“Our 5 year wedding anniversary is coming up. We waited a year before trying to get pregnant. We got pregnant right away, 4 years ago. We were so excited. You always try to keep your excitement down, but it’s impossible. A week and a half later we had a miscarriage. It was quick, but it’s still hard not to imagine everything. That started a long tortuous mind game. Really mental. I started gaining weight. My husbands dad passed away. I was depressed and sad. We kept trying to get pregnant, but nothing. After a year of trying and failing, we went to Mayo to see what they could do for us. They put us through their stuff. We did 2 rounds of chlomid, which is a medication to increase egg production. Still nothing. We did the HSG test, where they flush your ovaries. Did ultrasounds all the time to look at the eggs. It was basically unexplained infertility. His testing was all normal. My eggs were all normal. Still nothing. Then after that, we tried for another year naturally and nothing. After that, we tried chiropractic and nutritional based stuff, but nothing. Tried losing weight, nothing. I kept telling everyone I was depressed but everyone just thought it was situational depression. Then our doctor recommended this physician at Oak Leaf. The first meeting we had with him I started crying and he put me on medicine to help. A month later, I was feeling so much better. From the very beginning, he scripted out a plan for us. He told me how important my mindset was and to not be afraid of being depressed. He really took time to talk to me. We did IUI 3 times and on the third time, we got pregnant. We are at 25 weeks. It’s a boy. Due at the end of September. I’ve always thought of myself as being a caretaker. I’m a hospice nurse. I’m the oldest child. I’ve always nannied. I just always thought I was going to be a mother so when I couldn’t, I was so sad for so long. It took over 3 and a half years but we are just so excited and happy. I did everything I could to be healthy but it was always with a purpose and that purpose was getting pregnant. But now, I’ve learned to take care of my mind and I see how important it is to take care of my body and overall health. I think next time around, I’ll be starting off in a better physical spot. I want to be an active mom.”