Was that a Kick?

So...the baby kicked. It was an amazing feeling. It happened last week for the first time, but I did not believe it. Now at least once a day he reminds me that he is here. I say right now that I can't wait until the kicking and movement is more frequent...but I know I will regret that statement soon. My belly is growing so rapidly it seems. [pic coming soon] I think that my previous procedures have something to do with that. The baby is certainly not causing this much growth. Anyways theres my update.

12w3d: Never been so happy to....

have a normal pregnant lady infection. I think this was God working my miracle. I was very disappointed that there was a 7 week gap between my last OB appointment and my next one. But I was not feeling well since last Friday (I slept until 2 pm on Sunday), so I called my nurse and she said I needed to come in. What a blessing...the problem was fixable and I got to see our little person (I think boy because I am the mommy and I just know, but who knows). Heartbeat was 151bpm and the baby was there. They used the Doppler u/s machine so I could barely see the baby. I am excited to know that it was not me eating too much of my mommy's cooking this weekend, and that the baby's house has moved up from behind my pelvic bone. Wheewww! My blood pressure was perfect for me 122/82 and my weight was...down seven pounds since my last visit. This was expected since I had been so sick two weeks back.
So my second piece of big news: We heard the baby's heartbeat tonight with our EBAY doppler. 148bpm...I was getting tired of hearing my own heartbeat.

So excited...3w4d until my level 2 u/s !!!!!

U/S Pics 6w, 7w, 9w

6 weeks and 3 days old
7 weeks 3 days
9 weeks 3 days

Oh My Gosh it's really positive! BFP 7/11/2009

So as you can tell I was excited. After waiting so long, I wanted to be sure...my husband still did not believe it. I took the first test on 7/11...it was a digital one...really sensitive and I screamed and hollered. It said PREGNANT...immediatly! Well I took the picture too late. The next day I took another one...it was positive too. So I went to the doc the next day and my Beta was 142 and progesterone was greater than 45. They did a repeat beta and its was 321. Betas measure the amount of HCG in your blood stream. So We were really pregnant!

The Transfer

On June 28th we transferred two beautiful high quality embryos. We were amazed that it was such a miracle to see the beautiful gift that God created between my husband and I. So there was an excellent chance that we could get pregnant with twins. We would just be overjoyed with one. Our thinking was that God brought us so far for us to get to this point...that he would not let us fail. Throughout this process our faith truly multiplied as we stepped further and further out!

How it all started!

Well many years ago we journeyed to a doctor that promised the world. We thought like normal people you just wait for the right time...do what mom told you not to do until you were married...and 2 weeks later you take a pregnancy test...its positive...and nine months later a baby pops out. At 23 that seemed like the general plan. Because of my prior issues we suspected that we would need some help and this doctor was supposed to give it to us. Pop these pills...pee on this stick...do the do...ah it will work. After 8 months...no success.

We need to go see another doctor that can offer ummmm...more help. Well this doc says lets test you. Yes you have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. (Well duh I have known that since I was 19). Well the good news is we can get you pregnant. Just take these pills...do the do...ah it will work. (Where have I heard this before?). So months later...no success. So we invest in a fertility monitor and think that this will work...no success. So we moved on to artificial insemination and started lots of shots and lots of doctors visits...and no success. Out of money and out of patience...we moved on.

Until I see the new doctor...we try acupuncture. Finally we get to make progress. We did not achieve the ultimate goal, but my body was working in a better way. So we decided to get another opinion...another reproductive endocrinologist. She had an excellent solution...a surgery called "Ovarian Drilling". So I say sure this is the magic solution to years of problems. One week of recovery and in a matter of weeks we will have our dream. NOT. It took longer than expected to recover and the surgery was not successful! So we try artificial insemination again...and no success. So we decide to take a break and enjoy being married.

So in the meantime we traveled. I finished school. Our marriage grew to another level and we fell deeper in love. Our relationship reached a new level. We moved into a new home and enjoyed life. I was invited to be on an NPR radio show to talk about infertility and I met Dr. Myers from Carolina Conceptions fertility clinic. I also found out that I had hypothyroidism. I was mad...I was frustrated...I was disappointed...We had invested so much in the process to find out that all these doctors missed something so important. My nurse practitioner found the problem and helped to get the problem under control over a six month period. At that time we decided it was time to go see yet another doctor. Carolina Conceptions Seemed like the choice...God dropped dr. Myers into our in our lap. So we ended up with Dr. Park from Carolina Conceptions...and he did a mired of tests that we never had done before and found the problem and he designed a solution (In vitro- Fertilization) and helped us to fight for help from insurance to pay for it. So God blessed us...So many things had to fall into place. Well they fell into place. We went through Lupron injections starting May 11th. We then started Gonadatropins injections on June 11th. We had our egg retrieval on June 28th and then we transferred two beautiful embryos on July 3rd. On July 11th, we had our first positive pregnancy test. We feel so blessed to be here!!!!! After 4.5 years, God has blessed us to get to this point and it is the most amazing and frightening experience of our lives.