Pray4Miracle
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Wow, I'm not even sure where to begin. I guess the best place to start is the beginning. This post has the potential to be pretty long. lol.
I just turned 34 last month. I've always wanted kids and growing up I never thought I'd have any trouble getting pregnant. Turns out I was wrong about that. I started trying when I got engaged when I was only 18. I was engaged to that guy for about 2 years before I broke off the engagement. I went on to get married to another guy when I was 21. We tried on our own for almost a year after we were married. When nothing happened we went to the doctor and they did a semen analysis on him and found out that his sperm count was 0. So we started looking into our options. Only to find out a few months later that his kidneys were failing and he needed dialysis and a transplant. We put everything on hold then. He had a kidney transplant 8 months later and they wanted to do another semen analysis to make sure that the 0 count wasn't related to his failing kidneys. His count was still 0. We checked into our options again but my husband was not willing at this point about using a sperm donor. So we started checking into adoption but found out quickly that we couldn't afford it. So once again everything got put on hold. About 4 years went by. I tried to accept that we would never have kids but couldn't accept it and let it go. I finally got him talked into checking into using a sperm donor. I was referred to a fertility specialist who did a bunch of tests including a HSG to make sure my tubes were open. We were told that my left tube was partially blocked. But there was still a chance since the right one was open. We opted to try IUI with donor sperm. Paying for everything out of pocket. We did one IUI in Feb 2010 and one in March 2010 both with no success. We put trying any more on hold because of finances. June 2010 I left my husband because of reasons not connected to our infertility (he was very controlling and verbal abusive our whole marriage but started to get physically abusive too). That honestly was the best decision of my life. Anyway, I've always believed things happen for a reason. I met my current boyfriend a few months later. About 4 years ago we started not trying but not preventing pregnancy. He encouraged me to go for my EMT certification (that my ex told me I would never be able to do. lol) I now work with a fairly active emergency service close to where I live. I love proving people wrong.
I love my job too. Recently I've been having more and more pain on the left side of my abdomen. I've had it for at least 10 yrs (I attributed to the ovarian cysts that I get on and off) but it's been getting worse lately. So, I finally went to get it checked out. They did an ultrasound and found what appeared to be a uterine polyp. They then did a saline infused ultrasound that hurt like crazy but showed I had 2 fibroids. The dr seemed to believe that's why I haven't gotten pregnant. He scheduled me for surgery to have them removed and also did an exploratory laproscopy to check for any endometriosis. He removed the 2 fibroids with a D&C, found and removed a few implants of enodometriosis behind my uterus and also checked my tubes with saline. Best part is he said both tubes are now open. The surgery was a little over 3 weeks ago. When I went in for my check up he said that my chances are good and that we should get to trying because the sooner the better while my tubes are still open. Right now I'm on CD3. We are hoping and praying that's what the problem was and this month will be "the" month. Oh and my boyfriend did a semen analysis and they say his numbers and everything looked good but his "round cell" count was a bit higher than they wanted and said it could indicate infection so he redid the test last week and we are awaiting the results. My dr said that the round cells should not have any effect on us conceiving. Thankfully.
Sorry for the very long post. I have a tendency to run on and on. lol. Thanks for letting me get that out.
I just turned 34 last month. I've always wanted kids and growing up I never thought I'd have any trouble getting pregnant. Turns out I was wrong about that. I started trying when I got engaged when I was only 18. I was engaged to that guy for about 2 years before I broke off the engagement. I went on to get married to another guy when I was 21. We tried on our own for almost a year after we were married. When nothing happened we went to the doctor and they did a semen analysis on him and found out that his sperm count was 0. So we started looking into our options. Only to find out a few months later that his kidneys were failing and he needed dialysis and a transplant. We put everything on hold then. He had a kidney transplant 8 months later and they wanted to do another semen analysis to make sure that the 0 count wasn't related to his failing kidneys. His count was still 0. We checked into our options again but my husband was not willing at this point about using a sperm donor. So we started checking into adoption but found out quickly that we couldn't afford it. So once again everything got put on hold. About 4 years went by. I tried to accept that we would never have kids but couldn't accept it and let it go. I finally got him talked into checking into using a sperm donor. I was referred to a fertility specialist who did a bunch of tests including a HSG to make sure my tubes were open. We were told that my left tube was partially blocked. But there was still a chance since the right one was open. We opted to try IUI with donor sperm. Paying for everything out of pocket. We did one IUI in Feb 2010 and one in March 2010 both with no success. We put trying any more on hold because of finances. June 2010 I left my husband because of reasons not connected to our infertility (he was very controlling and verbal abusive our whole marriage but started to get physically abusive too). That honestly was the best decision of my life. Anyway, I've always believed things happen for a reason. I met my current boyfriend a few months later. About 4 years ago we started not trying but not preventing pregnancy. He encouraged me to go for my EMT certification (that my ex told me I would never be able to do. lol) I now work with a fairly active emergency service close to where I live. I love proving people wrong.
I love my job too. Recently I've been having more and more pain on the left side of my abdomen. I've had it for at least 10 yrs (I attributed to the ovarian cysts that I get on and off) but it's been getting worse lately. So, I finally went to get it checked out. They did an ultrasound and found what appeared to be a uterine polyp. They then did a saline infused ultrasound that hurt like crazy but showed I had 2 fibroids. The dr seemed to believe that's why I haven't gotten pregnant. He scheduled me for surgery to have them removed and also did an exploratory laproscopy to check for any endometriosis. He removed the 2 fibroids with a D&C, found and removed a few implants of enodometriosis behind my uterus and also checked my tubes with saline. Best part is he said both tubes are now open. The surgery was a little over 3 weeks ago. When I went in for my check up he said that my chances are good and that we should get to trying because the sooner the better while my tubes are still open. Right now I'm on CD3. We are hoping and praying that's what the problem was and this month will be "the" month. Oh and my boyfriend did a semen analysis and they say his numbers and everything looked good but his "round cell" count was a bit higher than they wanted and said it could indicate infection so he redid the test last week and we are awaiting the results. My dr said that the round cells should not have any effect on us conceiving. Thankfully.Sorry for the very long post. I have a tendency to run on and on. lol. Thanks for letting me get that out.
