Let's Start At The Beginning Of Our Journey

I have always known that I wanted to have kids. I have always known that I was meant to be a mommy. Like many women I always wondered to myself if I would have problems getting pregnant. My Mom had a hard time getting pregnant with me so I knew there was a chance I would have the same problem.

Stephen and I had been married for about a year when we started trying to get pregnant. To our surprise we got pregnant the first month we started trying. I still remember that day like it was yesterday. It was November 2007, Stephen and I were up at his parents house for Thanksgiving. That whole week I was really tired and a few days late for my period. I told Stephen there was a chance I was pregnant but I doubted it. We went straight to the drug store to buy pregnancy tests. Yes, I said tests I took many of them. Once we got back to Stephen's parents house I took the test and to my surprise it came back positive. I was pregnant! Stephen was excited but in shock and I was just super excited. Two of my best friends were pregnant at the same time so I was so excited to know we were going to all go through it together. Stephen and I told his parents and my parents that day. Everyone was so excited. It would be both of our parents first grand baby. Two days later we left Stephen's parents house to go back to our house. A few days after we got home I had some cramping and a little blood. I called the doctor and they said that a little blood was normal and not to worry. Later that day the blood got a lot heavier. I kept calling my mom. She kept telling me not to worry, she was doing her best to keep me from worrying. Of course I was on the Internet reading everything I could get my hands on. The next day I went to the doctor. Stephen and my mom tried to go with me but I knew in my heart that I was having a miscarriage and I just wanted to go alone. My wonderful doctor who I have known forever checked me and took some blood work. He told me to stay positive and we would just have to see what the numbers from the blood work looked like. Well the next day he called me with the results. I already knew what he was going to say so I was no surprised, I was having a miscarriage. After a long few days and a lot of pain, it was over. I had lost the baby. Stephen and I made the decision to take a break from trying for a few months.

After trying for over a year after the miscarriage, Stephen and I decided to make an appointment to go see an infertility doctor. On August 18, 2009 I went to the infertility doctor for the first time. After a lot of tests that were not so fun, the doctors really couldn't find anything wrong with us. The only thing they found was a polyp in my uterus but he said that would not stop us from getting pregnant. The infertility doctor recommended that we try 2-3 IUI's before doing anything else. So we did, I had two IUI's. Sadly they didn't work so we went back to talk to the doctor again. This time he thought it would be best if we tried in vitro. But before starting in vitro I have to have the polyp out. I have been scheduled to have it out twice, but I got sick both times. So now the surgery is rescheduled for February 15th....so I better stay healthy :)
Right now my fingers are crossed and I am hoping that our dreams of becoming parents will come true!