Infertility

How old are you and your husband? When did you go off birth control (if you were ever on it)? Etc etc we need some more details, thanks.

PS We are not here to give medical advice; ask your doctor, of course.

I am 32 and my husband is 35. I have never been on birth control.

I don't think 8 months is any time to lose hope...
If you simply think of the odd one little egg and one little sperm have to overcome to get you pregnant...

I friend of mine is just going through in-vitro-fertilisation.
She was told that the odds of her staying pregnant is 1:4
And that is after the fertilised egg has already been implanted.

Usually woman don't notice if a pregnancy goes wrong within the first two weeks, which apparently is pretty common.

On the other hand, apparently there are people who simply are not compatible!
One couple I know of tried for 8 (!!!) years.
Also in-vitro after a while...

This all put so much strain on their relationship that they separated and are now both biological parents in their new relationships.

Another couple adopted two children about a year ago.
In their case the doctor could also find nothing physically wrong with either of them.
They had also tried for several years.

So don't give up hope, yet, but don't stress yourself too much over it either. I don't think that helps matters at all!

I agree with Bohne. Follow up medically if you're really concerned, but 8 months just isn't that long for this sort of thing.

It's quite a mind-bender, I know -- I'd been sexually active for quite a while before I decided to become pregnant and was firmly in the "must protect myself or I'll get pregnant!!" frame of mind. Really expected to become pregnant pretty much as soon as I went off of birth control. Didn't happen. As the "didn't happen" months added up, I started to really worry. Took us about a year after we started trying.

Does your husband wear jockey shorts or other close fitting underwear? Warm testicles can cause a low sperm count.

Smoking causes a low sperm count, too. Especially once guys are in their 30s.

Have you tried using an ovulation predictor?

Hi bibliona, my wife used to have the same problem as you, infertility. But as you know all problems has its solution. I've gone through several tests by my GP and he finally prescribed me to take pregnyl. It helps to make conception easier and it has been effective for me and today I have twin babies. So why don't you try it, maybe it will successful for you.

Is your husband masturbating in the bathroom and at work? This can also cause a low sperm count.

It takes a really long time. Well for me it did. Me and my boyfriend have been dateing for almost two years now and we have never used any kind of pertection and barly ever pulled out. and im just now preganant. I only have 2 more months to go. So maybe your husband just needs to "you know" in you more. I thought I would have been prego last year but I got lucky and ended up this year.

While some people are lucky others take some time. The conditions have to be just right and believe it or not, 8 months isn't horribly long to be trying.

Infertility specialists won't even look at you before a year.

Have you tried charting you temps and using ovulation kits? Maybe you think you ovulate at one time but are ovulating at a different time.

It's hard, especially when all you want to see is that positive. But keep trying. And don't forget to have fun!