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Fertility Success Story
One Woman's Story
By Teri Brown
Infertility is a condition that can't truly be understood by those whose pregnancies were simple and spontaneous. Basal temperatures, assisted reproductive therapy and in vitro fertilization are only a few of the terms those dealing with fertility problems live with every day. Patrisha Wilson was one of those women.
Wilson was diagnosed with a severe case of endometriosis when she was a mere 17 years old. She was told that pregnancy wasn't likely. At 25, after several years of unprotected sex with her boyfriend, she was convinced the doctors were right, and she began considering her options. What followed was a long, heartbreaking search for some procedure, somewhere that would give her a child.
"I invested a lot of time, both emotionally and financially, visiting a number of doctors," she says. "One clinic told me my FSH levels (follicle stimulating hormones) were so far off the chart that I would never conceive a child, and they stated this very plainly and coldly."
Wilson continued to pursue a variety of options, including artificial insemination and various donor programs. As an unmarried woman, many people wondered why she was trying so hard for a child, but there was never any doubt in Wilson's mind; she wanted a baby, whether she was married or not.
Four years ago, Wilson took a fall at her parents' house that crushed a disk in her lower back. The subsequent treatment and surgery killed all of Wilson's remaining eggs.
"After that, I was told I had no chance of conceiving, but I wanted a child more than life itself," she says.
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