A little...or a lot of history!

We started trying for a family in April 2008, 6 months or so after we got married. When I didn't get pregnant right away I was discouraged to say the least. Our first appt with our DR was in september. I went in there armed with a million questions, facts, and emotions, and left with just that. Our dr wanted us to have an ultrasound and some blood work before we perused any fertility treatment. I will say though, I loved that DR. he didn't care we hadn't been trying for a year, he didn't turn us away and tell us to keep trying, he wanted to help us. the next day I had my blood work done, and a week later I went for the ultrasound. The results of the ultrasound were normal, as was the blood work. We started clomid in November.....It didn't work. I didn't ovulate, I didn't get a period, so we were back at square one. They upped the dose of Clomid 2 more times, and it worked once. The headaches though were not worth it.....Looking back I would have gladly excepted the headaches over what I endured the years after that. Anyways, June of 2009 I was referred to a Reproductive Endocrinologist(RE)(who is a fertility specialist). My first appt was great and I really liked the new DR. She said we could try 3 IUI's and if they failed we would need IVF. She also did an ultrasound, and that is when I was diagnosed with PCOS. I was ok with the diagnosis, I was glad that there was a reason I wasn't getting pregnant. She said I needed an HSG(hysterosalpingogram) which checks for a blockage in your fallopian tubes. Mine came back normal. Kyle also had an semen analysis, and it was awesome, super sperm according to the DR. That means we got the green light to do our first IUI. I was put on Femara to stimulate ovulation and closely monitored by ultrasound. I was lucky enough to have a DR in town do all the work, and the RE call all the shots(less travel for us). Our first IUI was complete, and the whole procedure was pretty easy. I called my mom that night just knowing that it was going to work, and we were both so excited. Although things dont' always go according to plan and 2 weeks later I got my period.  We did this 2 more times, and 2 more times I was excited, and 2 more times I got my period. We gave up for a while, took a mental break, and regrouped. 6 months or so later we contacted the RE and asked to do an injectables cycle. Which was injecting medication into my stomach to force a follicle to grow and then do another IUI. Our hope was to get 2 or 3 follicles and increase our chances. After injecting myself for 10 days, I had one follicle, 1 lonely follicle. We did an IUI anyways, and guess what......2 weeks later I got my period. CRAP. We took another 7 month break and just tried on our own. November 2010 we met with a local doctor who wasn't an RE, but had some experience with infertility and IUI's. He recommended a laporoscopy to check for uterine problems. So, 5 days before thanksgiving I went in for surgery. I have 3 tiny scars on my stomach where they went in with their instruments, and cameras. When I woke up, the DR told me I had severe endometriosis, but he was able to remove most of it. He also said i was going to be on Lupron for 6 months. Im still not clear on the reasoning behind the Lupron. That was a terrible 6 months. It basically put me into menopause. I had hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia, it was awful. The beginning of June 2011 we were given the ok to start more injectables and do another IUI. After 5 days of needles in the belly, we had an ultrasound, and determined I wasn't responding at all. That cycle was canceled. Kyle had another semen analysis, and again, everything was fine. A month later we decide to try again, but I also did acupuncture, and some natural things to help along the way. I ended up with one follicle....bummer, we did an IUI and the next day did another one. It didn't work, we were left heartbroken. In December 2011 we started meds for another IUI. This time we tried a different med in hopes we get more than just one follicle. On the days 7 ultrasound it showed I wasn't responding to that med at all. We were given a prescription for more meds but it was going to cost us $700, we decided to cancel that cycle. I cried all night long, I felt like such a failure, like I was letting everyone down. A couple days later we made an appt with a new RE. We were ready to move on, no matter what we needed to do, we were ready.