I Have Been Blessed!!

It was 5 years ago today that a Doctor told me I would more than likely never have children. I remember it like it was yesterday...Eric and I were sitting in the office waiting for the doctor to come in and tell me the results of my testing I had done a week or so before. I was really nervous and Eric held my hand the whole time. When the doctor came in he looked at me right in the eyes and said, "It is not good...You have a condition called Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. It is very severe and my prediction is that you will more than likely never bear children." I burst into tears because I felt like a failure and that my body had let me and Eric down. He told me that he called the fertility doctor in Syracuse and that my appointment was November 5, 2004 (which seemed like an eternity!) He told us to keep trying and see what the fertility doctor would say. I have to say that was one of the worse days of my life. I called into work at Michael's and my boss informed me that if I called in that I was fired because he had no one else to cover, so I told him I quit...I couldn't face the public after finding out what I had found out only hours before.

So we waited until the appointment in Syracuse. When we went to Dr. Kiltz, he told me that only 28% of women get pregnant but it was worth the try. So he sent me on my way with 10 prescriptions and another appointment in a week to get things going. I was so full of hope and when the day came for our first IUI, I was confident that it would work. Exactly 2 weeks later I found out I was wrong. At this point we had been trying a year and a half and I was devestated and the words of the doctor in Watertown rang in my ears all day and night. We decided that we would try after Christmas and in January we had to switch doctors and went to a doctor in Rochester. He sent me home home with Chlomid as well and again I was full of hope. After the 2nd IUI I knew it didn't work, but still kept up hope...2 weeks later the nurse called again with the dreaded news...I was not pregnant. I kinda flipped out on her and told her that obviously Chlomid was not working and that instead of wasting my time and money on IUI's with Chlomid that it was time to take it up to the next step. The doctor called me back and tried to convinced me that one more month on Chlomid and then we would try but I point blankly told him no and I know my body and the Chlomid would not work. So he agreed and the next month put me on injectable drugs. I hated giving myself shots everyday but knew that a baby was in my future. The day of the IUI came and the nurse asked me date of birth and then when I told her she said that was her birthday as well and that must be a sign that it was going to work. 2 weeks came and I went for my blood work and then got the phone call at 4:48 pm that I was pregnant!!! I knew that the doctor had been wrong and that I would have a baby. I thought 1 was all that was going to be in our future but we were wrong! 2 years later I decided that I was ready after trying for about a year to head back the fertility doctor and he started me on the inject able drugs right off and 2 weeks later I was pregnant with Brady! The point of this blog is that you should never take 1 doctors word as cut in stone and never give up! I have been blessed with 2 beautiful children and I was told I would never have even one!