Hello,

My name is Maria, I’m 42 years old, and Catholic. I was married on June 16th 2007 when I was almost 41. My husband is two years older than me. We both ADORE children and want some of our own. We have been trying ever since we were married. We haven’t had any success.

I had issues with ovarian cysts and needed surgery. I had the surgery on Feb. 12th, 2007. Imagine being told by your surgeon right after your surgery, after being a daycare teacher for nineteen years and wanting to be a Mother your whole life, that you have severe endometriosis and you might be infertile! That’s exactly what happened to me. Before the surgery I had no clue that I had endometriosis. As a matter of fact years ago when I complained about the painful periods, my doctor told me to “take three Aleve”. She also told me before I was married when we were discussing my cycle that she thought I was “fertile myrtle” and I’d have no problem getting pregnant. YSR!

We are still struggling to improve my health with the endometriosis and my fertile. I have tried everything from taking every vitamin under the sun, drinking green tea, giving up sugar and caffeine, and losing twenty pounds. Every month I pray and hope and every month I’m disapointed.

I want to be a good Catholic Mom so much and be able to do all the things a good Mom does. I pray the rosary for a child (I prayed the rosary for a husband and found him!), I pray novenas, ect. My heart feels sad and my arms ache to hold a child.

When I was a daycare teacher in the toddler room for nineteen years (in the city I grew up in) I was told by many Mothers that I was their favorite teacher and what a good Mom I’d be someday. I think I’d make a good Mom too, but still no baby.

Maybe some of you could say a little prayer (or maybe a rosary for me please?) that we will be blessed with a child? Please? I’d really appreciate it so much!!

P.S. I’d really LOVE to hear from others who are also suffering from endometriosis and infertility especially those who were able to concieve! I need some hope and some encouragement please!
Thank you so much!

marialehan4608@aol.com

May God Bless all of you.
Maria (who cried when she heard that song for the first time today)

I was diagnosed with MRKH last December, which means i don’t have a uterus, and obviously if you don’t have a uterus you can’t conceive a child. Anyway. So many different things in this story remind me of me. Not necessarily specifics, but definitely just reminders. The video was awesome, but sooo sad! I’ll definitely be sharing it on my myspace…

As an adoptive mother of two children, I have been through much of what many of you describe, and I gently ask this question of all of you:

Do you want to be a mummy, or do you want to be pregnant?

For most of us, it’s the first… And so, with my two angelic children running around me right now, I wonder every day: How can you love a child more than totally?

I know that everyone takes the path they need to, but I beg all of you to leave behind the grief of infertility and embrace the hope that comes with adoption.

My husband and I have been trying to have a baby for over four years and we have had one ectopic. I have blocked tubes and we too struggled with the cost of IVF. Then we read about frozen embryo adoption. That is where you can be matched with a donor who has extra embryos left over from their IVF procedures and have those embryos placed into your uterus. If one of the embryos implants that baby is yours. You get to experience the joy of being pregnant and can also control the nutrition that baby gets as he/she grows. We haven’t found a donor yet (we are going through our Reproductive Endocrinologist) but the waiting list is an average of six months, sometimes less, so that isn’t too bad. A lot of people don’t know about frozen embryo adoption, so I like to bring an awareness of it to others as a way of hope. This kind of adoption costs way less than IVF if your RE offers this program and you go through him/her. Too many adoption agencies who offer this charge way too much, in my opinion. Adopting this way through our RE was $7,000 – $9,000 LESS than going through an adoption agency. There are several web sites dedicated to finding frozen embryos and the adoption itself. Search Google. There are actually people who have given birth to adopted embryos and if more people tried it the success rates would go higher.

I’ve been looking everywhere for new music by Kellie. Imagine my surprise when I stumbled on “I Would Die for That” on YouTube! I was thrilled. The song is beautiful and so moving. I’ve been there, and it’s truly a very horrible pain. Four years after I lost my first baby, I conceived and now I’m the mother of 2 grown children. Welcome back, Kellie! What a way to do it!

My husband and I tried for 4 years to have a baby. We tried multiple IUI’s, IVF’s and FET’s. We took out a second mortgage on our house. We went through 5 fertility experts. Each one promised they could help, but after a little while sadly shook their heads and encouraged us to face “reality.” The sadness and depression was excruciating. Finally – 10 months ago – I gave birth to my beautiful daughter. Every ounce of what I went through was worth it. Please know that if you are trying – don’t give up – it CAN happen – I am proof of that. The odds for me were so very bleak. If it happened for us, it can happen for you. The best to you all!!!

The song is very powerful. I consider my three kids my greatest gifts in life. I know for certain I would be not even half the person I am if it were not for them. I wasn’t supposed to be able to have any. So when each time came that the doctor said I was, I waited for the other shoe to drop. I feel lucky and blessed to have my three kids. They are my greatest achievements in life.

This song is a very powerful song to me!Me and my husband lost a baby in 2001 and it was the most devistating thing in this world. For the past 6 years we have tried off and on with much tears and anxious feelings along with fertility treatments and prayers and i cant help but to feel alittle hopeless deep inside but i feel like this next year the lord is going to be on myside and actually give me my big dream–TO become a mommy. It is the one thing i want so much in life so i will keep on praying not only for myself but the other women in my shoes. GOd bless!

I’m crying my eyes out after that song. I’m so happy for Kelley and hope I too can one day be in her shoes at present time. I’m 24 and my husband and I have been trying for nearly two years to get pregnant. After tests and consults and lots of needles and medication it finally happened last month! Only to have a miscarriage a few days later. Our Dr. wants us to do IVF but we can’t afford it and our state isn’t mandated to have insurance cover any treatment. I don’t know what’s to happen. A diagnosis of “Unexplained Infertility” is so hard to cope with. I want so badly to be a mom and to make my husband a Dad. I just feel so broken.