Our Story Begins...

Our story begins the day I became pregnant seven years ago.  That pregnancy lasted only eight weeks.  In the following year my husband and I did everything possible to have a child.  I'm sure that you can relate to taking your temperature every day, using ovulation kits and standing on your head after making love.  Bill and I were not successful on our own that year.  So we made an appointment to see an infertility doctor.

The routine began; semen analysis, HSG test, uterine biopsy and many other procedures to follow.  During these procedures Bill and I once again became pregnant on our own.  This time only six weeks passed and we lost the child.  My stature at the time was very weak.  Infertility encompassed my life.   Everything I did: walking, eating, sleeping and working, a moment did not go by that the thoughts of becoming pregnant did not cross my mind.

My husband and I decided to take some time off from "trying."  Another year later, back to the doctor's office we went.   Now we were ready to dig a little deeper into those infertility solutions.   Our doctor suggested that we try artificial insemination .  We tried that twice.  Both times were unsuccessful.  Our next step - invitrofertilization - IVF.

Still "thinking positive" that everything was going to work, we decided to try IVF.  Prior to my first cycle of IVF, Bill and I became pregnant again on our own.  This pregnancy lasted only four weeks.   Devastated, we still went through the invitro cycle.  Unfortunately that cycle was unsuccessful.  Six months passed and Bill and I tried again.  This time I had a reaction to the fertility medicine and ended up in the hospital for three days.   Needless to say, that cycle was also unsuccessful.  Three more months went by and we tried again - not successful.  Three more months, once again, no baby.

Throughout this process my husband and I have met many great friends.  One in particular was Jodi and Scott Eisler.  They had been through the same thing as us except with one difference.  They ended their infertility with a child through European Adoption Consultants.

In October 1999, the day finally arrived when we decided to adopt a child.  We began the process to adopt through European Adoption Consultants.  Everything that I had gone through seemed like a dream.  My mind kept saying over and over, "We are going to have a child, We are going to be parents, This is real, No more hopes."

Once all of the paperwork was completed my husband and I received a tape and a picture of a baby boy.  In less than six months, my eight years of pain evaporated.  Bill and I were proud parents of a healthy, happy, beautiful, amazing little boy.

They say that life creates a book.  Well, in our lives the infertility chapter was the longest.  But now, thanks to European Adoption Consultants, the longest chapter in our lives has just begun.

Jodi and Bill