This is part 11 of my secondary infertility experience. I’ve been documenting it throughout – since 2015. After we finally received the news that we are finally expecting a little one in early 2018, I feel ready to share the stories that I had kept inside for so long. I hope that they will help others to feel not so alone. I also hope to give family and friends some insight into what was happening at the time, as it was hard to talk about (or just seemed like a shit topic at social gatherings). You can catch up on the first 10(!) instalments here: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3…
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Our secondary infertility story: Part 8 – After the first round of Clomid
This post was written in March 2016 – after my first medicated cycle. Let’s just say it didn’t exactly go ‘to plan’. You can catch up on previous instalments of my story here… Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 So…I was cautiously optimistic about starting Clomid during my last cycle. I didn’t expect it to help me become miraculously pregnant first time around, but I did hope that perhaps something promising would appear in my ultrasound. Something to tell me that I was going to ovulate up a storm etc. I was nervous before my scan, but hopeful. I’d had a strong…
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Our secondary infertility story: Part 7 – Clomid
This was written in February 2016. It hadn’t been published yet as I just wasn’t ready. In hindsight I can see that I was clearly more hopeful than I let myself believe. I actually feel quite sad for the February 2016 me because I know she had a lot more to go through before any good news was to be received. This was the beginning of a really rough year. You can catch up on anything you may have missed here… Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 In our continued efforts to get me knocked up (we’re hitting the 18 month mark of trying to conceive),…
