I always assumed that when I wanted to get pregnant I would just get pregnant.  When it didn’t happen in the first few months I just figured it would take a little time, I never thought anything could be wrong.

During the time when we were trying to get pregnant we moved.  So things were put on hold with the trying.  After we had settled in I finally saw a doctor.  Even though I was “young” and hadn’t been trying all that long, because of the fact that I wasn’t ever having a period, they started treating me right away.

I used Clomid for three rounds through my regular ob-gyn, which did not work and then they sent me to see an infertility specialist.  This was several years ago so I don’t remember everything— The infertility specialist did the HSG test on me.  One side of my fallopian tubes was blocked.  In addition to that I had polycystic ovaries.  I can’t remember if that diagnosis was made at that time or a different time

We wanted to wait on having surgery since one side was clear and decided to see if we could get pregnant.  I went through several rounds of infertility shots that George had to give me.  You know the ones where some people end up with 4 or 5 kids at once.  Of course it was very carefully monitored- I had blood work done every single day while I was getting those shots.  The eggs would mature but I would never ovulate on my own, so once the eggs were mature I would go in and have an HCG shot to make me actually ovulate.  After a few rounds it didn’t work so we decided to have the surgery to clear out my fallopian tubes.  The infertility specialist did a laparoscopy and I had some endometriosis, which he cleared out.

The next month I got pregnant without medication.

I was looking at a site today that is packed with great information about babies.  There is information about pregnancy, babies, toddlers all the way up through the teen years.  When trying to get pregnant there are tons of questions that come to mind- when is the best time to try, is it okay to eat/drink this, etc.  And once the baby arrives- there are tons of questions.  Using Parents Connect is the perfect way to get answers to some of these questions.

When I see adorable maternity clothes like the ones at Kiki’s Fashions Maternity it really makes me want to be pregnant again.  I loved being pregnant.  Well, I didn’t love the first few months when I was sick 24 hours a day, but once I got past that I loved it.  Hopefully I’ll be making an announcement soon that I need to buy some new maternity clothes!

I guess once your first hits the 2 year mark people start to wonder if you’re having more.  I’d love to have another baby.  The problem with having one right now?

• First and foremost- I don’t have any insurance.  Since George started working from home we have been without medical insurance.  It’s so expensive to buy our own policy.  But, we need to do it.
• I’m scared.  What if I can’t get pregnant again?  What if I have more miscarriages?  What if I have terrible all day sickness like I did with Peanut and I can’t function?

I guess I only have two reasons.  But my first reason is my priority.  I want to get signed up for insurance before the end of this month.  I also want to start taking prenatal vitamins and folic acid.  I had to take large doses of folic acid before and during my last pregnancy, so I need to start doing that too.

I need to pray.  God has a plan and His plan is bigger and better than mine.

I got pregnant again.  But, again I miscarried.

I decided it was time to go back to the infertiltiy specialist after the 2nd miscarriage.  I wasn’t ready to go through the shots again so we decided to try clomid again for a few rounds.  Again- the eggs would mature but I would never ovulate.  So, once the eggs were mature I would go in and have an HCG shot so that I would ovulate. 

There had also been tests done due to my miscarriages that determined my thyroid levels were out of wack and I didn’t have enough progesterone to carry a pregnancy.  So, I had to take medication for my thyroid and my progesterone which were very carefully monitored.

I believe it was the 3rd round of Clomid and I got pregnant. 

This entire process was several years and was far from easy.  But today, because of that infertility specialist- I have a 2 year old happy and healthy little girl.  She is my dream come true.