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never give up hope

I just want to encourage all of you out there that have been trying to get pregnant but havent yet.To make a long story short Im 38 and have a son who is 12 my husband and i had been trying for 3 yrs to conceive even went to infertility specialist.I basically was told after a yr of trying that i was infertil and needed to do ivf but i didnt have peace with that and knew in my heart if it was gods will for us to have another child it would happen.well 5 and a half months ago i found out i was pregnant i was so excited after 3 yrs of false pregnancy tests i just couldnt believe it!!!I just really want to encourage those of you out there trying please dont ever give up and remember doctors arent god!!!!I pray for those of u out there still trying that your dreams too will come true.Elle

elle

I Want to be a MOM

My husband and I have been trying to get pregnant for a year now. My period has always been regular since I can remember. I went off the pill in Oct. 2005 thinking that I would be able to get pregnant easily. I was in for a big suprise. Every month, my period would come like clock-work. We both went to get tested, my husbands semen analysis came back normal and my hsg and bloodwork came back normal as well. So what is wrong with us? The obgyn put me on 2 rounds of clomid without doing any ultrasounds on me. Then about the 1 year mark I decided to go see an infertility specialist. He did an ultrasound on me, said I had a cyst and a small fibroid- but nothing to worry about because I should still be able to get pregnant. So now I am on a month break and then the dr. suggest to go for IUI next month. My husband was not ready for this next step but I think I can convince him otherwise. At times I feel like loosing hope, loosing faith in God- and I know it is wrong. I think at times, I feel really bitter and I hate the world. I even feel like keeping my distance from my family because all my brothers and sisters have kids. It is definitely one of the most painful things to ever go through. I know that if one day, God bless me with a child, I will be the happiest person in the world and I know I will be the best Mom ever because I have so much love to give to my child.

Kari

i want a baby

ive been tryin tryin for a baby for quite a while and we just couldnt seem to succeed finaly we wnent to an ivf clinic and now 3 years later i have a beautiful baby boy

nazz

Life isn't always fair

We have been ttc for 2 years and after all the tests for both of us they do not know why we cannot conceive - just unlucky.

We are now currently halfway through our first round of IUI and i am in the waiting period and not coping so well emotionally. I am finding it hard to hope that it might work as i don't want to set myself up to fall. I have done that for the last 24 months in a row and i am over it.

Although i strongly believe in God and who He is, I am not so convinced God chooses who has a baby and who doesn't. I can't believe he would choose starving, diseased or drug addicted people to have families over many other people who are wonderful and cant have children. I think life just isn't fair sometimes, i am not sure why. All i believe is that God isn't into favouritism!

Thanks for listening to my thoughts.

loosing enthusiasm

j

There is ALWAYS hope.

Hi All,

Today for the first time i came accross this website & found it very inspiring & also sad at times. So, i have decided to share my story as well in the hope that it gives someone some hope.
My husband and i have been together for 8yrs, married for 6. In March last year (2005) i went off the pill in the hope of conceiving & starting a family. Then in December last year (2005) i had my very first pap smear (at the age of 26) - i was extremely nervous as i had no idea what to expect, but i thought i might as well go and just check that everything is okay with me. (In the back of my mind i guess i knew they would find something wrong as i had a cyst on one of my ovaries when i was only 15 & had to have it removed. When i had that operation, i was told that i might have problems conceiving one day.) Nonetheless, i had a pap smear, a vaginal scan & an oral examination & immediately i was diagnosed with PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) & when we got the results back of the pap smear, they picked up what they called an abnormality on my womb. I was also told that i will probably not be able to conceive "normally" as i am infertile, but that there is always hope & that i must not give up & that is what i decided to do. I then had to have a biopsy to test this abnormality on my womb. This was done & after testing this growth, the doctor confirmed that it was not cancerous, but that it had to be removed - this procedure, called a Cone Biopsy, was done under aneasthetic, but afterwards there was some excessive bleeding causing me to drift in and out of conciousness. Anyway, i was treated by my gyneacologist & went home the same day with some pelvic pain & discomfort. 4 Months later i had to have another pap smear to see if this growth was back & thank God it was not. During all this time we were still trying to conceive "normally" but no such luck. I then tried the fertility treatment (Clomid) & the first try did not work. My gynea then decided to have my husband's semen tested to see if the count is high enough and, as fate would have it, his sperm count was low - much too low to even try conceiving "normally". My doctor then advised IUI (Intra-uterine Insemination) & we had this procedure done 2 weeks ago, but there were some more complications as the mouth of the womb was practically closed & my doctor could not get the catheter inside. She then decided to place the washed sperm at the mouth of my womb (in the hope that they would "swim" into my womb). I then had to lie down for about half an hour.

I had a bloodtest done last Friday & there was definitely BETA-HCG (the pregnancy hormone) present in my blood. I had to repeat the bloodtest the Monday & they found a significant increase in the BETA-HCG, but that the progesterone was a bit low. I repeated this bloodtest again today (Wednesday) & found out that i am pregnant!!
That was just proof to me that we are not in control of our lives, but God has all the control.

Bye

Janine