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Hi! I'm Kelley. I'm 34, a lesbian, single, and I want more than anything to be a mom. This is going to be my journey from idea through possible--hopeful--pregnancy.  I've wanted to be a mom for a long time, but never really had the idea of a white picket fence, especially when I figured out I was a lesbian. I thought, for a long time, the idea of kids was just beyond my reach and always would be. See, I'm not great in romantic relationships. I don't know why, but I don't seem to the type destined for romance. But I've had the desire to start a family for a very long time, even as a single parent. I thought about adopting, but I don't have the financial means to do so. I wasn't sure how to make my dream a reality, until I stumbled across an article about IUI on a completely unrelated searched.  I started reading about it, and in spite of it's relatively low success rate compared to IVF, I thought it's worth taking a chance on. I did my researc