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National Infertility Awareness Week – Don’t Ignore Secondary Infertility

I hope that this has been an educational week, raising awareness for infertility through the guest posts and stories about infertility.  I am so honored to have one more fellow blogger’s story.  After  you read her story, check out her blog at East 9th Street.

“My Uterus Needs A Welcome Mat”

Maybe my uterus isn’t inviting enough.   You know how it is when you’re looking for a new house and you drive by one that sounded great on paper but looks less than desirable?  I’m starting to wonder if that’s what going on each month during ovulation.  My eggs have an ad posted but my husband’s sperm are swimming by thinking, “we’d love to stop but that place is so old.  Let’s find something newer.”  They say curb appeal is everything so maybe my uterus does need a welcome mat.

My husband and I have been trying for over an 18 months to get pregnant.  The first six months we understood – it takes time.  The six months after that, we started to get worried and now over eighteen months from the time we started, we’re discouraged.  The biggest thing we have against us is our ages.  I’m 37 and he’s 49.  Not old by any means in terms of how we approach life but when it comes to our fertility, let’s just say we should be getting our AARP cards sometime soon.

We had our daughter when I was 35.  I never thought I wanted children but after an oops and a miscarriage, I realized that I wanted a baby more than anything.  We did everything my OB/GYN told me to do and within 3 months of trying, we were pregnant.  An easy conception, an easy pregnancy and a really easy birth, what more could I ask for? 

Fast-forward almost 3 years later and all we want is another baby.  Both of us have a clean bill of health – I ovulate, his boys swim, all of our hormones levels are where they should be. We’ve only told a handful of people that we’re trying so much of our struggles have been in private.  It’s not that our families and friends wouldn’t be supportive, its more because we don’t want the added pressure of them knowing what we’re going through.  We’ve already put enough pressure on ourselves. 

So we’ve decided that whatever happens, happens.  We’ll continue to do everything we can control to improve our chances of having another baby.  Our insurance doesn’t cover infertility treatments and we’re not in the position to pay for them out-of-pocket.  When people ask me if we’re going to have another baby, I just tell them we’re not sure.  After all, that is an honest answer.  Hopefully someday I’ll be able to answer that question with an emphatic, “why yes we are” and then you’ll know, the welcome mat worked. 🙂

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Brooke

Friday 27th of April 2012

I am sorry you are having to go through this, a friend of mine experienced something similar. Have you looked into natural infertility treatments? Things you can try on your own to try and help?

Sarah @ East9thStreet

Thursday 3rd of May 2012

I've started to look into it but it's hard to decipher what is actually beneficial and what is hype.  I come from a traditional medicine mindset so it has been kind of hard to step out of the box.  My best friend from high school is going through the same thing, only she's never had any children.  Maybe we'll both go natural and get pregnant at the same time. :)

Jesi (kids-clutter-and-chaos.blogspot.com)

Friday 27th of April 2012

Thanks for sharing this story. So sad the people who really want children can't have them. It seems you hear so much of this :(

Sarah @ East9thStreet

Thursday 3rd of May 2012

It is sad.  My parents adopted me after years of trying.  When you see so much abuse and neglect in the world, you wonder why those parents don't understand how truly fortunate they are.

Ghada

Friday 27th of April 2012

Thanks, Sara for sharing your story. I've heard of so many people in the same situation with insurance. I wish that there was some threshold whereby with a written leter of consent from your doctor, after 8 months treatment would be covered. Surely wanting to bring another life into the world is a very worthy thing that she be covered by insurance.

Sarah @ East9thStreet

Thursday 3rd of May 2012

Thanks Ghada.  My previous employer was awesome and covered inferitilty services up to 25K.  Unfortunately, my husband's plan isn't so generous.  Crossing my fingers that good things will come our way in 2012.

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