From my last two posts you'll recall I've suffered new baby shoppers block. I've had the itch to shop but haven't been able to bring myself to buy anything for the Little One. Saturday I convinced Shelly to adventure with me to Babies R Us. I think the cure for my itch was that we had to be TOGETHER to buy the first baby stuff! We bought our first outfit, picked up some onsies, socks, beanies, and one little rattle.Yeah!!! We can now start putting stuff in the baby's room, as soon as we get it emptied out, cleaned, painted, bead board installed, and furniture moved in. :)
Saturday night was an exciting night at our house. Shelly's brother, who lives with us, thought he had the stomach flu and wasn't feeling well. I decided to get all of our presents wrapped so I pulled everything into the TV room. Which means there are presents and wrapping paper everywhere!!! The dogs thought it made for a FUN obstacle course. Just as I get started Steve announces he's taking himself to the emergency room because he's in too much pain for it to just be the stomach flu. Before I even get a chance to get ready and go with him he leaves. Shelly and I agreed someone needed to be with him in case something's wrong but it can't be Shelly because we don't want her exposed to all the germs floating around in an ER. So I leave the obstacle course out for the dogs and head to the ER. Over the course of the next six and half hours Steve is examined, drugged, sent to surgery, has his appendix removed, recovered, and brought back home. It was a CRAZY night! The good news is yesterday he felt a 100% better. He actually felt so good he cooked US Sunday dinner!
Just FIVE days until we know if Little One is a boy or girl!!!
Monday, December 11, 2006
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Our Conception Story
After eight years together we were pretty sure we'd spend our life with our four legged kids, doing lots of camping, and traveling the world. On August 12, 2004 that all changed with the birth of our God Daughter Tate. We immediately fell completely in love with her and soon began to re-think our decision of not having kids.
In October 2005 we began the process of trying to conceive. As soon as we started trying Shelly began having very erratic cycles which made the process that more complicated. After four tries over six months we decided to schedule a consultation with the a Reproductive Specialist. We were desperate to conceive and on a limited time frame since Shelly had just turned 41. Dee was 35 at the time but not able to conceive due to a medical procedure.
Our first appointment with the Repro Man was May 2006. He suggested we try IVF using Dee's eggs and Shelly as the gestational mother. He felt this scenario would give us the highest chance for success of a healthy pregnancy. We spent a short amount of time weighing our options and decided this was the best choice. We began our first IVF cycle in August. They did the Egg Retrieval and Fertilization on 8/31. Three days later, 9/3, they transferred three embryos into Shelly. Then the wait began.
Shelly promised not to begin the home pregnancy test too soon. Dee had to travel out of state for business a week after the transfer and asked Shelly to please wait to test. BUT, the wait was too much for her and she started testing after a week. At first there was no line. But after a couple of days testing a faint line started to appear. When Dee came home from her trip Shelly told her, "I know I'm pregnant." Dee didn't believe her and insisted the line wasn't dark enough so she tested herself to compare. There was absolutely no line. She began to believe Shelly was pregnant but still had doubt. Dee went to the store and bought another brand of testing strips. After five home tests, we were convinced we we're pregnant due to all positive results. A blood test at two weeks confirmed it; we were going to have a baby!
In October 2005 we began the process of trying to conceive. As soon as we started trying Shelly began having very erratic cycles which made the process that more complicated. After four tries over six months we decided to schedule a consultation with the a Reproductive Specialist. We were desperate to conceive and on a limited time frame since Shelly had just turned 41. Dee was 35 at the time but not able to conceive due to a medical procedure.
Our first appointment with the Repro Man was May 2006. He suggested we try IVF using Dee's eggs and Shelly as the gestational mother. He felt this scenario would give us the highest chance for success of a healthy pregnancy. We spent a short amount of time weighing our options and decided this was the best choice. We began our first IVF cycle in August. They did the Egg Retrieval and Fertilization on 8/31. Three days later, 9/3, they transferred three embryos into Shelly. Then the wait began.
Shelly promised not to begin the home pregnancy test too soon. Dee had to travel out of state for business a week after the transfer and asked Shelly to please wait to test. BUT, the wait was too much for her and she started testing after a week. At first there was no line. But after a couple of days testing a faint line started to appear. When Dee came home from her trip Shelly told her, "I know I'm pregnant." Dee didn't believe her and insisted the line wasn't dark enough so she tested herself to compare. There was absolutely no line. She began to believe Shelly was pregnant but still had doubt. Dee went to the store and bought another brand of testing strips. After five home tests, we were convinced we we're pregnant due to all positive results. A blood test at two weeks confirmed it; we were going to have a baby!
2 comments:
Yay on buying some baby stuff! Doesn't that help make it more real? Now you can look at it and imagine your little one wearing that stuff. :)
So exciting that the u/s is coming up!!!
Sorry about Shelly's brother. Glad he had a good surgery and is feelig so much better!
We can't wait to hear the news when you find out!!!
Shopping for the baby is amazing stress reliever.
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