My husband and I have been trying to have a baby for 5 years now. After trying for about a year we sought the help of a reproductive endocrinologist (fancy term for fertility doc). We were given devastating news at that time that we would never be able to conceive on our own. That we would require medical intervention to make our dreams of becoming parents a reality. Since then we have gone through fertility treatments off and on. Not the kind that will make me the next octomom, but the rate of twins is about 10%. The treatments are extremely costly, about $7000 each try. They are also emotionally draining. Your life is centered around peeing on those darn pregnancy tests and then with each negative you are met with a flood of emotions. You wonder why it isn't happening, are you being punished for some past transgression, why can meth addicts pop out kids by the dozen but you can't have any. It is a very heartbreaking journey. But we keep going back for more in the hopes that it will finally work. It's also easy for friends and family to say "it will happen when it is meant to" and "you should wait a couple more years". But they have children, a family. It is easy to say things like that when you don't go through the torment that we do. We are praying that this year is our year!
