TTC: 1 year, 3 months, 17 days

So here it goes.  My first post.  I'm not much of a blogger, indeed, not much of a "sharer."  I never kept a journal, I tend to keep my secrets close to my heart, and rarely share them with anyone.  But this journey may be different.  It's a hard journey.  One I travel with my loving husband.  But we've agreed to not tell our friends and family our story for now, so I'm left wanting to talk about my experience, but unable to do so.  That's when I decided to take it digital and anonymous.  So here we go.

My first post will be a short timeline of TTC/lives to date.

2001- Informed by random nurse practioner that I may have PCOS- although she performed no tests to confirm the same.  I don't follow up.

2004- Met the husband while in school.

2006- We went on our first date.

2009- Husband proposes in the most romantic fashion ever.

10/9/2010- We got married.

12/2010- We got off birth control.

1/1/2011- We're officially TTC.  We purchased the ClearBlue Easy Fertility Monitor to assist us in this endeavor.

2/2012- We get concerned and decide to make an appointment with a fertility specialist the first appointment available is a month away.

3/30/2012- We meet with our fertility specialist.  He goes over the process, what to expect, and then rushes us into the financial coordinator's office to discuss just how much this is all going to cost.  Details and numbers fly around the room, and after we leave, Husband and I are more confused than before, and still have no real concept about how much this is going to cost.  Darn insurance companies/health insurance industry.

4/18/12- I have an appointment to start Clomid challenge test.  I've been spotting for three days, but my full flow isn't here yet.  Doctor decides he can't start Clomid challenge test until I've got a full flow.  He performs a vaginal ultrasound (talk about uncomfortable), and tells me my ovaries look good.  I also give a blood sample so he can see if I'm pregnant (two pregnancy tests this month say I'm not).