Weekly Update Thread

I'm new here, and feel like posting something after reading the stickied post (which made me cry). I'm now POD7 on cycle #7 of trying and I'm just counting the days waiting for AF. We have been having a lot of problems TTC. When we decided to start trying last year my husband start taking acutane to treat severe skin eczema on his back and we had no idea that one of the possible side effects was unable to ejaculate. We tried and tried and of course nothing happened. Meanwhile I've been doing cycle monitoring with my OB/GYN who is absolutely amazing. But all the temping and daily ultrasounds and blood work and early mornings made our nothingness seem so much worse. I started feeling resentment towards my husband so I decided it was time to take a break. So finally 2 months ago he got the all clear from the dermatologist that he can stop taking acutane. So after a break of 2 cycles, I went back to my OB and started this round of hoping and trying. 1 day before ovulation we had sex, or tried to, 3 times, and he still couldn't cum. I just felt so angry and sad and hurt. 2 days later I got a message from a friend who just announced that she is pregnant with her second baby. I was happy for her until she started bragging about how easy it was for her and that both times she got pregnant on their first try. Our friendship almost ended right there and then but I managed to get my rational self back. so here I am today, feeling stressed at work (we have been asked to reduce staff and I'm trying so hard to fight for and protect my people), exhausted from always feeling sad and weepy... sorry, this turned out to be more of a rant than any sort of intro or update, but I've been bottling this up for so long it feels good to let it out. So thank you for reading :)

/r/stilltrying Thread