Our journey to start a family began in 2014 after we got married. After we had been trying for almost a year, we decided to seek help, and came to Olive Fertility Centre. After many tests, all we could figure it is that we have unexplained infertility, although I also have a very low AMH. We decided to start with IUI...and lo and behold, our first try was successful!
It took us 6 long, exhausting, and emotional years but here we are with our incredible 6-month-old son River and none of it seems to matter yet it will forever be a part of our story. 2 IUIs, 1 egg retrieval, 4 rounds of IVF with 3 ETFs, hundreds of injections, blood tests and tears, acupuncture, supplements and dietary changes yet not a single positive pregnancy test.
We had quite the journey: 3 miscarriages, including losing a twin pregnancy. Each time we had ultrasounds with heartbeats before losing them. We had 1 failed IUI and 2 IVF treatments before deciding to try a donor egg cycle in Seattle. When that failed we were waiting to start another round with a frozen embryo when we got pregnant naturally. I was 42 years old. We were very scared to get excited as we had miscarried so many times. However, our miracle baby was born nine months later! He is now a happy and healthy 8-year-old.
