We tried for 3 years before our little one came along.
I had a history of fibroids, had had some surgery for this but had been told that all should be fine...
It wasn't...
In the first year, I just kept telling myself "this will happen..it just takes time". Meanwhile, all our friends were started to fall pregnant. Strangely, I always had this inkling that it might be tricky for me...but we still lived in hope. Didn't do anything special in year 1...just waited and waited!
In the second year, things started to get a bit tougher. I went to see several Gynaecologists, with little success. I had some ultrasounds which revealed more fibroids, but again, was told they shouldn't be impacting upon my fertility. Some of our friends now had babies. It was certainly getting tougher...people stopped asking when we were going to have kids, knowing that there was probably 'something wrong'.
Another year went by. Still no success. Never a confirmed pregnancy...just period after period after period. 36 misses in a row!!! Heart breaking actually. We started looking into international adoption thinking this was going to be the only way for us. No doctor could give us answers. I had ultrasound after ultrasound. My
DH had all the tests. It was almost more depressing when they told us he had 'super sperm'..."great...it's really my fault!"
We started doing serious charting. Doing the deed lost all it's romance!
Finally we went and saw a fertility specialist...our one last shot. We had pretty much decided not to go down the IVF route...not because I'm anti-IVF, I just didn't know how I'd cope with the disappointment. We wanted to see if anything could be done before we finally set our hearts on adoption.
So we saw the FS...I went through a million more tests. 25 blood test, I think! A HSG, more ultrasounds...again, no answers! Just 'unexplained infertility'. The FS decided to try me on Clomid. Although my periods were fine and I was ovulating, I think the Clomid was prescribed as being a bit of a hormone turbo boost.
DH had his own little "boost" (if you get my drift) and we went for it.
And amazingly...a little miracle. Our first confirmed conception after 3 years. First round of clomid! We also used pre-seed, which I'm sure helped.
The pregnancy, although a little scary, went so smoothly. We were so fortunate. The only 'glitch' is that our little boy never engaged and I was told I needed to have a
c/s. But after waiting for so long, I got to the point that I really didn't care how he came out...as long as he arrived!!!
And...at 40 weeks and 8 days...Felix was here!
He's just gorgeous. He's now nearly 6 months!
I don't think I'll ever forget the journey we went through to get him...but rather than feeling distressing, my memories of the journey only reinforce how special he is.
I wouldn't wish LTTTC on anybody...but I'd wait 3 years again to get our special little boy!