Krystian's story

Clearblue® OVULATION TESTS

BLESSED TO GET PREGNANT
ON OUR SECOND ATTEMPT

Caitlyn and I always knew that one day we would grow our family together. We weren’t sure what that would look like or what the journey entailed at the time. We were married for a little over a year when we started having “the talk” and getting serious about the discussion of having children. We knew we needed to research multiple things, as neither one of us would just unexpectedly wake up pregnant one morning. There were three major things we needed to investigate; a reproductive medicine group, a sperm donor bank, and the different artificial insemination options. After many discussions we figured we wanted to go with IUI. We choose IUI for a few different reasons. The cost of IUI compared to IVF was more in our budget at the time. Also, IUI is a lot easier on the body than IVF. Although we chose IUI there was no guarantee that it would work for us.

We selected a donor and waited for the next cycle. There were SO many ovulation test kits on the shelves and that was pretty stressful for me. After a lot of research I went with Clearblue®. Clearblue® showed a clear picture when it was go time! We were blessed to get pregnant on our second attempt and naturally used a Clearblue® pregnancy test.

We are now ready to grow our family even more and will be using Clearblue® again to help us in the process.

Krystian, USA (2020)

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HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT TRYING FOR A BABY?
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Did you know that 1 in 5 couples take more than 12 months to conceive?

www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg156

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  • Why stop at three?

Did you know the total fertility rate in the US was estimated to be 1.73 in 20181? This is the lowest recorded since the 1950s

1Pew Research Center: 2019

DID YOU EXPERIENCE A MISCARRIAGE?
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  • YES, I’VE HAD MORE THAN ONE
  • YES, I HAD ONE

Having a miscarriage is a sad experience and sometimes there is no explanation as to why it’s happened. The fact is that miscarriage is possibly more common than you think with 10-25% of pregnancies ending miscarriage. It may be comforting to know you’re not alone.

www.americanpregnancy.org/pregnancy-complications/miscarriage/ (accessed 2020)
If you need more support or information visit www.americanpregnancy.org

SOMETIMES I FEEL UNDER PRESSURE ABOUT GETTING PREGNANT FAST…
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  • ABSOLUTELY! WHEN I SEE ALL THE BABY BUMP POSTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
  • SOMETIMES, WHEN MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY TRY TO BE EXTRA SUPPORTIVE
  • CELEBRITIES… ARE THEY BUNNIES?

Up to 43% of women said it took longer than expected to get pregnant1. If you want to speed things up it may help to know that there are only a few days each cycle when you can get pregnant and using an ovulation test can help identify your most fertile days.

You will find some tips to help you maximize your chances of getting pregnant at the end of this survey.

1 Study of 5000 women in US, UK, Germany, Spain and China (2016)

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  • LIKE SEX HAS BECOME A FULL TIME JOB
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  • CAN I DO IT ALONE
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Did you know that 80% of women say they want to achieve their personal goals before trying to get pregnant?

Prior E, et al. Human Fertility (2018) 15:1-8

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Did you know that 47% of mothers in 2018 were aged 30 years and over? And the average age of a man becoming a dad is 31 years?

https://www.marchofdimes.org/peristats (accessed 2020)
Yash S, et al. Human Reproduction (2017) 32: 2110-16

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Did you know that in up to 50% of cases in which couples can’t get pregnant, it is in some way due to men.

Kumar N, et al. Journal of human reproductive sciences (2015) 8(4)

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In the first year of trying up to 50% of women worry about the time it is taking them to get pregnant.

Study of 5000 women in US, UK, Germany, Spain and China (2016)

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Did you know that since 2018 the number of lone parent families has increased by nearly 26% over the last decade?

Office for National Statistics. Families and households: 2018

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