As I peed on my sixth pregnancy test that day, I knew I had a problem. Aside from spending way too much money on pregnancy tests, I had become addicted to them.
Just one more and it might be positive.
It takes TIME for the pregnancy hormones to register on them.
I drank a lot of water so it’s too diluted to work.
It was while I was trying to fall pregnant with my second child that I temporarily lost my mind. And I swore I would never do this to myself. I had a beautiful son. I was so lucky to even have one child. I wanted to try for another one and promised myself I’d be okay no matter what happened.
Just as an FYI, this post is sponsored by IVFAustralia, Melbourne IVF and Queensland Fertility Group. But all opinions expressed by the author are 100 per cent authentic and written in their own words.
“If it’s meant to be, it will be,” I assured everyone.
There was no reason why I couldn’t get pregnant. I’d done it once before and it had happened in the first month. But I had now been trying for over a year.
I admit it. I was distraught.
I was in such a manic state that I also lost the ability to sort through the information being thrown at me, the unsolicited pregnancy advice and the old wives tales coming from all directions. WHY had I told everyone I was trying to fall pregnant?
I’ll never make that mistake again.
Here are the 6 biggest lies I was told while I was trying to fall pregnant. If you are going through this journey too, you’ll be prepared for when they are told to you.
1. It will happen when you are not thinking about it.
I lost count of the number of times I was told this doozey. Really? It will happen when I’m not thinking about it? Okay then…um…think of England, think of England, think of England.
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I was in this situation too. The idea that a woman in her early 30s who is struggling to conceive should wait 12 months before seeking medical help just doesn't make sense and isn't practical for family planning purposes. Fertility investigations take forever and do drive you crazy it seems silly to wait 12 months then spend another 12 months finding out what's wrong rather than just get on with it! My GP was happy to refer me after about 4 months and my fertility specialist was happy to start investigations before 12 months. It ended up taking me 18 months to fall pregnant with IVF which is long enough!!
I can totally relate to this article. I tried alternate therapies after 6 months of ttc, tried that for 1 year (based on someones suggestion) then at 37 decided we needed a fertility specialist. After 4 cycles, we are now going through a hysteroscopy and antibody infusion for treatment of natural killer cells before the next embryo transfer. Something I never knew existed and part of me has guilt that I wasted 1 full year on alternate therapies when in my case wouldn't change a thing.