MY IVF JOURNEY HAS ENDED

[Neffi211]

I feel like this website has been my life for the last 2 1/2 years! I remember making my account and I think if I knew how much I would learn here I would have been intimidated! I have had an emotional and heart-breaking IVF journey. I am relieved and happy to say that my journey ends today. I feel that even though I did 8 cycles.....I am a success story because right now my beautiful, healthy baby boy sleeps upstairs. He is the light of my life and worth every dr. appt, needle, medicine, bruise, side effect, and tear that came along with it. If I had to do it 8 more times for him, I would. I love him more than I can describe in words and for that, even after 7 failed cycles, I am a success story. After years of trying and financially struggling, we have decided to end this journey and begin another. I will be sending my adoption paperwork tomorrow and so begins the next wonderful journey for my husband and I. I know that a year or two from now I will look back and never have wanted anything to change because my second child will be upstairs sleeping and I will know that if my IVF outcome was any different I would not have the child I do. I feel truly blessed to have experienced this hurdle in my life becasue it makes me appreciate my child and future children that much more. I hope that everyone on this site gets to someday hold their baby in their arms and experience this wonderful joy. Always know that this journey will someday end. Keep your heads up and remember everyday that it will all be worth it. I will be thinking of all of you always.

Steph

[angram]

Hi Steph - I'm so sorry to hear this last cycle did not work, but you're so right in that you've been blessed with little Jack and could not have received a better gift in life. Good luck to you and DH in your adoption process, I'm looking forward to seeing your growing family pictures posted on FB in the coming years It was great cycling with you, sharing pregnancy stories and hearing all about the first year of little man's life! This board has truly amazing women (and some men too), of which too many have not yet been as blessed as us. The journey is worth every minute and I wish the same miracle and joy to everyone along the way. Good luck!!