Ok, I know it was nearly 4 years ago, but I thought I would tell my story anyways.

It was in May 2000 when my DP and I decided to start TTC. We were only young, him 17 me 18, but we thought it was right. We had been together for nearly 3 years. So anyway, I stopped taking my pill and we just hoped for the best.

The first few months are just a blur really... I know we didn't conceive as I always got AF, but never on time. After then it was like we were just expecting it to happen so easily. We didn't know how hard it would be. #-o We just kept plodding along. I knew nothing about temping watching for CM to know when I had O'd or anything. Pretty nieve I guess.

Anyhow after about 5 months of TTC I decided to go to the doc's. I have always had painful pains with AF and was diagnosed with PCOS. Well this just tore me apart. A friend of mine had just been diagnosed with it as well. I was devistated. Didn't know what i was going to do. We wanted a child so much, then to have this thrown in our faces, not nice.

So we kept trying for another 3 months. Still nothing. I went to see my GYNO and he put me on clomid. I was only on it for 2 months and was PG. Best thing that could have happened to me. I never had the pleasure of doing a HPT tho, had my check up with the GYNO and he ordered a BT so i found out that way. It was the best feeling to nkow that I was carrying our little baby in there.

Unfortunately 4 months into the PG DP and I split up... Turned out he didn't want to be a father after so long of trying... All i would thing ok was WHY didn't he tell me before it was too late. There was no way i was going to get rid of it after trying for so long. So I just got on with life.

At 30wks was rushed down to Royal Womens in Melb for prem labour. Luckily for bubs they were able to prevent it. From 34 wks onwwards though i had to have a CTG (i think) every day as bubs wasn;t moving. Had to have a u/s every week. and after 3 weeks they realised that there wasn't enough fliud for bubs anymore.... So the next question was when were they going to enduce me?? Anyhow it wasn't until 3 days b4 my supposed due date (explain in a min) that they tried to enduce me. This was a Thursday. They tried twice, still nothing. Tried again Friday morning but to no avail. Anyhow they sent me home for the weekend and told me to come back Monday 2/12. I had actually started mild labour at 2am but they still enduced me at 9am. By 11:30 I was on the gas. So after 17.5 hours of labour I had a beautiful baby girl. We thought she was 1 day overdue, but the doc looked at her and said she was 2 weeks early. only 6lb2oz. but that was nothing to sneeze at, i just wanted to hold her and never let her go, lol.

It is the most beautiful thing to have a baby, and see them grow.

Now, after 4years, her father and i are back together, surprisingly, and I think I may be PG again!!!! won't know until 17/8/05 but if I am, it is very unplanned. We've only been back together for 4 weeks, lol. and he has been in Scotland since 28/7 so it would be like 1st time lucky.

Anyhow I have bored you enough now.. Thanks for reading.

Retta