Infertility Update

It has been one year since we started fertility treatments. July will make it two years since we started trying to conceive a baby. Two years and still nothing. Every cycle that goes by I feel less and less hope that we will have a child. I know that the Lord has a plan in all of this and it is best to trust in His timing. But sometimes, I wonder if us being parents is part of his plan at all.

These have been our treatments so far:

July 2012-June 2013- Tried to conceive naturally, charted basal body temperature.

June 2013-August 2013- 1000mg of Metformin, charted BBT.

August 2013-November 2013- Metformin and Clomid, charted BBT.

November 2013-April 2014- Switched to a fertility clinic. Femara with trigger injection

April 2014-present- Gonal-F injections, trigger injection, and IUI.

However we have to take this cycle off since after two round of the injections, I have developed several cysts on my left ovary. We have to wait for these to go away before we can continue with treatment.

I took this news hard yesterday. We have been so excited to try this summer with the treatments since I am on summer break (I’m a teacher) and have much lower stress levels. Daniel and I both believe that stress has been hindering us from conceiving despite all the different treatments. Now, I feel we are set back since we will not have much of a chance over the summer because of the cysts. We have already agreed to stop treatments once the school year begins. It is too difficult with all the appointments at the beginning of the school year. I do not like missing as much work as I have been this past couple of months.

Daniel is still confident that the Lord has a plan in all of this. He thinks this is the Lord’s way of forcing us to take a break for a few weeks to let my body recover from everything we have been putting it through. I wish my faith could be as strong as his is and I am very thankful for my husband. I wouldn’t be able to get through all this if Daniel wasn’t so strong in his belief that the Lord will provide us with the child that we desire.