Did you ever get an explanation for your unexplained infertility?

Please elaborate. I am unexplained and frustrated. TTC for 22 months.
Thank you.

realityshow- that's interesting. I did read that they could check out the tubes with a fibre-optic camera. I wonder if they can combine many tests at once so I can get them over with- endometrial biopsy/ integrin test/ hysteroscopy/ laparoscopy/ tube camera test (forget the name)

We have passed every test so far with flying colors. Our RE said there can be a couple of issues that we don't see as a result of testing. One being issues with the tube actually picking up the egg when the ovary releases it. There is no test to see if that is an issue. There could also be a sperm penetration issue with the egg. Again this could be an unforeseen issue. He said if it wasn't for the fact that we have been ttc for 33 months he would say we were healthy and fertile and should conceive in a year from our tests.

Sometimes it just takes time. Even our RE said that. I know my MIL took 5 years to conceive. Another lady I know took 7 years to conceive. Both were healthy. The also both went on to have more children without an issue and very quickly.

I think unexplained infertility is hard because sometimes you feel like it is something other than medical like fate or something. I believe in God's timing with or without medical help we will conceive. That is easier to say than accept at times though. It is a struggle but I am hoping and praying that we conceive on our own before gearing up for IVF this fall.

Best wishes to you!!!

Dear Ava,

I feel for you. I had treatment (clomid, IUI) for several months before first conception - nobody knew why, but after that first successful pregnancy i had 2 more children with same husband with NO intervention - go figure. I know this is not much help, but this site may give you some info and support.

http://www.resolve.org/site/PageServer

Very best wishes

My unexplained changed to tubal. I had an ectopic pregnancy and when I went in for my surgery to remove the tube my RE looked at the other tube with a camera and determined that it was probably too weak to carry an egg just like HONEYB1 says.

ETA: I'm sure some tests can be combined but that would be quite a day!

No, they never determined why I had such difficulty in conceiving. My husband and I tried for ten years til we finally gave up and decided it wasn't meant to be. For five months I never even thought about it. I had come to grips with the fact that we would never have a baby. Then out of the blue........I got pregnant!

The doctors never knew why we couldn't conceive. My hubby and I both had tests. After 8 years we tried IUI's and none of them worked. Finally after 10 years we had to resort to IVF. A long, expensive, sometimes painful process, but now we are Finally pregnant.