Mommy's Post: Try, try again...

Well, some of you know (and some of you don't) that two weeks ago the Clomid actually ended up working and I ovulated. Good news. Unfortunately... this morning my cycle started. Bad news. So it didn't take. I think I'm just happy to know and be able to prepare mentally for trying another month. The waiting over the last 2 weeks has been the worst part. I'm not a good "waiter". I have a bit of the "I want it now" mentality. That could explain the FIVE pregnancy tests I burned through over the last week. Sigh... Anyway, I have recently dug out some statistics which are quite interesting:

- About 20-25% of women in their early thirties (that's me) have fertility problems. In your early 20's, only 1-2% of women have problems. And age 35 is when the fertility curve starts to plummet...

- IF they can get you to ovulate on Clomid, there's still only a 4% chance that you'll get pregnant that month. That statistic only goes up to a whopping 8% if you pair it with an AI treatment.

- Of those patients who successfully ovulate as a result of taking Clomid, around half of those will NOT be able to concieve within 3-6 months.

- If Clomid and AI doesn't work within 3 months, then you move on to taking hormone injections. The success rate for injections and AI is 18% each month.

- For women under 35, the success rate for in-vitro fertilization (IVF) is 50%. For women ages 35-37 it is 36%. For women 38-40 it's 25%.

- Average cost for AI ~ $300 a month. Average cost for IVF ~ $8000-14000 per month.

Thankfully, I know that God is much bigger than a pile of statistics. Can you imagine paying $8-14K for a treatment that only has a 50% chance of working? Pray we don't get to that point. We appreciate everyone's prayers so far!