Becoming Infertile

Despite the misleading title of this post, one does not just "Become" infertile, at least I am certain it is not so, nor, I am sure, would one be able to pinpoint the exact moment this happens. For us it was more of a journey as we continued month after month "trying" to create a living being in the labortory that is my body and time-after-time we failed (a word that has never existed in the vocabulary of my husband nor I until now). Regardless, we looked past all the negative and continued to trudge through on our journey to build our family. First, seeing our general Doctor then a Fertility Specialist, having test after test performed to get to the bottom of this less then ideal situation, then nearly three months later discovering that we (err I) am "infertile". Don't be fooled, its not as if you visit a Dr. and he instructs you to sit for the upcoming bad news, no, they sort of huff and puff and beat around the bush providing you with statistics about the tenth percentile that cannot get pregnant in the first year. As you digest the information and you run the math in your head you begin to calculate the truth that is hidden between the lines, that he is talking about YOU. You are the big "I" word, yes you, the woman that has been planning her family since you were old enough to cradle a doll in your arms. So, as my husband and I drove home we sort of argued over the information, my husband sure that he meant that only 10% of people succeed at pregnancy in the first year, and I (naturally) arguing the truth. In fact, we actually had to google the information when we got home just to be certain who interpretted the information correctly. So that was that, the truth was out, I had "become infertile" and later attributing this to my inability to Ovulate, burdening myself, and dear hubby with the trouble that lay ahead with fertility treatments. If thats not the major failure of a womans life, then I don't know what is, However, one thing I have always succeeded at is being optomistic, driven, and determined (as is my Husband), so here begins our online accounts of our infertile Hurdle.

Please Join me (and DH) on this journey of understanding and overcoming infertility as I post my most sacred emotions, updates, and any uncovered research or fertility options I can discover while I am on this search for answers.