So, it has now been 7+ years and we are finally at the point that we feel like God wants us to try and pursue this further with a doctor bc everything we are doing has not worked and we need answers. I called my insurance to see what is covered. I made an appointment and Jason went with me.
After seeing the Fertility Specialist she told us several options but made us aware that since has been over 5 years of trying that there is definitely a problem somewhere and they need to find out that it is. She told me my options and said Jason's was just a simple Semen analysis. She told me that since his count was low last time and even though he already has a daughter they would like to re-check him again. See Jason was born with undescended testicles and had surgery when he was 8, but she said a lot of men who were born with this had infertility issues. She said if it is male infertility then they wouldn't need to test me for anything and the next step could possibly be In Vitro Fertilization is commonly referred to as IVF. (IVF is the process of fertilization by manually combining an egg and sperm in a laboratory dish. When the IVF procedure is successful, the process is combined with a procedure known as embryo transfer, which is used to physically place the embryo in the uterus).
But it there was also another smaller procedure called Intrauterine insemination (IUI is a procedure which involves placing sperm inside a woman’s uterus to facilitate fertilization.
So, we scheduled Jason an appt to make another "deposit" since his was going to be easiest at this time.
We got a call a few days later letting is know that all the things they test for with the semen analysis came back abnormal. She sd they could try and IUI but the percentage rate of woman who get pregnant is about 7%. Or we could try IVF and that percentage of woman who get pregnant is about 70%.
She told us to think about it and get back to her.
Jason and I decided to talk to our old Pastor about the situation and he advised us to pray for Wisdom from God. We are struggling with the IVF bc we are against abortion and we feel like making about bunch of embryo and deposing of the ones we don't want would be abortion bc its a little baby. I know everyone may not agree with this but this is what Jason and I believe so If we chose IVF we would only have them make the amount we would want inserted into me. The other thing is what if I got pregnant with all the babies they inserted inside me. I would raise them of course but I am not sure I want more than 2. I mean if God wants me to have 5 or more or less I would be blessed bc thats Gods will, but I am not sure about raising a lot of kids at one time. So, we also talked a little about adoption. I feel as though we are leaning a little more towards that. But....only time will tell.
I will continue to keep everyone updated on what we decide. Thanks for reading or blog.
This helps me to not have to keep re-telling the story over & over again to different people. Plus it helps to talk about it.
Also....Please Pray for Jason and I in this huge stepping stone in our life.
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