We are officially pregnant!

After over 7.5 years of trying ... over 90 months of hoping ... over 2,737 days of waiting we are officially pregnant for the first time ever! I am half in shock half totally excited! I don't even know what to say except ... thank you God!

Transfer

Our FET (frozen embryo transfer) went well on the 27th. We went to Seattle around 1-130 to have the before transfer acupuncture then had the transfer around 230. We stayed after to have the post acupuncture treatment & then left around 3pm or so I believe. The worst part of the transfer was having a super full bladder.

I will explain more about the detail of the transfer later. ;o)

The big day is June 27th

Michael & I are planning a FET (frozen embryo transfer) {aka. IVF fertility treatment} on June 27th. We invite you to pray with us for success! Thank you all so much ahead of time. I cannot tell you how excited I am. I am super nervous but for the first time in a very long time I am HOPEFUL! That is just so exciting!!! Praying that it will all work out & around March 20th we will have a(at least 1, lol) healthy child!

Surgery

I had my second uterine fibroid removed on March 23rd & seem to be recovering well despite a sinus infection that will not let go. :o( The surgery went well, it was supposed to take 2-2.5hrs & it was done in 45min. Dr Dudley is awesome. :o) It took me forever to completely snap out of it from anesthesia (surgery got out at 945is & we didn't leave until around 4pm).

I am hoping that I will heal in time to do a FET in June. We have just 2 embryos left & I am nervous but hopefully.

Such a long time to wait ...

I didn't realize how long it had been since I had posted comments on this baby journey blog.

I don't know how time has gone by so quickly. I just looked at  my October 16, 2010 posting and feel like I am in the same frame of mind "It's hard not to freak-out about the time that keeps slipping by as we have to wait to move forward with our fertility treatments. We had to pay our first "storage fees" because it had been a YEAR since our 1st IVF trial. I am sad to think that 2 potential babies are just sitting in storage. The prospect of having a child of our own seems so close & yet so far away. (sigh)".

I guess I have been just working and going to school again.

Just to fill in some gaps I had an emergency surgery (I tried to bleed to death) to remove a fibroid at the end of July in 2010. We did not end up doing any additional fertility treatments because Michael & I both lost our jobs in 2010 & ended up in foreclosure (that is still not over) .  Not so fun.

We are back in 4plex apartments that are 2-3 away from the 4plex where we lived when we first got married. LOL, I don't really even know what to say about that at this point. Ugh!

Time ...

I feel cursed to wait an eternity for the thing I have wanted most in life ... children.

I know in my head that "now is not the time" but it still hurts in my heart. I am doing much better with trusting that God is going to take care of not only our needs but also our "heart's desires". I feel a bit like I was missed on the "heart's desires" list ... 7 years running. :o( I see all the left over fertility medications in my frig and think ... wow these cost almost $2k and they EXPIRE next March and there is nothing I can do about it except wait, awesome.

Big sigh ... :o(

At least I have a new job to distract me ... for now. :o)

Time

It's hard not to freak-out about the time that keeps slipping by as we have to wait to move forward with our fertility treatments. We had to pay our first "storage fees" because it had been a YEAR since our 1st IVF trial. I am sad to think that 2 potential babies are just sitting in storage. The prospect of having a child of our own seems so close & yet so far away. (sigh)

We are in such a devastating financial state right now the idea of another IVF cycle is far from reality at this point. God has a plan I know yet, it is certainly "not right now".

Now we wait.