I too suffer from infertility. We have had 1 failed IUI and are moving on to IVF due to infertility on the male side. Partly on my side too but I do well with fert. drugs. Anyway someone sent this to me and it is very moving...please enjoy.



http://www.vocalicious.com/empty_arm..._arms_mod.html

That was AWESOME!! Thanks for sharing.

- Faith

Oh I loved that

I hope others struggling with infertility will find it

I so identified with the words - exactly our feelings throughout our years of waiting

An excellent video for all those waiting, and their families and friends; and maybe also for expectant moms, unsure of an adoption plan; it would certainly help understand the struggles of waiting parents

It's been a long time since something has brought me to tears like that.
Thank you for sharing that.
- Maria

Wow, I haven't seen anything quite like that. Thank you for sharing.

I JUST SAT HERE AND COULDN'T HELP BUT CRY WHILE WATCHING WHAT COULD ALSO BE THE STORY OF OUR LIVES. WE JUST BURIED OUR BIOLOGICAL SON ON FEBRUARY 22, 04. HE WAS BORN TOO EARLY TO SURVIVE BUT THE TIME WE HELD HIM IN OUR ARMS WILL BE CHERISHED FOREVER. WE ALSO SUFFER FROM INFERTILITY AND WENT THRU ALL THE TESTS, EXAMS, AND THE PERSONAL QUESTIONS AND FELT INVADED THRU THE PROCESS BUT THE LITTLE DISCOMFORTS ARE WELL WORTH IT WHEN YOU SUCCEED. THIS WAS THE 3RD PREGNANCY WE LOST BUT I'M NOT GIVING UP. THERE HAS TO BE A WAY AND I BELIEVE WE'LL FIND IT WITH THE HELP OF OUR WONDERFUL DOCTOR. WE DO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL ADOPTED 23 MONTH OLD SON BUT I STILL YEARN TO CARRY A BABY OF OUR OWN ALTHOUGH KEATON WILL NEVER BE LOVED ANY LESS. I'M NOT ABOUT TO GIVE UP AND I JUST ASK FOR SUPPORT AND UNDERSTANDING FROM THE ONES WHO HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS IS LIKE.

WOW!! That was beautiful & TOTALLY took me by surprise how it would affect me after all these years. I thought it was awesome & so beautiful. I was doing fine until I came to the part of the constant reminders...Births, parties, baptisms. Sometimes we'd go, sometimes I just couldn't bare it!! When I came to that part of the poem, I lost it!

Our situation is alittle different. We have unexplained secondary Infertility. We had 2 biological children & then had my tubes tied. BIG HUGE mistake! After a few years we had them untied. Got pregnant IMMEDIATELY but lost the baby to an Ectopic pregnancy. Then got pregnant a few months later only to again lose the baby to a miscarriage. After a year of not getting pregnant we began the road to treatments, drugs & procedures for a little over a year. EACH & EVERY month the Dr. telling us, "It HAS to work this time!" Well, it never did. Each month ended with the Dr. shaking his head & trying something else the next month.

That was 7 years ago. Since then we have adopted 3 BEAUTIFUL children! I love ALL our children with my heart & soul but I would still give ANYTHING to have just ONE MORE biological child. We took for granted how easy it was getting pregnant. Since then, I have NEVER taken anything for granted...especially our children! They TRUELY are MIRACLES!!

I understood that whatever it was, was really powerful, but I couldn't get the picture to come up. What did I do wrong? help! I want to see what you guys see.
Beth

If you clicked on the link, and got the site, you should move into the photo sequence ... there are about 4 or 5 pages of words first
Otherwise, ??? Don't know
Babs

I had a child 2 years ago threw IVF and thought it would be easy to get another one. With 3 failed fresh and 2 failed frozen and another laperoscopy. I am moving on to a specialist in colorodo (I live in MI). Both doctors say its to early to move on to donor or surrogates and hopefully after this attempt they will be able to advise next steps. I hope their right, living in limbo is getting tiresome. whether we try donor or adopt I really want my son to have a sibling. I know alot of people look at second infertility differently. but I experienced first and now second. For all of you just starting make sure you with the best doctor you can be with and follow their recommendation (don't be afraid to be aggresive) time is pressure. IVF although emotional isn't too bad (expensive). I've done 5 fresh and 2 frozen I wish everybody luck.

[piadopt]

thank you. beautiful & touching.

Wow!!! I went through that for 6 years. After trying IVF 2 times, I wanted to be a mom no matter if the child came from me or not. That is when we turned to Adoption. I am the proud mom to 2 wonderful kids and I wouldn't trade them for having my own. The link was so touching. Brings back so many memories of me wanting my own bio child but I just don't feel that way now.. I just feel so blessed to have Lexi and Sean in my life.

Thanks for sharing that with us. I know it's an old post but I enjoyed seeing it...

Cathy

very very moving, what an incredible way to capture something which feels so intangible.