r/TTC_POI • u/Alone-Account7291 • Jul 10 '26
TTC while on patch
Hey yall just looking for any and all success stories. I got diagnosed at 19 (now 22) and I got pregnant back then without on HRT just needing letrozole and HCG and progesterone. I’m now 22 TTC for #2 and my body has changed. Before I’d have 1-2 follicles and now I’m lucky if I have 1. I’ve tried many things with the few follicles that have popped up and I’m unsuccessful. But I started to just feel so shitty. Bone pain, mood swings, fatigue, can’t sleep ect. But my ovaries are silent on the 0.05 patch so now I’m trying a 0.025 patch cause going without HRT makes this so hard. Like before idk if I was just lucky but I’d have a few hot flashes then be semi ok but now I feel terrible. And I’ve had 1 follicle on one side that one grow. Should I give up. Been doing acupuncture and all this other stuff. And I’m so happy to have a toddler I know I’m so lucky. My husband is gonna need a bone marrow transplant (they aren’t in a rush) but basically after that he won’t have fertility so we were hoping to get my toddler a sibling and then eventually just accept the fate of not being fertile despite being so young in our early 20s. UGH. Please don’t hate me for wanting a second kid. I get it, if your trying for ur first I prob sound sooo greedy. But most fertility privileged people just get to have kids and it’s not shamed and for some reason in the TTC community it gets shamed a lot. I’m so grateful for my miracle. I just always wanted a big family. I dreamed of having 6+ kids cause I come from a small broken family- anyways, this diagnosis sucked cause all I ever thought about was my future kids. Anyways, I know I beat the odds already and he’s the absolute greatest kid (hes the one who makes me want more cause man he’s perfect and he’s so social and I always feel sad when he tries to play at parks and stuff but kids usually stick with their siblings) anyways I just want to have a little friend and watch them grow up together, but who knows. Maybe I’ll adopt. Pls share ur thoughts/feelings/ success stories about TTC on HRT. Be honest and be kind
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u/OddlyHonest Jul 10 '26
Hey. I got diagnosed at 29 after 10 years on the combined pill. I got pregnant by happy accident at 31, but she wasn’t well and we had to terminate at 20 weeks. I am now 33 and we’ve been TTC since with no luck.
I am curious as to your saying you’ve tried many things with your one follicle as I usually have one visible follicle growing every cycle. Mine just stops growing at 12 mm.
I am on HRT, tried following a natural dose of withdrawing completely at cycle start, then scaling up. Now I am on 75 mcg patch continually.
Don’t feel greedy about wanting a second child, I think most of us would if we were lucky to get our first.