I no longer need 17 ovulation test strips and 4 pregnancy test strips from Easy @ Home and 1 clear blue unopened test. Wanted to give them away but didn't wanna donate locally in case they chucked them. The easy at home test box is open but obviously not the individual strips. Includes 10+ urine sample cups. 2026 expiration date. I'm happy to mail em out free to whoever needs them.

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8 dpo today. Had mild cramping 6dpo and 7 dpo. This morning I woke up to my uterus spasming/twitching. It’s not painful and it’s not crampy — just random twitches (comparable to the sensation of an eye twitch). Anyone experience this? I am a crazy person and took a pregnancy test this AM, which (not surprisingly) came back negative.

It's been a really hard week. We found out that none of my husband's sperm was viable, after 4 months of Clomid to try and get the count up, and that my AMH has dropped to .6. Many tears and feelings of despair. I'm 39, and it's hard not to feel like it's the end of the road. But last night I dreamed about a beautiful baby girl and today I am resolving not to give up! We don't want to use donor sperm, but we will of we have to. I still ovulate and get my period like clockwork so despite my numbers I'm still confident IVF could work for me. If we have to use donor embryos, we'll do that. One way or another, I'm going to be a mama.

Anyway, thanks for listening, internet. Y'all are an amazing resource ❤️❤️

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First cycle. Tested using clear blue ( 6 days sooner test) just now. Got a bfn. No AF. Was on progesterone, stopped 2 days ago. Feeling so low.

Rituals are important in every society, but they tend to focus on positive moments (graduations, weddings, etc), and there are very few meaningful spaces or rituals for infertility and pregnancy loss (Japan’s mizuko kuyō, or “water child” shrines, are an exception that you can read more about on this wikipedia page ). October 15th is National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, and at 7pm that night, people light a candle for their losses. But what about the times in between when people want to mourn their losses? And what about the other reasons we in the infertility community have for grieving?

Rituals are important for processing our emotions and gaining closure, which is why at the end of each month, we’ll be providing an opportunity for people to create their own ritual for whatever it is their grieving and share it here. This post will be shared a few days before the end of each month. The idea is that with the closing of the month, you can take some time to reflect on your recent grief, perform a ritual, and do some processing, with the possibility of being a bit more ready for the new month and the possibilities it holds.

This thread is intentionally loose on guidelines in order to be as inclusive of possible. You might be mourning something tangible, like a miscarriage, failed transfer, failed IUI, or failed timed intercourse cycle. Maybe you’re grieving that your IVF results aren’t as good as you hoped, and are feeling sad about your abnormal embryos, or the fertilized eggs that didn’t survive to become embryos, or the fact that your IVF cycle yielded no embryos at all. Perhaps you’re pursuing donor eggs or donor embryos are are grieving the loss of a genetic connection. Maybe you’ve gotten a heavy diagnosis. Maybe you’re sad that you’ve been benched and haven’t been able to do any treatment in the last month, or that you’re still waiting for an appointment at a clinic, or that you don’t have insurance coverage and need to save, or simply can’t afford certain treatments. Maybe a close friend or relative announced their pregnancy or had a baby, and you’re sad that you can’t fully feel happy for them while navigating your own infertility. Maybe you’re just grieving the fact that you’re here at all. Remember, there are no pain olympics here, and no matter what it is that you’re grieving, your pain is valid.

The idea here is to hold space and honor the different types of grief that we are all experiencing, and give ourselves a dedicated time to process the hardships and traumas of the month. This is not a toxic positivity thing: there is no expectation that because you’ve done a ritual that you should now be able to magically move on. This is simply a chance for us to process some feelings, which is an essential part of healing and not something that we get the opportunity to do in a society where most of us don’t even share our struggles with others, share our rituals, and support each other.

I did some research on grief rituals, and here’s a list of options that fit within our context. This is just a starting point - feel free to create your own or modify these as you see fit. You are welcome to share a photo and/or describe your ritual and what it is you’re grieving at this moment.

• Light a special candle used only for your ritual purposes
• Burn incense or sandalwood (Sage is endangered, making it scarce for the Indigenous people who use it for religious and cultural purposes, so I’m leaving it off this list - obviously if you’re someone who uses it in religious/cultural ways this doesn’t apply to you).
• Write down the thing(s) you are grieving and want to let go of and then burn the piece of paper
• Create a work of art
• Plant a tree or flowers, or buy yourself flowers or a plant
• Take a walk in nature and reflect on the cyclical nature of the seasons and how spring always follows winter. We are in our own personal winters, but nature reminds us that no matter how cold, dark, and sad, spring always follows eventually.
• Read or say aloud an inspirational verse, poem, or prayer
• Play or sing a specific song
• Ring a chime or a bell

These ones apply more to feelings of loss to me, but might be a good option for those who have gone through a miscarriage or feel some other form of loss, such as a failed transfer (loss of the embryo):

• Make a donation to a charity that reminds you of the lost loved one (a friend of mine who had a stillbirth organizes walks for March of Babies (part of March of Dimes) in honor of the son she lost).
• Carrying something special that reminds you of your loved one that you can take out and hold when you feel the need, such as a “worry stone.”
• Create a “place” memory - a certain spot outdoors that you designate for being connected to the lost child that you can visit when you want to remember and feel close to them, such as a certain tree, spot in your yard, or bench in a park.

Over the next few days, up until the last day of the month, this space will be for sharing what you’re grieving and the ritual you did to honor and process your grief. Feel free to link to a photo of your ritual. You’re also welcome to simply write about what you’re grieving without doing a separate ritual - the writing is the ritual in that case.

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Hi friends. I'm at my first infertility appointment and I'm just feeling so anxious, scared, and alone. I'm on year 3 of ttc with no luck

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The same rules apply here as they do outside this thread (except the content warning) and any type of insulting or negative comments will not be tolerated.

Those with secondary fertility are always welcome in this sub, and this weekly post will still be here, but if you want a full sub dedicated to secondary infertility there's the wonderful place of /r/SecondaryInfertility you can also participate in.

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Hey everyone! So I'm new in this community but I think it is everything that I was searching for.

Been married for 4 years... 3.5 years trying and no result. Laparoscopy done. Hysterosalpinogram done. Ultrasounds done. Letrozole done.

I've pretty much done everything and all results to a negative pregnancy test. I'm drained, depressed and pretty down.

I think people who relate to me are all I need right now....

I had a big appointment with my main RE on Tuesday. For starters got told I have a very very severe case of PCOS (fun!) and one of the worst cases my doctor has seen in years (he is a specialist in PCOS so that makes it worse). They are suspecting I have endo now too and am getting surgery in the coming months. He also told me I am hypoglycemic which I just don’t understand because that seems so opposite of insulin resistance. To top it all off my case of PCOS is unique because some of my things don’t correlate with PCOS, like extremely low FSH. I have really tried to research low FSH and I’m just not coming up with much of anything. I guess it seems pretty uncommon. The low FSH is on top of my already non-existent estrogen and progesterone. My doctor suspects that my insulin resistance is so severe it’s putting my body into a stress state and causing my body to not produce/suppress hormones. Does anyone have any experience with low FSH? Why does it happen? What is done to fix it? Is having children out of the question with low FSH values?

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Omg I just finished the IUI and got home and had to share somewhere !!!! It was soooooo painful like I was muffling screams and wincing. This is my second IUI the first was not like this. He said in this one he needed to straighten my uterus. He used the device thing they use for Pap smears on this and even in the last one. There were two female nurses in the room. The Fr bedside manner is always nice he kept apologizing. But holy. I’m home now and lying down. Just wanted to vent.

And also not to scare anyone bc from evoeryone I’ve read this is not the usual and should be pretty painless.

I never get how they expect me to have intercourse the next night after going through that 🙈

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Advice regarding short 24 day cycles and 10 day luteal phase

I am 33F and have been TTC for just over 2 years . I come off the pill 6 months before TTC and have always had regular , painful and heavy periods. Since coming off the pill my periods have been a mix between 24-29 day cycle with 7-14 day luteal phase. Myself and my husband have undergone all fertility testing and it had came back as unexplained fertility. We had our first IVF cycle in November and sadly miscarried possible ectopic/ chemical. We have decided to take a while and try naturally . I have been doing acupuncture fortnightly and taking the following supplement pregnacare -preconception, folic acid , multivitamin, ubiquinol , apple cider vinegar gummies , biotin and CO Q10 . My last 2 cycles have been only 24 days with short 9 day luteal phase . Has anyone been in a similar situation unsure to go to the doctor again .

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Welcome to the weekly secondary infertility thread. This is a free space to discuss issues relating to secondary infertility without pesky content warnings.

As always you may discuss things anywhere in the sub, but outside of here you must use a content warning.

Women with primary infertility are welcome to comment or ask questions here.

The same rules apply here as they do outside this thread (except the content warning) and any type of insulting or negative comments will not be tolerated.

Those with secondary fertility are always welcome in this sub, and this weekly post will still be here, but if you want a full sub dedicated to secondary infertility there's the wonderful place of /r/SecondaryInfertility you can also participate in.

Rituals are important in every society, but they tend to focus on positive moments (graduations, weddings, etc), and there are very few meaningful spaces or rituals for infertility and pregnancy loss (Japan’s mizuko kuyō, or “water child” shrines, are an exception that you can read more about on this wikipedia page ). October 15th is National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, and at 7pm that night, people light a candle for their losses. But what about the times in between when people want to mourn their losses? And what about the other reasons we in the infertility community have for grieving?

Rituals are important for processing our emotions and gaining closure, which is why at the end of each month, we’ll be providing an opportunity for people to create their own ritual for whatever it is their grieving and share it here. This post will be shared a few days before the end of each month. The idea is that with the closing of the month, you can take some time to reflect on your recent grief, perform a ritual, and do some processing, with the possibility of being a bit more ready for the new month and the possibilities it holds.

This thread is intentionally loose on guidelines in order to be as inclusive of possible. You might be mourning something tangible, like a miscarriage, failed transfer, failed IUI, or failed timed intercourse cycle. Maybe you’re grieving that your IVF results aren’t as good as you hoped, and are feeling sad about your abnormal embryos, or the fertilized eggs that didn’t survive to become embryos, or the fact that your IVF cycle yielded no embryos at all. Perhaps you’re pursuing donor eggs or donor embryos are are grieving the loss of a genetic connection. Maybe you’ve gotten a heavy diagnosis. Maybe you’re sad that you’ve been benched and haven’t been able to do any treatment in the last month, or that you’re still waiting for an appointment at a clinic, or that you don’t have insurance coverage and need to save, or simply can’t afford certain treatments. Maybe a close friend or relative announced their pregnancy or had a baby, and you’re sad that you can’t fully feel happy for them while navigating your own infertility. Maybe you’re just grieving the fact that you’re here at all. Remember, there are no pain olympics here, and no matter what it is that you’re grieving, your pain is valid.

The idea here is to hold space and honor the different types of grief that we are all experiencing, and give ourselves a dedicated time to process the hardships and traumas of the month. This is not a toxic positivity thing: there is no expectation that because you’ve done a ritual that you should now be able to magically move on. This is simply a chance for us to process some feelings, which is an essential part of healing and not something that we get the opportunity to do in a society where most of us don’t even share our struggles with others, share our rituals, and support each other.

I did some research on grief rituals, and here’s a list of options that fit within our context. This is just a starting point - feel free to create your own or modify these as you see fit. You are welcome to share a photo and/or describe your ritual and what it is you’re grieving at this moment.

• Light a special candle used only for your ritual purposes
• Burn incense or sandalwood (Sage is endangered, making it scarce for the Indigenous people who use it for religious and cultural purposes, so I’m leaving it off this list - obviously if you’re someone who uses it in religious/cultural ways this doesn’t apply to you).
• Write down the thing(s) you are grieving and want to let go of and then burn the piece of paper
• Create a work of art
• Plant a tree or flowers, or buy yourself flowers or a plant
• Take a walk in nature and reflect on the cyclical nature of the seasons and how spring always follows winter. We are in our own personal winters, but nature reminds us that no matter how cold, dark, and sad, spring always follows eventually.
• Read or say aloud an inspirational verse, poem, or prayer
• Play or sing a specific song
• Ring a chime or a bell

These ones apply more to feelings of loss to me, but might be a good option for those who have gone through a miscarriage or feel some other form of loss, such as a failed transfer (loss of the embryo):

• Make a donation to a charity that reminds you of the lost loved one (a friend of mine who had a stillbirth organizes walks for March of Babies (part of March of Dimes) in honor of the son she lost).
• Carrying something special that reminds you of your loved one that you can take out and hold when you feel the need, such as a “worry stone.”
• Create a “place” memory - a certain spot outdoors that you designate for being connected to the lost child that you can visit when you want to remember and feel close to them, such as a certain tree, spot in your yard, or bench in a park.

Over the next few days, up until the last day of the month, this space will be for sharing what you’re grieving and the ritual you did to honor and process your grief. Feel free to link to a photo of your ritual. You’re also welcome to simply write about what you’re grieving without doing a separate ritual - the writing is the ritual in that case.

What's going on in your life at the moment?

Click here for the monthly results thread

Welcome to the weekly secondary infertility thread. This is a free space to discuss issues relating to secondary infertility without pesky content warnings.

As always you may discuss things anywhere in the sub, but outside of here you must use a content warning.

Women with primary infertility are welcome to comment or ask questions here.

The same rules apply here as they do outside this thread (except the content warning) and any type of insulting or negative comments will not be tolerated.

Those with secondary fertility are always welcome in this sub, and this weekly post will still be here, but if you want a full sub dedicated to secondary infertility there's the wonderful place of /r/SecondaryInfertility you can also participate in.

What's going on in your life at the moment?

Click here for the monthly results thread

Welcome to the weekly secondary infertility thread. This is a free space to discuss issues relating to secondary infertility without pesky content warnings.

As always you may discuss things anywhere in the sub, but outside of here you must use a content warning.

Women with primary infertility are welcome to comment or ask questions here.

The same rules apply here as they do outside this thread (except the content warning) and any type of insulting or negative comments will not be tolerated.

Those with secondary fertility are always welcome in this sub, and this weekly post will still be here, but if you want a full sub dedicated to secondary infertility there's the wonderful place of /r/SecondaryInfertility you can also participate in.

What's going on in your life at the moment?

Click here for the monthly results thread

Welcome to the weekly secondary infertility thread. This is a free space to discuss issues relating to secondary infertility without pesky content warnings.

As always you may discuss things anywhere in the sub, but outside of here you must use a content warning.

Women with primary infertility are welcome to comment or ask questions here.

The same rules apply here as they do outside this thread (except the content warning) and any type of insulting or negative comments will not be tolerated.

Those with secondary fertility are always welcome in this sub, and this weekly post will still be here, but if you want a full sub dedicated to secondary infertility there's the wonderful place of /r/SecondaryInfertility you can also participate in.