So I Finally Gave In...

I decided that it was time for me to start blogging our journey to parenthood. I always thought that blogs were soooo tacky until I found myself reading countless amounts while trying to cope with IF.

Our journey begins the day our 2nd nephew was born. Being able to hold such a precious soul gave me and DH the idea that maybe it was our time to take the baby making road. We knew that we had some challenges ahead of us due to the fact that I was working nights and DH was getting his teacher's certification. Fast foward to December 2008...It was my annual OBGYN appt and I remember telling the doctor that we were ready to start our family. He looked at me and said that I should finish the last of the BCP's and that within a couple of months I should be pregnant...NOT. AF came on a monthly basis for 5 straight months so I thought that when she didn't arrive in June '09 we finally got what we wanted. Turns out that I didn't ovulate and at that point my cycle was at 42 days. I scheduled an appt with the doctor and he told me  that I should give it some time since my urine sample said that I was not preggo. He mentioned infertility meds but told me to take my time and see what happens. AF came in July and I was on my way to TTC. August came and went and so did September and I still had not seen AF since July. I knew something was wrong so I scheduled another appt with my OBGYN. At this point he realized that my cycle was acting weird and that the only way to get us preggo was to induce my cycle. I was given Provera to induce and 50mg of Clomid for cycle #1 in October. AF arrived in November by herself and I was happy but sad since I knew that we were not pregnant. Cycle 2-5 of Clomid were unsuccessful and at this point the doctor told me that he had done all he could from his point of view and that I needed extra help.

Fast foward to May 2010...We were reffered to the Texas Fetility Clinic and almost had to wait a month because it was full. Our RE at the clinic was Dr. Burger and she explained to us what infertility meant and what were the next steps to take. I did all my lab work and everything came back normal. DH had to do a SA but that got pushed out 'til August because he had a bad gout attack that required surgery (We thought he had torn his ACL because of the pain he was in). Once his results came back, which were normal, Dr Burger sat down with me and she told me that she was going to induce my cycle and that we were going to start with Femara 5mg. I was sooo happy that the TTC path was back up and running.

CD1 on Femara started on September 2nd. I had an U/S done the next day to make sure that there were no cysts. I took the Femara on CD3-7 just like the doctor ordered. I didn't have any side effects so I thought that everything had worked. During this time I had to go to Puerto Rico for my cousin's wedding. I returned to Dr Burger's office on CD12 and got good news. U/S showed 1 13mm follie on my right with 4 follies that were at 11mm. The left showed 1 follie at 13mm and 2 at 11mm. I couldn't believe my eyes. Was this really working?!?!? I followed Dr Burger's recommendation for the next few days. I had to go back on CD16 to see how I had progressed on the Femara. As Dr Burger got ready to do the U/S I remember saying to myself that this was it...I would have mature follies on both sides...Boy was I WRONG!!! Dr Burger was in shock...the 2 follies that were at 13mm had disappeared. All she could see were multple follies at less than 11mm on both ovaries. She thought that maybe I had ovulated earlier than expexted so she had me go get some B/W to check my progesterone level. My parents were in town so we had made plans to go out to dinner when the cell phone rang. It was my nurse telling me that I had not ovulated and that Dr Burger was giving me two choices...the highest dose of Clomid for 7 days or go to the injections. She prescribed the Provera in order to induce again and she gave me until the following week to decide what we wanted to do. I was devestated...I cried in our bathroom while I got ready to go to dinner. DH and I had a talk and we decided that we were going to try the last round of Clomid in order for us to say that we tried all the meds that we could before we decided on the injections.

So here we are into day 3 of taking Provera. I've been coping quietly with our IF only letting family and close friends know what is going on. I have a lot of things going on that hopefully will take my mind off of things for a while as we enter Cycle #2.