Monday, May 21, 2012

My Story of Infertility

I mostly want to talk about what has been going on as of late but for those who don't remember or don't know I'll give you a little heads up. But you can also look at past posts if you really want more info.
It took us a year and a half to get little mason with which a month prior to that we has lost twins to a Hetero topic pregnancy, it simply means one baby in the tube and one baby in the uterus. The one in the uterus only made it to about week 6 and the one in the tube 7 weeks. Our infertility doctor told us that was a 1 in 1,000 chance that would happen, he said that was incredibly rare because in IVF patients with twins is 1 in 100 which is still very rare. We started trying again once Mason was 8 months knowing that it took a while to get him. He is now almost 3. We have lost 2 babies since, one only made it to 7-8 weeks and the next 12-13 weeks. I finally decided it was time to see a specialist. I haven't had the best of luck with doctors so it took a while.
I've had blood tests, 2 HSG tests, ultra sounds of all kinds and many doctor visits. The only thing we have come up with is I only have half a uterus that they can even see. But we know the other side is there but it is blocked some how because that is where I had the tubal pregnancy. So our best guess is that half of it is built up scar tissue that will have to be surgically removed (that explains all the miscarriages and mason being breached) or there is a wall that during my development was never separated. Which I think the first one is the problem. But we wont know for sure until I have yet another surgery with a camera. Yes that makes 4 for me since we have been married. yuck. In which case if he sees what the problem is he can fix it then with out scheduling me for another. We have given him pictures of all my past surgeries and doctor notes so we will find out tomorrow what the doctor thinks the best next step will be. I just cant wait for all of this to be over and done with so we can move on and actually see what our options are. Its been an emotional and physically draining experience but I'm very grateful for it. It has helped me understand just how lucky we really are that mason even made it to us because it is next to impossible. The Lord has been with me every step of the way. Psalm 46:1, "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble." He definitely has been my refuge and my strength through this all.