Tuesday, July 29, 2008

I'm not broken...There is no fault...

I have seen this a lot lately on the Nest boards.

"I'm the broken one!" or "The fault is with my body!"

IF is hard enough with out all of these labels. I think if I started blaming myself I would feel "Broken". Neither me or my husband have done anything to deserve this. We didn't wrong someone in a past life to ensure that we couldn't have children in this life.
Labels just suck...I just don't want one!!! Nor do I think we deserve one.

Friday, July 25, 2008

I'm new here...But how did I get HERE???

My first blog...wow. I didn't think I would ever do this. But sometimes it's just good to have a place to write things down. And after the roller coaster we have been through I think this is a good idea to get it out.

A little background...

I have been married to my husband Mark for three wonderful years. I always heard that "You should marry your best friend." Well...I did! I'm very Lucky!!

We have been trying to conceive for about two and a half years and I still feel like I want to thumb my nose at and entire list of people who said that you can get pregnant the first time you have unprotected sex. This list includes but is not exclusive to...every biology teacher I ever had...High school health teacher...and of course...Dear old Mom. Remember all those times you heard some urban legend in school where some girl got pregnant from french kissing her boyfriend in the back seat of his Monti Carlo SS (Yes...I am a child of the 80's). Oh how I would kill to be that girl...Of course with out the Monti Carlo SS.

Diagnosed with Endo on 6/11 during a Laperoscopy.

After Three failed IUI's we are about to start IVF this coming month. The days of being a pin cushion are about to commence and I'm excited and terrified all at the same time.