By taking a look at our About Us section, you can learn about who we are.  Most people in our lives already know these things about us, but very few people know anything about our struggle with fertility. This is because discussing infertility is still taboo.  It is very sad to us that this is the case and we want to do our part to change it.  Through documenting our journey on this blog, we hope to connect with those going through the same thing and maybe do what we can to get more people talking about infertility.

I will start off by admitting this is not easy for me (Diane).  I am such a private person and I prefer to allow others to think that everything with my life is just as I want it.  Lord, I wish this was the case!

Patrick and I have been trying to have a baby now for almost two years.  After the first year of not getting pregnant I was referred to Oregon Reproductive Medicine (December 2014).  I met Dr. Bankowski and within an hour of meeting him he diagnosed me with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome.  I am an action-oriented person.  I don’t want to talk about what we are going to do; I want to just do it.  I got the sense that my doctor was the same way.  He listed out the protocol, told me all the testing I needed to do and immediately got me scheduled.  It was a marathon of testing and he wasn’t wasting anytime getting me started.

After all the testing was done, it was determined that although I had PCOS, there were no other concerns about me or Patrick.  Dr. Bankowski recommended I take 150mg of Clomid and do my first IUI in February 2015.  We did two IUIs before taking a break to emotionally reset.  We did an IUI in September and then in October with no success.  We met with Dr. Bankowski again and let him know that instead of doing more IUIs, we wanted to start IVF.  And here is where our real journey begins.