hello, i am a 26 year old female who lives in a small village, me and my partner who is 22 have been trying to conceive a baby for the past 8 months, i know that doesn't seem long, but me and my previous partner of 7 years had been trying to conceive for 5 years and we had no luck either which lead to us breaking up. the reason why i am doing this is i want to keep track of my ups and downs and think that a lot of other people out there will be able to relate to me with all of this, i am the type of person who keeps things bottled up and don't really like to talk about my feelings and emotions but its got to the point now where i want to just type them out and talk with other people out there who are also going through what i am and can relate to me, my friends and family had no problems falling pregnant so i feel like they don't fully understand my heartache every time i get my period. quite a lot of people will say there is no rush as i am only 26 and he is only 22 but in my family the women start the menopause very early my gran was 37 and my mum was 31 and it started early for my grans mum and her gran too so in reality i have a maximum of 5 years and it has already taken me 7 years to get this far and i am no further forward. we have a consultant who we go and see in Hexham hathor unit and he is really good, he carried out tests on me i have had my blood taken so many times now, i have had a scan so see if my ovaries are in the correct position, i have had and internal scan to check that everything is where it is meant to me and i have had dye inserted into my Fallopian tubes to make sure there is no blockage, and everything has came back as normal, my hormone level is normal my egg count is a little lower than it should be but nothing to worry about, i ovulate 3-5 days per month and my period is generally normal and on time too ( apart from this month) my partner has had his sperm checked too and he has a low sperm count and a low hormone level (which kinda explains why me and him are having trouble but it doesn't explain why i had trouble for so long before i met him when me and my ex could not conceive a baby either, especially when my ex has gone on the have a child with his new partner, which makes it more clear that the problem is with me and my current partner, but all of my results have came back as clear so its a complete mystery.
so i wanted to make this blog up so i can do a type of online diary of our efforts and hopefully we will get there in the end and have this to look back on and have our story to tell.
