Our Big News!

I just got back from the doctor's office today and we are having a boy and a girl sometime early February! We are thrilled and feel so very blessed. As many of you know we have struggled with infertility. After many, many treatments and procedures including one failed in vitro we were blessed with our sweet little boy four years ago through in vitro as well as divine intervention I'm sure. We were hoping our next pregnancy wouldn't be as difficult to acheive, but that was not the case. I went back on fertility meds the Winter of 2010 and found out we were expecting in April of 2010. We were ecstatic, however, that pregnancy ended in a miscarriage at 9 weeks. We were devastated, but hopeful that perhaps I could get pregnant without some of the more invasive fertility procedures. Unfortunately, we were not successful. In January of this year we felt it was the right time for us to try in vitro again. Scott was leaving for his deployment, so we scheduled everything down to the wire. The egg retrieval and fertilization took place just hours before he left on his assignment. We both felt good about our decision and anxiously waited the long two-weeks to find out if it worked. It did not. We were both very surprised and deeply upset. We had been so sure that it would work. We resigned ourselves to the fact that it wasn't the right time and we needed to leave things in God's hands. Scott was off in Texas getting ready to leave for Afghanistan when I met with my doctor at the end of February for a post ivf consultation. He asked me when I wanted to try again and I told him Scott wouldn't be home until January of 2013, so it would be at least that long. He became very serious and said, "I would not wait a whole year before you try again. I have Scott's back up sample from your last attempt and I know what we need to do differently this time. I think we need to try again as soon as possible." That was not what I had expected to hear. I told him I needed to go home and talk to Scott about it. We both spent a few days praying and seeking guidance on what we should do. We knew it would be an emotional as well as financial sacrifice, but in the end we both felt we needed to try again. So, I started all over again at the end of April with all the hormones and injections. This time was a lot harder without Scott here, but I became a pro at giving myself all the shots. I went in for the egg retrieval on May 27th and the embryo tranfer on June 1st. We got the happy news on June 11th that we were expecting and found out on July 5th that we were having twins! We have been so excited and are so thanful for all the prayers that have been offered in our behalf. We truly feel that is what has made the difference this time. I have had so many people tell me they have been praying for my family since Scott has been gone and I am eternally grateful for your prayers!