Mary asks…
Should I do IUI or IVF?
DH & I have been TTC for 5 years. Had one natural pregnancy (without the help of meds) last year that ended in MC at 8 weeks. We are both 30 yrs old diagnosed with unexplained infertility. Did clomid for 3 months, great response to meds but no pregnancy. Did one IUI, again great response to meds. 5 good sized follicles but no pregnancy. Im contemplating of wether to do one more IUI & if it is not successful move on to the IVF or just go straight to IVF. I discussed it with DH & he left it up to me. Anyone going tthroughit or been through it have any advice?
Doc said DH has great sperm count & motility, My 21 day progesterone levels withought clomid ran between 10-12. My progesterone levels on clomid was 17 & up.
Doc said DH has great sperm count & motility, My 21 day progesterone levels withought clomid ran between 10-12. My progesterone levels on clomid was 17 & up.
Michelle answers:
Sounds like IUI would work well for you. But with that said, when it came time for me to decide between IUI and IVF, I went straight for IVF and skipped IUI all together because it has a higher chance of pregnancy. So it just depends on how bad and how quickly you want it…
Mandy asks…
16 days into cycle and I am spotting.?
I am currently on day 16 of my 28 day cycle. (I got my period on the 9th it is now the 25th, and my period lasts about 4 days and is usually regular) I am experiencing spotting that has never happened to me before and I am a bit worried because I do have regular sex. Although the sex is protected, it seems the condom breaks every time, but is realized quickly and replaced before we carry on. I am aware that pre-cum could be a factor, and I am not on birth control. I took the Plan B pill 5 days ago after a more serious condom oops. I have done some reading and understand that Plan B can cause spotting but so can the implantation of an egg, also sometimes natural bleeding during ovulation. Pregnancy is the last thing that I want, and I am not sure what to think about this, I am a bit worried as I am only 18 years old. I am very careful about all this but accidents happen and I am concerned, Please help
Michelle answers:
OVulation will have occurred in and around day 14, if you took the MAP day 11 it will have worked in one or more of 3 ways… Spotting/light bleeding is to be expected. Just so your aware you implantation spotting is experienced by only 1 in 3 women 2-4 days prior to their period being due.
By rights your fine.
Donna asks…
35 weeks..can I give my child up for adoption with fathers consent?
Ok Im 35 weeks pregnant and married. I am 20 years old and I have been so stressed this whole pregnancy. My husband and I actually planned for this baby and we were so excited when I got pregnant after 7 months of trying (yes we were married before we started trying!) We have always loved kids and wanted our own. But I have been given SO much grief this whole pregnancy and my family, mainly my sister, has me thinking that I need to give my baby up for adoption. I have just recently been thinking about this as you can tell Im 35 weeks..but I dont know what to do! Ive been ridiculed and called selfish for everything I have planned for my son. my husband and I have a house and a very stable income and can support a baby but my sister makes me feel so guilty about my beliefs and my way to raise my own child that I dont know if I would be the best for him anymore. :'( and as much as it pains me to say that, I just want the best for him! Ive wanted kids since I could remember and I never knew there was so much to consider being a parent and so many different parenting styles until I got pregnant. I thought my ways of thinking were normal until my sister got involved.
I didnt want to BF but I am now because I know its best for him. my sister freaks out on me for wanting to use a pacifier, bottles, wanting to pump, not cloth diaper, not bed share (when hes an infant anyways), and much more. she even scared me into going to a midwife instead of an OB! so now Im scared to have a natural birth but if I dont ill be called a bad mom. its not just my sister its some other family members too but mainly her. I just dont know what to do.
so I guess Im just wondering, can I give my baby up for adoption without my husbands consent? I know if I talk to him about how Im feeling he will think Im crazy because he thinks Ill be a good mom. he wont want to give our son up for adoption but I feel like if I keep him itll be the wrong decision and Ill be REALLY depressed and get ridiculed more by my family and my sister. what do I do?! :'(
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Justanothamotha: OK first of all Im NOT a troll this IS a serious question but thanks for making it a joke. and SECOND of all I dont care what you have seen or heard from other parents! I have been judged for not wanting to bed share from moms that go to my birthing home who are all attachment parents and my sister! just because YOU havent heard it or seen it first hand doesnt mean anything.
thanks to the nice answers…but its not that easy. Ive tried to ignore her but she even said she doesnt know if she would hate me if I dont do the things she says because she thinks everything else is wrong and selfish parenting. so she might hate me but shes not sure. I know that sounds crazy and fake but Im honestly telling the truth. and I think thats why Im having such a hard time with this. 🙁
Michelle answers:
Your husband would be 100% correct in thinking you’re crazy!
This is a baby made between the loving bond of you & your husband… You’ve said yourself that you’ve always wanted children & you both have been trying for such a long time.
You have a house & can support your baby, you’re both so excited! Every parent is going to have a different way of raising their children. It’s different. Doesn’t mean it’s wrong!
Don’t let your sister or any family/friends get in the way of your happiness. Next time someone says something which puts your way of parenting down just thank them for their advice but you’re doing things your own way & that’s that.
By all means try breastfeeding, if that doesn’t work then try pumping, then a bit of breastmilk & formula. If it doesn’t work out don’t panic you’ve done something wrong! Lots of babies thrive on formula. It is hard work breastfeeding. The only ones that will say it isn’t are the ones that have been able to with no problems.
There’s nothing wrong with using a pacifier, or bottles! If BF-ing then wait until you’ve established a good BF-ing relationship before introducing a pacifier & pumping for bottle feeds. But there is certainly nothing wrong with either.
Most mums would probably prefer disposable nappies. You can just throw them out, not wash them up all the time = bigger electric & water bills from washing/drying. Nothing wrong with disposables… They have never caused my daughter any harm. Just put some nappy cream on at each change to prevent rash which they can get with cloth anyways.
Co-sleeping isn’t for everyone. My daughter has been in her bassinette from birth & she is fine! Never had any troubles with sleeping (apart from expected occasional night feeds).
Please try & enjoy the rest of your pregnancy with your HUSBAND. Enjoy buying new things, planning stuff, talking about it all, showing your bump off. Tell your husband how you’re feeling so you see that not ‘everyone’ is against you. Remember your hormones are all over the place at the moment so it’s expected to feel ‘worse’ about everything than you usually would. Please DO NOT put your baby up for adoption, judging by how much you’ve always wanted a baby, you’ll regret it BIG TIME. Plus, it won’t do anything positive for your marriage.
Take care =) x
Ruth asks…
Pro Life: Abortion,The facts and truth about the procedure-leave comments,oppinions,and your veiw on abortion?
I, personally, am pro life. I beleive that all humans and beings deserve a right to live. Many people ask, “Whats the difference in a miscarriage and abortion? In the end, the baby doesnt get to live,” The differences in the two instances above is Abortion is similar to murder, in which you PURPOSELY End the life of the newborn, as a miscarriage is almost like a natural/accidental death, not chosen, cannot be prevented in some cases.
THE BABY:
When you take a heart beat, what do you relate it to? Life right? EXACTLY! An unborn fetus is to baby as child is to adult, heart beat starting at approx. three weeks into gestation (links below for proof)
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/When_does_the_heart_start_beating_in_a_fetus
http://www.livestrong.com/article/101602-babys-heart-rate-during-pregnancy/
http://www.deathroe.com/baby_development/
Considering the beat starts at 21-24 days into gestation, I therefore think abortions of any type should not be legal past the 20day mark. Some people then claim a fetus can not feel any type of pain or sensation. This is a very self justifying topic. Some may argue that allthough the fetus may have nerves, he/she is still unable to feel. I do not beleive before week 10, the baby can’t feel. At around Week 10-11, the baby can “breathe” amniotic fluid and urinate. The baby can grasp objects placed in its hand; all organ systems are functioning. The baby has a skeletal structure, nerves, and circulation.
(links below proving point)
http://www.nrlc.org/abortion/facts/fetaldevelopment.html
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002398.htm
http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/Resources/GraphicsGallery/FetalAlcoholSyndrome/Pages/Embryonic.aspx
RAPES AND TERRMINAL ILLNESSES:
Many people will again argue about rape victems. Granted this unfortunate event was not deserved nor asked for, but the baby is the mothers still, making him/her their child as well as the person who raped them. As many will say, “The mother should under no circumstances HAVE to carry a baby, give birth to a baby, and look at a baby everyday that will remind her of this horrible tragedy”. That is
true, HOWEVER, there are day after pills/emergency birth control that a rape victem can buy within the first 7 days of pregnancy (after conception). An excuse simply of, “The rape victem shouldn’t have to immediately go out to a local store and buy a control pill to stop the pregnancy because of an unfortunate decision the person who engaged in raping her made for her”. Then have somebody else go to the store and buy it. Instead of letting this precious life begin (usually after around 7-16 days after intercourse) when you can go to or have somebody go to a local pharmasist for the rape victem. As for terrminal illness unfortunetly there may only be one decision: to abort the unborn child. I do however think this should be acceptable only if the mothers life is in FULL JEPARDY and under 4months with a painless drug dose. This will save both mother and child in a way from ever lasting suffering.
LIFE IN foster care:
Another quiet lame excuse for an abortion. Just because a child may have to sit in foster care/find a loving famioly doesnt mean it deserves death. After 18yrs old age the child, now adult, can legally leave the home in which he/she is in and move on with his/her life. Teenage mothers should be offered this option way before they decide to go with abortion.
THE LIFE:
Granted, a baby may not be concious, but it is a life. They will one day breath through their nose and mouth, have a heart rate, have kids, and accomplish many goals in their life time. Taking away this future life should not be a womans right. It their body, so? Its my four month old child yet I cant throw them into a dumpster and be fine with it as well as everybody else be fine with it right? Then why should a woman chose who lives and who dies? A baby’s mothers womb is the only suitable place for a baby to live. Its not like the fetus can hop out of the mothers vagina and go get a job paying $68 per hour.
STILL THINK ITS FINE? So is the holocaust, in a matter of fact, we should just start killing people in death camps all over again huh?
Babies killed by abortionists who were paid to ‘terminate’ their pregnancy. Like victims of the Nazi holocaust, aborted babies have no right to life. ‘Pro-choice’ treats unborn babies just like the Nazis treated the Jews. In America, thousands daily are tortured to death – torn limb from limb, chemically burned, and worse.
The way I put it is if its not a baby, your not pregnant!!
Michelle answers:
This post is nothing but an offensive anti abortion spewing by some religious zealot who tacks on a question mark just to justify her dump here .Given her rabid hatred of abortion,is anyone stupid enough to believe she really wants to listen and mull over any answers .
I wish Yahoo could protect this board from such dumps.
The only comment I will make is to her claim that “..Abortion is similar to murder”
This is sheer garbage ,This view of abortion is held by religious zealots for the most part with the vast majority of women not viewing it as murder at all .
Second ,this presumptious spewer seems to not know that in some religions abortions are not viewed as murder and that there are NO issues involving abortions.Few people know that in Judaism, abortion is not viewed as some Christian view it for Jews believe that life only begins at birth not at conception which zealots like this one is .
If life begins only at birth ,an abortion by definition can not be murder but zealots like we have here never let facts get in the way of their rants .
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