Trouble Getting Pregnant...Could it be due to UC?

Hello,
I was Diagnosed with UC almost 4 years ago now. Been on many different meds in the past (inmuran,prednisone,pentasa, salofalk, ect) Now on 900mg of Remicade every 8 weeks. Which seems to help for 2 weeks after my infusion then wears off. Have been trying to get pregnant for about 9 months now. I know your not suppose to worry unless you've been trying for over a year. But, I have mod-severe Colitis and the last time i was in remission was in Oct and only last a couple weeks. My GI did tell me if you are in a flare it can bring your fertility down a bit. Did it take anyone else awhile to get preg? and what helped?

Thanks
Jo

Ooo sorry I forgot to add that, I'm 27.

OK. Here's my advice, take it or leave it. It won't help you feel any better, but IMO it's good to have a plan.

When you have hit the 12 month mark on TTC without conceiving, both you and your partner need to start the process of getting checked out. It's possible that your UC is making it more difficult to conceive, but there isn't a lot of hard science there. It is most important that you get baseline data on your cycle, your hormonal levels and your partner's fertility. If you feel like charting, now is a good time to start. I recommend reading Taking Charge of your Fertility for some really good info on your cycles and how to chart them.

At your age there is not a big rush to start testing. Give yourself the 12 months. I know you're impatient. Use this time to try hard to get into remission UC-wise.

I had trouble conceiving and it turned out that we had both male and female factors. My IBD wasn't diagnosed until after the birth of my first child, although I think there were issues before I got pg. During my years of TTCing, I complained monthly about pelvic pain that my DRs thought was probably endo, but after a perfectly clean pelvis was found during a lap, they were dumbfounded and just waved me off. Now I think it was bowel inflammation causing the pain, flaring periodically with my hormonal cycle.

I now have two kids. It took us 5 years and a lot of $$$ to conceive the first one, and the 2nd one was a spontaneous conception after a failed IVF. So there you go.

I got pregnant very easy with both my kids, one before crohn's and one during crohn's while flaring badly (so you can imagine we weren't having a lot of sex the second time around and I still got pregnant instantly)...therefore if having IBD plays a factor in conceiving then I would think it would be for all IBDers and I can assure you it was no issue for me....I even got tubal clips put on after my second was born cuz I didn't want to risk any unplanned pregnancies...I was 25 when I got pregnant with my second.

I know I am not a normal cycle it varies every month 30-35 day. My temp has shown day 17 and day 22 the past couple of months. we are just trying to "do it" every other day then its hard not to miss. That being said I don't always feel up for it if I am having cramps and whatnot. I might just have to go get that book! I'm not in a huge rush...just was more curious cause everytime something happens with my body (sick wise) always leads back to my UC

Before I had my UC my wife and I tried having kids. Followed all of the rules for figuring out the perfect timing of it all and nothing happened for months. For whatever reason we threw out the rulebook and just started trying to have children without any medical science behind it, especially in regards to timing. She immediately got pregnant at what would have been bad timing according to the book. Not only did she get pregnant then but we had another a couple of years later, also without the rule book. This all happened before I came down with UC.