Once upon a time...

Hi Everyone!! Welcome to our blog.

I've wondered for awhile if I should share our infertility story over the web, and it just took a little nudging to convince me to just jump in and start blogging. I think blogging is so intimidating, but I thought what the heck :) As my the title of the blog suggests, I'm going to try and tell our infertility story and journey, and maybe help someone else going through the same things we are. Here it goes...the story of the The Swimmer and the Egg.

Once upon a time, my husband and I learned in health class that you can get pregnant having sex. Even having sex one time can get you pregnant...As a teenager, I was convinced this could happen. When my husband and I decided we were ready to have kids, we were so excited for this one time to be awesome. Oh we were so naive, but that's okay because we were just super thrilled to start making babies. As our story goes, we didn't get pregnant having sex - not even once ;). Who would've thought - What the heck???!!!! Bummer...

After about a year of trying, we were able to meet with our doctor. We got bad news in July 2008, and discovered, in a nutshell, that the little swimmers were held back by ugly sperm antibodies, and they could not find their way to the egg. Here's a little bit of science: Chris' swimmers are surrounded by sperm antibodies preventing normal motility functions. The antibodies most likely were the result of a trauma to his"special" region. We were bummed, but also glad to have some answers.

Now, the next chapter of our story can begin. Chris and I went through many tests to make sure there wasn't any other surprises or obstacles to overcome. In addition to the test, we had to find an infertility clinic. We decided to go to Reproductive Medicine Center at the University of Minnesota. www.twincitiesbabies.com Our doctor is wonderful. He even wears bow ties everyday. I love it.

There is so much more to the story, but I don't want to give it all away at the beginning :)