I try to make sure that I write in my journal daily along with reading my bible. The past couple of weeks have been so challenging for me that I’ve been having a hard time focusing and even when I do focus, I seem to write the same thing. My last couple of entries have … [Read more…]
So after finding out that Stanley’s sperm count didn’t increase the way that we thought it would have after the procedure, we were kind of stuck. What’s next for us? At this point, we don’t have insurance that would cover any infertility treatments and we don’t have thousands of dollars laying around for is to … [Read more…]
Well the procedure has been performed and so far recovery has been good. By the way, the name of the actual procedure is bilateral varicocele surgery. The first day Stanley was really sore and one of the incisions seems to be draining more than the other but the nurse said that it’s normal. The urologist … [Read more…]
I wanted to be pregnant by the time we went to this appointment so that I could say “never mind, we no longer need your services” but it didn’t happen that way. So this second opinion was good in a way…or a lot of ways. I’ve said from the beginning that it’s extremely hard to … [Read more…]
After taking a few months off from obsessing about becoming pregnant, my husband and I are revisiting everything. It was an emotional roller coaster dealing with the RE’s and Urologist all to feel as if you got nothing accomplished. We know that he obviously has a low sperm count and we don’t know the reason. … [Read more…]
Stanley decided that he’s done with the clomid. He found himself feeling more and more affected by it emotionally and since we can’t find ANYTHING that supports the use in men, we felt it was best not to use it anymore. We’re also leaning more and more in the direction of getting a second opinion … [Read more…]
Not becoming pregnant as been a real challenge for my husband and I. We always “knew” that once we got to the point where we wanted to have more children, we would just make the decision to start trying and it would happen. That has been so far from the truth and some days we … [Read more…]
All of you women who are trying to become pregnant or have in the past, may know what symptom spotting is. Symptom spotting is that act of taking every little symptom and change your body is going through and making it out to be a “early pregnancy symptom”. This is also a guaranteed way to … [Read more…]
So as I sit here and write this post, I thought to myself “this is my life”….and you know what? I’m happy with this life. I think sometimes we get so caught up in what’s not going right in our lives that we can forget all that IS going right. I am truly blessed with … [Read more…]
My husband finally got his ultrasound BUT…I had to literally chase the doctor around for the results! This has been so frustrating for both of us! Once the ultrasound was done, the tech told us that the results would go to the doctor the same day and we should be able to receive the results … [Read more…]