My husband and I met in graduate school. We married soon after we met..it was a whirlwind romance..the kind of love at first sight. Our careers were important to us, so we decided early on that we didnt want to have children right away... little did we know that it would be such an issue! When we turned 30, we decided that we were "ready" to start officially trying. The first 6 months flew by, and we really weren't too frustrated because we figured it would take some time. It wasn't until the 1.5 mark that we realized that perhaps something wasnt quite working. At that point we had just made a huge cross country move to Oregon from Alabama, it was quite stressful. We had left our families and friends for a new adventure out west. I made an appointment with my OBGYN to chat about family planning, as at this point I was 33. The doc recommend that we start with trying clomid to assist with ovulation and not to worry. He performed the prelim testing and could find nothing that was glaring wrong with us, so clomid seemed like a good "helper" option. So at this point we tried this for a few months...big fat NOTHING. In the midst of all of this..My husband and I were working at one of the most stressful job situations that we have ever worked at...which in hindsight, I am sure was not doing anything to help either one of our situation!
Fast forward a few months and we went back to see my doc...he recommend we try clomid with an IUI (intrauterine insemination). This could help to give us a better chance of pregnancy. So we figure what the the heck..we could give that a try..we did..
But in February 2014, we were in a minor car accident which propelled us into a two year long medical fiasco. The car accident which really wasnt a big deal, was big enough to cause a ruptured disc in my neck, which then caused a constant daily migraine of a level 9-10 for almost 6 months. After months of back and forth to doctors and specialist they finally determined that I needed surgery to correct. This car accident put a major stop to all of our fertility activity for close to two years. As soon as I had healed from the first surgery, I begin having symptoms again and in May 2015 I had to have a second surgery to correct two more ruptured discs. At first I was angry, that all of this had happened to me...but now I realize that it was the hand of God, and that it was a true blessing that I had not gotten pregnant all those times before...I dont know what I would have done if I had been pregnant and been in that much pain for two years.
In the midst of the spinal issues, we decided to make an appointment to see a Reproductive Endocrinologists, Dr. Austin, in April 2015. When we met with him, he diagnosed us with Unexplained Infertility. We are the 10% of all infertility cases, there is no real reason why we are not getting pregnant. Dr. Austin encouraged us to try the clomid/IUI combination a few more times but then really urged us to move on to another type of therapy. At the time we met with him, I was in so much pain, that we really just wanted to have the appointment, but my heart was not in the right place. In October 2015, we contacted Dr. Austin to begin trying fertility treatments again. I was a few months out from surgery and was healing...we tried another IUI with femara (another ovulation drug), we tried again in January 2016...this time I had VERY clear signs of pregnancy..but it didnt stick and I had another failed IUI. February 2016 we tried the final time with the IUI and femara, the doctor tried putting me on progesterone this time thinking that might help with keeping a pregnancy...it did not..but it did give me a migraine for two weeks :(....and this one was failed as well.
So now here we are March 2016...we have decided to step it up it a notch and try the next level of fertility treatment...its called Gonadotrophin Therapy...not covered by insurance..AT ALL..$$$$$. This one involves injections...I never thought I would be here..but here we are....We are giving my body a break this cycle and will begin the injections on the next cycle....if this doesnt work..I am not sure what we will do...maybe IVF..maybe adoption...I just dont know. At this point we are focusing on each day, not looking too far into the future and being thankful for all that we have. I pray that it is God's will we have a family...but only time will tell...
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