Introduction

My name is Lisa and my husband's name is Nick. We've been married for nearly 2 years. My son, Nate, is 15 and lives with us full-time (no contact with his bio father). He's definitely a teenager but he is a sweetheart. We have 3 dogs. Our oldest, Chance, is a 2 year old yellow Lab. Our middle girl is Lily, a 1 1/2 yr old English Mastiff. Our youngest, Bear, is an 8 month old Bernese Mountain Dog. Yep - we like big dogs. LOL They are big lovers. They have no clue how big they are. They just like loving.

Nick and I have been trying to have a baby since November of 2005. We knew going into this that we might have issues. I have endometriosis and irregular ovulation and I have faced infertility in the past. Nick completely accepted that and said if it doesn't happen then I guess I get to spoil you for the rest of our lives. Now that we've been married a couple years - I don't think he remembers he said that! ;-) BUT he is so accepting of the huge amount of baggage I brought on our journey through life. He is an amazing man. He's 8 years younger than me but sometimes has the knowledge and drive of a person 10 years my senior. He can make me feel like the most important person in the world just by smiling at me. We have so many of the same dreams and he is amazing with children. My son may disagree as the two of them are at odds most days (grrrr) but he has to agree that he is really good with little kids. He has nephews and neices that he just adores. When I watch him play with them I just fall more and more in love with him. I want more than anything to give him his own baby. I've wanted another one since my son was born. It was just the most amazing, miraculous experience I could ever imagine. I was only 17 when I had my son and I was a single mom so I wanted so much to first of all - give my son a real family. Second I wanted to have that amazing experience with a husband beside me - someone to share in my joy. Third - I want to give my son a sibling. I am the oldest of 4 children and my siblings mean the world to me. My husband is the youngest of 4 children so we are both used to a house full of kids.

We tried on our own for a year and I really hoped that maybe we would be lucky. November 2006 came and I went in to get my hormone levels tested. They came back that my estrogen levels were low and I should go straight to a specialist. One of my dearest and oldest friends referred me to her Reproductive Endocrinologist (she had a successful IVF and now has 3 adorable little boys (they put back 2 embryos and 1 split). I took her advice and went to see the RE that she saw. It took 3 months to get in but we finally got to see her. She is very straight and to the point which I like - but she is nice as well. At first she kind of scared me but I'm getting used to her now and enjoy her sense of humor and forwardness. She won't waste our time and I feel good about that. We've come to the conclusion that we will probably try until our insurance runs out (I have $15,000 life max for IUI/IVF) and then if nothing happens we will just make our other dreams come true and enjoy our life.

February 2007 - HSG came out clear - started BCP (birth control pills) to get on schedule
March 2007 - our first IUI with Follistim - negative :-(
April 2007 - BCP to clear up a cyst
May 2007 - our second IUI with Follistim - negative :-(
June 2007 - BCP to clear a cyst and we've decided to move to IVF...soooo on to my next post