We have a go guys! I start my birth control in a week or so for our first IVF treatment. I am scared like non-other. Not because of the procedure, but because I really don't know if it will work. What if it doesn't? Where does that leave us? I would be COMPLETELY devastated.
Here is another kicker. Jeremy got another Semen Analysis done. What did it show? His sperm is getting worse. Yep--he probably has about 6 months left of carrying anything that is fertile. The doctor recommended that we freeze some samples from him for future siblings. I really hate this crap. I'm supposed to have the timeline for fertility--not my husband.
But the good news! We caught it and are doing something about it in time. We just have to get this show on the road.....
So, birth control for about 30 days, then some other meds, then we start stimming my eggs to grow nice and big, and then they get taken out to get fertilized. If everything goes as planned, we will be doing the actual procedure in June with a beta date of July 4th! AHH!
How we made this possible: awesome women and clinics who donate meds. There are $4K in meds in my name now that I didn't have to spend a penny on. How awesome is that? I still can't believe it. We are now looking at the $9K price range--$8K of which we have! Mommy is helping out with the rest!
So there isn't much more to it....just wait until I start the meds. I want to start them...NOW! Can I? Pretty please? I want my baby belly. I want to cry those happy tears I have waited so long to do when I see that flickering heartbeat on the ultrasound screen. Guys, by this time next year, I could be a mommy. Okay, forget that....in my attitude of staying positive...I will be a mommy by this time next year. Can you believe it? I will have my first mother's day without the tears and the pain, the wishing and the hoping.
I just need to keep the dream moving and the hope and prayer strong.......
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Sunday, March 6, 2011
No honey---11 year olds CANNOT watch rated R movies
Oh we are in trouble. My poor future children. So our niece is with us this weekend. And the only thing to do around here is watch netflix instant que. Oh netflix, how do I love thee! You are the babysitter at the moment. So I wasn't going to post every day. And I am still holding to that. This just happens to be an exception--I think. I might get addicted to this though.
So as far as an update is concerned-still not pregnant. I know--a surprise, right? But I did want to share about my vacation news. I didn't think I would be all that excited about a cruise (or any trip for that matter) but I haven't been on a vacation for 5 years! This is how I am looking at it--at least in my dreams:
I will be 20 weeks pregnant from our IVF procedure that starts in May. I'm going with my parents, so you know--it will be pretty easy going. We get to visit Bermuda, St. Thomas, and San Juan. The best part of it all: I won't have to work! I'm also going to be sporting the best looking bikini I can find. Hey, when else can you show off your huge belly with an excuse for it being huge?
My worst dream come true: I don't get to wear that bikini. Not because I'm in love with it--but because I'm in love with the thought of having a life growing inside of me. I don't know how I would be able to do it--get through another year childless.
See what happens when you are stuck in bed the whole weekend from a cold? Random thoughts turn into a random post. Back to watching The Proposal now. It's a good movie if you haven't seen it!
We do have one thing on our calendar though: Jeremy's 3rd semen analysis next Monday! Family: if you are reading this, please do NOT let him know that you know. I don't think he would be very happy about everyone around him knowing about what he will be doing mid-day on Monday while I'm at work.....I am kind of excited to get new numbers though. I know they will still suck because that is my luck, but we will have one more thing out of the way in order to get this party started!
So as far as an update is concerned-still not pregnant. I know--a surprise, right? But I did want to share about my vacation news. I didn't think I would be all that excited about a cruise (or any trip for that matter) but I haven't been on a vacation for 5 years! This is how I am looking at it--at least in my dreams:
I will be 20 weeks pregnant from our IVF procedure that starts in May. I'm going with my parents, so you know--it will be pretty easy going. We get to visit Bermuda, St. Thomas, and San Juan. The best part of it all: I won't have to work! I'm also going to be sporting the best looking bikini I can find. Hey, when else can you show off your huge belly with an excuse for it being huge?
My worst dream come true: I don't get to wear that bikini. Not because I'm in love with it--but because I'm in love with the thought of having a life growing inside of me. I don't know how I would be able to do it--get through another year childless.
See what happens when you are stuck in bed the whole weekend from a cold? Random thoughts turn into a random post. Back to watching The Proposal now. It's a good movie if you haven't seen it!
We do have one thing on our calendar though: Jeremy's 3rd semen analysis next Monday! Family: if you are reading this, please do NOT let him know that you know. I don't think he would be very happy about everyone around him knowing about what he will be doing mid-day on Monday while I'm at work.....I am kind of excited to get new numbers though. I know they will still suck because that is my luck, but we will have one more thing out of the way in order to get this party started!
Saturday, March 5, 2011
No sperm was found
Huh? Did you ever think those words would be said to you? Growing up, life seems so easy. First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a baby in the baby carriage. One problem--missing sperm means missing baby. It has been 3 years now. Wow--I can't even believe that! And what do I have to show for all the temperture charting, ovulation tests, and most expensive of all: pregnancy tests? NOTHING. Zip, zero, none.
Jeremy and I were married back on November 20, 2007. He wanted to wait to have children and I didn't. I can say that is probably pretty typical of a lot of couples out there. So can I say we "half tried?" We were moving around a lot during those first 3 years. After moving to Salt Lake, where we were married, we then decided to make a change and move up to Idaho. After a bit, we found ourselves back in Ohio where our family is. As much as we may hate the weather, this is still home.
As of now, we have two children. Well, not regular children. But our dogs are our substitutes. So yes--you will see them in sweaters. You will see them kissing us and going shopping with us. What can I say? We don't have much of a life. We live in a condo in North Columbus very close to where my husband grew up. It is nice. But lacking. It isn't lacking furniture, electronics, not even space at this point. What it is lacking are the giggles, the screaming in the middle of the night by a little one, the first time you hear mama, the little footsteps across the floor.
Some people may be able to live without this. I thought I could. Before we even knew our diagnosis, I told myself that whatever happened would happen. But try having someone, who you hardly even know, tell you that you can't have biological children. Guys--I haven't experienced much heartbreak, but this one was bad. It tore into me like I had just lost my future and my dreams. I'm surprised on the days that I get through without shedding a tear.
But we have made a decision--thus this blog. We WILL have our own biological children. Yes folks--we are on one income and probably feel the most unstable financially than we ever have. But it is time. I can't speak for my husband but I do know this--I need to be a mom.
With all the treatment options out there, only one will work for people who share our same diagnosis of male factor infertility (at least as severe as this one is.) We are doing In Vitro Fertilization (IVF). Basically, without going too much into it, they will shoot me up with a bunch of drugs, dig the eggs out of my body and force feed them with my husbands sperm. After that we will then choose how many to transfer back. How much are we spending? About $10,000. What are our chances of getting a child at the end of it? About 60% statistically. But we have to. I need to know that I tried everything in my power.
I'm not going to promise a post ever week--don't even think about every day! But during this time when we are going through our first IVF cycle, I want it to be documented. I want others to see the heartbreak and hopefully the hope that this brings to help others. More importantly, I want a record of what mommy was feeling like when baby was just a dream.
To my future child or children if I am lucky: You are loved. You are wanted. And mommy and daddy are going to try their hardest to make sure you get to join us here on earth so that you never forget these facts. You aren't a scientific experiment. We just have to try extra hard to start your life. And when you are in our arms at the end of this journey, I hope I can look back on this post and wash away all heartache that has clouded over me for so long now. I love you and you don't even exist yet. Crazy? Maybe. But I don't care because you will be the light of my life.
Jeremy and I were married back on November 20, 2007. He wanted to wait to have children and I didn't. I can say that is probably pretty typical of a lot of couples out there. So can I say we "half tried?" We were moving around a lot during those first 3 years. After moving to Salt Lake, where we were married, we then decided to make a change and move up to Idaho. After a bit, we found ourselves back in Ohio where our family is. As much as we may hate the weather, this is still home.
As of now, we have two children. Well, not regular children. But our dogs are our substitutes. So yes--you will see them in sweaters. You will see them kissing us and going shopping with us. What can I say? We don't have much of a life. We live in a condo in North Columbus very close to where my husband grew up. It is nice. But lacking. It isn't lacking furniture, electronics, not even space at this point. What it is lacking are the giggles, the screaming in the middle of the night by a little one, the first time you hear mama, the little footsteps across the floor.
Some people may be able to live without this. I thought I could. Before we even knew our diagnosis, I told myself that whatever happened would happen. But try having someone, who you hardly even know, tell you that you can't have biological children. Guys--I haven't experienced much heartbreak, but this one was bad. It tore into me like I had just lost my future and my dreams. I'm surprised on the days that I get through without shedding a tear.
But we have made a decision--thus this blog. We WILL have our own biological children. Yes folks--we are on one income and probably feel the most unstable financially than we ever have. But it is time. I can't speak for my husband but I do know this--I need to be a mom.
With all the treatment options out there, only one will work for people who share our same diagnosis of male factor infertility (at least as severe as this one is.) We are doing In Vitro Fertilization (IVF). Basically, without going too much into it, they will shoot me up with a bunch of drugs, dig the eggs out of my body and force feed them with my husbands sperm. After that we will then choose how many to transfer back. How much are we spending? About $10,000. What are our chances of getting a child at the end of it? About 60% statistically. But we have to. I need to know that I tried everything in my power.
I'm not going to promise a post ever week--don't even think about every day! But during this time when we are going through our first IVF cycle, I want it to be documented. I want others to see the heartbreak and hopefully the hope that this brings to help others. More importantly, I want a record of what mommy was feeling like when baby was just a dream.
To my future child or children if I am lucky: You are loved. You are wanted. And mommy and daddy are going to try their hardest to make sure you get to join us here on earth so that you never forget these facts. You aren't a scientific experiment. We just have to try extra hard to start your life. And when you are in our arms at the end of this journey, I hope I can look back on this post and wash away all heartache that has clouded over me for so long now. I love you and you don't even exist yet. Crazy? Maybe. But I don't care because you will be the light of my life.
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