How long do you plan to TTC?

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How long do you plan to TTC?
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Fri, 01-02-2009 - 7:17am

I was just wondering how long everyone plans to TTC before you throw in the towel? (ie 6 months, 1 yr, 2 yrs, as long as it takes)

For the "long timers" here, did you have a time line, and once you hit that decided to extend it?

I am just starting my TTC journey for #2, and I have a plan set, but there are things that I didn't really take into consideration, like m/c. I don't know how I would handle that.

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Registered: 05-19-2008
Fri, 01-02-2009 - 7:45am

Hi Stephanie,


That's a harder question that it first seems. Like you said there are other factors such as m/c that initially we never think of.


All I know is that if I haven't got a BFP by 9th April I'll be going back to my GP bc it will be 1 year, and at the 1 year point my GP can refer me / us to a subfertiliy specialist.


After than I really don't know.


I suppose that there is also age to take into consideration.


Julie

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Fri, 01-02-2009 - 8:47am
My DH and I had decided before having our first that we were done when we hit 35 (mainly due to him being a diabetic and it becoming harder for him to conceive after that age, or so we've been told by his endriconologist).
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Fri, 01-02-2009 - 9:00am

hey Stephanie,

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Registered: 09-17-2004
Fri, 01-02-2009 - 9:12am

I'm willing to go as long as it takes to have another baby (I guess 5 years is my limit)

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Registered: 12-26-2007
Fri, 01-02-2009 - 12:03pm

Interesting question.

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Fri, 01-02-2009 - 3:34pm

I want to try for as long as it takes. Being a Mommy is something I have wanted for as long as I can remember. It is only our 3rd cycle, trying "naturally" and my Dr. did tell me that if after 6 months of trying, we can come in and start getiing tested and stuff. I am hoping it happens soon for us, but like the others have said, at first we don't think about mc. I never really did until I started coming to the board, and it is something that is definatly in the back of my mind. While we all try to be so positive about everything, we are only human and worrying is our nature. I haven't experienced a mc myself, and I have no clue how I would ever handle such a thing, no matter how early or late it happened. I am so sorry to those of you who have lost your babies.


As for how DF feels about

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Registered: 02-04-2004
Fri, 01-02-2009 - 6:56pm

We've already been diagnosed with some infertility problems after 9 months of trying. The Dr told us to try naturally for 3 more cycles, then it'll be 4 rounds of Clomid/IUI cycles. If that doesn't work, I think we'll stop there. IVF really is not a realistic option for us; we'd rather save the money and adopt a little one

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Fri, 01-02-2009 - 7:52pm

Hi Stephanie,


We going for broke (literally)...as long as it takes or time runs out for me....which is only a couple years away.

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Fri, 01-02-2009 - 8:24pm
I've never really thought about how long we would try.
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Sat, 01-03-2009 - 7:52am

We already have 3 kids, my youngest is 5. And up until a couple of months ago we were happy with our 3 and didn't want anymore. But than we got pregnant and m/c, so we decided to give it another try with TTC. I haven't really talked to DH about how long to try, but in my mind i was thinking of TTC for 12 cycles, and then call it quits if i don't get pg in that time frame.

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