Having a baby after 5 years of infertility

It’s a long read ! But worth it 💕

For some of us, getting pregnant was hard!

I remember wanting to try to get pregnant a year after I got married. We were both excited to start trying . A few months pass by and nothing. I had taken the depo shot(birth control) 2 times , 3 months apart before trying so I thought my body probably needed time to get it out of my system.

A year goes by and nothing. I had read on the internet that it takes a couple 6 months to a year to get pregnant naturally . I gave it more time. Nothing. 2 years went by and we decided to seek medical help. My husband and I had ultrasounds and all sorts of tests done to see if maybe there was something wrong with our bodies that was preventing us from getting pregnant. Everything came back normal.

I saw both of my siblings get pregnant. I remember getting in the shower to cry 😢 I felt bad for feeling this way because I was truly happy for them , but at the same time I asked myself “why me? Why can they have kids and I can’t”? Time goes by. We didn’t seek for more medical advice. I was just tired. In a way I feel like perhaps I just gave up. I was trying to cling on to hope and praying to G-d for a child .

It’s been 5 years at this point. My husband and I decided to loose some weight. We started eating healthy and working out . I lost 38lbs. I started spotting and said to myself , “It’s probably my period starting soon”. I had cramps and a headache. My period didn’t come and still had these symptoms for about a week. Decided to walk to the nearest grocery store and test. I was almost sure it was going to be negative. Got home took it and to my surprise it was positive !!

Of course I couldn’t believe it, so I went to a woman’s clinic to take a blood test and verify. I was still in shock to be honest. Got the blood test and ultrasound done and it game back positive with the baby measuring 5 weeks along . The day before our anniversary I told my husband we were pregnant !!!

Can you imagine our excitement ? It took a long time of feeling sad, anguished, hopeless, angry and much more. But at the end it was all worth it. It was scary. Pregnancy was easy but was always very alert with everything.

Don’t give up, if you need medical help get it. No one will understand what you are going through if they haven’t been through infertility. Remember to relax, to not give up and sometimes to give it time. G-da timing is alway perfect. We have been blessed with 4 kids now. I’ll probably make another post on the other pregnancies and births

What’s your story ?

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