After trying to conceive for almost 2 years, my third attempt finally changed my life forever. I had 2 previous fresh IVF/ICSI cycles because of male factor infertility and the third try was an FET. The clinic thawed a total of 5 embryos, 3 made it through the thawing process. Those 3 embryos were not the best quality and also had fragmentation. The embryologist took out as much of the fragmentation as possible and said the embryos looked fairly good. I thought for sure that a pregnancy would not occur with these low quality embryos. Much to my surprise - it worked. During the 2-week wait, I felt a little off balance, like my equilibrium wasn't right. I thought maybe it worked and I was pregnant. I went for my first beta on 11/29/99. My second beta was on 12/1 and my numbers had definitely doubled, which was a good sign. I was scheduled for an ultrasound on 12/8 to find out how many of the 3 embryos took. I was shocked to see 2 tiny sacs in my uterus. A few weeks after that I went for another ultrasound only to find out that there was only one baby growing inside me. They call it "Vanishing Twin Syndrome" and one embryo never develops. During the same ultrasound, I did get to hear the heartbeat, which overshadowed the sadness of losing one.

I am now almost 18 weeks pregnant and couldn't be happier. My life is going to change forever and it feels great. Things are going along smoothly.

I am hoping that everyone gets to feel this emotion of carrying a baby. It's the most wonderful feeling in the world - especially after all I've done to get here.

Good luck to all of you - and don't give up hope. Even the worst looking scenario can turn out in your favor. It happened to me! It can happen to you!