Our Infertility and IVF Journey
Our In-Vitro Fertilization Journey In September 2011, following a strong spiritual impression, I went off of birth control. I was 20 years old and eager to start a family and enter the journey of motherhood. My parents had children very young and I loved the idea of following in their footsteps. (Picture of me from September 2011) I naively thought that when a couple decided to get pregnant, it would just happen! After a year of trying to conceive naturally, I visited an OBGYN because I had read online that you should visit the doctor if you didn't get pregnant in one year. The doctor told us to relax and that it would happen naturally. He said I was young and healthy and that sometimes things just take time. I did not like his answer because I felt that was exactly what we had already been doing for the last year. I began to do a lot of research and study my cycles and my body. My beautiful sister-in-law gave me books and filled me with fertility information. She wa...