Anon's journey to Glow
Im 30, my partner of 5.5 years is 35. I've never considered myself maternal, never had much to do with children and it was never something I felt in a rush to do or even do at all. We actually talked quite quickly about having children together but we were both studying at the time and I knew I wanted to do further study before feeling financially stable enough to consider going part time after having a kid/kids. I finish my course in October. I came off birth control in Jan 2013 and actively started TTC the following month. A year went by and no bfp. My partner told me not to worry, it'd be fine but I wanted to get checked our just in case. Had bloods done in March 13 which showed I was ovulating. I then began trying to persuade my partner to have a semen analysis but he was resistive despite me giving him facts from the nhs website/nice guidance, saying once/if we get to 2 years he'd see his doctor, which resulted in all sorts of arguments.
He finally agreed to a semen analysis a couple of months ago, the results of which the doctor told him over the phone (no sperm whatsoever!!). We were totally shocked and left with no advice. Second analysis in July showed the same so we've been referred to a fertility clinic. Appointment end of September.
I got Glow around December 13 and I loved it (and still do, especially the groups where I no longer see a million faint lines - I don't mind that at all but it's no longer relevant to me - and can chat to women who get my situation). Although Glow hasn't helped me get pregnant it's educated me on the wonders of my female body.. Temperate, mucus, fertile window and most importantly it's helped me identify that every month without fail I get anxious, irritable, extremely moody and very tearful to the point it effects both my home and work life (I get quite irrational and problems I can usually cope with get 100000% magnified, but don't tell my partner I admitted to that ?) around the time I've ovulated. If it wasn't for tracking it with Glow I wouldn't have put 2 and 2 together and would've thought I'd have unexplained emotional problems (looking back, before I used birth control I had the same mood issues). To have an explanation is so reassuring. Thanks Glow x
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