How it all began!

Family and friends! This has been a very rough road for Rob and I to go through. Who never thought the word "Infertility" would pertain to us?? I didn't!! We have struggled for a VERY long time about who to tell and what to do! We wanted to tell people but we were SO scared about what conversations would have to have in the future.  After having some conversations with Rob we decided that we would start a blog, this way we can share what's been going on, and specific things to pray about. We thought about doing this with just family staying updated but then we realized that we needed a bigger support group. We do ask that you do not share this with anyone else :) We want to be very selective in who we share this with! Once (and if) we are ready to go more public we will let you know! Thank you for honoring us with this!!

I'm going to spend some time back tracking to give you the "back story" as to how we found out we were infertile, and what was going through our minds and hearts during that time. WARNING...THIS IS A LONG POST!!!

Back in 2013 Rob and I decided that it was time to go off the pill and try for a family! We thought "How hard can this be?" "It should happen pretty quickly!!" Well we realized that as of 1 year later we could not get pregnant and we needed to figure out what was going on. Once we got settled in Charlotte in 2014 we decided it was time to get some tests going. I went at the end of November to my OBGYN and the process officially began! We did some blood work and all of it came back normal. So in December I went for an HSG (which was SOO painful) and we found out AGAIN that everything was normal. That's when we needed to take things a step further. We had Rob then go for a Semen analysis and that's when we got some results that shook us to the Core. We found out that Rob's sperm count came back at a 0. A ZERO??? WHAT DO YOU MEAN A ZERO?????? I was shocked, I cried, Rob and I couldn't believe it. One thing I did and the LORD made clear was that I still had to love my husband unconditionally in sickness and health!! I had to make sure that he KNEW THAT!!

So in January we got an appointment with our Urology Specialist. We went in and he reviewed the results more with us, telling us that we were in fact correct that there was nothing. He then wanted Rob to do another sperm test in a few weeks after making sure that everything "bad" was out of his system (not sure what bad things there were) but we watched what we ate, tried to eat fruits and veggies and prayed for the best. So in April Rob went back in and had another Semen test done and then we waited. We waited for what seemed like FOREVER!! We were praying that SOMETHING would come of it. That there would be even a LITTLE BIT of swimming action.

We wanted to do something while we were waiting, so we made an appointment with REACH in Charlotte to see what they would say. We met with an amazing DR who told us that once we knew the final results he would meet with us further. We got some clarification as to what was going on and what our options were.

On May 18 we went back again to the Urologist and found out the results that we were dreading. There was absolutely NOTHING!!! AGAIN!!! We were Devastated!! This is not what we wanted to hear. We did not want to hear that we were officially infertile.

A new chapter has officially begun. I will continue to blog about what we have decided to go to continue this journey. It has not been easy but GOD is faithful!!

Love,
Rob and Natalie