How long to try to conceive before pushing for action
We have been trying to conceive for six months now. I have been using OPKs and timing intercourse the whole time, as well as using mucinex and preseed consistently, to no avail. My cervical mucus at the time of ovulation is thick, like a glob of rubber cement. My cycle is otherwise normal, my weight is healthy, etc. My lungs are really good
my issues are mostly GI and sinus stuff. CF doc is good with a pregnancy.
I am late 20s, so no one seems concerned about this length of time. I know 6 months is very, so in some ways my brain tells me to suck it up and keep trying. I am not yet upset that it hasnt happened. Six months is normal, and I know it. I think if I didnt have CF, Id be optimistic. However, knowing that with CF it is likely that Ill have problems, I am now pretty discouraged. I feel like if it was going to happen on its own, it would have within 6 months. I think there must be an issue, right? I have (maybe irrationally) convinced myself that the fact that we have not succeeded within six months means it wont happen anytime in the near future. And that possibility has me quite upset.
We are seeing a reproductive endocrinologist mostly initiated to get some genetic testing and stuff done upfront (all good). He says hell be as aggressive as we want him to be, but that he doesnt yet want to do anything unless we WANT him to. My thought is
if it hasnt happened in six months, shouldnt we go ahead and do something? Is there any chance it wi...
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