Failed IUI #2

I have decided to blog about our infertility struggles and what we are going through.  I think putting my thoughts down in writing will help me and my friends and family as well. Also, this is a way for me to keep everyone posted on where we are at in this long journey. It is VERY hard for people to understand unless you have personally been through this yourself.  Please don't take this personal if I think you don't understand.  And a big thanks to a good friend of mine who is going through the same things herself and is able to help me along the way since she knows exactly how I feel.  Please keep her in your prayers as well!!!  I know good things are ahead for the both of us!!

Let me back up by just saying that Travis and I have been trying to get pregnant since April of 2009.  I thought 4-6 months off the pill we would get pregnant no problem.  And at first I honestly didn't really care.  I was not worried about it at all.  Then after 1 year I started to get a little concerned.  I went to my regular Gynecologist and they did routine testing of my thyroid, progesterone, and a test to see if my tubes were open.  Everything came back alright.  They did a few tests on Travis and they thought there might be an issue with him so we went to see a Urologist.  After seeing the Urologist he had no reason to believe there was a problem.  So everything seemed ok for both of us.  We decided to wait another year before we went to a Fertility Dr.  So 2 years roll by and still not pregnant.  Well right before the 2 year mark I tried acupuncture a few times and no luck.  My Chiropractor told me about a Fertility Dr. in St. Louis.  Also, a friend of a friend went to this Dr.  I heard good things about him so we chose him.  We first went to see him in March of 2011.  One of the first things he suspected was that I have endometreosis.  He did a laporoscopy and sure enough he found mild endo.  He burned it out and said it really wasn't that big of a deal.  He didn't think this was the reason we couldn't get pregnant.  He diagnosed us with Unexplained Infertility.  He said try for 3 months and if you are not pregnant come back and see me.  3 months came and went and still nothing.  We decided to try IUI (artificial insemination).  IUI is not very effective.  Cheap though.  Only like a 20% chance it will work.  In July of 2011 we did our first IUI.  It was negative.  On this first round we were not on any fertility drugs.  He wanted to do a natural cycle.  On round two he decided to try Clomid.  He put me on Clomid and I ended up making 3 follicles which in turn I released 3 eggs.  He actually inseminated me twice that week thinking it would help my chances. I found out today (9-6-11) that is did not work either. 

Today has been a very hard day and we are not sure if we should try IUI one more time or move on to IVF (In Vitro) or even just give up.  So we are taking at least a month off and weighing our options.  I am going to give more details in later blogs about how emotionally stressful this fertility stuff really is.  This is my first time blogging but I want everyone to try to understand how I feel and how hard this is for us right now!!  We couldn't ask for better family and friends!!  We appreciate all the love, support, prayers, and everything you all are doing for us!!!  Feel free to add any comments you would like or anything you would like to tell me.