Hello. I guess I'd like to start with a thank you. Thank you for considering someone like me for this greatest gift.

I've always wanted and wished to be a mom. I had the best mom and dad and I just couldn't wait for that chance to have my own kids. Like most of us, I thought it would happen the traditional way: meet, marriage, and then poof!: mom, dad, kids, pets- a standard family. But it just didn't happen that way for me. I'm still looking for the 'one'; the right guy for me, and I'm open to that if it ever happens. But I'm also not going to wait around for it. I'm absolutely okay with and excited about parenting as a single mom. I have a pretty good idea of what it will be like as I am lucky enough to be an auntie to a niece and a nephew that I get to spend lots of time with. I have been kind of like a third parent since they were born. I've done the doctor visits, the up in the middle of the night sick routine, the baseball games and soccer practice, school concerts, etc. And while I'm so grateful that I've gotten to do those things, I have this ache in my heart and in my soul for my own baby. A baby of my own that I so desperately want..

I've decided to do everything I can to try to make this happen. I've done 3 IUIs with heartbreaking results. Straight negatives with the first two, but my body tried with the third attempt. Unfortunately, it didn't turn into a viable pregnancy like I'd hope