Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Legacy of an Adopted Embryo

›
My amazing Donor Mom sent me this poem today.  It was shared in a Facebook group that she is in for Donors. I think its beautiful and plan t...

Positive Appointment

›
I finally had a really positive monitoring appointment... no maybes, no questioning, just a "You're doing great, in fact excellent....
Sunday, November 26, 2017

Preparing for the Transfer

›
We have a transfer date!!! December 13, 2017. I can't believe it!! Basically in a sentence.... 1 embryo will be put inside and hopeful...

Picking up the Boys!

›
Things are official!! We are the proud parents of 2 embryos! As a matter of fact, 2 male embryos! That's right I'm the proud Momma o...
Monday, August 28, 2017

Finding our little gift

›
Where do I begin... Chris and I have actively began our process of finding a beautiful family to donate their embryos to us, and to our surp...
Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Embryo Donation

›
This will basically be an informative post about Embryo Donation. It can sound much more complicated than it actually is. Here is what wikip...
Thursday, August 10, 2017

Moving On

›
This is my new motto.... I will be a mother and it will be soon! Monday we met with our Doctor to discuss our options. It went pretty ...
Saturday, August 5, 2017

Not our time...

›
It has taken me a few days to even think of writing about these past few heartbreaking days.  I honestly struggled to sleep or even get out ...
Monday, July 31, 2017

2 perfect Embabies!!!

›
OK I have A LOT to catch up on... its been a crazy weekend. Friday morning 11am retrieval.  Chris drove me to the doctor, we sat with ...
Thursday, July 27, 2017

Retrieve...Believe...Concieve

›
For those of you that are reading this to compare to your experience, I want to stress to you that literally EVERYTHING can change in betwee...
Monday, July 24, 2017

Small Victories in the IVF game

›
Well... of course because I prepared myself all weekend for the cycle to be officially cancelled, I go in this am and the smaller follicles ...
Friday, July 21, 2017

Not responding so well

›
Well today just flat out sucked! My 2nd scan appointment was this morning and it didn't go so well. But first I will tell you about my...
Monday, July 17, 2017

First night of shots

›
Well... we have made it to day 5 of medicine!!  This clomid is terrible!!! It has made me nauseous since Sunday, which was my birthday by th...
Wednesday, July 12, 2017

New Beginnings and Getting Organized

›
 7/12/17- First Baseline.... First clear scan in months!! No cysts at all! Let's hope this is a great sign of positive things to come!...
Thursday, July 6, 2017

Officially starting IVF

›
Well I got the call, my cysts are small, my hormones are good.. so we are approved to begin IVF on July 12th... yep less than a week...How d...