In honor of infertility awareness week (okay, just kidding about that. I actually didn't know there was even an awareness week until yesterday) we headed down to Salt Lake yesterday for an infertility conference.
I am SOOO glad we went! They had some wonderful doctors who did a great job of explaning more about infertility (I didn't know this, but infertility is a disease. Kinda interesting, huh?) and the new advances they have to help people like us get preggers. The talks were so informative, but the question and answer part was even better. It was nice to be able to sit in a room full of people (who ranged from quite older couples to really young girls) who understand what we are going through and have them share experiences and ask the same questions we had. I know in past posts I said we were looking at adoption, but a couple of weeks ago I had a strong impression that we should put our focus and money on fertility and give it another try. We're going to be going to a clinic down in Sandy that has an extremely high success rate (in fact, one of the presenters at the conference was a doctor at the clinic we are looking at) so for the first time in a really long time I'm hopeful. Although I'm not really looking forward to the treatments themselves (injections, meds, overall craziness hormone wise!) the bubs and I are both pretty excited about the new journey.
In honor of infertility awareness week (okay, just kidding about that. I actually didn't know there was even an awareness week until yesterday) we headed down to Salt Lake yesterday for an infertility conference. 
I am SOOO glad we went! They had some wonderful doctors who did a great job of explaning more about infertility (I didn't know this, but infertility is a disease. Kinda interesting, huh?) and the new advances they have to help people like us get preggers. The talks were so informative, but the question and answer part was even better. It was nice to be able to sit in a room full of people (who ranged from quite older couples to really young girls) who understand what we are going through and have them share experiences and ask the same questions we had. I know in past posts I said we were looking at adoption, but a couple of weeks ago I had a strong impression that we should put our focus and money on fertility and give it another try. We're going to be going to a clinic down in Sandy that has an extremely high success rate (in fact, one of the presenters at the conference was a doctor at the clinic we are looking at) so for the first time in a really long time I'm hopeful. Although I'm not really looking forward to the treatments themselves (injections, meds, overall craziness hormone wise!) the bubs and I are both pretty excited about the new journey.
2 comments:
How inspiring! Good luck with the new treatments Marisa. A friend of mine gave birth to her first baby on Saturday after 10 years of infertility and 5 rounds of Invetro. I wouldn't have had the strength to go through it that many times. She worked full time to earn money for treatments. There is hope and we are thinking of you guys.
Totally praying for you both! I can't imagine the roller coaster ride you've been on. Here's to hopin'!!
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