperature drops from 1/2 degree to one degree. This is the day that your eggs are being released. If you want to get pregnant this is the day that you must have sex. Tell your husband to ejaculate on his inward thrust so that the sperms will shoot deep inside.
After having sex you must stay in bed for about 30 mins with your knees bent up with a pillow under your buttocks so that the sperms will not pour out - to enable them to travel up.
Get your husband to save his sperms in the testacles for at least 3 days before sex to enable them to mature well to do their job.
2006-10-05 14:25:55 · answer #5 · answered by donp 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sorry you really do need to see a doc
because either way you might end spending money when you will still not get preg because something is wrong
it can be as simple as your husband have low sperm count
and it need to wash in Florida it can cost from 300 +
but no more than 500
anyway for peace of mind see a doc
Take care
2006-10-05 06:30:22 · answer #6 · answered by waiting for baby 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to go get the book Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler!!!!! If you try everything in her book and still aren't pregnant after 6 months then you can go see the doc with some useful information.
2006-10-05 06:12:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My first bit of advice to you, is to not think about getting pregnant. Relax a bit, and have fun having sex. If you wouldn't concentrate so much on having a baby, it will happen. My friend and her husband tried for 2 years and I told them to forget about having a baby and relax, think about each other. And 2 months later they where elated that she was indeed pregnant. It always seems that once you don't try so hard and relax a bit, that is when it happens. Because if you solely concentrate on having a baby you get tensed up and to stressed out and it's not going to happen. So just relax and don't think about it. There are alternitives, IVF. you could take clomid by prescription only, and other ways, even adoption. My advice is just to slow down, relax, and let it happen, don't get all tensed up and stressed out because it's not happening because it won't until you forget about trying to conceive.
2006-10-05 06:36:27 · answer #8 · answered by danielle m 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's time to see the doctor. You are prolly going to need tests done to see why you aren't getting pregnant. Either something is wrong with your eggs, or his sperm, and that's why pregnancy isn't happening. Maybe you think you are ovulating, when in fact you've been anovulatory. This needs to be checked with a doc.
2006-10-05 06:12:25 · answer #9 · answered by krivera_fierro 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Do you have insurance? They wont charge you anything extra than a copay. I tried to get pregnant for not even two months and it worked. I think you need to see a doctor. Seeing a doctor can see why you are not getting pregnant and ways you can get pregnant faster.
2006-10-05 06:36:21 · answer #10 · answered by Brianna'sMomma 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋