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Hi Anna, BIG welcome to Oh Baby. I am in the unexplained group as well. What tests have you had? HSG? Laparoscopy? etc I had both of those and still couldn't find anything then after just over 2yrs and going onto clomid and 3rd month was pregnant with our now 4yr old daughter so miracles can happen. Have now been trying for 3yrs for #2 and many months of clomid and IUI and nothing so booked in for IVF in October. I am with Hamilton FA and I am guessing you are as well. Who did you see there? With unexplained you do need to have been trying for 5yrs to be publicly funded as I understand it. We are eligable for public funding as they count the 2yrs we were trying for our daughter as well as the 3yrs we have been trying for our second so have the 5yrs needed which I think is terrible that they make people with unexplained wait so long. Anyway feel free to come in and hang out in the infertility thread. No need to feel isolated las ots of us on here with many different fertility issues but there is so much support here so join in chick!

Hi Anna123 Big hugs to you.

Unexplained infertility can be very fustrating! I had unexplained for 2 years. Went to F+ and had lap and dye done, 3 months later we fell pregnant. I feel so blessed everyday I look at my son.

Yes you do have to wait until you have been trying for 5 years.   Luckily for me, I really do think the dye worked. Apparently they have a great success rate for this - not sure of statistics though.

Just like you I found it fustrating because I didn't have a reason why I couldn't get pregnant.   I too also found it quite lonely.

I couldn't relate to others going through fertility treatment because I wasn't having any treatment. I couldn't relate to others who got pregnant straight away or after only 6 months of trying. I was just waiting for each month to see if AF would come along.

I found this forum great support. I hope you do too. Feel free to ask as many questions as you like or just vent your fustrations.

All the very best hun


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The waiting is extremely hard. Especially when they tell you to wait another 2-3yrs   

We were told not to try clomid because they didn't think it would work for me. After the lap and dye we decided to go private and pay for IUI as we could try that in the meantime and if it didn't work we would still be in the queue for IVF. From memory, we were told we could try IUI or IVF but not both - it was something like that anyway. So that is why we decided to pay for IUI. We had the appointment booked but didn't need to use it.

Maybe when you go in September you could ask them what the next step/s will be - if you haven't already.

Keep your chin up - I know it is hard