we had a very successful egg retrieval that left us with 9 frozen embabies (WOW!) and we were so thankful to be moving on to our next step(s)... which would be the surgery I had to have. if I were to say I wasn't nervous I would be lying, but I remained calm and confident in the journey...
ok, on to the good stuff now - the ACTION steps. starting with first part of the ivf process: egg retrieval. here's the deal, it's so much fun! kidding, totally kidding. but for real, knowing there are tangible action steps we can do to work toward our dreams is amazing after feeling helpless. you say jump, I jump;...
so with our testing complete, the information we had learned about the damage to my right tube and possibly my left, the possibility that I was not ovulating and the growing number of questions we had - we couldn't wait for our next appointment with our doctor. this particular appointment fell on the day after Easter and I had all...
we had our first appointment with our fertility clinic on march 7, 2018. I counted the days down from when we initially scheduled the appointment in january; it felt like the longest 2 months ever. we came to this specific clinic on the recommendation of church friends and we are SO THANKFUL that we did. but we had no expectations...