About Us and our Journey

My wonderful husband Andy and I have been trying to have a child for over 2 years now. Since September of 2007 we have been seeing a fertility specialist. We were successfully last December but lost the child at around 6 weeks, and ended up having a D&C at 9 weeks. It was a very hurtful thing to go through. To have worked so hard for something then have it taken away was awful. Andy and I had never been so heartbroken. But we picked ourselves up and continued back on our journey. We had an unsuccessful IUI round in May. So we are trying again in June. According to the ultrasounds there are two possible follicle candidates, one in each ovary, which is very promising.

Andy has been said to have "super sperm" so we know the problem lays with me. It could be due to my weight, which has been a life long struggle for me. Or due to my Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, which too could be caused by my weight. But all and all I don't seem to ovulate without the hormone shot they give me each month.

I ask myself a ton of questions about why this is such a difficult road. One that I often come back to is did i wait too long? I will be 32 this year after all and it wasn't too long ago that people had kids in their late teens, early twenties. Why did I wait? I needed to find the love of my life.. and we needed to be ready, financially and mentally. Seems like the smart thing to do right?

Then there's the whole everyone around you is prego thing to deal with. And its true. My brother's wife, my best friend, a couple of my other good friends. It seems like everyone else is doing it with ease... but then again I guess what you work the hardest for often means the most. Sure, I'll go with that.

Anyway right now we are in the wait and see stage. We had our IUI yesterday 6/16 - and now I have to wait 10 - 14 days to test for pregnancy. Here's hoping! I will post more when I know more. Thanks for coming along on the journey with us.