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Friday, December 1, 2006

Strawberry Pancake

Tate's mom told me the cutest story about Tate today. Over Thanksgiving Tate got a Strawberry Shortcake doll. At first she wasn't super interested but when they got ready to leave she says to her mom, "Wait, I need my Strawberry Pancake doll!" Strawberry Shortcake will now forever be known as Strawberry Pancake.


One of our friends read our blog the other day and emailed me with the good news that they had a Doppler that we could borrow. As soon as I got home from St. Louis we picked it up. We then came right home, after a detour at the mall to get Shelly a "Hot Dog on a Stick" which has been her recent craving, and listened to the Little One's heart beat. Shelly found it right away and we clearly heard the "whoosh - whoosh - whoosh" sound of our LO's heart beat. Hearing it once again brought big, big smiles to our face. Steve got to hear it also. It will be nice to use when we are suffering "In-between-itis" (thanks for the official term Karen!).

It was nice visiting with our friend who loaned us the Doppler. We hadn't seen her in awhile. Her and her partner have an adorable almost three year old girl and two very cutie pie 4 month old twin boys. Talk about a whirlwind! Three kids under 3. K, I'm not sure how you do it but I so admire you for getting it done! You're a great mom!

Just 15 days until the gender identification ultrasound!
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3 comments:

Stacey said...

I always loved Strawberry Shortcake! :) Cute story.

Her craving is pogos? Mine right now is pizza. Especially veggie lovers from Pizza Hut. :-P

Glad you got a doppler to use for free! That worked out well. Can't wait to hear what the baby is in 15 days!!! :)

December 2, 2006 at 7:19:00 AM MST
Wendy and Karen said...

How cool that you got a doppler from your friend! We've really been glad to have ours - even if we don't use it alot. Somehow, it has been comforting just knowing it's there.

My niece called Minnie Mouse, Mimi Mouse and that stuck (even today when she's 6!). It's sooooo cute when they "adjust" names...and it's almost sad when they finally stop doing it!

December 2, 2006 at 7:17:00 PM MST
Holly said...

we just got a doppler from a friend of ours, one of the professional ones. it brought tears to our eyes when we hear that whooshing.
i will be tuning it to find out the gender - how exciting!

December 4, 2006 at 8:05:00 PM MST

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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!