The hard fought battle, Chapter 1

For most couples, having children is as simple as stoping all forms of birth control. Usually, within a year, they have become pregnant. I never knew what a miracle children were until I was faced with the possibility of not being able to have them. I thought I was in pretty good health. I didn't have any major health problems, I went every year for my routine medical exam, and nothing out of the ordinary was ever diagnosed. So when the months went by and we hadn't become pregnant, I started to wonder why. Given that I didn't have any medical problems, to my knowledge, and I was only 25, I had to wait a year before they would start any testing.

Testing..... Round one The testing started out with blood tests. They wanted to see if there were any hormone levels that were off that might be causing some issues. Right off the bat, they found an increased level of Prolactin. High enough levels could interfere with ovulation. That avenue was pursued, but that turned out not to be the problem. Rollercoaster #1.

Round two When that turned out not to be the problem, they tried an HCG. This was a test to check to see if the fallopian tubes were blocked. When the test was performed, the dye was slow to go through the tubes, then it seemed to flow freely. They thought this may have been the issue. They told me to try another few months and see what happened. After 3-4 months of trying, still nothing. Rollercoaster #2.

Round three When all the tests came back normal for both of us, we were referred to a fertility specialist for treatment.

This started the long road to our special miracle. More of the story will be coming soon.