Anyone else struggling with Infertility?

[kittykorat]

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Honestly, they weren't that bad.
Most of the injections are done with a tiny needle- subcutaneous - into the belly or thigh.

I thought the blood tests and U/S monitoring was the worst! Every other day I had to go to the clinic at 6am to get a blood draw and internal Ultrasound to monitor whether the eggs were ready and my estrogen levels.

The roller coaster of emotions when you are putting so much hope on the eggs growing, and planning your life around it.. when you don't know when the retrieval and transfer will be...
...and the egg retrieval is no picnic either... then waiting for the fertilization report...

Of course it was all worth it.
Here are my beautiful IVF babies!

 

[Nava]

Your Children Are GORGEOUS!!!!! the retrieval for me was not as bad. the blood work was the scariest for my husband. he literally walk out of the lab when they told him they were going to take blood out. i hated the injections the most i think. Oh and the planting of the eggs was horrible. I thought i was going to PEE. I had to lay there for 30 mins. that was horrible for me. But of course it's been a few years those experiences i will not easily forget.

 

[Nava]

please post more pics.

 

[sky68ou1]

i havent had issues myself with infertility but i know plenty of people who has. if you ever want to just talk or need a sholder please email me anytime! im sorry you have had such difficulties. please try to stay positive and not stress so much as it does have a big role in it as well.

i will talk more in depth with you privately. heres my email [email protected].

 

[Nava]

glad for you to join us. I don't quite know the statistics on infertal women but i wouldn't want this for my worst enemy. it's horrible. i see that you are wanting horses. I love horses. I have 6 of my own. 115 chickens, 1 pig,5 dogs,10 cats, 1 amazon parrot,5 cockatiels, and 2 cows. and a great husband. loving every minute of it. we are trying to give one horse away to a good home rite now.

 

[Nava]

speaking about horses i have to run and get some hay before it storms here. I'll be back in a few hours

 

[kittykorat]

Nava- just for you- here are more pics
Here are all 3 of my children

Ashlee's birth announcement pic

 

[Nava]

now thats picture perfect you are so blessed. i'm not saying that i'm not, but girl you are probably tickled pink to wake up with them everyday. thank you for sharing your joy with me.

 

[nop169]

First let me say I am sorry you are going through this trying time in your life. We have been there. For us, it began as wanting a child after 2 years of marriage - didn't happen - told to wait a year & not to stress over it - didn't work.... then we started the infertility & found out I am sterile... so we chose to do donor sperm.... didn't work (tried 8 times) - then found out wife isn't actually releasing eggs when cycling.... tried some meds - no luck.... the whole thing became an obsession for us & after 4 years of trying we decided to go ahead & try to adopt..... 2 failed adoptions later we were at our wits & pocketbook's end... the stress was killing our marriage so I set the wife down & said enough because I was afraid we were going to lose each other at this point. We held hands & prayed & told God that if we were to have a child then He would have to send one to us.... You have to understand that at this time I had 2 brothers with children who were not cared for (both brothers have dependency issues) and we tried to help - we became the uncle & aunt the kids depended on for fun/gifts but at the same time we were so angry with God for not allowing us to have one when we were good, responsible & moral people.... while people around us who could care less had kids everywhere.... What we had to learn is that life is a journey & each one's journey is different depending on the lessons you need to learn in this life. Five months after praying I received a call at 5am on a Wednesday morning. A local OB doctor was calling to ask if we would be interested in adopting a child that was yet to be born in the local hospital. Immediantly I said yes.... he said the child id bi-racial .... I said yes ... he said there was no prenatal care & sex was unknown... I said yes.... he said it would be a private closed adoption (in my area about $10000.00 - we had only about 4000.00 in savings at this point)... I said yes.... He said he'd call once the baby was born. I hung up, grasped my wife's hand & we prayed & thanked God for the oppurtunity & that if this was right that He'd work it all out. 3 days later my daughter came home. 3 months later the adoption was finalized. The lawyer would not even charge us for her time (this wasn't our normal lawyer but one appointed because our lawyer also represented the local hospital - conflict of intrest). Adoption cost us around $3500.00 court costs, childs lawyer.... McKenley just turned 11 y.o. - she has been the joy of my life - she is my heart & soul. She is a confident, beautiful smart child who wants to become a surgeon! After McKenley, we received 2 other unrelated to us children - not formally adopted - but take in children aged 16 & 18. Similar to a foster child deal. Both (one boy & one girl) were from rough homes with both physical & sexual abuse applied to these children. They are now 23 & 24 & the girl is married with a child of her own. The boy has (much to my lasting sorrow) decided to move on in his life & doesn't see us.
We wanted children & God supplied that want - not exactly how we invisioned it - but still all 3 were a gift in our lives - regardless of all the heartache & frustration & failure in healing the older 2. It is difficult to try & raise older children with issues - but we feel God placed them in our lives to teach us & us in their lives to teach them. At times I would have said I wished we had stopped with McKenley because she is truly ours (from birth) & was not abused & is a well adjusted child, but I learned that I needed to go through the difficulties with the older ones to learn... to learn more about myself, about others & about commitment & love & boundries. I know this is sort of a short version but I hope you understand what I am trying to say.... life doesn't always work out how we want - when we want.... but the lessons learned in your individual journey are priceless - it takes the pain to truely know joy. I will stop by leaving you this quote... I heard it coming in from work one day & the wife had Oprah on. Her guest quoted it as I came through the door & it touched me & helped me understand the currents in my life.... I hope you find a similar truth to fortify you on your journey... WE ARE NOT HUMAN BEINGS ON A SPIRITIAL JOURNEY BUT RATHER SPIRITAL BEINGS ON A HUMANE ONE.....

 

[MissPrissy]

I am very sorry for your troubles. There is hope. I am from the other side of the situation - I was a surrogate for a couple who could not conceive as the wife has lupus. There are people who will help you. There really are. The children born from my experience were conceived in vitro with the couples eggs and sperm and then frozen at embryo stage. The first time my implant was 7 embryos. The second time we used 5. There is hope. Don't give up. Children are first born in your heart, not of your body.