First Post!

This is my first blog post ever! I am not really sure how to start it out, so I guess I will start with some background on us! My wonderful DH and I have been married for almost 3 months, but we have been together since January 2006. Our story started out simple, we met through mutual friends on New Year's Day 2006 and we began dating almost immediately.
We fell madly in love soon after we began dating and looked forward to our relationship growing. We found out we were pregnant in May 2006. It was definitely a shock and not planned. But we were so happy! We found out the baby had stopped growing at 8 weeks and we were told a d&c was the way to go. My body refused to miscarry the baby, even though we didn't find out until we were 9 weeks. For 2 weeks I walked around without knowing anything was wrong! I had the d&c and we grieved for our lost baby, who i called baby M.
After the d&c we learned an ovarian cyst was the likely cause of our miscarriage. It had grown large on my right ovary and basically took all the nutrients away from our little baby M. The cyst just grew and grew after the d&c. By the middle of July the cyst was so large the doctor basically told me not to do anything physical until I could have surgery. In the beginning of August the doctor took my right ovary and a cyst the size of a child out of my body. That was the beginning of our infertility battle.
I am only working with one ovary now, and it has cysts on a monthly basis. I have had to have a cyst drained this year, as well as a 10K shot of HcG to try and shrink another cyst! It is a never ending cyst battle! I have cysts in my liver as well! I call myself a cysty person!
We are currently seeing a wonderful doctor...we'll call him Dr. R. He is reproductive endocrinologist with lots of expertise in the field. I have been seeing him, and a nutritionist in his practice since January of this year. DH and I were not serious about getting pregnant until last year. We figured, if it happens, it happens. But that kind of thinking is not going to get us pregnant. We needed help in that area. The first RE is saw was a women...we'll call her Dr. M (for Mean!) She refused to help me, or give me any kind of medicine or surgery until I lost weight. That would have been fine, if I hadn't already been trying to loose weight with no success! I saw her for 5 months, in which she did nothing except run the standard tests. I decided it was time to take matters into my own hands. I switched my insurance from a referral needed to not necessary and did a lot of research. I asked the ladies on my infertility boards on Y if they recommended anyone in our area, and one name popped up.
We made an appointment in January to see Dr. R and the first thing he told me was, I will not require that you loose weight in order to treat you. It is a good idea to loose weight, it can only help in the process, but it is not necessary for my treatment!! He signed me up with his nutritionist, and I follow a meal plan program on the computer called LifeBalance. I have lost 17 lbs so far, which is not amazing but it is a step in the right direction.
We also tried Clomid for the first time this month, and I go in on Wednesday to see if it worked! I am trying not to get my hopes up, but it is so hard!
I also have an appointment on Wednesday with a bariatric surgeon to see if I am a good candidate for the lap band procedure. I am really looking forward to it. I feel like this could be the stepping stone that helps me reach my goal. DH is supportive of whatever I choose. The family doesn't want to see me go in for another surgery (I know it must be hard to watch someone in pain), but I feel like this is what I need to do!
I just wanted to start this blog to chronicle our journey better! I hope you enjoy it!!!
-S