Infertile Myrtle

So, this is the story that kind of let up to adoption #3. After our emotional wait for Tristan, Bill has been hesitant to try the process again. I can't say that I blame him either! There were a few times that we thought it wouldn't happen and that was very stressful for us. Anyway, he knows that I have always dreamed of having 3 kids ever since I was little. Its been my magic number. He suggested trying fertility treatments again. I was open to the idea of trying again, and hoped for the best!

We met with a specialist a month later and started all the fun testing again. It has been about 7 years since we've done all of this kind of stuff. To rule out some options I had a laparoscopy done in March. We found out that I didn't have endometriosis like we were thinking, but my tubes were blocked. This was a pretty devastating diagnosis for me to get because there is really no way to clear them up! The doctors suggested IVF. No thanks!

I have never had the desire to do that. I started looking into natural ways that might help, but never really did anything about it. I hated all the feelings that crept back with infertility treatments. I had made peace with it so many years ago and I didn't want to go through all of this again.

There was a second that we though maybe a girl who had just given birth & might want to put her up for adoption. I told my friend (who is related to the girl) that if she doesn't think she'll keep her, Bill and I will take her! She decided to keep her. I certainly didn't get my hopes up about the baby since it was so quick, but it did open up a conversation about adoption! Bill and I decided that even though we are happy with Stella and Tristan, we would like to have one more to complete our family! We both felt good about our decision to put our papers in at this time and immediately called the caseworker that helped us last time. I finally felt at peace with everything that had happened over the past few months.

After Stella was born everyone said, "Just wait, now you'll get pregnant!" I always replied, "Nope, I don't think so! This is how we're suppose to have our family and I don't think I'll ever get pregnant." Ever since I was little I have wanted to adopt whether I had my own biological children or not! So naturally for me adoption was an easy choice. I have loved the way our children have come into our family and wouldn't change it for the world! I am hopeful that we will be blessed once again and look forward to adopting all over again! Thank goodness I'm an Infertile Myrtle!