I had graduated college and was married by the time that I was 21 years old. I never anticipated having a baby very early in life, but I was pregnant only 3 months after I graduated college. We were so excited! Our lives were perfect for about 14 weeks. I had a doctor that totally missed a blood disorder that I had and we lost our first baby because of that. We were told to wait 3 months and then we could start trying again. We spent all of our time consumed with the fact of how much we wanted a baby. We had a nursery, a crib, and what felt to be such an empty home. We tried for a year and were never successful! It was the hardest time in my life and I finally started to give up hope!
I was repeatedly told how young I was and that I had all the time in the world, but I wondered what good was I if I couldnt give my husband and myself what we both really wanted, so it was time to look at our options.
In my state, Indiana, there is an amazing fertility specialist, Dr. McLaughlin that we went to and immediately he began testing both of us to make sure that the loss of our first baby wasnt something that would happen again. He found my blood disorder and then began to talk with us about our options. I had polycystic ovaries and also endometriosis which makes becoming pregnant very hard. Dr. McLaughlin talked to me about a surgical procedure I could have done to remove the endometriosis and that would help with the polycystic ovaries. I had the surgery and was quickly on my way to recovery and so excited about our future! When it came time to make the decisions of what route we would go for infertility treatment, we decided that I would take the pills and the injections and have the Doctor do the insemination, but our finances werent set up for IVF. In 3 months we had spent a lot of money, and everyone told me that the stress wasnt helping and Dr. McLaughlin and his nurses really helped me with that. We decided to take a break to figure out our next move, but I continued to take the pills and injections, we just didnt go for the insemination. At the same time we were looking for adoption agencies, that would help us achieve our true goal of becoming parents. We had trouble finding agencies that would accept us. We were too young or not married long enough. There always seemed to be something. Meanwhile, I had forgotten about getting pregant and soon found that I was in fact pregnant. It was like the moment I put getting pregnant over on the side I got pregnant. I was watched weekly for 15 weeks and then for the remainder of the time I was checked about every 2-3 weeks. I had a beautiful baby boy in March of this year and every penny that was spent was well worth it!
I cant say that the expense wasnt stressful, but I would recommend that anyone who truly wants a baby to explore all of the avenues possible to make that happen. Dr. David Mclaughlin has been in business for a lot of years and he is responsible for a lot of miracles, including the Dillie sextuplets. I feel like I owe all of our happiness to him, and would recommend him to anyone who desperately wants to be a parent and want to share that with everyone! I have been in the shoes of so many other women who long to be a parent and what I really want to say to each and everyone of them, is to stay strong and travel any road you have to so that you too can have your miracle!
How far would you go to be a mother? Dr. Phil's guests are women whose biological clocks are ticking time bombs, and they're willing to risk almost everything to become pregnant. When Tonya and Keith got married, they agreed not to have children. Six years later, Tonya has had a change of heart and is now obsessed with having a baby, but Keith is totally opposed to the idea. Can they reach a compromise without resenting each other, or will the baby talk end their wedded bliss? Next, Eric and Michelle have been married over a year and have been unable to conceive. Eric refuses to spend another dime on fertility treatments because he says there's no guarantee she's going to get pregnant. Michelle won't take no for an answer and has even considered going behind her husband's back and charging fertility treatments on her credit card. After talking with Dr. Phil, will Eric decide to invest in the procedures, or will Michelle put her baby dreams on hold? And, Dr. Phil fitness expert, Robert Reames, and his wife, Arminae, share their painful five-year struggle to have another baby. Talk about the show here.
