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Taking the Big Leap to IVF

February 9, 2012
by Sarah Preston Gorenstein
Blog: 
Trying to Conceive
Our decision to try IVF next wasn’t an easy one, but we decided to take the big leap because there are better success rates with IVF vs. IUI—based on my diagnosis and age, we were given about a 60 percent success rate.  Read Full Post

What Not to Say to Someone Trying to Conceive

February 6, 2012
by Sarah Preston Gorenstein
Blog: 
Trying to Conceive
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© Sarah Preston Gorenstein
You never really know what someone is going through behind closed doors—even someone who conceived naturally once, like me, can be struggling to conceive baby no. 2. Here are some things you should never say, and a few things you should never hold back. Read Full Post

Navigating the Message Boards

February 3, 2012
by Sarah Preston Gorenstein
Blog: 
Trying to Conceive
Do you know what “DH” means? I didn’t until recently. Another bad side effect of the infertility process? The infertility message boards and forums that I’ve found myself on at 2 a.m.  Read Full Post

Addicted to Infertility

January 31, 2012
by Sarah Preston Gorenstein
Blog: 
Trying to Conceive
Once you start all the fertility treatments, it’s very hard to stop. For lack of a better way to describe it, it's like being addicted to drugs. You want to stop, but you can't.  Read Full Post

Our Next Attempt: IUI

January 29, 2012
by Sarah Preston Gorenstein
Blog: 
Trying to Conceive
To pick up where we left off, after I went on Clomid (and then cried), we decided to try IUI with injectable medications. For one reason: Better odds than IUI with Clomid, and better odds than Clomid alone. Not to beat a dead horse, but the age factor is always the giant elephant in the room.  Read Full Post

Do You Ever Have Regrets?

January 25, 2012
by Sarah Preston Gorenstein
Blog: 
Trying to Conceive
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If I knew then what I know now...
© Chicago magazine
Okay, it's confession time. Do you ever wish you could go back and change some things—like decisions you made, lifestyle choices, people you dated—even though you know thinking that way is a huge waste of energy and time? I do. Read Full Post

Adoption and Other Options

January 23, 2012
by Sarah Preston Gorenstein
Blog: 
Trying to Conceive
Parenting.com
My poor baby has walking pneumonia.
© Sarah Preston Gorenstein
Adoption isn’t something Jay and I have really discussed yet, but it's something we'd consider if and when the time comes to consider it...if and when we felt it was the right choice for us. After all, my husband was adopted! Read Full Post

Strength in Numbers

January 20, 2012
by Sarah Preston Gorenstein
Blog: 
Trying to Conceive
Leaning on your friends for support can be helpful, as well as knowing that so many other women like you have been down this same path, but you have to realize that their experience with infertility is not the same as yours.  Read Full Post

I Went on Clomid, and Then I Cried

January 19, 2012
by Sarah Preston Gorenstein
Blog: 
Trying to Conceive
After our initial tests the determination was made: His semen was fine (high five!), and so was my ovarian reserve and anatomy. The only problem they found, after one month of monitoring me, was that I didn’t seem to be ovulating regularly. (Hello, 37!) Read Full Post

Back to the Beginning

January 17, 2012
by Sarah Preston Gorenstein
Blog: 
Trying to Conceive
Parenting.com
Infertility touches about 7 million American women--including me.
© Treavor Doherty
Welcome to my new blog at the Fertility Files! I was very honored that Parenting asked me to chronicle my experience(s) with trying to conceive baby no. 2, but if I’m being honest? I never in my wildest dreams (or nightmares) thought I’d become the poster child for infertility. Me? The girl who blinked and got pregnant three months after her wedding? Infertility has been in the back of my mind for a couple of years now, and something I’ve always been keenly aware of, but never a topic I thought I’d be writing about from a personal perspective. Read Full Post

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