Junior High Sweethearts Waiting for Their Happily Ever After

Tenyearwait's Story...

My husband and I married in September, 2007.  This was ten years after we started dating in Junior High school.  After marriage, I brought up having kids occasionally, but my husband just wasn't ready.  Then our friends started having kids and it seemed much more realistic to him.
 

In July 2009, we started TTC.  This way I could have a baby in April; I'm big on 'planning'.  Unfortunately, I couldn't plan for this.  How could you?  After a year of TTC, Pre-seed, how-to googling, phantom symptoms, and monthly failed PG tests, I went to my doctor for answers.  

An HSG showed that both of my tubes were dilated and would never work properly.  Both tubes would have to be removed and IVF is our only choice to carry our own babies.  Our paychecks would never cover surgery and IVF.  We had to put baby-making plans completely on hold while my husband went through college for the next 2 years. 

I had surgery in January and my first IVF in June.  What a process!  Unfortunately IVF #1 did not take, and we have a nice 5-year loan to keeping paying for it.  We've restarted and are heading to IVF #2.   (We didn't have any embryos leftover for an FET).

I am grateful that we still have a chance at this and am SO, SO thankful for the support I get from the IF group on the Bump boards.  I even lurk on PAIF for a little hope every now and then.  The OOP Meds Program is such a wonderful way to help each other out when we really could use a hand in making this process at least a little bit easier.  I would like to thank everyone for their help and understanding and hope that I can help/have helped someone else out even a tiny bit.