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I started trying to have a baby 5 years ago. My husband and I were both 29 years old. I didn't get pregnant for an entire year so I consulted a fertility specialist. He did the standard tests and diagnosed us as "unexplained infertility". We did 2 failed IUI's, 1 failed IVF, and 1 ZIFT IVF that resulted in a pregnancy, but I miscarried at 10 weeks. The miscarriage was natural, but I kept bleeding for 2 months afterwards, which turned out to be an incomplete miscarriage. I had to have a D&C anyways. After the miscarriage, I was so heartbroken and I decided to take a break from the shots, hormones, and all the artificial reproductive medicine. I started seeing an acupuncturist who specializes in infertility. To my surprise, I got pregnant naturally only 3 months later! I had morning sickness, my beta HCG numbers were extremely high.... it felt like a miracle! Unfortunately pregnancy #2 turned out to be a blighted ovum and I had another D&C the day after Christmas in 2006. I started seeing several new doctors, one of them was a highly recommended fertility specialist. He did a miscarriage panel on me and found I have the MTHFR mutation. I started on Heparin shots (blood thinner), got pregnant again, but miscarried at 5 weeks. 4 months later I got pregnant again while on the Heparin, and miscarried at 6.5 weeks. Finally my doctor suggested doing a hysteroscopy. I had done several saline ultrasounds and a hystosalpinogram, which showed I had a small 2 inch fibroid, but all the doctors said it was small and far enough away from my uterine lining. When the RE did the hysteroscopy, he found the fibroid was distorting the shape of my uterus. Fibroids are rarely the cause of miscarriages so I had a tough decision to make. Two months later (november 2007), I had the fibroid removed via abdominal myomectamy. It took me several months to recover from the surgery, and I was still doing the blood thinner shots. But in August of 2008, I found out I was pregnant for my 5th time.... and in April 2009 I had a baby girl! It took me 5 years to finally have a baby to hold in my arms, but it DID happen, even though I was so convinced that I would never have a baby of my own. I know it is so difficult to believe it will happen for you too.... but YOU WILL GET TO THE OTHER SIDE!!! Please, have faith in your body, do your own research, and empower yourself. I went through 5 different doctors - two OB's, two fertility specialists, and 1 fetal-maternal specialist - before I found one who helped me. It's like you are climbing Mt. Everest and something keeps knocking you down...you have to keep climbing... and you will eventually make it to the top. I went through failed IVF's, 4 miscarriages, had to struggle for 4 years before I finally had my baby girl. Please...don't give up!!!

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