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Everyday is a Struggle
My story began when I started working as an ultrasound technologist. I saw many pregnant women, but to my surprise I also saw many women who were struggling with infertility. I knew once my husband and I got married that we should start trying right away, just in case we would face difficulty conceiving.
After the recommended year of trying I went to my family doctor to have my husband and myself sent for testing. This is when life threw us a curve ball, my husband was diagnosed with having varicoceles, but was also thought to have been going into testicular failure. I was mortified to think that I would not have a biological child with my husband, not to mention how my husband must have felt.
In the mean while, I have to go to work everyday scanning happy pregnant women and pretend that I am okay, that my situation doesn't bother me. I think this is one of my greatest challenges through all of this.
It turned out to not be the worst scenario, and he had surgical repair for the varicoceles. Six months later after only two IUI procedures, I woke up one morning to a reality I never let my self think of, I was pregnant. It was my birthday weekend and we celebrated by going away and telling everyone. We couldn't have been happier.
Five days later our dreams came to a crashing halt when we found out that my my hormone levels were too low and not doubling. It then took two more weeks to find out that I was having an ectopic pregnancy. In my line of work I see women who go through this everyday, but never for a moment did I think that I would be one of them. After a month off, I returned to work feeling completely displaced and unable to face all the happy pregnant couples. Everyday is a struggle to work and put a smile on my face. Not a day goes by that I don't wonder "why us?". This is my story, with hopes that one day I can finish it off with a happy ending.
— Gina M
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