Today starts this months ICLW and I don’t usually do an intro post for this, but I felt this month it was fitting. So welcome all you ICLW’ers I thought I’d tell you a little bit about my journey.
Mr.B and I met back in 1999. We’re very irresponsible and dated on and off for 4 years. During that time we had 2 miscarriages in 2000 and 2001. By the time 2003 rolled around we had grown up some and decided we did want to be together, and we have been ever since. In 2003 I began having awful periods and cramping throughout the whole month. So I underwent a diagnostic laparoscopy and had a ton of blood work done. They removed a cyst and said everything else looked fine.
A year later all of my symptoms returned so my family doctor refereed me to another OB/Gyn. He performed another laparoscopy and D&C. This time it showed I had a Steroid Cell tumor along with endometrial thickening and fibroids. But I didn’t know all of this and was told everything looked fine. They put my ovary back where it should be (it was stretched up and stuck under my pelvic brim) and removed a few cysts. But I was released back to my family doctor.
So from 2004-2007 (when we got married) we weren’t really trying to get pregnant, but we weren’t really preventing it either. But once we were married I was charting and keeping track of my cycles. In 2009 when we still weren’t pregnant I headed to a new OB/Gyn and started another round of full testing. He told me what the pathology report from my last surgery said and boy was I mad, and scared. Luckily all of the new testing showed that it hadn’t grown cancerous but he did diagnose me with Endometriosis, Adenomyosis, and reoccurring ovarian cysts with anovulation.
We were started on Clomid and did 7 cycles from October 2009 to July 2010 all with negative results. In May of 2010 I had an HSG done which showed a partially blocked right tube. So in June I was referred to my RE.
At my first appointment with the RE we went over all of my records. He was surprised when I said I had a steroid cell tumor and even made copies of it to discuss with his partners. I guess the type I have is very rare. he deemed my right side useless and said that I was to start injectables with left side stimulation only. Meaning if nothing happened with the left side we would stop that cycle and wait for the next.
I began taking 75IU of follistim on CD 3. On CD 8 I went in for an u/s and it showed 3 follies growing on the left, but they weren’t very big. So they upped my follistim to 125IU and I returned on CD 12. At this time I had 1 plump follie size 18, so they decided I should trigger that night.
Fast forward the 2ww (don’t you wish we could do that in real life?) and on Tuesday of this last week I began spotting. I was highly upset and crying. But then the spotting stopped that night around 10pm. Well because I started spotting I didn’t call for my blood work on Wednesday, as I didn’t see any point in it. Thursday morning I woke up and still hadn’t started full on yet, so I decided I had 1 test left and was going to take it. I’m so glad I did as it was positive! I called the doctors office first thing when I got to work and had my blood test ordered. I went in that afternoon and at 15dpo my HCG was 208!!!
I couldn’t believe it, after so many years of heartache and failed cycles we were finally pregnant. I have to say that even though my journey has been a long one I feel so blessed. So many woman go through multiple cycles of injections, through multiple IUI’s and even multiple IVF cycles before getting their miracle. I know it is such a hard road to walk on, but I am thankful for all of the support along the way. All of the woman who have prayed for us and thought about us. Thank you ALL so much!!! There is hope, and I will pray for all of the woman who I visit while traveling the ICLW list who are still waiting for their miracle.
