Once Upon A Time!

This is my story so far!

It's funny because you always hear of girls who have always dreamed of getting married and having children but I was never like that!

I always said "NOT ME, I'm never getting married" and "I don't want kids" ..... and my parents would reply "You will do one day!". ( I can't tell you how I much I wish I'd never said those words as they're now coming back to haunt me!)

All of that changed however in 2003 when I met Kenny. I was 17 and I know that this sounds really cliche but I just knew that he was the one I'd be with forever!

Everything that I had previously said about marriage and children went out of the window. We got engaged 4 years later and although I wanted nothing more than to have a child we wasn't trying or in a position to.

In December 2010 we bought our flat and moved in and it was at this point that I stopped taking the pill as we now had a good stable home if I was to fall pregnant. However all through 2011 and 2012 I tried to eat healthier as I was told I may be too uderweight to concieve and nothing happened. In the middle of 2012 I was starting to feel concerned so I went to my new doctors.

(I think it's worth me mentioning that I'd been to my old doctors back when I was 22 as I was already a bit worried back then, I've never had regular menstural cycles/ maybe 2 periods a year so I wanted to know if I would have trouble in the future when trying to fall pregnant. I was sent for bloodtests back then to test my hormones and was told everything was fine and just try to put on a bit of weight!)

Little did I realise back then that a bloodtest for hormone levels is just one of many tests that need to be done!

So back to my new doctors and I was told that I need to have bloodtests again and an external scan.

Me and Kenny were planning our wedding during this time and we got married on August 25th 2012.

Because of all of the wedding stuff going on I put some of the tests on hold and went back in November 2012 to start having them done.

And this is where it all began....bloodtests, examinations, scans, medication, the lot!!

It's now 2 and a half years since we first moved in and have been TTC, I know that this is a journey that has many routes and outcomes and it scares me to think about what me and Kenny may have to go through but I'm determined to stay strong!