Here is the story. We met in 2010. Started dating 2011. And married in 2012! We are so in love with each other and can truly say we've married our best friend. We started on our journey for trying for a baby shortly after we were married after all I was 24 and Trevor was 25 and we knew we wanted a family sooner rather then later.
I started realizing my cycles we not regular. They would range from 28-40 days. I thought I could be pregnant when my cycle lasted 52 days but after seeing the doctor she confirmed my negative test results and wanted me to try provera 3 months to regulate my cycles.
Then when those didn't work we switched to 4 months of clomid and then we moved from Denver to coeurdalene Idaho! She gave me 2 refills of clomid until I could see a doc in Cda.
I saw the doc in Cda and he gave me 3 more cycles of clomid and when that didn't work we ran an hysterosalpinogram (hsg) to see if my Fallopian tubes were blocked and they weren't. So 3 more rounds of clomid we did. Nothing. It was now time to see a specialist.
So to the specialist we went. He went over our case file and did every test in the book. Nothing was wrong with us besides me not ovulating like I should, and a previous diagnosis of celiacs, which studies have shown can be a cause of infertility.
He suggested we do a letromayo cycle. So I took letrozole (a breast cancer medication) and had my friend Tamar give me follicle stimulating hormone injections October of 2015. Then the dreaded two week wait!
The wait was over and! Drum roll for the first time in 3.5 years we had our first positive! I was excitedly nervous! They checked my blood levels 2 times weekly and did a sonogram weekly until I hit 9 weeks. We were on cloud 9. First try and here we are! Why didn't we do this before?! Baby f #1 due July 14,2016.
Then my first ob visit at 11 weeks...he did a sonogram and I instantly had a pit in my stomach. The heart that was fluttering perfectly 2 weeks ago was not anymore and my world crashed. But I was in one of my best friends wedding that weekend and had to be ok.
A week later I prepped for surgery and the eve of Christmas Eve had a dnc.
I've done three more letromayo cycles 1 resulting in another pregnancy and another miscarriage at 6 weeks which was more physical instead of emotional (though still emotional) with the first we saw the baby and the heart beats.
The stress was too much and since we decided to build a house here in north Idaho and I needed some much need recuperating time. We decided to take a break and get me healthy again.
I can do 2 more letromayo cycles BUT bc now I am recurrent in miscarriages the specialist thinks it's time for invitro fertilization or find another way for a baby aka adoption. Both costing $14-$30k
On July 31, 2016 I was late, cycle day 38 late...so I took a test and sure enough I got two lines. And all of a sudden we were 5 1/2 weeks pregnant! (This picture was taken 7/31/16) So exciting! We didn't take any treatment and it was very unexpected. My fertility doctor wanted to monitor me really close due to my two previous miscarriages. My hcg levels were looking good but my progesterone was low and declining, he put me on a progesterone suppository which helped keep my levels up. My first ultrasound there was some bleeding a little bit above my sac but dr. Robins did not seem concerned since I didn't have any symptoms or spotting. I had three ultrasounds and saw the heartbeat once. On Thursday August 18 (week 8) I had my third ultrasound and my heartbroke for the third time in 9 months there was no heartbeat and my pregnancy levels were starting to drop. on Monday August 22, 2016 I began minor spotting and than Tuesday August 23, 2016 I started spotting and that night I had contractions and lots of bleeding, (which I am on day 7 with pain and bleeding still going strong) Its hard, I'm trying to be strong and I know that our 3 babies are in good hands with our Heavenly Father. I don't know what is in store for our little family but we will do any and everything to make it complete, even if it's just in heaven. The thought of getting pregnant at this point scares us to death because of the heartache, physical and emotional pain we've gone through. My body can't handle anything for a while. In 6 weeks we will be getting more blood tests to come up with a reason why this is happening, as only 1% of miscarriages happen 3 or more times in a row, so this is rare according to my dr. We know the journey will be hard but if we get our little babies than it will all be worth it!
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