Im 31. My husband and I have been trying for a year after an early loss in 2020. This will be our first and we want to be parents more than anything. We are financially more than ready, we bought a house in a crazy market with extra rooms to grow into, and every month when AF shows up it's heartbreaking.

My husband is active duty military and he was set to deploy in July/August for 6-8 months. I proactively scheduled a pregnancy consult to discuss our options with infertility in early May. We made a plan thinking we would have 2 cycles before he left.

We started with post-coital exam during ovulation to check out sperm reactivity in my CM. Kind of an old school test, but we were pressed for time. 1 sperm was present about 6 hours after BD....that's not a good sign. So my husband immediately scheduled a semen analysis for the following week. I also had a progesterone test to confirm ovulation that came back perfect. We had a suspicion that low sperm count was the culprit so we planned for an

<a href="https://glowing.com/glow-fertility-program">IUI</a> during the June cycle while we were waiting for the semen analysis.

The morning before the semen analysis, my husband found out his deployment was moved up and they were leaving the following week...oh and plan for 10-12 months. He wouldn't be able to go to his appointment because of schedule changes. So we won't be getting concrete answers and now we will miss the opportunity for an <a href="https://glowing.com/glow-fertility-program">IUI</a> in June.

This is deployment number 5 for us so I was prepared for him being gone and the long hours leading up to him leaving. I'm just crushed that it will likely be a couple more years before our prayers are answered. I wanted to write this, not to ask for pity, but to ensure anyone who may be struggling with infertility that you are absolutely not alone. I'm praying for you and your miracle while I wait for mine for a little longer 🙏 Your time will come! 💛