I started this blog believing I might be pregnant, as I needed somewhere safe and anonymous to talk about it.
Sadly, I wasn't pregnant, but writing about the two week wait (2ww) and knowing I'm not alone has made it easier to bear so I'm going to continue to obsess here quietly every month until it happens. It's great to link up with other people who understand - do look for me on Twitter (@pregnantish).
I am in my mid-thirties and struggled to conceive my first child due, I think, to a short luteal phase of only 6 days and very irregular cycles. The doctors just called it "unexplained infertility". Devastatingly, I split up with my partner just at the point of being referred for IVF.
Miraculously, only a few months into a relationship with a new partner, I fell pregnant accidentally. It was an odd cycle. We can only think of it as "unexplained fertility".
My daughter is nearly 2 and we have been trying for a second child together since my periods returned about a year ago. My cycles are more regular now and my luteal phase has lengthened to 8/9 days, still short, but a definite improvement.
We no longer have IVF as a back-up plan. My partner feels very strongly that he doesn't want more kids after he hits 45, which I accept. By the time I have been through the tests again and referred, our time would be up. This is our race against time to fall pregnant naturally.
