A Hale of an Adventure

It’s been a while since the last update on our frozen embryo transfer so I wanted to share what we have going on. We had a huge blessing when we went to pay for our medications for the FET. My insurance actually picked up two of the three meds so our bill wasn’t as much as we had prepared for, which is always a blessing. I started my injections on Saturday and so far things are going great with those. We go back to Dr. Douglas on the 4^th for a round of blood work and we should only have a few follow up appointments before the transfer. The FET is much more relaxed than IVF and I hope that really makes a difference. Our FET is going to be on Tuesday, October 25^th. I will have a couple days of bed rest after the transfer and after that life will be back to normal until we find out if the FET was successful.

Hunting has been such a huge relief from the stresses that come with fertility treatments and has been a great distraction during this round of treatment. I love that we can share a hobby which allows us to spend time together, and I am thankful that Kevin introduced me to hunting. We went to look at a place in west Texas on Friday and it ended up not being the right place for us but we decided since we were in the area that we would look at a couple other places. I walked into the Allsups, and if you are familiar with small towns the local gas station is the place where you can find all kinds of information. I asked if they knew of any deer leases close by and he gave me a local ranchers name and number. When I called him he told us to come on over, he just so happened to have something available. The properties where we are going to be hunting are so beautiful and have lots of nice deer and turkey on them. We are also going to get to take the camper so we won’t have a long trip to make each weekend which was an added bonus.

We made a couple of trips out there this weekend and we are getting to know the area a little better and finding out where all the important stops are, like the local Sonic. We are really excited about this new hunting adventure and I can't wait to share more in the weeks to come.

We have many blessings to be thankful for in 2011 and we hope that there will be many more blessings to come this year. Please continue to pray for Kevin and I as we prepare for our FET. Pray that our frozen embryo will survive the thaw and attach during the transfer. I pray that each person that reads are blog is blessed during the weeks to come. We are so thankful for the love and support we have received from each of you!

Here We Go!

Yesterday Kevin and I went down to Plano for my first blood work in preparation for the frozen embryo transfer. I have no idea what the numbers scientifically meant but we know two things for sure. First off were not pregnant, clearly not a news flash. Secondly, I have to take Provera for 5 days in order to start. Once I start I will take birth control pills for 2 weeks and start my injections on day 15. We won’t have to go in for an appointment for 4 weeks which is hard to believe. With the IVF cycle we were there almost every other day. Basically, that’s all I know right now. We will get more instructions on the medications once I start and they order them for me. We are both pretty excited about this cycle and I really feel like this is going to work! The metformin is still working great and I am really starting to see changes!

I am so excited that it’s finally September! I think everyone in Texas is happily welcoming fall and is hopeful of cooler days to come! Kevin set up our deer feeder last weekend and we are going to set the blind up this weekend! We really want to go dove hunting and practice shooting our bows if it’s not too hot. This heat is really interfering with our outdoors activities! I am also going to try and twist Kevin’s arm to take me to H&M at Northpark this weekend! But I’m not going to hold my breath.

Please continue to pray for that sweet little embryo that is frozen and that it can survive the thaw. We are looking at a transfer in late October around Kevin’s birthday. October is full of loved ones birthdays so this would add one more blessing to the list! Thank you for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers!