Thought I would make a post and provide an update as to what my wife and I have been dealing with as I know I have spoken with a few of you about this before. We've had 3 miscarriages with the most recent one back in July of 2015 and it was especially tough on her. Since then we've not had any luck. Recently we switched to a new "lady doctor" and she recommended we do an ultra sound to see what was going on in there. Sure enough she had what is called an endometrial polyp. This should have been found by her previous doctor but I wont go there...Anyways, we had her D&C done today and in around 30 days we will get to start trying again.
Her and I are both upset that we have pretty much wasted the last 2-2.5 years with this polyp issue as it was causing a ton of irregularities around ovulation and other things. At the same token, we are both pretty excited that other couples we know have been successful in getting pregnant after having similar issues so we have some hope that maybe in 2018 we can finally become parents. We aren't getting any younger, you know
If anyone out there prays, my wife and I would appreciate them...otherwise feel free to send her some good vibes for an easy recovery from today's procedure.
Thanks THP
I'm glad you're making this public. Its very healthy and beneficial to talk about these kind of things. I know from experience just how hard infertility issues are. We lost 8 babies over the course of 12 years. The last 2 were late term twins. That was one of the most devastating times in my life. We tried every option from eastern to western medicine and even did IVF 3 times. After all that pain and heartache we finally decided to use a surrogate to cary for us. My boy was born via surrogate March 2016. The craziest part of our story is that my wife got pregnant naturally within days of our first being born and 9 months and 8 days later my little girl was born. Life is crazy sometimes.
Infertility issues are so common and there is a social taboo about talking about them in public. I know so many women and men who suffer silently because they dont want to burden those around them . This leads to shame and guilt and depression where it isn't necessary. A large percentage of women have miscarried and never tell a soul. Sometimes not even the father.
My wife and I are actually planning on starting a non-profit focused on helping women and men through fertility struggles. Feel free to PM me if you want to chat. Or if your wife wants to talk with mine, she is always up for it.
best of luck!