Intervention

According to some of the medical textbooks a couple is considered infertile once they have not conceived after having unprotected sex for over a 12 month period, and although this can be age dependent, after a year or so of trying it started hitting home.

When we hit the dreaded “12 month milestone”, I knew that something had to change. The past months of scheduled ‘lovemaking’, charting my ovulation timing, completing 3 months of Clomid, having all foods which were deemed to help with conceiving were all proving to be futile. I could not continue to live my life like this, however I did not know what to do.

Following a chat with a colleague who had gone the fertility treatment route and had a daughter to show for it. I decided to start my research to understand what was out there and where the nearest centers were.

Through the search I came across Dr Leanne Scott from NurtureLife center, a homeopath who works with infertility. I was drawn by her profile and that she responded promptly to my email. I also emailed Vitalab which is a fertility clinic nearest to our home to arrange an appointment with a fertility specialist. I figured exploring two different routes could not hurt.

The first appointment I managed to get was at Vitalab which probably was a good thing because the amount of evaluation tests they do before you can sit with the fertility specialist are quite thorough and I could use the results for the appointment with Dr Leanne. The tests would determine reproductive hormone levels, eggs quality & quantity, as well as the condition of the thyroid hormone. I also had to do a Hysterosalpingography (HSG) test to confirm if my right Fallopian tube was open. Hubby was also required to do some tests i.e. semen analysis and reproductive hormone levels.

I looked at all this as a standard procedure and I did not worry about the results. Like I said, I had fallen preggies before so to me falling pregnant again was inevitable and probably the delay was due to the hectic work stress.

'There is more than one road that can lead to your destination'

Jocelyn F Lafreniere