Background Story

Welcome to my blog and thank you for visiting! As you can probably tell by the title of my blog, I have babies on the brain and have for quite some time. My husband Dave and I have been struggling to conceive pretty much since our wedding day in December of 2005. It has been a struggle full of hope and heartache but one that I have decided to open up about because I know we are not alone. Our journey over the past few years has taken us to where we are today...in vitro fertilization or IVF. We have been involved in the IVF program at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics since May of this year. It is a long process but we are nearing the moment of truth and are feeling excited, scared, nervous, grateful, and a roller coaster of just about every emotion you can think of. So, to get you up to speed, since Wednesday the 19th of August, Dave has been giving me daily injections that ultimately will cause my body to produce multiple eggs and to prepare it for pregnancy. Injections sounded pretty scary to me at first but it has all gone very smoothly...I think Dave missed his calling actually! He's a natural! Anyways, during the coming days, we will continue the injections and based on blood tests and ultrasound results, the hospital will schedule a date for the egg retrieval procedure. On that same day, they will fertilize all of the eggs and then three to five days later they will implant one of them. And yes, ONLY ONE! Sorry, I like kids but I do not intend on being the next Octo-Mom or Kate Gosselin! So, that is where we are at today. As I said, we are very hopeful but we know it is not a sure thing so your prayers would be greatly appreciated! I have come to believe that everything truly does happen for a reason and while I don't know at this point what that reason is, I do know that Dave and I have never been closer and however we achieve our dreams of parenthood, we will never take that responsibility for granted.