I guess my story is a little different in that I did not have an issue with infertility in my younger years. As most of you know, I have three children already (concieved naturally) from my first marriage. I was also pregnant three other times, and experienced one miscarriage and had two abortions. My doctor joked after the birth of my youngest son (who was concieved while I was on the pill) that the only way I would not have more kids with my then-husband was if he moved countries.

At 26, my then-husband asked my doctor to tie my tubes while I was undergoing a laprascopy for ovarian cysts, and though I was reluctant (I always wanted more children) XH convinced me to go ahead. As he was adamant that we not have any more children and didn't trust the pill (with good reason), I agreed to placate him.

Then, after 11 years of marriage, my XH and I split up. The first thing I did was get a referral to have my ligation reversed.

I started seeing my now DH four months later. When I met him, I was already scheduled for the reversal, and was estatic to learn that he too wanted children. Despite only being together for a few months (we had been friends for years), we decided that we would TTC as soon as my operation was completed. We knew that we had something special and didn't want to wait.

My tubal ligation reversal happened in July 01 (5 years after my ligation, but still a great success, said the doctor) and DH and I began trying every month from then with no resulting pregnancy. With a very heavy heart, I finally consulted a fertiltiy specialist in August 03, and I was sent for extensive tests, including a HSG to determine tubal patency in May 2004.

My tubes were found to be completely sealed over. The scarring from the reversal was so bad that not the slightest bit of dye flowed through to my tubes. It was then that it was made clear to us that IVF was our only hope for having a child.

While I have ovarian cysts, I have never had PCOS, and have no endo at all. My infertility is man-made.

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sushee