Our Unexpected Beautiful Life

IUI stands for Intrauterine Insemination. The process includes entering sperm directly into the uterus in hopes of fertilization. The PROS: 1) The process is highly monitored and allows injection of sperm at the best possible time, setting perfect conditions for fertilization. 2) The sperm doesn't have as far to go before reaching the egg. 3) The help of fertility meds can produce more eggs, giving you more of a chance of fertilization. 4) Some sperm banks allow the option to buy the highest count of sperm they have from their donors. 5) It is possible to do two inseminations in two days, bettering your chances of success. 6) There is an 86% success rate when attempted multiple times! :0) The CONS: 1) It's expensive. 2) There's no guarantee that it'll work, and if it doesn't, you've lost your money. 3) There is a 3-7% chance of twins! Of course I would be thrilled but the exhaustion level scares me. 4) There can be unpleasant side effects...

When I was a little girl, I always dreamed of how my life would turn out. By age 30, I was sure I would be married to the perfect husband, have the perfect 3 children and be blissfully happy. Well, destiny had other plans. I am single and have been single for a very long time. I have had some very bad experiences with the important men in my life so I have grown to be a very distrusting woman when it comes to men. In addition to these issues, I have always been unbelievably hopeless in the sense that I want mind blowing, extraordinary love and will settle for nothing less. With the combination of these two elements, I find myself single and standing in the shadow of the American Dream. This used to depress me. I used to think being single meant having no children. I also used to think that I might have to settle just to get my children. That always felt wrong. I always see couples at restaurants and they have nothing to say to each other and I always thank god it's not me. I cannot...