Gut punch! Receiving the news from my Reproductive Endocrinologist that my best bet for getting pregnant was IVF was devastating to hear. After nine months of clomid or letrozole and zero evidence of ovulation, I wasn’t expecting such drastic measures would be required for success. After trying on our own for six months, we sought a consultation from the RE as my twin sister had difficulty...
(Story written in 2014) I know a lot about the baby growing in my belly, but not the gender. I know he (or she) was fertilized on September 7, 2011 at around 8:40am. The embryo was placed in cold storage a few hours later, along with three of its little embryo buddies, where it stayed until November 16, 2013. It was placed inside my ready-and-waiting uterus on November 21, 2013, where I imagine...
When my husband and I were told that we were not able to have children on our own, there were a flood of emotions that took over. Disappointment, sadness, incompetence, grief, uncertainty. Those are just a few. I remember thinking, “now, what?” I think that when we think of experiencing grief, it is when someone we love dies. At least, that’s how I always thought of it. I didn’t realize that I...
Unexplained infertility. Those words followed me around for more than 4 years. After an unsuccessful year of trying to get pregnant we started testing. Normal this. Normal that. Very slightly low thyroid, easily treated with low-dose medication and unlikely to be the cause of our infertility. Month after disappointing month. My infertile friends, one by one, all became pregnant. Women who...