Now what.....

Derrick and I are very excited to announce that we are pregnant. I had bloodwork done yesterday
and my beta came back over 600. Which means we either have a strong strong pregnancy going with one precious baby or we have two :).
So the Dr's office calls yesterday and tells us the good news, I hardly had a response. I've known the whole time I was pregnant and it felt absolutely wonderful to hear it. But all of a sudden I started realizing this is real!! We spent so much time and effort to get here, now what do we do now that we've got what we wanted all these years! It's going to have to take a while to just sink in. Oh my gosh we are pregnant!! So the now what phase begins....
We told our parents yesterday which was a dream we've had for a long time. The truth is we've dreamt about this for so long, believed in God regardless of Dr's words that its just weird to even say it. "We're going to be parents!"

We are not the same people that started this journey. Our life motto is God is faithful. As you read this I want to encourage you to dive into the desires of your heart that God has given you. As you identify them grab hold as hard as you can and dive into Jesus. I reminded God every morning that He had promised me something and I would not let go. I didn't care about how it looked anymore I just knew that He would fulfill his promise. I stand praying for all of the couples that long to hear the wonderful news we got yesterday. I will never forget the feelings and pain but will rejoice that our God is faithful!!
Thank you God that you never grow weary, that you never give up, and that your word never returns void. You have heard my cries in the night, my longing for this child. We will praise you our whole life because of your wonderful ways regardless of the outcome you are a good and faithful Father!

The biggest day of my life!

I've waited way too long to write this, but here it goes. Derrick and I arrived at Fertility Partnership at 8am Wednesday, October 12th to conceive our precious bundle or bundles of joy!! All of this hard work had finally paid off. The whole morning was pretty surreal. Just the fact that we were even given the opportunity to have a baby has been a miracle in itself. The actual transfer only lasted about 30 minutes. I had to drink TONS of water so I was ready to get the show on the road. Can I just say we absolutely love Dr. Simckes!!  I am so grateful that God allowed our paths to cross.

The cute couple right before their whole life changed:)!

So now we wait! Derrick flew back to Georgia and I drove to Arkansas for a week. The next step will be for me to take a blood test next week to make sure it all worked. So we're in the two week wait. Because anyone who knows me realizes I LOVE to wait!! Believe it or not I'm doing fairly well with not going crazy.

God gives life and He is good!



Transfer Scheduled

So out of the 45 eggs they retrieved, 23 were usable and 15 made it through the night. We are very excited. This is wonderful news. Our transfer is scheduled for 8am on Wednesday morning. They will transfer 2 embryos and freeze the rest on Friday. We can not explain loud enough how faithful our God is. We know that for such a time as this our baby will be conceived. Every step of this has been ordained by the one who is able to create life! My wonderful mother in-law sent me the scripture below today:

 ¹⁷ “Ah, Sovereign LORD, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you.  Jeremiah 32:17 NIV

Retrieval

Yesterday was exciting, scary, and full of hope and anticipation. I could say that it was special, but honestly I thought I was going to burst if they didn't get those eggs out of me, and I mean now. I had spent the last 2 weeks taking shots, resting, going to the dr and then repeating it all over again. I'm going to give you a very quick break down of what they did, in Robin terms:). Normally, a woman has one particular follicle that get's bigger than the others (switching sides) each month and releases one egg during ovulation. I can honestly say evidently we clearly live by the go big or go home motto in our house. So they've been pumping me full of hormones to make all of the follicles get huge and release all at the same time. I mean if we're going to do this, we are going to do this!!! So yesterday they went in and retrieved all of them at the same time. Dr. S came in and asked if I was excited; my response, "I'm ready!" I felt like what I can only imagine as a woman ready to give birth. I was going to lose it if they didn't get these bad boys out of me and and I mean NOW! So they knocked me out and went in and got them.

Below is a picture of Derrick and I yesterday before they retrieved the eggs

If I look swollen; I am!

Drum roll please.....they were able to retrieve 45 eggs!! A normal number is 15-20. We were very excited. Today we should receive a call from Aaron (he takes care of our little emby babies) and find out how many they were actually able to use. Some were probably too small and some were probably too old. I will post today when he calls! The next step will be to transfer the 2 best embryos later this week and make this baby mama a real one!!

Thank you for all your prayers, encouragement etc. Our God is a faithful God!

Baby Daddy

So Derrick flew in Friday morning to St. Louis. I'm absolutely loving having him here. I didn't even realize how much I'd missed him.We went to the St. Louis arch; something we have not done before. I have such appreciation for the craftsmanship that went into it. Below is a picture from the top.

I went to see Dr. S yesterday morning and he said everything is looking great (meaning my follicles are measuring more than 18cm's). I was very happy to hear this because the waiting plus hormones almost did me in this week. So last tonight I gave myself a shot that triggers ovulation. Sunday morning they will retrieve my eggs and Wednesday we will be getting pregnant. This is crazy; our little Trafford or Traffords will be here before we know it. We feel very blessed.

Making a Baby

Went to the doctor yesterday morning. He said every thing is on track. I am progressing just the way they want. Unfortunately, the down side to that is I look six months pregnant. I am having to have a good sense of humor about this because, well it's either laugh or cry. This is a temporary process for a long term outcome.

It seems like daily God is doing miracles in our lives. Yesterday Derrick sent me an email from a friend of ours in Georgia. Basically the owners of the house they used to rent are moving back at the end of January and are looking for a temporary renter. So long story short we will be renting a $1200/month house for $600 and we don't have to sign a six month lease!! I couldn't have even imagined this in my dreams. God is so faithful! Please continue to pray that our house sellls.

I go back to the doctor tomorrow. Hopefully everything still looks good and they will retrieve my eggs on Saturday morning. Derrick flies in on Friday morning so this would be perfect.