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For Us Ladies Dealing With Infertility

3 posts on this thread and the last post was on November 6th, 2006 5:14 PM
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javidsgirl - November 6th, 2006 9:43 AM
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i have come across so many thread where women claim your not dealing with infertility cause you have one been ttc for a set number of months or years and well that is RIDICULOUS. it doesn't matter how long some has been ttc. some men or women are actually diagnosed with infertility disorders or conditions before ttc is even consider some in thier teens. but the problem is so many doctors have stero type infertility as been trying for over a year when that is just plain ignorance. so the next time you come across a lady who is facing real infertility with no cure like myself who has PCOS show a little respect for those ladies and gentlemen of course its interesting to think about ... anyways please freel feel to join this thread all are welcome but please be respectful

javidsgirl - November 6th, 2006 9:45 AM

*its something interesting to think about*

Lin - November 6th, 2006 12:40 PM

javidsgirl, I don't think I've ever seen a woman on this forum comment on another woman's infertility. If you're referring to my comment to ITSABOY the other day that she shouldn't have posted on the infertility board, that is a completely different story. Had she been diagnosed with infertility, then that's one thing, but she would have said that. Being diagnosed with PCOS or male factor or blocked tubes, etc. IS infertility no matter what time it occurs, but trying for 8 months and getting pregnant is NOT infertility. There is a reason that 1 year definition exists, and it's a statistical one. At 6 months of ttc, 60% get pregnant and 40% don't. At 9 months, 75% get pregnant and 25% don't. The likelihood of *not* getting pregnant after 9 months is still quite large - that's 1 in 4 women. By the time a year is up, the likelihood of not getting pregnant is only 10% (1 in 10 women), and if you've been charting that whole time, it's even lower. It is a statistical cutoff and one that makes sense. In fact, many women who make it to a year aren't even necessarily infertile and have just had poor luck, though most that make it long are indeed dealing with infertility.

javidsgirl - November 6th, 2006 5:14 PM

actauly no lin i was not referring to your comment if you read the stuff on this forum you will know what i mean