C'mon, I know I can't be the only one!
My story:
8 years of fertillity treatments
4 failed IVFs
3 Laparoscopies for severe endometriosis
1 TOTAL hysterectomy (at age 34)
My kiddos:
#1 - adopted from Russia at10 mos - he will be 10 in May, ADHD and SMART!!
#2 - adopted from Russia at 9 mos - he will be 10 in May - he has FAS
#3 - adopted from China at 11 mos - she turned 2 in Dec
#4 - ? Still contemplating this possibility

I wouldn't trade a thing!

I am barren, but not childless!!!

I am not sure I am so much unable to conceive as much as unable to get past the first few weeks....

I have 8 angels waiting to meet their sister.

Yup, but looking forward to adoption/fostering in the future.

I'm 37 as well & My babies are all in Heaven , atleast they are with the greatest Father of them all!

From the bottom of my heart I feel your struggle!
I know I haven't been through exactly what you have & I can only imagine your challenges you have been through. But what ever you decide on, I pray that God blesses you as I see he already has with the loving babies you already have.

~Michelle

We tried since the day we got married to get pregnant.

17 years of trying
2 years of treatments, we did not do IVF, just everything else, ex.
artificial insemenation, donor sperm, etc.

Now we have been waiting 2 years to adopt a baby boy, through our local social services, we are currently #5

Only because I had my tubes tied due to having lupus. My last birth was miserable. I was started two weeks early and he was "sunny side up" (face up). They found out too late for a c-section. My drugs had worn off. I thought I would die. I knew I never wanted to go through that ever again.

Not to mention complications of pregnancy that lupus causes. And vice versa.

I'm 37 as well & My babies are all in Heaven , atleast they are with the greatest Father of them all!

From the bottom of my heart I feel your struggle!
I know I haven't been through exactly what you have & I can only imagine your challenges you have been through. But what ever you decide on, I pray that God blesses you as I see he already has with the loving babies you already have.

~Michelle

You sound like you have great faith in Christ as well. Isn't it great to know that our lives are in His hands, and nothing, not even these struggles are a suprise to God?

After 4 failed IVFs, I have babies waiting for me too!! (oooh, GOOSEBUMPS!!) As I believe that life began in that sterile petri dish..........sometimes I am not even sure what I think about that....

We tried since the day we got married to get pregnant.

17 years of trying
2 years of treatments, we did not do IVF, just everything else, ex.
artificial insemenation, donor sperm, etc.

Now we have been waiting 2 years to adopt a baby boy, through our local social services, we are currently #5


Oh, yea, I know your struggle for sure!!! One thing I will say to you as an encouragement...is when you have your son, you will feel like he has been there forever, and the years waiting somehow melt away.

really

We started trying in August 2006. We're currently taking a break due to an injury DH sustained at work in June. It's a bummer, but he's having surgery next week, so hopefully we can get back on track after that.

I go back and forth ... to keep trying or to stop dealing myself heartbreak and throw in the towel. It's a hard spot to be in. Kudos to everyone here who has triumphed.