The Story

It has been 7 1/2 years of marriage and about five years of actively trying to have a baby. We started our married life in Calgary, AB 2004  and it was after two years of marriage that we decided it was time to have a baby. I had wanted one earlier but hubby wasn't ready and I wanted us to both be on the same page. After 6 months of trying I went to see my doctor concerned that there was a problem. He brushed me off by saying not to worry that it usually takes that long or more, "come back in a year of trying" A year later he had dropped me as a patient because
I hadn't seen him for over six months and the clinic was weeding out patients. At that time Calgary was crying for doctors and in response doctors had to prioritize.

Not long after we moved to Thunder Bay, On. for hubby to finish his degree, I quickly  found a Dr. and was referred to see the gyn. Six months later I was being tested. First put on Clomid for one month, and then had an ultrasound to see if it worked. No egg seen. Then again. No results. Then the post-coital test, it was negative. Our gynaecologist wanted to try again. After many prayers we felt that it wasn't the right time to go through this. It was a very stressful time. Hubby was struggling in an intensive program, I was looking for work to keep up afloat. The tests are painful and stressful. All I kept hearing was relax and it will happen naturally. I gave it one year to relax and de-stress. Nothing, no baby. We thought maybe I had miscarried when I saw a heavy and late period but there is no proof of that.

After that year we moved to back to AB, again I found a doctor and She recommended getting hubby checked. Something my Thunder Bay Dr. laughed at. Hubby has very poor quality of sperm. It was suggested that we get a sperm donor. Our Dr. then referred us to a Gyn. in Edmonton. She told me because I was so young, 28, I would have to wait about a year as 40 year old women would be given higher priority. After many prayers we were given an appointment only after 5 months of waiting. After draining me dry of blood for 3 months our Edmonton Gyn.'s conclusion was that I wasn't ovulating. PCOS or Endometriosis might also be the problem.  My diagnosis...Unexplained  Infertility. Combined with my hubby's poor quality of sperm we have been told it will be very very hard to get pregnant. So on the clomid again for six months and this is where my story is...into month 4 of using the drug and still no pregnancy.