We are Pregnant

It was December 2006, we had just found out that we were pregnant. It was an exciting time for us since we have been trying to get pregnant for three years. We tried all the NORMAL ways of conceiving a child but they just wasn't working for us. We were feeling like it never would happen. We worked with our doctors using clomid. They, for the most part, gave up. To them we have used our lifetime supply of clomid and it would never work for us.

That is when we turned to Reproductive Biology Associates (RBA) of Atlanta. They had other options for us and other things to look at to help us conceive. We started to use injections and after the second attempt we got some results. It appeared as through it worked. We had to do Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) and in the end we had three sacs.

It was great! Well, we thought this would be great. If all three sacs make it we would have all the kids we wanted. We were told that one was very strong and would make it but the other two would probably not make it. As long as the one would, we were ok with it.

Unfortunately there is a risk using the medications that were used to conceive. One of these is hyperstimulation. If you haven't figured out yet, we found out in December that Julianne had hyperstimulation. Four days in the hospital, surgery to remove the fluid on her stomach and a few weeks of recuperation we find ourselves at a routine ultra sound.

It stopped being a routine ultra sound after they told us that the sacs were all gone. They could not find them. Few days later we find that the pregnancy was terminated on its own. It was a sad time for us but we knew that we can get pregnant. We were sad for the lost of what could have been our babies.

Months later we start to try on our own. The cost of the first try, since insurance doesn't cover it, we too much to do it again so soon. We hoped that with the first pregnancy it would help us the second time. We monitored the cycles again and when the time hit we went for it. It was a long shot but we felt that we had to try something. We needed this to help recover from the previous loss.

It worked! We couldn't believe it but all the hard work appears to have paid off. We conceived and this time it was all us. No medicine which was a big relief for us. We felt that this time we wouldn't be in the hospital due to complications with the medicine. We are so happy and excited. Our dreams appear to have come true. We even keep the pregnancy test on the commode just to show to ourselves that it really happened.