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daniyellow

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Trying For a Baby
Posted: 05-20-05 05:45am

My partner and I have been trying for a baby since the second I turned 16. I'm now nearly 18 and i'm stil not pregnant. I read somewhere that some miscarriages can happen so soon that they can be mistaken for a period. Does anyone know if this is most likely for someone of my age. There have been a couple of times when I have got my hopes up in the past couple of years because i've been sick or late.
If anyone has any ideas on how we can improve our chances please let me know because we're both really looking forward to starting a family.
Thanks in advance
dani
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askara

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Posted: 05-21-05 16:17pm

If you have been trying for 2 years I think it may be time to head to the doctors.

Make sure you are eating a ballanced diet and time your mass poking sessions for when you are ovulating. Any other time is pretty much useless!

You can get calenders that help you get the timing right, there are also kits you can buy that test certain things in urine.

Or failing all of that.. Maybe its your bodys way of saying.. Not yet.


But best of luck.
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ggshawy

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Posted: 05-21-05 18:03pm

Hi dan hope ur ok I know exactly how you feel im 18 soon though people think were mad trying for a baby so young but we know what we want and we know what were doin, I think you need a check up too though!! Go to the drs babes , its awful when everyone aroung yous had a baby or having a baby I know!! Good luck tho.
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katie_33

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Re: Trying For a Baby
Posted: 05-22-05 12:24pm

daniyellow wrote:
my partner and I have been trying for a baby since the second I turned 16. I'm now nearly 18 and i'm stil not pregnant. I read somewhere that some miscarriages can happen so soon that they can be mistaken for a period. Does anyone know if this is most likely for someone of my age. There have been a couple of times when I have got my hopes up in the past couple of years because i've been sick or late.

If anyone has any ideas on how we can improve our chances please let me know because we're both really looking forward to starting a family.

Thanks in advance
dani
well I havn't been trying but the last 2 years I have not been on b/c and my b/f and I did not use protection, although are relationship was off and on, I am 19 now and when we least exspected it I got pregnant.. So I think that it will happen when it's meant to be.. Also have you tryed ovulating kits.. I heard those help..
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jesticle

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Hey Girls
Posted: 05-22-05 13:00pm

Im 18 and have been trying for a baby for 14 months I had a son when I was 16 but he was stillborn I have also had 2 miscarriages b4 I started trying ive had one since and I did get checked out and I have endometriosis my chances are slim but I am still hopefull I know plenty of ppl who've tried for 2-5 years and when they least expected it they concieved. Maybe you should get checked out if nothings wrong then maybe just give it time.
I hope everything goes well.
Goodluck
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Ally

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Posted: 05-23-05 17:43pm

I've ben ttc too ... He came in me right before my period was suppose to start . And when I missed my period I was excited , but then it was false alarm I had my period =(
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sandyallen

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Posted: 05-23-05 18:19pm

Hi there! Going to the Dr. Is a great idea as long as you both get checked out but stress can cause a problem if you are trying to concieve also, so relax, enjoy, go to a spa, try something different and adventurous that will relax you more.
Good luck!
Keep us posted.
Sincerely,
sandy
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HollyDawn

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18 And Trying Too!
Posted: 06-02-05 01:50am

I am also 18, and have been ttc. I have talked to my bf about this, and he wants to, but he never wants to talk about it! Can you provide any advice about how I can get his attention other than just catching him offguard and being like, "hunny, i'm pregnant!"? I have this desire inside of me to carry life, and to be a mother, even though I am young, I know that this is something that I can do. It is so strong, that it consumes 85% of my thoughts in the day, even when I am at work! Does anyone have any suggestions for me? Please help!
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rita_b

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Posted: 06-02-05 02:21am

I agree with aksara.
If you are trying for 2 years without success its time you head towards a doctor's clinic for a thorough check-up of both yourself and your partner to detect the exact cause of your failure to conceive.
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lil_blaze2004

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Posted: 06-02-05 06:07am

It could just not be your time. I had previous miscarriages at age 16 and 19. Now i've been with the same guy since I was 21 (i am almost 26)- and we had unprotected sex from almost the begining and nothing! I figured something was wrong with one of us but now am due to give birth in about 3 weeks. It was finally our time!

You could go to a doc's if you want but you also started trying while you were very young and maybe it was god's way of saying "chill out girl and wait."

good luck.
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allusivepond

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Hi There Ladies
Posted: 06-02-05 06:58am

I have been ttc for about 15 with success and I think to many ppl are to eager to soon to go to docs as soon as they dont fall pregnant. My fiance and I are due to be married next year and im 26. We decided to seek a fertility specialist help of another kind and are trying the natural methods. In other words the doc we are seeing is a herbalist and before I went to see her I could have sworn I was infertile, but she has helped me get regular as my periods were way out and I had also tried ovulation calendars and they were all wrong as to when I was ovulating. We have had to stop trying as my fiance broke his leg and has had surgery and everything like that but as soon as we can we are going to continue.

My advice to you is to answer the following questions and then decided what to do.

1. Do I really want a baby
2. Do I understand what my cycle is really like and do I know when I ovulate (not just assume its the middle of the cycle as this is not always the case)
3. How stressful is my life since I began ttc to before I ttc (stress is the biggest factor in not getting pregnant)

from someone who cant wait to have a jelly bean all of their own
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