I hope I hear good news from my best friend tomorrow.

[LeftyMom]

After years of trying, she went in today with all the usual symptoms to get a blood test for pregnancy. I haven't been able to reach her by phone. I hope this means she and her husband are celebrating the good news right now. :)

[Broken_Hero]

1. I hope they are

celebrating(the gist I get, is that if its positive, its a good thing).

[LeftyMom]

2. She's been trying for five years or so.

She has PCOS, which makes getting pregnant and staying pregnant a struggle. Only recently did she start ovulating without having to take a shitload of clomid, and she's not on anything right now so if the news is good it'd be a very happy surprise, not only because she'd finally be pregnant but maybe it'd be a sign her hormone levels were getting closer to health on their own.

[Broken_Hero]

3. I'm very familiar with that situation

My wife also has PCOS...we have been trying for...over 2yrs...2yrs and four months to be exact. Its a...obstacle thats for sure. We tried Clomid for roughly 6 months, before giving up on it. Currently, we are looking into adoption. We both have come to the conclusion that having our own, isn't going to happen, and we are both tired of beating ourselves up over it.

[LeftyMom]

4. That's certainly understandable.

She's been on hormones and clomid and while she hasn't given up she and her husband just decided that the best thing for them right now is just not to prevent pregnancy and if it happens it happens and if it doesn't it doesn't. They're young enough that they really don't have to launch the two minute drill for some years yet, which is certainly a good thing, although her being young at diagnosis made getting real treatment much more problematic than it would when the typical infertility patient was a decade or two older.

In the meantime, they have three of the most spoiled dogs ever (well, two and a sixteenth dogs, the third is mostly wolf) and seem really happy together. I like him a lot, and I think someday they're going to make great parents, however that winds up happening.

[Broken_Hero]

5. I hope/wish nothing but the best for your friends

Tammy and I actually start the adoption process here in a couple of weeks...we decided earlier this year, mid January, after our last big...let down, that if we weren't pregnant by Jan 1st of 07, we would pursue adoption.

Its a rough road, but there are kids out there, who are in need, that we can help/raise, and that is good enough for me. Neither one of us had qualms about adoption, I was adopted at the age of 5/6, and Tammy's father was adopted at the age of 4, so we are somewhat familiar with the circumstances surronding that issue.

[elfrangel]

6. Took us 4 years to get pregnant....

in the end, it was my dogs who noticed a difference. I was clueless.


Sending Happy thoughts to you and your friends.



petersond : God bless you for pursuing adoption. Wishes that all goes well and speedily for you and yours.

[Broken_Hero]

7. Thank you for your kind words

I really appreciate it...:hug: