just wanting to introduce myself.
(minus the years of heartache and waiting, of course; like all of us.)
I"m 39, DH is 45. He is stepdad to my DD, 8. We've been ttc for 3 years together, but before my DD was born, I was ttc for 8 years.
I've had endometriosis since puberty, and many surgeries and lots of drugs. No help, sometimes made it all worse...
I"ve spent a fortune on herbs, supplements, acupuncture, ostopathy, psychotherapy; and my endo symptoms are much better (and shouldn't be stopping the conception, but obviously has something to do with it), but still no baby...
I'm tossing up between DE and adoption after many years of ttc. I've completed 3/4 of the adoption application process here in New Zealand, and am somewhat half heartedly looking at DE...
I realised this morning that I could handle NOT being chosen for adoption far better than having a DE cycle not work out; it's been too long and exhausting and expensive; and I'm tired of the disappointment.
However, we found out at our final adoption prep/ed session on friday that the numbers are better than we thought; there are on 15ish adoptions a year in our area, but there are only about 25 couples in the pool at any one time. That doesn't seem bad odds to me, compared with the odds of getting a baby with ART...
anyway, hello everyone....