Teen Pregnancy
Pregnancy Problems

I had a baby when I was a teenager.  Because I was so young and to help me be able finish school my parents adopted her.  To make a long story short and to be fair to all people involved, since everyone has a different story, I will say only this:

The agreement was I would be able to raise me daughter and adopt her back when I was married or able to take care of her financially.  This did not happen as soon as my husband or I think it should have.

I has finally happened however and we are in the final stages of the adoption!!  We have always been a part of Ashlee's life and have always wanted her and finally last November she came to live with us.

My husband and I started trying to get pregnant in 1991.  It became clear after 9 months of trying that we needed a little help.  I went to see my doctor after several months of being "late" or not having a period at all.  It took 3 pregnancy tests until we came up with a negative the final test being a blood test.  He had noticed my right ovary being enlarged in my exam and an ultrasound showed I had an ovarian cyst, something that has always showed up in previous exams.  We had some hormone tests performed and found that I was producing too much Prolactin and my FSH level was low.  They determined I wasn't ovulating.  Because of the high prolactin level they recommended a CT scan of my head to rule out a Pituitary tumor.  Fortunately a tumor was ruled out.  At that time I was given what is the equivilent of 3 birth control pills a day in a strong dosage in order to try to jump start my body into having a period.  I was also put on fertility drugs which only helped in making me feel sick every day.  We decided at that point that maybe we needed a break and we stopped trying.  I never went on birth control we just stopped "trying".

One year after we stopped "trying" I started to have severe pains and my periods got worse.  I went to a doctor in the town we were living in at that time and he suspected that I had endometriosis.  We had a laparoscopy done and found that I had scarring and adhesions all over.  My tubes were blocked and I had developed a liver infection.  My procedure that should have only taken 1 hour lasted four hours.  The good news was my tubes were no longer blocked and I didn't have endometriosis....We could try to get pregnant again.  We aren't sure how the adhesions came to be, it could be from a miscarraige I had in '89 or any number of reasons...we'll never be sure.

After the surgery I have been lucky with having my period pretty much on time most months but I have not been blessed with a little one.  We have not used birth control in years and my doctor is suprised that we haven't gotten pregnant even though we haven't been "actively trying".  I still am having problems with ovulating and I use my temperature chart for my doctor and maybe one day we will be blessed.  Either way I still feel blessed enough to have had Ashlee and have her back with us now.