First let me tell you a little about myself. I'm 27 years old and my DH is 28. I'm a beautician (for seven years) and my DH is the CEO of a mortgage company. We met in 1990 and dated each other on an "off and on" basis. After dating for four straight years we married on June 21, 1997.

My TTC days date back to the year of 1996. First of all let me say I'm very good at predicting when something is wrong with my body. Before we were married me and my DH TTC, but nothing happened. We didn't pay much attention because we were not married yet, so we sort of shrugged it off. After we married we went to my GYN and told him we were ready to conceive. He prescribed me some Clomid and we did the BBT chart for six months. Nothing happened. After returning to the doctor, he suggested we do a lap to see if everything was fine with my tubes. When he said that, I knew something was wrong even before my surgery. I told the doctor my tubes were blocked and that is why I couldn't get PG. He said not to worry they may not be, I said but they are, I could feel it. When I returned from recovery the first words I said were, " I heard him say something about adhesions." My DH, mother and sister (my mother and sister were there for added support) all had blank faces. My husband waited until we returned home to tell me the bad news. The doctor had been in the room before I recovered to tell them my tubes were blocked and the only way I could conceive would be through IVF (that explaines the blank looks). My tubes were blocked due to endometriosis. My GYN suggested I make an appointment with an RE.

I made an appointment with the RE and he began to tell me information about IVF, but I had already done my research so the information he was saying wasn't foreign to me. He ordered for me to have an HSG done to see just how blocked my tubes were. When the results came back it indicated that my tubes were so blocked that the dye used to do the test couldn't go into my tubes. The next step was for me to have another lap done to see if he could unblock my tubes. If he couldn't he would remove them. It really didn't bother me to much when he said he would have to remove my tubes because he said my chances would be greater because during an IVF transfer sometimes the embryo travels back into the tubes causing an ectopic pregnancy. Before I had the surgery I knew he wouldn't be able to unblock them, but I had the surgery anyway. It may seem as though I wish bad luck on myself, but I have these feelings when it comes to my body. I guess you can say I'm a pyschic when it come to my health. Not to my surprise he had to remove both tubes (that gut feeling again).

So here I am on the journey to my first IVF cycle. I've done my research and it's kind of scary with all the medications and the daily monitoring. I know everything will be OK if I stay calm and patient (God knows I've been patient). Good things come to those who wait!!!