Imagine being told you are unable to have children. Imagine finding out your tubes were blocked. Today’s guest, Monique Farook, podcast host of Infertility and Me @infertilityandme, shares her infertility journey through IUI, IVF, being diagnosed with hypothyroidism and uterine polyps. Monique shares in this episode how she endured failed IUI and IVF cycles, and her journey to her premature delivery of her baby boy a 24 weeks. She shares her NICU experience and her inspiration for starting the Infertility and Me Podcast. This podcast episode is for you to listen to if you have gone through IVF, IUI, or experienced a premature birth with NICU stay. I have also partnered with Infertility and Me podcast for this episode. Please go and rate, review, and subscribe to this show.
Monique Farook’s Bio
My name is Monique Farook. I am an infertility survivor, former NICU Mom, wife, and serial entrepreneur.
My husband and I began our path to parenthood in the Spring of 2012 when I was 32 years young. After completing the HSG test to determine if my reproductive organs were in good health, the radiologist concluded I had right tubal blockage. I was shocked and devastated. After one unsuccessful IUI (Intrauterine Insemination) we waited four long years before seeking the expertise of a reproductive endocrinologist for a second time. It was then I was diagnosed with a hormonal disease called hypothyroidism and uterine polyps. Although the right tubal blockage had “cleared” itself, I had two unforeseeable issues to deal with before we could begin any form of IVF treatment. In August of 2016, I became pregnant with our baby boy after one failed cycle; ecstatic to say the least. Finally after almost six years of marriage, we had our 🍍miracle IVF baby.
January 2017, I went into preterm labor at 23 weeks five days and remained in the hospital on bed-rest for an entire week. At 24 weeks four days pregnant(6 months), our baby boy was born at 5:34pm weighing 1lb 9oz, and 12in. long. Our son spent 129 arduous days in the NICU, graduating May 29th, 2017 two weeks after his original due date:)
He is the inspiration behind my passion for infertility advocacy as well as preemie awareness.
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