Today marks day 11 that we have been here and tomorrow is finally the day of retrievel! At 11 am I will go into the procedure and by the afternoon we should have some embryos!
Right now is a little tough as my body and emotions have had it and nerves are setting in about the procedure, but overall things have gone extremely well! Can't believe that we have made it to this point! It's going to be worth it all! I have been thankful for Rachel and Chelseas support every single day!
If there are viable embryos then the transfer to Rachel will be friday or sunday. We will have to wait until Nov. 13th to find out if there is a positive pregnancy. The waiting game is difficult and it's just beginning! Thanks for the prayers! We are in the middle of this and appreciate all the support! God is good!!
Monday, October 29, 2012
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Feeling pretty blessed
You keep him in perfect peace
whose mind is stayed on you,
because he trusts in you.
whose mind is stayed on you,
because he trusts in you.
Thank you all for the calls, emails, and facebook messages of encouragement! I can't even say enough how much they mean to us! We had an appointment this morning to see where my estrogen levels were at and to get a sonogram. I have 8 follicles which seems to be a good thing. They are needing to continue to grow, that's what the medication is for. Things seem to be going well. I got to leave with this picture! Each day that passes during this process I realize what a blessing this is that we have the ability to try this process. We don't know what challenge we could face in the days to come but we know we are trusting fully in the lord!
Tonight we got to get together with our carrier Rachel and nurse Chelsea and my friend Fogle. I'm so excited to introduce these two amazing women!!!! It was the best time and truly good for my soul! I just kept looking around and seeing what God put together and just really feeling in awe! Chelsea is on the left and Rachel is on the right. I was just trying to take it all in tonight with them. I realize that this time in our life is so huge, it is something we will never ever forget and I just need to hold onto every moment!
Mark was excited because Chelsea was there to help him give the injections tonight! He really appreciated the help! Here they are preparing the injections.
We are on day 5 of injections and everything is going as planned! Thanks for the prayers they are working! Please keep them coming! God is in control!
Here we all are together! Thanks Fogle for connecting the dots to put us together! I knew you could do it!
Friday, October 19, 2012
We're Here!!!
We just left the fertility center! I have officially began my injections! Mark was able to give them to me, which was a HUGE deal. He didn't think he would be able to. I was so proud of him! We found out we may be able to come home for the night on Sunday and then we will be back for the duration.
We were able to see both our carrier and our nurse today. They give me strength and peace. Just writing about them makes me emotional. I can't figure out how I desereve those two women in my life.
We just ask prayers that my body will handle these medicaitons, and the surgery. Also that our business will be ok without us for a little while! We are beyond thankful for the people on that end holding things together and the managers that are doing more than normal to help us be here!
I hope to have a lot more news in the upcoming days. Right now they are trying to make me produce a lot of eggs, that they will then retrieve in the next two weeks. We don't know the day the retrievel will be as it just depends on when my body is ready. They will then create embryos, and 3 to 5 days after that we will hopefully have a healthy great quality embryo for them to transfer to our carrier. We then have to wait 2 weeks to see if she is pregnant.
Thanks for the love, concern, and most of all the prayers! God is good!
We were able to see both our carrier and our nurse today. They give me strength and peace. Just writing about them makes me emotional. I can't figure out how I desereve those two women in my life.
We just ask prayers that my body will handle these medicaitons, and the surgery. Also that our business will be ok without us for a little while! We are beyond thankful for the people on that end holding things together and the managers that are doing more than normal to help us be here!
I hope to have a lot more news in the upcoming days. Right now they are trying to make me produce a lot of eggs, that they will then retrieve in the next two weeks. We don't know the day the retrievel will be as it just depends on when my body is ready. They will then create embryos, and 3 to 5 days after that we will hopefully have a healthy great quality embryo for them to transfer to our carrier. We then have to wait 2 weeks to see if she is pregnant.
Thanks for the love, concern, and most of all the prayers! God is good!
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
How it all came together..
Anyone who knows me, even just a little bit knows of my friend Fogle (Ashley Schlatter). Her and I met in college and are Kappa Delta sisters! She has been on this road with me as well and knew that Mark and I were getting seriously discouraged the last few months. I kept telling her "Fogle..you have to find me a carrier" she lives in Wichita now so she has access to many friends through her junior league. Every time I would say it she would just look at me exasperated like I don't know what to do! I knew her little wheels were spinning, it's not like her to back down from a challenge. For some reason I just felt like if anyone could lead me in the right direction it would be her!
I was right! One morning I woke up and had an email from Fogle that said "hey you need to email this girl, she may know someone" one of her friends had a connection that connected us to our carrier!!!
We want to get a little farther into the process before we post pics of our GS and talk more about her, but I really feel like at this point I need to say something because without her openness, and caring heart none of this would be happening!
The first time we met our GS and her family it was so wonderful. I was nervous and felt like I was going on an interview!! They made us feel so welcome at peace. After all that we have been through I didn't let myself get to invested just yet, I thought oh my goodness surely it doesn't come together that easily! Well it did! Since then we have been talking a lot, sharing our days with each other and mostly talking about this process. I just don't think I can fully wrap my head around what they are doing for us.
I have moments throughout the day when sometimes I get really emotional thinking that there is a person willing to do this for us. It makes me believe more in the goodness of people than I ever have before.
We had a few hoops to jump through after we met, she had to get clearance from the clinic...that had been a major issue for us in the past but she passed with flying colors. We had to quickly get through all the legal paperwork, classes, testing etc so that we could start in this cycle. Everything went painlessly. We decided through this that Mark and I would do whatever is best for her and her family, and we have seen time and time again already them do the same for us.
I can't wait to share more of this person when the time is right! Honestly this has been difficult to write as I can't find words enough to describe my gratitude to her. It just seems like my words are truly not enough. She is truly a hero to our family already. I appreciate that her and I can talk as easily as we can right now. We both have acknowledged that there will be all sorts of emotions throughout the entire thing, and that there are some parts of this we just can't plan how we will react but we will just do the best that we can for each other.
One other person that I have to talk about, because I'm sure I will be talking a lot about her in the weeks to come is our nurse. I always tell her that she moves mountains daily. She is so much more than a nurse, she is a compassionate caring friend. She has made it possible for us to be in this cycle and genuinely cares about each of us. She works harder than anyone I know! Even myself! Yet she still cares about every detail of what we are about to go through and are going through. She is a big reason why we chose the clinic that we did. Her compassion too cannot be summed up in words.
I recieved my box of medicaitons...more on that to come! God is good all the time! Nicole
I was right! One morning I woke up and had an email from Fogle that said "hey you need to email this girl, she may know someone" one of her friends had a connection that connected us to our carrier!!!
We want to get a little farther into the process before we post pics of our GS and talk more about her, but I really feel like at this point I need to say something because without her openness, and caring heart none of this would be happening!
The first time we met our GS and her family it was so wonderful. I was nervous and felt like I was going on an interview!! They made us feel so welcome at peace. After all that we have been through I didn't let myself get to invested just yet, I thought oh my goodness surely it doesn't come together that easily! Well it did! Since then we have been talking a lot, sharing our days with each other and mostly talking about this process. I just don't think I can fully wrap my head around what they are doing for us.
I have moments throughout the day when sometimes I get really emotional thinking that there is a person willing to do this for us. It makes me believe more in the goodness of people than I ever have before.
We had a few hoops to jump through after we met, she had to get clearance from the clinic...that had been a major issue for us in the past but she passed with flying colors. We had to quickly get through all the legal paperwork, classes, testing etc so that we could start in this cycle. Everything went painlessly. We decided through this that Mark and I would do whatever is best for her and her family, and we have seen time and time again already them do the same for us.
I can't wait to share more of this person when the time is right! Honestly this has been difficult to write as I can't find words enough to describe my gratitude to her. It just seems like my words are truly not enough. She is truly a hero to our family already. I appreciate that her and I can talk as easily as we can right now. We both have acknowledged that there will be all sorts of emotions throughout the entire thing, and that there are some parts of this we just can't plan how we will react but we will just do the best that we can for each other.
One other person that I have to talk about, because I'm sure I will be talking a lot about her in the weeks to come is our nurse. I always tell her that she moves mountains daily. She is so much more than a nurse, she is a compassionate caring friend. She has made it possible for us to be in this cycle and genuinely cares about each of us. She works harder than anyone I know! Even myself! Yet she still cares about every detail of what we are about to go through and are going through. She is a big reason why we chose the clinic that we did. Her compassion too cannot be summed up in words.
I recieved my box of medicaitons...more on that to come! God is good all the time! Nicole
Monday, October 1, 2012
The Journey Begins
I almost can't believe it myself.....I have dreamed of this day, I have dreamed of writing this blog, and right here right now it is happening. Our Gestational Carrier started her medications today! We are on our way to becoming parents!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Before I go any further I want to back up a little bit and explain the journey that got us here! For three years almost to the month, we have been trying to figure out God's plan for us to have a family. We have with full furry knocked on every single door and went full force ahead trying to make something happen. Failed adoption attempts, failed carrier attempts, and just plain feelings like failures is what has molded us into who we are now. When I look back to the first time I started blogging 2 years ago I think how much we would still go through before getting to this point. In all of that pain there was a silver lining. Our marriage has grown stronger and most important of all our faith has grown by so much. We learned how to surrender the things we couldn't control, and I have had to come to a point where I know that the lord knows the desires of our hearts. He will do what is right in the timing that is right for him, and his timing is perfect.
I also happen to have some very wise friends ;). Mark and I had been counseling with an extremely spiritual, amazing couple for the last year. We met with them to work on growing our relationship with Christ and each other. We came to the conclusion that our family life and everything that God finds important had come second to work. We made a very huge leap of faith for Mark to join our business and live in God's Will. We believed Gods will is putting family first. Since then we have been blessed over and over again. Our wise friends told us, if we take a step towards the lord he will take many more steps towards us. It is starting to unfold for us and we are seeing his blessings. We own our own business so we still do 15 hour days almost every single day, but we do it together. We are a team working hard for our blessings!
I wanted to share all that led to this happening! To this very day where our gestational carrier is taking her first injection!!! I just can't begin to explain how amazing this is to us! When I say gestational carrier many may know the word surrogate as well. She is called a GS because they will be using Marks sperm and my eggs to create the embryo before transferring the embryo to her. She will carry the baby and give birth to the baby but it will genetically be Mark and I. Pretty amazing stuff huh!
The next 6 weeks will be very intense. Mark and I will be spending a lot of time in Wichita where our fertility clinic is located. from October 19th on we will be there everyday or every other day. I hope to use this blog as a way to let our family and friends know what is going on. We have had so many people interested in the process I would love to share our journey with everyone!
I can't wait to share about our carrier, our nurse, the clinic and how it all came to be! I will be updating soon!
Before I go any further I want to back up a little bit and explain the journey that got us here! For three years almost to the month, we have been trying to figure out God's plan for us to have a family. We have with full furry knocked on every single door and went full force ahead trying to make something happen. Failed adoption attempts, failed carrier attempts, and just plain feelings like failures is what has molded us into who we are now. When I look back to the first time I started blogging 2 years ago I think how much we would still go through before getting to this point. In all of that pain there was a silver lining. Our marriage has grown stronger and most important of all our faith has grown by so much. We learned how to surrender the things we couldn't control, and I have had to come to a point where I know that the lord knows the desires of our hearts. He will do what is right in the timing that is right for him, and his timing is perfect.
I also happen to have some very wise friends ;). Mark and I had been counseling with an extremely spiritual, amazing couple for the last year. We met with them to work on growing our relationship with Christ and each other. We came to the conclusion that our family life and everything that God finds important had come second to work. We made a very huge leap of faith for Mark to join our business and live in God's Will. We believed Gods will is putting family first. Since then we have been blessed over and over again. Our wise friends told us, if we take a step towards the lord he will take many more steps towards us. It is starting to unfold for us and we are seeing his blessings. We own our own business so we still do 15 hour days almost every single day, but we do it together. We are a team working hard for our blessings!
I wanted to share all that led to this happening! To this very day where our gestational carrier is taking her first injection!!! I just can't begin to explain how amazing this is to us! When I say gestational carrier many may know the word surrogate as well. She is called a GS because they will be using Marks sperm and my eggs to create the embryo before transferring the embryo to her. She will carry the baby and give birth to the baby but it will genetically be Mark and I. Pretty amazing stuff huh!
The next 6 weeks will be very intense. Mark and I will be spending a lot of time in Wichita where our fertility clinic is located. from October 19th on we will be there everyday or every other day. I hope to use this blog as a way to let our family and friends know what is going on. We have had so many people interested in the process I would love to share our journey with everyone!
I can't wait to share about our carrier, our nurse, the clinic and how it all came to be! I will be updating soon!
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