Meet Infertile Myrtle

I've thought about starting a blog ever since my husband and I learned that making babies wasn't going to be as easy as everyone else seems to make it.  A little about us...
We have been dealing with infertility for 3 years now.  The first year started out exciting...ovulation sticks, waiting anxiously every month- you get the point.  The latter part of that first year wasn't quite as exciting.  It was all about timed intercourse...and we STILL weren't pregnant.  Seriously?  Teenagers can do it.  What's wrong with us?
We waited our obligatory year of trying (we were only 27 at the time), and then I went to see my Ob/Gyn.  My workup came back normal.  My husband's semen analysis (SA), however, was not.  They couldn't find any motile sperm.  We were devastated and quickly whisked away to a reproductive endocrinologist.  Boy were we relieved when he told us not to worry and that he didn't believe that SA.  I had an HSG which was normal.  So, we arranged to show up for an IUI a few weeks later.  Talk about two excited people!  I remember it like it was yesterday.  It was Friday, a beautiful summer morning in June, and the day before we were leaving for our summer vacation.  My husband had already dropped off his deposit, and now I was arriving for my IUI.  I got called back to the room and was told that there wouldn't be an IUI today because there weren't enough motile sperm.  I was then given a packet which talked about donor sperm and adoption.  I was speechless.  Everything from that point was a blur until I got back to my car and started sobbing.  Yes, sobbing.  I called my husband at that very moment though I'm not sure how he understood a word I said.  We were soon off to the urologist, and his exam was normal.  She would be on standby if a biopsy were needed for IVF. 
Enter IVF #1...with hyperstimulation.  I was pretty sure I was going to stop breathing in my sleep.  Anyway, 29 eggs later the stats were: 21 mature, only 11 fertilized, 2 transferred at day 3, and none made it to freeze.  BFN.  We later learned that they could barely find any motile sperm to use. 
IVF #2...meds reduced.  14 eggs, 8 mature, 6 fertilized, 2 transferred on day 3...2 to freeze!!!  BFN.
FET #1...BFP!!!  Singleton with a strong heartbeat.  Unfortunately, I had a m/c at 8 weeks.  We were crushed but hopeful.
IVF #3...14 eggs, 10 mature, 8 fertilized, 2 blasts transferred, 2 to freeze.  BFN.
FET #2...coming up soon.

Dealing with infertility has been very challenging and quite the rollercoaster ride (as our RE likes to call it).  We're strapped in and holding on tight!