Hooray!

It is that time of the month again, ICLW! I will admit that the last two rounds of ICLW I wasn't a very good blog roll reader due to the holidays, but I have vowed to read as many blogs as possible, while hopefully making a couple new friends along the way.

For those of you visiting for ICLW, welcome! If you're interested in reading about my journey through infertility, you can read all about that here. But if you want the Read.ers Di.gest version, here it is. Hubs and I embarked on the Infertility Roller coaster back in 2006. After almost two years of treatments I underwent a laparoscopy that revealed I had moderate endometriosis, PCOS, and a uterine septum. The endo was removed, ovarian drilling was performed to alleviate the PCOS, and the septum was removed. Less than 7 months later, we were pregnant on our own.

The day my daughter was born, I learned that her placenta had attached to the scar tissue from my septum removal and had made its way through the uterine muscle and had poked a hole to the outside world of the uterus. Before this day, and all during our IF journey, Hubs and I said we would get our children in as close together as possible to keep from having to go through IF hell again. The chances of IF hell are high, as my endo is moderate and will come back. When we learned of the rupture our plans to not wait more than a few months to start trying again were tossed out the window. To read more about that, see this post.

Long story short, we had to wait at least a year before we were even allowed to think about getting pregnant again, and I had an IUD placed as our form of birth control. I am now a mere two weeks away from having said IUD removed and getting back into the TTC saddle. We have some major battles ahead of us on this journey that make it harder and riskier than before (if you're interested, see the post directly above this paragraph to learn why).

By the time ICLW rolls around again in February, I will officially be back in the TTC game. I'm excited, but also leery due to our previous experience and the knowledge of what we are facing this time around. Feel free to follow along with us on our journey.

Thanks for stopping by and happy ICLW!