71: Clomid, IUI's, IVF's, 1 Positive Pregnancy Test, to Adoption with Melissa Brenner

Female Voices: Life and Loss · Dec 29, 2021 · 1h 3m

Melissa Brenner said I thought my friends and I would raise our babies together. All of them were having babies so the question I asked the doctor was. "What is wrong with me"? We tried clomid for 6 months, even though it made me feel angry. We tried IUI, IUI with donor sperm, IUI with injectables, IVF and heard the same words, I wish I had better news. These were hard words to hear every time. The biggest fight we had as a married couple was during our infertility journey because the intimacy was gone, and it was like a chore to try to become pregnant. The medicine, hormonal changes and…