Hi Shannon,
Welcome to the site! I hope that you find a lot of useful information and advice here! I can certainly say that everyone has been more than supportive to me since I joined a year ago.
Yes, we have/had tried to conceive for 1.5 years. It has taken a lot out of me. The first 8-9 months we tried with nothing, no kits, charting, or anything. However, I did get sick (after 3 years without a single CF-related problem) in the middle of it and stopped for awhile. Once I was clear, we retried from October 2006 to Present, and I must admit that I went into overdrive mode after feeling like I wasted time. This is when I started to burn myself out. I started by adding Robitussin. Then the next month, I added charting, ovulation kits, and basal temps. It wasn't fun anymore. I was starting to feel like, "Is this the joy of making a baby. Where is it?" Everything was timed and so annoying. I couldn't relax and with each cramp or anything I would over analysis. My husband does believe (along with my whole family) that we more so I am trying too hard. Doctors have said that to me also. Then of course, there is the emotional trauma each month when you find out that your not pregnant.
My lack of conceiving is probably two components: abnormal cervical mucus and trying too hard.
I think at this point I'll just take one day at a time. I really want to get back to exercising, faithfully, and avoid getting caught up too much into pregnancy-related things. And probably most importantly, slow down on attempting to analysis myself. I have no other kits, filed the thermometer in the drawer, placed any pregnancy-related books back in the bookcase, and only circled my last 1st day of my period on the calendar so I am more clueless about my ovulation time.
I just want to say thank you for your support. If I need anything, I know where to find you.
