I'm not really sure why I'm starting this blog. I could keep a journal, but decided instead to create this anonymous blog to document our journey through IVF. Although I have been very open with friends/family about our previous infertility treatments, IVF seems a bit more personal. Of course I have told them that we are planning to do IVF, but for some reason giving them all the play-by-play throughout the intense cycle just seems a little daunting. And of course if things don't turnout the way we want, I don't want everyone knowing when to ask how the test went. But that's just what I'm thinking now - who knows how I will feel when we are in the middle of it all. I know there is a large community of couples just like us struggling with infertility, so this is my way of contributing to it and also hopefully getting some support from those that have already been down this path. I know, I know... I should just "relax"..... if only we all had a nickel for everytime someone told us that - we'd have enough for multiple IVF cycles. :)
My husband and I got married in 2005 and tried to start our family back in January 2008. We started our 1st round of in-vitro in December 2010 - which is when this blog was started. Despite a near perfect cycle, it resulted in a negative pregnancy test in February 2011. We were fortunate to get 6 extra embryos from that cycle that were frozen. In March 2011 we started a Frozen Embryo Transfer cycle. Despite another great cycle (on paper), all 6 of our frozen embryos had to be thawed to get 2 good ones for transfer - which failed to result in a pregnancy. In 2012, we took the first half of the year off and then tried a couple rounds of IUI with and without fertility shots - still no baby. In 2013, we did our 2nd round of in-vitro with my sister offering to be our gestational carrier. We ended up transferring 2 embryos into each of us and were blessed to welcome 4 babies in October 2013.