I went through 3 years and endless treatments trying to get pregnant. I am Very familiar with the negative testing and all of the emotions that go with it. But then we finally took the plunge and moved on to IVF. I did my round and got pregnant on my first try! I now have an amazing 19 month old daughter! Have faith that this process can put the pieces together for you that have been missing and that it WILL work! Hold strong and do everything you can do to optimize the process. Do you research! Good luck!

@mrsmooney826 Thank you for the kind words. It gives me hope to see that it has worked for others on their first try. I have met a couple people who it worked for the first try but then I have seen so many women on here post they are on their 3rd and 4th round of IVF and I can't wrap my mind and emotions around that. I'm so glad you received your blessing through IVF and I thank you for sharing your experience. I am going to try my best to be more positive and just keep telling myself it is going to work and in May next year I will have my first child!

I'm actually crying on the bus for you Morgan, I can relate so much as I to hope that May will be the start of me. Love to you at this time

morgan_noel33, I can completely relate and easily remember back to February of this year, when my husband and I were in your shoes, facing the both most exciting and also most terrifying prospect of beginning our IVF journey. We had many obstacles with me health-wise prior to that, but I too wanted to share that we had our first embryo transfer on March 3 of this year and I am ECSTATIC to tell you that, like mrsmooney826 above, it worked on the first try! Our little girl nugget is kicking my belly this very moment that I type this message to you! I will be 23 weeks on Sunday, and I hope against hope for you and all of us on this thread, to be able to experience the excitement and joy that I finally can relate to now after years and years of infertility struggles. I was wondering if you have tried meditation or yoga? I found that giving myself some quiet time when I was feeling exceptionally anxious (even, at times, reading a book I could get lost in...) definitely helped ease the anxiety. I am so excited and hopeful for you and your husband! Fingers crossed and baby dust to you, beautiful lady! XOXO

@ShanDodd thank you for your thoughts and kind words. I pray all your hopes and dreams are fulfilled with beautiful babies.

@hopefulmommytobe I'm so happy to hear that! Congratulations! It's wonderful to hear success stories in this journey. I bet it feels so completely amazing to have that little girl kicking you. I can't wait for the day I get to experience that too. Good luck to you and your husband and that precious baby girl. I'm definitely trying to stay positive and do things to keep my mind from wandering to negative thoughts. My sister actually just had me a little nephew so it's been amazing getting to experience that with her. Thank you for all your kind words

First off, I am so sorry to hear you are going through this, it's a very hard and emotional time and I can totally relate. I recently completed my first fresh IVF cycle resulting in 8 blasts, we transferred two. I received the news that it worked but my HCG levels were low so it may not be viable. A couple of days ago I began bleeding and had a miscarriage and it is absolutely a devastating experience. However, I have found that getting my emotions out publicly has given me some peace and makes me feel a little bit better about the situation i'm in. I do recommend meditation and yoga to calm the mind and acupuncture is great as well. Try not to bottle everything up, it's great that you have found a group like this to turn to. My husband and I are going to be doing our first frozen cycle with two more blastocysts so fingers crossed. If you need to vent or anything you can always vent to me, I totally understand the stress and overwhelming emotions that come from this whole process.

@kfurns615 Gosh I am so sorry to hear that. I can't imagine how you must feel. It's so devastating getting a negative test, but to get a bit of hope and have it taken away I'm truly sorry but you seem like such a strong woman and staying positive. You are an inspiration for sure! Thank you for sharing your story with me and I'll be praying for you and your husband through this journey.

Thank you for the prayers, I really appreciate it. I feel like as the past couple of days have passed i'm getting a little stronger, but I went out to dinner with family and friends the other night and I broke down. It's so hard when things like that happen because once I start to cry, I can't stop (that probably has to do with the insane amounts of hormones i've been on for the past 4 months). But, it's definitely a rollercoaster each day....IVF itself is such a crazy rollercoaster of emotions, I give the women who have been through upwards of 5 cycles SO much credit for not totally losing their minds.