This week is national infertility awareness week. I have read that 1 in 8 woman will suffer from infertility. I am one. 5 years ago in the midst of fertility treatments, I never would have dreamed that I would be sitting here with four children. I so desperately wanted just one. I have read several [...]
Archive for tag 'clomid'
As I mentioned previously, I was very hesitant to admit that there was something wrong with me, and couldn’t figure out why my regular doctor couldn’t help me get pregnant. I knew seeing an RE would be expensive. Very few states offer infertility insurance coverage, and our state isn’t one of them. I knew my [...]
Part 1 Part 2 After our bill was paid in full, I went in for another office visit to discuss Clomid treatment. I was previously given two options: wait to start a period on my own, or take a pill called Provera to start my period. For the first time in over two years, I [...]
Part I Compared to the thousands of women who have had years of treatments and disappointments, I know that my experience in infertility is insignificant. But now that I know what it is really like, I will never take anything for granted, and my heart goes out to all who have been on this journey. [...]
If you would have asked me ten years ago where I saw myself in five, I never, in a million years, would have told you that I wanted to be a stay at home mom. My goal was to graduate college, move to NYC and become an ad exec. Dreams, right? But then life happened… [...]
Part 1 Part 2 The day after I got my first BFP, I was in my friend L’s wedding. Since I was pretty sure I was pregnant, I didn’t drink at the rehearsal dinner or wedding reception. It was great to be able to think about being pregnant without feeling like I was imagining it. [...]
Part 1 We decided that we would start clomid in April 2011, and we were hopeful that this would be our year. Then, I got some terrible news. I received an RIF, or reduction in force letter, that said I would be laid off at the end of the school year. Even though I’d worked [...]
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