Hi everyone!! Well...where do I begin?
I am 32 and dh is 31. We have been married for 4 1/2 years. We wanted to plan everything just right (anyone else like that?). We wanted to be married for 2 years then start our family...sounds really easy, right???

I went off birth control pills for about six months then we really began trying (you know raising the hips & legs and all the other stuff you read about). Nothing happened after a year of trying. We relocated to another state for my husband's job. That is when I went to an infertility specialist. I, like many of you had the HSG test to check my tubes, then started Clomid, added IUI's, and then tried Fertinex with IUI's. Our RE suggested that I may have endometriosis, so I had a laparoscopy. They removed moderate amounts of endo. What seems funny to me now is after each one of the steps I went through, I can remember thinking..."Ok, I'm on Clomid now, we will definitely have a baby soon." Or "Ok, I just had surgery to remove all that stuff that was in the way, got to start thinking about maternity clothes" (I told you I was a planner). I know a lot of women have been through much more serious treatments and have suffered through more difficult times.

Last year my DH and I decided to move on to IVF. We went through our first cycle in October 1998. I was very excited to start the whole IVF process (again..I thought this is going to work for us, I'll be a mom soon!!) My Re found a cyst during one of my 1st ultrasounds. She said that we could do surgery and remove it and delay the IVF cycle or we could aspirate it in the office and continue with the cycle. I chose to have it aspirated in the office and continue with our IVF cycle. Everything seemed to be going well. They retrieved 8 eggs....none fertilized!!! I was truly heartbroken! Our RE could not give me a definite reason for what happened and suggested that I get a second opinion (she thought there might be a problem with the eggs). I went to another RE for a second opinion. They had pictures of my eggs to go by. The embryologist thought there was a fertilization problem and the RE suggested ICSI.

Now we are moving on to IVF #2 with ICSI in March. I pray everyday that this will work and that all the other women (& men) that have been struggling with infertility will have their dreams come true too!!!

After a 3-year journey with infertility we attempted our 2nd IVF. I did not get my hopes up through the whole cycle this time. Finally the day came to have my pregnancy test. I went to the lab around 8:30 that morning and then I returned home. The wait seemed like an eternity for a result that could change my whole life!!! The nurse called from the IVF clinic at approximately 11:30. She said "your test was positive." I was in total shock!! I could not believe it! Three weeks later, my husband and I went for an ultrasound. There was definitely a heartbeat!! There was also a second sac. It was much smaller and the RE said it would probably not grow and I would most likely have a singleton pregnancy. Needless to say dh and I were truly excited!!! We went back the following week just so the RE could check the second sac. There was a second heartbeat!!! We were blessed with twins!! That was a few months ago. I am now 28 weeks pregnant with twin boys and I couldn't be happier. My entire pregnancy has gone well (being pregnant is the easy part -- getting pregnant was hard!!) I only have 8 or 9 weeks to go until I see my two little miracles! Even though my stomach is growing larger everyday I still can't believe everything has worked out for us and I am really going to be a mom soon! I thank God everyday for giving me my 2 little boys!!

Editor's Note: The story "Our 2nd IVF worked! We are truly blessed!" is the continuation of the story "Wishing for my dreams to come true" which originally appeared in the "Continuing Journeys" section.