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I have been on my own fertility journey since October 2010, when during a routine OB/GYN visit, I was told I needed to see a fertility doctor based on a recent blood workup. After 3 years of working with 10 of the best reproductive endocrinologists (REI’s) in the country, spending thousands on IUI’s and IVF’s, and dealing with a diagnosis of unexplained infertility, I finally received an actual diagnosis - endometriosis and immunological factors contributing to my infertility.
The diagnosis thrilled me, yet the future was still unclear. Given I was asymptomatic, questions remained about the stage of endometriosis I had. However, laparoscopic surgery was the only way to know what was going on, and given it was cheaper than doing another IVF, I went for it. Yes, I had endometriosis.
I stopped eating foods containing gluten and dairy and proceeded with my last IVF using an immune protocol. It was scary because, at the time, few believed in such a protocol. However, it was more unique than any other protocols to date, none of them worked, so why not? I had the best response in all four years - 7 eggs, 6 fertilized, 5 matured. I got pregnant and on September 7, 2015, I delivered my baby boy at the age of 41.
My journey did not end there as I both have tried to figure out how I might have another baby in my 40’s and more importantly, how I can use my learnings to help other women. I made many poor decisions along the way because I was learning as I went.