We started trying to have a child pretty much as soon as we got married, so about three years now. We both knew we were meant to be parents. I knew from a young age it wouldn't be easy for me to become a mother due to infertility issues. However we felt it was important to try naturally for as long as God wanted us to. So we didn't focus on trying and if it happened it was meant to happen. After about a year of trying we choice to talk to my doctor about options. After a few different attempts with fertility drugs we took a break and went back to trying naturally. During all of this time I would pray every night to become a mother. Whether I was using medical help or naturally I always made sure to pray for my future children. I knew that God would bless us when the timing was right.
We had been praying for guidance from God on which direction to go since things were not working. I kept coming back to the passage about Moses crossing the Red Sea. I've read this scripture many times but looked at it differently this time. God didn't just part the sea and say there you go. Instead it states first "Moses took a step forward then the Red Sea parted." After praying on this for awhile it was clear that God wanted us to take a step forward in faith as Moses did. This step was for us was to try medical help again. After two months of medication we became pregnant with our little baby boy Boden Zane. Sadly after two months we lost him to miscarriage. It was a very hard time for us and we will forever miss Boden. We know that he is now our little guardian angel. As hard as it was to loss him it really made us grow even closer together. We waited some months before we felt ready to start trying to convince again.
This time around we tried another three months on the same medication with no luck. We were finally referred to a reproductive endocrinologist (RE) to help us with our infertility issues. They specialize in helping couples become parents. This is all they do unlike a normal OB which can help but only to a small extent. The closest RE was three hour drive each way but very worth it. After visiting the RE for the first time we learned that iui was the best option for us at the time. I was unable to try for a month due to cysts. When you get a cyst(s) over a certain size you can't take fertility medication because it will cause them to grow and can cause damage.
Our first round of iui took a lot of traveling back and forth. For those that don't know much about how infertility medical procedures work. There is a lot of monitoring to make sure everything is growing right, the medication is working as it should, and that there are no problems. This all has to be done on exact days so its very important that you are there for each visit or you could miss something important and/or waste a cycle. Because timing is so important. There were days that we made appointments and had to drop everything and go to Portland that day. Luckily, we were fortunate enough to make it work. And all our visits went great during this cycle. We even had three mature follicles which was the most I have had. A follicle is what breaks open and release the egg. It must be more than 18mm to be considered mature and this was still on the small side. In all my other monitored cycles I was lucky to have one of okay size. Sparing all the fun details. The iui worked! We are now pregnant with Rylend!
I left quite a bit of details out otherwise this would be the longest blog in history :) So if you have any questions feel free to ask me.
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