Our TTC History

In Spring 2010, my best friend Kelly came to visit us in Houston from Nashville.  She brought her 8 month old little girl with her and that is where it all started.  We always knew we wanted children and, being in our early 30s, knew we didn't have forever.  As soon as that tot stepped off the plane I knew I was ready.  My DH was a little slower.  It took him until the end of the weekend.  They probably hadn't taken off from Houston Hobby Airport before we decided we were going to have a baby.  I thought we should do some planning (can't help myself) for a few months but my DH wanted to get on with it.  The sooner, the better.  I don't think I took another BCP after that weekend. 

The first few months, everything was normal but no BFP.  We took an amazing vacation to Mexico and as though it was meant to be 2 weeks after our trip I was late.  I was so excited!  HPT-Negative, Repeat HPT-Negative, a week later another BFN.  A month later I went to my OBGYN and we discussed my predicament.  She ran a bunch of tests and did an ultrasound.  Bad news!  PCOS.  On to a Reproductive Endocrinologist.  Really long story short:  we did 2 rounds of Clomid (50 mg & 100 mg) in September and November.  Both cycles were cancelled due to no response.  In December we did a cycle of 5 mg Femara.  Once again, I was cancelled due to no response.  Crazy enough, I O'd 5 days later.  It was a feeling I've never felt before.  I knew something was happening and it must be good because I had never had these feelings before in my life.  My ovaries felt like they were going to explode.  Funny enough I loved it!  Test day was December 24th (14 dpo) and I just knew I was KU.  Now, keep in mind that I had been going months without AF and my one cycle that didn't require Prometrium to start was still almost 40 days.  Well, what do you know...the bitch showed up a day early (for the first time in my life) in the car on the long drive to TN.  I was crushed.  How could I be so naive to think it might work?  It ruined my entire Christmas at home.  After returning home we decided to take an extended break from treatments.