Whose Plan Is It Anyway?

It’s been a while since I have written an update and I had several people ask how things were going with the frozen embryo transfer. So, I figured I would update the blog so everyone knew what we had coming up.

We have had a couple of date changes on the transfer due to my lining not being thick enough. The original date for the transfer was October 25^th (tomorrow) but the new date is now November 8^th. At our appointment last week our lining was measuring at a 4, and today we measured a 6.5 which is a great improvement. Our goal is to be an 8+ so we should have plenty of time to get there before the transfer. I did have another follicle that was showing up on my ovary but at the appointment today they told us it shouldn’t be a problem. I haven’t been able to grow a follicle on my own for 2 years but now that we don’t want any to grow, go figure I have one growing. We have another appointment on Friday to check the lining again and other than that we are just continuing the medications.

We have kept really busy spending our weekends at the deer lease, which has been a blessing. I love seeing how Gods plans come together and our deer lease has been just that. The owner of our deer lease has a campsite, and anyone that leases from him can bring their camper or have one of the cabins to stay in. I was so worried that it was going to be a bunch of guys who weren’t too fond of a woman invading on their territory, but I couldn’t have been more wrong. We have had the opportunity to meet and become friends with a wonderful couple. I couldn’t have asked for a better couple to spend our weekends with.

We also had an opportunity to have dinner with the land owner, his sweet girlfriend and our friends this weekend. I forgot I was with people that I have only known a few weeks, they feel more like family. As we were driving home last night from the lease Kevin and I talked about how perfect Gods plan was for us this season, we just had to let him show us his plan. I know he has a plan for us as parents too, we just have to give him the opportunity to show us that plan. We can make all the plans we want to but God’s plan is best. It may not be our timing but his timing is perfect.

Please continue to pray for us and we prepare for the FET on the 8^th. Please pray that our embryo will be strong and that my lining will become thick. Thank you for caring about us and our lives!

Kevin and I dove hunting September 2011

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28



Are we there yet?

Yesterday Kevin and I had our check up to see how the medications are working. Things are going just as they should and I started my second medication today and changed my dosage on the injection. We won't have to go back until the 18th when we have a sonogram to check my lining. That should be our final appointment until the transfer. I asked the nurse how often embryos do not make the thaw and she told me that in the four years she has worked there it has only happened twice. She also said we had a great quality blastocyst which makes a big difference. This gave Kevin and I much more hope but it is still so scary to go through all the motions for 6 weeks and then find out at the last hour that your embryo didn't make it. God is bigger than all of this and he will be there as that embryo thaws. His plan is better than ours and we have faith in him! Please continue to pray for Kevin and I as we prepare for the embryo transfer. We are thankful that God is in control and covers us in his love!

We have been spending our weekends on the road to the deer lease and loving every minute of it. We have gotten to know the 2 hour plus trip and small towns in between pretty well. Last weekend we helped the owner set up some of his feeders and blinds. We really enjoyed getting to know him better and the area. We also met another couple that is leasing from him too and they were so nice! Below are a couple of pictures from this past weekend. We have already had some major adventures and memories that we will always remember.

The owner asked if we could pick him up some deer corn on our way. We should have taken the truck that day!

This is the sunset as we were putting up the last feeder on Sunday.

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!