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welcome

My husband and I have been trying to add to our family since May 2008. Call me naive, but I expected to get pregnant immediately. What followed were months of heartache, letdown, and, ultimately, our struggle with infertility. This is our story.

What I write in this blog can get angry and emotional. For those of you who have never experienced infertility, I cannot expect you to understand what we are going through. But I can ask that you respect my emotions. Infertility is a life crisis. It is traumatic, painful, and a roller coaster ride that none of us want to be on.

Thank you for stopping by, and I hope you will stick around and read our journey. It is a journey that I hope will, someday, have a happy ending.

timeline

June 2010: forgo final IUI and begin saving for IVF, start acupuncture
May 2010: Femara + Ovidrel + IUI #4 = BFN (7.5 mm lining; 19mm and 16mm follies on lefty; 17.4 million swimmers post-wash with 59% motility)
April 2010: Femara + Ovidrel + IUI #3 = BFN (8 mm lining; 27mm follie on righty; 20.5 million swimmers post-wash with 47% motility)
March 2010: third SA shows low volume, low motility (0% moving rapidly) and 94% abnormal morphology; lump in right breast removed (it's benign!); we're homeowners!
February 2010: laparoscopy to remove 2 inch cyst on left ovary and stage 1 endometriosis
January 2010: new RE; second SA shows low count, low motility (0% moving rapidly), and 68% abnormal morphology; lump found in right breast
November 2009: Clomid + Estrogen + Ovidrel + IUI#2 = BFN (8.5 mm lining; 24mm and 18mm follies on righty; 11 million swimmers post-wash with 32% motility)
October 2009: RE consult; Dx with unexplained infertility; Clomid + Estrogen + Ovidrel + IUI#1 = BFN (7 mm lining; 18mm follie on lefty and 19 mm follie on righty; 11 million swimmers post-wash with 68% motility)
June 2009: moved home to Florida
May 2009: HSG clear
March 2009: colposcopy; first SA shows 25% abnormal morphology; cyst resolved; blood work normal
February 2009: annual visit to OB/GYN; 4.5 cm cyst found on left ovary; Dx with infertility and mild cervical dysplasia
December 2008: started thinking there was a problem
May 2008: we're married!; started trying to have a baby (say hello to charting, temping, and peeing on sticks)