Infertility Sucks!

Filed in archive Infertility on February 8, 2007

All your friends have babies or are pregnant, or maybe both. It hurts to see all those wee faces and those extended tummies and know there's a good chance it will never happen to you.

I can only imagine the ache. I was one of the lucky ones. I had no trouble getting pregnant. Just the opposite in fact. But one of my friends went through this and I listened to her as her heart broke.

I found an article on the Waiting Womb Blogspot that about says it all, including the following:

Every step of this process sucks. It sucks whether or not you ever see a doctor. It sucks if you are young, it sucks if you are in the "older" group. It sucks to take your temperature every morning, it sucks when it seems like everyone but you gets pregnant - whether it's a babycenter group or an infertility group or in "real" life. That first clomid cycle sucks. The first beta sucks. Surgery sucks. IVF sucks.

If you are one of the women who suffer from polycystic ovary syndrome, an article in the Washington Post advises that it's best to stick to standard treatment. The post explains the disorder this way:

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrinological disorder. It affects as many as 8 percent of American women and may be the cause of most infertility, according to background information in the article. Women with PCOS are often overweight, have excess body and facial hair, reduced insulin sensitivity and irregular menstrual cycles. The root of many of these symptoms is an excess of androgens, or male hormones.