We're expecting!

After many tests, 3 IUIs, fertility drugs, and finally IVF we are pregnant! On Wednesday, June 18 I had my egg retrieval, which consisted of me going under anesthesia and having the eggs extracted. I was very sore and uncomfortable the next few days. On Thursday afternoon, they called to tell me that 5 of my eggs had indeed fertilized and we’d be going in on Friday for the implantation. We arrived at the surgeon’s office on Friday a.m. and David was able to go into the operating room with me. We received a photo of the 2 eggs they were going to implant and we even got to watch the implantation on the computer screen! It looked like two little shooting stars!

A long 10 days went by and I was going in for blood work on July 1st, but I was itching to find out! So on the morning of June 30th (Grammie’s birthday) I took a test. I placed the test on the counter and took a shower, got dressed and then realized I hadn’t looked at the test again! I had butterflies in my stomach and was afraid of another disappointment – but to my surprise the test was positive! I ran downstairs to find David and we shared our excitement together!

During many years of trying to conceive, we dealt with the usual trials that an infertile couple faces. So many times I felt like such a failure and saw all of the wonderful things happening to our friends and family. Of course, we were so happy for each of them, but it was hard because we felt like our lives were just standing still and we wondered when the plans we had made for our family would finally start.