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Having a baby, I have thought about it since my first feelings of love, as something obvious, simple, natural… My husband and I have always had the same desire to be parents. So we decided to stop the pill very quickly. After a year of unsuccessful “attempts”, I went to see a gynecologist.. He asked me to do a temperature curve for three long months! It seems very long when you are obsessed with the desire for a child. When I returned to see him, he didn’t seem in a great “rush” and my worry was starting to increase. It must be said that in my family, sterility problems have been known since my mother. My sister had also been trying for several years.
Very thorough examinations
I went to see another doctor who told me to forget about the temperature curves. We started to monitor my ovulation with endovaginal ultrasounds. He quickly saw that I was not ovulating. From there, other examinations followed: hysterosalpingography for me, spermogram for my husband, cross penetration test, Hühner test… We found ourselves, in a month, thrown into a medical world, with an appointment and repeated blood tests. After two months, the diagnosis fell: I am sterile. No ovulation, mucus problems, hormone problems… I cried for two days. But a funny feeling was born in me. I had known it inside for a long time. My husband, he seemed serene. The problem was not with him; I think that reassured him. He did not understand my despair because he believed that once the problems were identified, the solution would come. He was right.
The only solution: artificial insemination
The doctor advised us to do artificial inseminations (IAC). It was the only possibility. Here we are immersed in the world of assisted reproduction. The hormone injections, ultrasounds, blood tests were repeated for several months. Waiting for menstruation, disappointments, tears… Monday October 2: D-day for my period. Nothing. Nothing happens all day … I go to the bathroom fifty times to check! My husband comes home with a test, we do it together. Two long minutes of waiting… And the window turns pink: I am PREGNANT !!!
After nine months of a fairly easy pregnancy, although very supervised, I give birth to our little girl, 3,4 kg of desire, patience, and love.
Today everything has to be started again
I just did my fourth IAC in the hope of giving our daughter a little brother or sister … But unfortunately fourth failure. I do not despair because I know we can do it, but all the exams are more and more difficult to bear. The next step may be IVF because I only have the right to do six TSIs. I keep hope because around me, my sister has been struggling for seven years now. We must not give up, even when we can no longer. It’s really worth it !!!
Christèle