I'm sure that anyone on Facebook has seen the new "game" going around where women are sharing their facts about their pregnancies. I, unfortunately, had never been pregnant. However, I am part of an amazing infertility support group on Facebook that has taken that game, and made it into "10 Facts about my Infertility." Here are my 10 facts.
1. I have been off birth control since March 2010, but due to basic training and a deployment we have only been actively TTC for 2 years
2. I have had 5 rounds of clomid and 1 round of Femara.
3. I've done 3 IUIs.
4. We have 'slight' MFI, but I think that there is more to it than they think due to a groin injury my husband received by deployed. However, no one will investigate that.
5. During deployment I had 3 really close girlfriends and none of the 4 of us had children. I was the only one that wanted a child, but now I am the only one that doesn't have one. (One girl is ever pregnant with her second child!)
6. Before we started infertility treatments, I ovulated on my own despite having long irregular periods, since starting I have not ovulated on my own at all.
7. I have gained at least 20 pounds since starting treatments and know that it part of way I am not ovulating anymore.
8. While I may not act happy and through a celebration for other when I find out they are pregnant, I am really very happy for them. I usually send them a message that says such, but they never believe me because I can't express my happiness. I have a hard time expressing that happiness for them because I'm dying on the inside.
9. I honestly feel like I will never have a biological child or know what it feels like to see two pink lines.
10. I am the only one in my family to have fertility problems.
