Thanks!!

Tim and I want to thank everyone from the bottom of our hearts for your amazing support. Thanks for caring about us SOOOO much and for the blessing you have been in our lives. It means so much to us that you want to be a part of our journey in starting a family. The encouraging words are so uplifting and I am so grateful for all my prayerful friends and family members who keep us in their prayers. Thank you for investing in our lives!!
When we found out we would have to have in vitro to have babies I was totally freaked out. I had only thought about how many children I would want or how many years we’d wait to start trying when I dreamt (or planned) about my future with my husband and having a family. I never thought getting pregnant would be a problem so I didn’t think of what we’d do if we weren’t able to get pregnant on our own. Geez looking back I sure did waste a lot of money on birth control ;)
I had a hard time at first with the idea of in vitro. I felt like I wouldn’t be relying on God and that I was taking matters into my own hands and using science to start my family. When we found out how much it cost I was a little relieved that I would have some time while we were saving up money to digest the fact that we couldn’t get pregnant on our own and I could get more comfortable with choosing to have in vitro. So I started this blog because I had no idea what I would be going thru and I wanted to connect with others who are in similar situations and I just needed support from my friends and family. Which you all have done a beautiful job of!!
Well, I was very wrong about thinking if I had in vitro I wouldn’t be relying on God to provide me with a family. This experience has made me put all my trust in God and rely on him more than ever. He has brought so many people into my life that are going through similar situations and we joined a Sunday school class that surprisingly has many young married couples who struggled with fertility issues too. God has shown that he is in control by continually growing our baby fund in a time when most are struggling with the bad economy. I’ve also learned a lot about my body that will enable me to have a healthy pregnancy that I wouldn’t have know if Tim and I were just trying on our own.
Because of Tim’s genetic mutation the doctors wanted to do a genetic test on me to make sure I wasn’t a carrier of cystic fibrosis like Tim. Well, the good news is I am not a carrier of CF, but they did find out that I have a genetic mutation called Factor V Leiden. Yes, I am a mutant, but I don’t have any cool super human powers. This mutation causes me to have blood clots and pregnancy increases the tendency. Now that they know that I have this mutation I can take shots to thin out my blood during pregnancy to prevent me from having a miscarriage and help me stay healthy during my pregnancy.
I hope that once I start the process of in vitro I can use my blog to describe the process so if someone else finds out they are going to need in vitro they can have some idea of what that will entail. Honestly, I was clueless what all the steps were to this process, I just thought the doctors would shoot some sperm up me with a turkey baster ;)
Hope this can be helpful to someone and thanks again for following along!!