Hi. I'm 38, fed up of relationships which don't end in my hopes and dreams of marriage and family..................so just like you, I am trying to conceive on my own. I haven't been successful yet, though, it is so disheartening....let alone so darn hard to do it totally alone without a partner, a husband, a supportive person and to bear all the expenses alone. Currently I'm on my 7th cycle- I have done 6 IUI's with no luck between 11-03 and 07-04, then had a laparoscopy in late August. After a 2 month break, I started my 7th cycle post laparoscopy. Now I'm waiting and hoping for some good luck. Sometimes I think I have no hope left in me. I feel quite alone in this, dreaming of things people get without asking. It's been a rough road, and I started to make myself informed by searching for support places like this one. I was happy to read your e-mail and to know I'm not alone. Now you're not alone. By the way even our names are so close....though I spell mine differently. I wish you good luck....and keep trying. I don't blame you for not waiting. Each time a boyfriend, potential fiance failed to make a commitment to me, I thought I'd never have my dreams of having a family come true. Until I decided to take matters in my own hand and try on my own. What are you going to do when nobody wants to do it with you? It's not how nature intended, but already at 38, do I have any time to wait til another guy really comes into my life and wants to marry and do this with me?

I am currenly on my 3rd day of Clomid. Have been ttc for one year, been seeing RE for 4 months. Took blood, I have "antisperm antibodies", had a blocked fallopian tube, they have corrected it. Now doctor wants to try IUI for next 3 cycles. I possibly have to inject Ovitrel, has anyone used that before?
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Hi Everyone,
I'm getting ready to try my 1st IUI and we have been an unexplained case all along. So now we are moving on. I'm wondering what my chances are for my 1st IUI to work?? We have no other problems and my DH's washed sample was "GREAT". I'm just needing a little positive outlook. Thanks.

I thought I'd already posted on here, but it seems not. So here goes...
I'd always had trouble with my cycles, and figured I had PCOS. After trying on my own, and my regular obgyn treating me terribly when I asked some questions at my regular appt, we went to our GP, and he said he could do a workup on DH. Luckily, the GP wasn't too sure about DH's sperm count, so he referred us to an RE. Turns out, his sperm was fine, but the RE took one look at my BBT charts (which my regular obgyn didn't even ask me if I had) and said it was pretty clear that I wasn't ovulating well enough (if at all) to get pregnant on my own.
So began my endless parade of tests and treatments. Eventually I had to joke about it- saying I've never failed so many tests in my life. Post coital, failed, had to do IUIs. Insulin levels, failed. Had to go on metformin. Clomid 50 mg, failed. 100 mg, failed, added dexamethazone, and an IUI, failed.
We decided to take a break from TTC and pursue our foster to adopt license. I was miserable and ready to be a mom, either way. At that time I was doing the metformin only, and it hadn't worked, so she handed me a prescription for more clomid. I told her I didn't want to do that, and she offered the injectibles.
We decided to go for it, but meanwhile I'd never had an HSG, so I had one during the beginning of my cycle, and failed that too. I had an obstructed tube, and also a fibroid. The follie was on the opposite side, so she told me we "might as well" finish the cycle. I was to call her when my period came to schedule surgery.
Well..... to this day, I never had that surgery, because the IUI worked. I was pregnant. My baby will be 1 on Good Friday.

**** Thought I'd add-- that on "Good Friday" when my baby turned 1, I was very disappointed because I got AF. I had another HSG,fibroid still there, needed surgery again, and well.... never had the surgery AGAIN. I was pregnant. Instead I had a baby. He will be one in January.

Here's my story. I did 9 DIUI cycles in my previous relationship. I conceived once but it ended in M/C in 2001. Fast forward to 2005. The month before DH and I got married we did an HSG and prepared to do IUI's after the wedding. Now overweight and diabetic we did our first IUI (clomid, HcG trigger, and progesterone) in December = BFN. Our second was in January (same protocol) = BFN. I had a lap in March where the found and removed fibroids. We decided that since we were moving to NC next year and IVF isn't covered by insurance down there by most companies that we should move on to IVF now while I have coverage at my company so we scheduled our IVF consultation appointements. We decided to keep doing IUI until it came time to do our IVF so we did another cycle in April. We were following the same protocol but I ovulated before they could give the trigger so no IUI was done and the cycle ended in BFN. We did our last IUI on May 13th (same protocol). 10 days later we went in for our IVF class and consultation. I filled my prescription for BCP's to begin IVF and refilled my prescription ibuprofen in preparation for IVF. I had cramping 12 days after the IUI so I decided to test the next morning. It turned out to be a BFP and a blood test confirmed it. We are due 02/03/07. I hope this is a story of encouragement for someone.