Our Infertility Journey

We got married the summer of 2013 and decided we wanted to start trying for a family right away.

 We were both still in school and stressed about graduation, so when months passed and we hadn't gotten pregnant we weren't too worried.

Spencer's graduation April 2014

After Spencer graduated, we started to suspect something was wrong. We decided we needed to talk to our doctor and he referred us to a great OBGYN. I was in the midst of student teaching and so we scheduled an appointment in April when I would graduate.

Student teaching in the BYU Preschool.

 At this point, we had been trying for a year and a half. However, since we were both young and healthy, our doctor wanted us to wait a few more months using ovulation tests to try and get pregnant naturally. 

In the fall of 2015, we did our first round of intrauterine insemination. After three rounds were unsuccessful, we talked with the doctor about what could be wrong. We knew I was ovulating regularly, but since I have painful periods we suspected I had endometriosis. We chose to have a laparoscopy in April. It wasn't fun.

During the surgery they found endometriosis and a uterine cyst. They removed everything they could find. At this point, my OBGYN referred us to the Utah Fertility Center and we met with Dr. Foulk. He explained to us that endometriosis can affect my Fallopian tubes, preventing them from working properly. IVF is only way to bypass the Fallopian tubes but since it is so expensive he wanted us to try a few more rounds of IUI to see if the surgery helped enough for me to get pregnant. 

We tried to get pregnant naturally after the surgery while we saved funds for the IUIs. We tried two more cycles and they were both unsuccessful. 

Our next step is IVF. We are hoping to raise enough money to do a cycle in January. We had our initial IVF consultation with our doctor a few days ago along with a uterine exam and he said we are all good for the beginning of January. We have a plan of care appointment and a financial consultation this week so we will know more in a few days.  We are so grateful for any help we can get. Please keep us in your prayers.