Previously On "Trying Conception"
Posted by Me Tue, 29 Nov 2005 16:54:00 GMT
Meet Me.
I am 29 years old and I have Fertility Issues, or rather Infertility Issues. Lovely.
I have been happily married to the LOML (“Love of my Life”) for nearly 2 years now. We’ve been trying to grow our family for about as long without success. About a year or so ago (after a very unsuccessful year of trying on our own and plenty of pathetically negative Pregnancy Tests filling up the World’s Landfills!), we’ve finally bit the bullet and sought more help in the area of getting “knocked up”. Enter Fertility Guru, Dr. Bow Tie, given the moniker for the plain and simple reason that he always wears a snappy bow tie which I, for some inexplicable reason, find endearing. Under Dr. BT, we have undergone 1 IUI w/ Femara cycle and 1 IVF cycle (prior to seeing him my OB/GYN put me on Clomid for 3 rounds) – all without success, not even any near misses. ULGH!
We are currently taking the month of December off and are planning to do another IVF cycle at the end of January. Let me rephrase that, when I say we are taking the month off, that’s not the whole truth. We’re going to give it the good ole college try, also known as “going at it like rabbits”! :) We figure after doing it the no sex route for the past few months, we deserve a little fun boiking! Heeeheee
I don’t actually have any realistic hope attached to this month since I am about as irregular as they come. I don’t ovulate. Regularly. At all. Or Partially. Whatever format it comes in I have experienced it. Dr. BT calls it “Anovulatory”. I have had irregular periods since I was 17 years old and was even put on Birth Control Pills for those reasons. It’s frustrating to say the least but I guess that’s what keeps life interesting (Insert sarcastic smirk here!)
Being Infertile sucks. There are no if’s or but’s about it. It’s painful, intense, and yet a journey so hard to walk away from that you have to see the humor in it to make it through ‘cuz as everyone will tell you the end result is worth it—just check out the lovely ladies under my LINKS section. Someday I hope to find myself writing of this time in my life like they do while looking adoringly at my apple sauced stained offspring’s face(s).
In the meantime, I hope you hang out and see how we fare during the treacherous waters of Infertility, IVF, and the road to parenthood. Thanks for stopping by!