Friday, April 9, 2010

Welcome!

So, I've written quite a few lines and deleted them all...it's quite awkward writing this first blog post. I've read quite a few blogs in the past few months; most of which have the same theme: infertility. Yes, my friends this will (most likely) be a blog about this subject. Here's a bit of background about me:
I'm a twenty something teacher who is married to her best friend. We've been married for almost 2 years and have been trying to get pregnant for well over a year. K and I have always talked about having a big family and wanted to get started right away. After trying on our own for a little while (and charting my temps) I began to realize that something wasn't quite right. I went to my ob-gyn whose immediate response was "How about Clomid?" My response to that: "How about a new Dr.?" K was highly against any type of drugs at this point but we both felt that we wanted to figure out what was wrong before haphazardly putting something into my system. (LOL, I still think that K was afraid that having me on any type of drug would make me even more emotional than I already am!)
Fast forward a couple months and to a new Dr. I went. We shall call this lady: Dr. It's All In Your Head, or Dr. IAIYH for short. I felt Dr. IAIYH still thought I was a bit crazy ("You're so young...most people wait until they have been trying for a year...") but at least set up some basic tests for me. Thanks to these tests we discovered that my tubes were blocked. I must admit, when I discovered this I felt some validation. Instead of being sad that this was happening I realized that there really was something wrong with me. HA my Dr. friends. (Especially Dr. Clomid).
At this point Dr. IAIYH recommended me to a specialist who deals with infertility. Whoo hoo, now we're getting somewhere folks! A laparoscopy was scheduled as a way to see what was going on inside my body. Once they got in there it was discovered that I had endometriosis. They removed as much as they could find, sewed me up, and sent me on my way. "Okay, now you can try on your own for three months," said this Dr., "and if nothing happens come on back and we'll go to plan B."
Ugh, well...three months have passed and we have decided to go for plan C. Plan C seems to involve a more in-depth version of charting and a more natural route to conception...we're talking the Creighton method along with NaProtechnology for those of you in the know.
At this point, both K and I are dealing with the emotional questions and feelings associated with infertility. It's been quite a journey so far; each month has been filled with hope and then quickly followed by sadness. All we can do right now is put all of our trust in God and know that he is leading us down the path he has chosen for us.

Well, how was that for a first post? Good grief...lol.

2 comments:

renee

YAH! I'm so glad you're blogging now! :D I hope that your new methods work for you guys. you deserve a baby more than anyone I know :-)

Jess

Thanks Nea! So about this blogging...I think I've changed my background like 13 times now. No joke. And I'm still not thrilled, LOL. We'll see how much I keep up with this...

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