rebbaker

Hi Jessica,
welcome to the board. I am sorry about your news. Something similar as far as the reproductive system goes has happened to me. I am 30 and last year I found out I was born with only half of my uterus. The half that I have has a functioning tube and ovary, on the other side there is a small tissue mass that tried to form the other half, with a tube and ovary. Those of course are nonfunctioning. I want you to know when I found this out it blew me away. My condition is so rare, not even the nurses in my OB/GYN office had ever heard of it let alone see what it looked like. That is the hardest thing I've ever had to deal with in my life like you said when you found out what had happened to your ovaries. This all is our womanhood, our very natural instinct that we have as women to be a mother.

Now to tell you the good part. Of course I was told I couldn't have children, and dealt with that sorrow for almost a year, had to get counseling. Then we decided on our own to go to a RE for a second opinion. He told us that if the half of uterus that I have is big enough I can have a baby with only a few problems to deal with because of my condition. Come to find out it is big enough, so then he had to find out why I wasn't getting pg. He found out my cervical mucus is too thick for the sperm to travel through and my follicles don't grow big enough to produce good eggs. So we had to deal with those issues. He suggested IUI. We did the first one last fall and I got pg the first time. Unfortunately, I miscarried but because I found this board, I got hope back to try again. You will find GREAT support here. Whatever your feelings are through infertility we all can relate, and feel the same way. It has been a blessing and even if I miscarry again or can't get pg again I know I can come here to find shelter from the storm.

I want to say to you, good luck, do whatever you want to do to try to fulfill your dream. Miracles happen every day, there's proof on this board. Miracles can happen to anyone, no matter what the odds. If I do get pg I will have to be checked the whole time every two weeks by ultrasound, because of my condition. I will also have to have my cervix sewn shut, and will deliver 2-3 weeks early. I don't care about any of this, because these things are a small price to pay to have a baby. I'm high risk, but I know I will be in good care. He told me that he can only take care of me the first trimester, because he no longer delivers babies. But he will release my care to an OB/GYN and he said when he tells them they have to continue checking me every two weeks, they have to do it. They have to listen to what he says, because he's higher up then they are. That makes me feel good, knowing I'll be taken care of.

Anyway, sorry for the long story, but I wanted to encourage you and let you know you're not alone. Best of luck, keep us posted. Baby dust.