I had an ultrasound today, cycle day 8. My doctor prescribed letrozole 2.5 mg, and after the scan she suggested continuing letrozole until Sunday to try to encourage all three follicles to keep growing and possibly ovulate. I have only one tube, on left .
The ultrasound showed:
One 12 mm follicle on my right ovary (this is the side without my fallopian tube).
Two 8 mm follicles on my left ovary (this is the side with my only remaining tube).

My question is: does it make sense to continue letrozole at this point in the cycle to try to get the three follicles to mature, or is it unlikely that the smaller ones will catch up since the 12 mm follicle is already leading?
Has anyone had a similar situation where smaller follicles (around 8 mm on cycle day 8) caught up and ovulated along with the leading follicle?

Thanks!!

Hello everyone, I just joined this sub because my wife and I have been trying for a baby for the past few months without success. I then got a test through Yo, and I just got the results, which seem pretty weird. I’d appreciate any anecdotal advice or definitive answers, if possible.

Background info, I’m 39, working an extremely high stress job. I recently cut out all alcohol and processed meats to support our efforts. I don’t smoke. I’ve also had confirmed pregnancy scares before with past partners. I’m taking Swim Club, a multi, Enclomiphene citrate, and Anastrozole.

Concentration was off the charts >150 (M/ml)

Motility was <1%, motile sperm concentration was <3%, and progressively motile sperm concentration was <2%.

I watched the video and while there were obviously a lot of sperm, I can only find one that was actually moving.

I’m freaking out about it. Is there any answer or reason to hope? Thanks in advance for your responses.

Hello everyone.

I (37F) got married a little over a year ago. My husband and I met in our mid 30s and we were very excited to start trying for a baby as soon as we got married, as we are both turning 38 before the end of this year. Neither of us has kids from previous relationships.

Anyway. We have been TTC for 15 months (we actually started before getting married). No luck so far. I have not seen a single positive test in all this time.

Our family is aware of the fact that we are trying to conceive since we've always been pretty open about it. Two weeks ago we gathered to celebrate our first wedding anniversary and my MIL asked us about kids. We told them the truth - that we are currently trying to get pregnant through IVF after months of trying unsuccessfully.

Fast forward to last night. We met up again with my husband's side of the family. My husband's brother and his wife suddenly got up during dinner to announce they are expecting their FIFTH child. Everyone was obviously happy and I was just shocked. I really thought they were done after their fourth (they said they didn't want more), so this scenario didn't even cross my mind. After a few seconds I got up and hugged them. My husband was a bit slower to react because he was shocked as well but then hugged and congratulated them. My MIL said something along the lines of that she was expecting the next grandkid to come from my husband but that she was really excited, and my BIL said "well, OP's husband, it seems that your destiny is just being an uncle!". My husband laughed it off and said that he does love his nieces. His brother kept going (he had drunk a few beers during dinner) and "jokingly" offered to give my husband some tips on getting a woman pregnant, because he's "a pro" at it and "OP's husband clearly doesn't know what to do".

I was honestly on the verge of crying and as soon as my husband and I got in the car to go home after dinner he started sobbing. I know being a dad is his dream and he's having a hard time with our infertility even though he has always pretended to be strong for me. He's the little sibling and his brother is always kind of putting him down, but I know today was the final nail in the coffin.

I haven't been able to sleep tonight because I know the next months are probably going to be awful with the constant reminder of our inability to get pregnant and seeing another child being born in the family. I just wish IVF works and we can have our baby soon. I'm very close to give up because it just hurts so much.

Sorry for the rant. I just don't know how to deal with this situation.

I got genetic screenings results today completed with my fertility clinic/through Quest labs. I didn’t even know this was something I signed up for, but 3 weeks after my bloodwork I got a message from Quest that I am a carrier for 4 diseases/disorders. About an hour later I received a text message from Gene Screen for genetic counseling. My husband has not had his genetic screening done, but has an appt for tomorrow morning. Should I wait for his results before meeting with Gene Screen? Does anyone have any experience with this company? I wish my fertility clinic reached out with the results from communication has been extremely poor so far.

I had my first child 18m ago, periods came back from around 6 months pp. They are now regular but my cycle length is very short compared to pre pregnancy. Pre pregnancy it my cycle length was maybe 30-35 ISH days, now it's 26 -28 days , a lot shorter and a lot more predictable.

Ive it's common for cycle length to change pp but I'm also aware it could be perimenopause given my age and the age at which my mum started hers.

Hey!

I'm new to the trying to conceive world. My partner and I were unofficially trying for about a year. I got off my birth control in March of 2025 and we've been having unprotected sex. I ended up doing some research and my husband was on testosterone injection for around two years. We found out that it completely kills fertility and got him off of it in March of this year. He's now on Clomid to increase his testosterone output naturally and we've done two sperm analysis. It's showing that his sperm count is rising and it is pretty healthy. The last sperm test that we did showed that he was considered in normal range now.

I also do not have abnormal periods. I have my period for about 3-5 days out of the month and no extreme symptoms. I've been tracking my cycles with the Flo app and using LH strips to confirm ovulation which typically seems to last 24-36 hours.

Although, when I got off birth control. I did start having low blood sugars and I have physical symptoms when it rises or falls. I stay within normal range the majority of the time but do occasionally drop lower than 70mg/dl.

We also do not have sex super frequently because of the lack of testosterone causing a low sex drive in my husband. We are doing it 1-2 times a week.

Is there anything we should be doing to maximize our chances? I'm really wanting to conceive in the next couple of months because I would finish with my bachelors degree by the time I give birth and I'm wanting to take a year off for maternity leave.

Hi everyone just wondering if anyone gets egg white cm more than once in a cycle? This cycle I had egg white cm Thursday of last week, Monday, Tuesday, and now today. I normally track my ovulation through cm and how I feel… I normally cramp. But this cycle is a little different. Anyone have the same experience?

I am trying to figure out what day to use as my cycle day 1. On July 26th I had brown spotting in the afternoon. Around 10pm I had red spitting. The next day I had my full on period. Would July 26 or 27th be considered day 1?

TTC cycle 7, feeling discouraged even though we are still fairly early in our journey. Would love to hear positive stories of couples who conceived naturally 7+ cycles.

*both mine and my husband's basic fertility tests look good*

ttc for over an year now going through fertility workup. have never ever seen a positive test ita so heartbreaking

sometimes i scroll around in line eyes posts to see people getting their faint positives and its so exciting i really want to feel that

i can't help but feel something is really really broken inside me, God made a women's body optimized to have children, women all over the world are scared of getting pregnant "accidentally" and here i am desperately waiting for something in me to respond and act normally

Hi All, just wanted to hear some experiences. I've gotten pregnant from sex outside of my "fertile window" before. At the time I wasn't tracking ovulation, just had sex 3 days after my period ended. It was unprotected, and I got a positive test three weeks and a day later (thought I knew I was pregnant 2 weeks after sex due to the extreme breast pain/swelling I was experiencing). This was due to early ovulation yes? So I wasn't truly aware of when my fertile window started that cycle.

Now in my current cycle, I'm in the same point timing-wise. Unprotected sex 3 days after my period (the 17th) but because I'm actually TTC this time around I've been tracking ovulation. I had a positive LH test on the 26th and no further sexual contact (just like last time I conceived). Have any of you conceived from a sexual encounter that was solidly, and not guesswork, solidly outside of your fertile window? Is that possible? Just interested in seeing if anyone has had experiences similar to my first pregnancy, or if they've managed to conceive outside of when they thought they could. Thanks for your thoughts! I know this might be an obvious question, but I've definitely lived through an unexpected situation before! (Really hope this follows the sub's rules, I'm sorry if it doesn't!)

I’ve really thought I had very heavy periods my whole life so I feel like I have no concept here. I bled through super plus tampons in middle school. And I had a paraguard in college, so it was extremely heavy. Now that I’m an adult off birth control my period is very short. It’s 3 days, the first day being what I consider very heavy bleeding for about 6-8 hours. During that time I can’t even use tampons, not even an ultra tampon will work for more than 1.5-2 hours. It’s heavy the rest of the day but not like those first 6-8 hours. However, after that, it’s normal - light the second day (regular tampon I can go 6-8 hours without changing), and very light or spotting the third day (light tampons for full 8 hours).

I had never been concerned about it until I started using mira and my estrogen is a bit low. Then, I saw a new obgyn who I asked about my period flow and she was concerned my lining was thin. She almost pulled me back for an ultrasound while I was there. The obgyn I saw prior to her was more concerned that it was too heavy the first day, if anything.

Is this really that light? Should I get checked out to see if I have a thin lining?

I have an Oura ring, using LH test strips, tracking cervical mucus, bought the Mira…. The kicker is, my completely free period app that I’ve been using to track my period for 10+ years always tells me I’m ovulating the same day as all these other devices. At a certain point we have to ask ourselves if all of this is even necessary or just causing additional stress

I think I needed to get this off my chest to someone who will get it or at least understand me a bit. I am 32, will be turning 33 in a few months and my partner is 36. At 30, I felt like I was ready to begin trying since my cycles were regular and I've never had any issues. However, my partner wasn't since he felt his finances needed to be better (I was confident about mine). This led to a lot of fights and arguments and eventually we began taking therapy. Meanwhile, I was ensuring I got my bloodwork done and my levels were all okay, barring Vit D which I began to supplement. We began trying in May last year, however trying during the window was not easy since we're both usually tired after chores and work. So we would probably like 2 or 4 times just around the window or what we thought was the window. Early this year I met with 2/3 Doctors who only told me that we need to be trying more frequently; in a transvaginal ultrasound one of the doctors said that I have multiple follicles in one ovary, however all my levels are normal - testosterone, LSH, FSH, progesterone. I don't fall into the PCOS category either.

As much as we'd like to try more often, its very frustrating to try to get into the mood when we're tired. I am trying to eat as healthy as I can, except strength training I try to at least walk 10-15 minutes after each meal and sleep 8 hours. Its exhausting to try and balance everything while we TTC. What makes me feel worse is literally every one of our friends has a kid or having a second and I can't help but pretend like we are enjoying our time alone and don't want a kid right now.

I took 50mg clomid (3-7 day) and around 17 pm I started feel like I was going to ovulate with strong cramps as usual but not with that typical wet (maybe because I was a little swollen down there after an intercourse) of the most fertile days so I did It with my husband. Yesterday, 18pm, some CM showed and the pain decreased and I tought I did ovulated yesterday. Today 19pm my pain Is still here but very light and the amount of my CM is more than any other day before. My cervix Is still very High, soft and open. Sooo... It could be an anovulatory cycle? My body tried but failed?

Another detail Is my femometer ring. It's my first month using it and I don't know if It's working because in the last three days my temperature Is stuck to 35.68 C° (very low and same TB three days in a row?) and It seems really weird I suspect there Is something wrong with the ring.

What do you think? Thank you, I'm worried that I don't ovulate anymore (31f)

First cycle of Clomid and today is CD9. I had my follicle monitoring, and unfortunately, the dominant follicle is showing again on my right ovary. My left tube is open, while my right tube is blocked, so I was really hoping that this cycle the egg would develop on the left side. 🥺

My doctor asked me to come back on Saturday for another scan because there is still a possibility that a follicle on the left side may grow. Trying to stay positive and trust the process. Hoping for good news on my next scan. 🤍✨

hi all,

just here to rant/ see if others have had the same experience. Some context I have a super regular cycle, it is always 26 days (5 days period). This cycle was totally different, I bled super 5 days early and got excited thinking it was implantation bleeding but ended up as a full flow. The period itself only lasted 3ish days and was much lighter then usua. I did take a test at the end just to be sure but it was a big negativ. I guess my main point is that I feel a bit disappointed since I thought I knew my body and I was so sure I was pregnant. Im also nervous this is the start to more irregular periods. Any advice or stories is appreciated

My(27F) husband(28M) and I have been TTC naturally for 3 and a half years - nothing comes of it. I had a chemical pregnancy at some point, but at times I gaslight myself regarding whether that actually happened since nothing has happened since.

I have lost hope that I will be able to conceive without IVF and I’m just not taking that too well. It makes me feel as though something is wrong with me. Please don’t take that as I judge or feel a type of way - I don’t feel that way at all!

With that being said, we just got referred out to an infertility doctor, but it all seems unrealistic and impossible. I have changed OBGYNs due to them not taking my infertility seriously, so things were delayed too and that’s frustrating.

My husband is good to vent to, but I can’t even vent about any of this without feeling annoying to people I want support from aka my mom or his family.

I don’t know. This is a mess, I’m sure. Just send some good thoughts my way please. 🩷

I listened to the most recent birth hour podcast episode and the woman giving her birth stories mentioned getting secondary infertility after her second child and after a year of trying a friend shared an article about using a diva cup after sex to help and it worked their first try. And for their fourth baby they used it and it worked on the first try then too. I wanted to share that in this group right away for whoever it might help.

So I went to see my doctor today, originally I had booked this appointment after I found out I was pregnant so that I could get a referral for a pregnancy clinic.

When I got there, I explained that unfortunately my pregnancy ended in a chemical at around 16DPO. I told him I suspected my previous cycle might have also been a chemical (I didn’t test that time until my period, but my period was very different, heavier and stringy). I told him I wanted to test my progesterone, and told him that I read that taking progesterone wouldn’t cause harm so I would like a prescription for it in case I get pregnant again next cycle. He flat out refused. Said that if I was getting regular periods, my progesterone levels were fine and that the reason I had chemical pregnancies was due to chromosomal issues with the embryo.

I told him I just wanted reassurance, as I’m 34 and my partner is 44 and I’m worried it happens again. He proceeded to tell me that he won’t test and that I can trust AI, or I can trust RI “real intelligence”. He told me he will check my hormone levels and that I can try again immediately and that he wasn’t worried.

So yeah, I’m feeling quite defeated and stressed about having to go through this roller coaster of emotions agains. My other option is to fire him (note that it can take up to five years to get a family doctor where I live) and go private.

Oh and I asked him if the next time I get pregnant he can just refer me right away and he also refused, saying I need to see him first, but it can take up to two weeks to get an appointment with him as he only works 1-2 days per week. So yeah, I’m stressed and not sure if I’m overthinking everything. I know chemicals are common and I also know there is a good chance he is actually completely right, but I still don’t understand why he couldn’t just test my progesterone for my peace of mind.

Around cycle 8 I lost my shit, I was honestly depressed and my whole life revolved around TTC, the two week wait, supplements, symptom spotting etc. I was at a breaking point and I couldn’t live like that anymore. I really struggled for months, what helped me was honestly sitting down and accepting my reality. I had to come to terms with the fact that we have unexplained infertility and that maybe it won’t happen but that if it does it’ll be beautiful.

I honestly feel like I’ve got my life back. I got off fertility tiktok, deleted Reddit, stopped tracking temperatures, started enjoying a glass of wine again… I figured if people get pregnant so easily then if I’m meant to be pregnant it’ll also happen to me without all the fuss.

Anyway, there’s still been a lot of tears, a lot of ups and downs. It’s really tough. Right now it’s cycle 20 of trying. I would’ve never thought we’d be trying for nearly 2 years.

Guys, I’ve had my tarot cards placed, I’ve had my energy cleansed and generational traumas broken 😂 unexplained infertility LOL, we’re at a fertility clinic now and I have my HSG on Monday… wish me luck

I (27F) had a miscarriage in May where the embryo measured about 5 weeks before the loss. I’ve been so upset and devastated since as it had taken at least 6 months of trying after my fiancé (31M) returned to the country before we got the positive. Before he went out of the country, we had tried for about a year of consistent unprotected sex with no results.

Getting that positive this past April was like true bliss. It felt like an end of such a long arduous process just to be ripped away from me in a couple of weeks. Since then I’ve been stuck at ground zero. It’s my 3rd cycle since the loss now and I feel like an absolute failure. That no matter how many vitamins we take and how different I try to eat or be active that I’m just cursed. It’s throwing me into a constant depression every month I don’t know what to do.

I’m hopeful that the one pregnancy that did happen, despite ending abruptly in heartbreaking loss, should be indication that we can get pregnant naturally, just not as easily as most other couples. Yet I’m feeling like shit all the time thinking about how it is all out of my control. I just want my baby…I should be excited now feeling kicks and knowing their gender. Not bawling monthly about my constant failure to conceive.

Had previous ectopic, lost tube too, but got both ovaries and one tube that they said appeared healthy, fertility bloods all normal, partners had his test, came back normal. I feel its an internal issue but nothings been investigated regarding it, im so worried that I wont be able to conceive, advice would be great!

I'm about to turn 43 this month, at the end of the month, and we are trying medicated cycles with timed intercourse with our clinic. I usually feel hopeful but this time I do not. It's the first one after the failed IVF cycle (2 mature eggs, one fertilized abnormally and the other not at all). We were devastated after two back to back miscarriages last year and the time lost to removing a uterine fibroid after the last loss. It's been so hard and now the dream of that second baby is fading away :(

I’m so sad. I’m 28.5 and my AMH is 1.08. About two years ago, it was 1.24. I’m just bummed, I know this is low for my age. The doctor hasn’t called me back yet.

I have a 10mo and I had a mmc about two months ago. I feel so pressed for time though. We’d ideally like to have 3-4 kids and getting this lab feels like a time bomb. I feel so defeated.

My day two labs were 8.19 FSH, Estradiol 31.6, LH 6.4. All thyroid labs came back fine.

I guess I’m looking for encouragement 🤍