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Secondary Infertility and ICLW

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Welcome to all the ICLWers!  If you don’t know what ICLW stands for it is International Comment Leaving Week.  If you want more information about ICLW just click on the red icon to the right of this post.

A little about me, I am a mom to my amazing DS Ant who was conceived with the help of an egg donor.  We opted to use an egg donor after almost 3 years of TTC (High FSH and 2 failed IVFs).  We were very luck to get pregnant the first time and for the most part had an uneventful pregnancy.  Now Ant is almost 2 and I am longing for another child. We have been TTC naturally since AF returned 7 months ago.  This cycle I started vitex and I am waiting for AF to come (or not to come).

I also blog for Fertility Authority and my most recent post is about secondary infertility.  If you get a chance please stop by and read it.  It is a great post about my current state of mind.

Please read, come back and tell me what you think!

So Far, So Good

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Sorry, I have been MIA this past week and missed last weeks Tasty Tuesday.  After the holidays settle I will get back on track.  Right now I am just surviving and getting prepared for CHRISTMAS!!!  So very excited and can’t wait for Ant to open his presents.

Here is my chart so far:  I started taking Vitex a few days after AF left.  According to Fertility Friend I ovulated on CD 15 (GREAT!) and so far my Luteal Phase is 12 days long.

Yoga on the other hand has not been going so good.  I have opted to just walk for 30mins each night at this point do to an shoulder injury (I trip over a curb).  When I was doing the Yoga on a regular basis, I was starting to notice a few changes in how I felt.  As soon as my shoulder is better, it is time to get back to Yoga!

Emotionally, I am doing ok.  During the week things are great but the weekends are hard.  Maybe it is do to all the contact I have with other mothers.  My new focus is staying positive and not going to “the dark side.”  The last thing I want is to fall into a depression. Secondary Infertility is hard to explain…I am so deeply greatful and loving being a parent but there is a part of me who feel incomplete.  There is just something missing.

What do you think about my chart?  Getting excited to see how long my luteal phase is going to be!