My Struggle with Infertility & Endometriosis

I just finished watching a show where a woman found therapy in writing a blog. I am not sure where to begin this and have never done anything like this. This first post might be quite long - maybe I should break this up into multiple postings.... There is so much to tell. Before I begin, please feel free to ask anything - over the past two years not only have I been on every drug known to man, have a pharmacy in my house, I have tried everything from traditional medicine to Chinese herbal therapies. I have also read every book out there - I consider myself a pseudo expert.

My name is Shana and I am a 27 year old living in California. I have been happily married for almost five years now. Exactly two years ago, my husband and I decided to stop using birth control and "see what happens." We were in Moss Beach, CA when the decision was made and I thought this was the best day of my life! We were finally on the same page when it came to children! I called everyone I knew just to tell them I would be going off the Pill - it was as exciting to me as getting pregnant.

My life has gone in a fairly normal fashion. I attended San Jose State University, got married at 23, bought my first home and landed my first "Real" job at 24. It was only normal that age 25 would be the year for babies.

Since I had been on birth control for ten years at this time, I always figured pregnancy would not come right away. My husband and I proceeded with our normal lives - no schedules, BBT, ovulation tests etc. In February 2004, 3 months after going off the pill, I found out I was pregnant.