Our story began 4 years ago, when we asked ourselves: Why haven’t we gotten pregnant if we aren’t using any method to prevent it?
My husband and I were always clear that we wanted to have children, but we never imagined the long road of faith, patience, and perseverance that we would have to travel.
From a very young age, I knew that I had ovulation problems, and when we arrived at Inser, we arrived only with that reference, but when the search began, obstacles began to appear. It wasn’t just an ovulation problem; I also had thyroid issues, high prolactin, a blockage in my fallopian tubes, and I even had to undergo diagnostic surgery for endometriosis.
Fidel Cano was not only my doctor, he was an angel who always encouraged us not to give up. I did everything he told me, took every pill he prescribed, had all the requested ultrasounds, and nothing worked.
Several times I gave up, felt afraid, and didn’t want to continue receiving negative answers in the face of each diagnosis.
After trying to get pregnant by natural means, the doctor considered doing In Vitro Fertilization, which we did not hesitate to accept. But then it was also time to have my husband analyzed, since the possibility that he might also have a problem had to be considered. And so it was, azoospermia was the diagnosis. I remember the doctor in the middle of his talks telling us: “It was a perfect storm”, but he always told us with great positivism that he was not going to rest until he got us pregnant, that we could not give up and that it was a matter of patience and above all a lot of faith in God.
But that wasn’t all, due to my husband’s diagnosis, we had to consider a donor; at first the frustration was inevitable for me, instead my husband, despite being something that impacted him so directly, was always positive, willing, and did not hesitate to accept it.
Almost 2 years of searching had passed and it was time to start with the In-Vitro treatment, 4 cycles.
1st attempt: Nothing happened and frustration, hopelessness, and fear took over us.
2nd attempt: For a very short time it was positive. The beta came back positive but very low and Dr. Fidel told us: An ectopic pregnancy was generated. We couldn’t believe this was happening to us. In that second attempt I lost all hope, I was tired of so many injections, of having to take up to 15 pills a day and not achieve anything. But my husband, the doctor, and the entire excellent Inser work team encouraged me to continue and move forward with the process, while I, emotionally, felt devastated. That’s how we let a prudent amount of time pass to recover both physically and emotionally.
3rd attempt: by then we were experts on the subject. We started the process more calmly, we worked a lot on managing anxiety and above all we never left aside the hope that this third attempt would be a positive one.
I will never forget the day I had the beta test. That day I knew it was the day and I couldn’t wait to have the result in my hands. And so it was, POSITIVE. The beta was very high and there was no doubt that we had finally achieved it, that after so much fighting, longing, persevering, and asking God for it in every prayer; 2 miracles of life were being conceived in me. Yes, that’s how it was, 2 beautiful angels were born 35 weeks later (boy and girl) and today I can say that it is worth trying, if you dream it, fight with faith to achieve it. If God wants it in your life, he will find a way to make your miracle of life come true and you will know that all the waiting and all the road traveled will have been worth all the pain.
