Another Miracle!

As many of you know, it took us four years to get Claire to our family, and I miscarried a sweet baby in the process.  So I started fertility treatments again when Claire was still brand new, not knowing how long it would take this time.  I was devastated to send a second unborn baby to heaven at Christmastime in 2013, and then we had to continue more treatments. After a straight year of various doctors and specialists, and what felt like endless failed treatment cycles and tests, I learned we would be moving to Arkansas where I would be pretty far away from any fertility clinics.  I did one last desperate attempt with a letrozole/IUI round in the midst of the moving process (I don't recommend house hunting on fertility drugs, and having a friend give me a shot in the stomach in a public bathroom was a unique experience).  I was devastated when it failed, but we packed up and moved to Arkansas. I'm a little ashamed to admit that I gave up hope at that point. It was a tough move for me, I was pretty broken after such a long year.

So you can imagine my shock when two days after moving into our new house, I got a positive pregnancy test!! Positive!!! I was STUNNED!!! I still can hardly believe I'm PREGNANT!!!  I just started my second trimester!  I'm still shocked, but so thrilled to announce the pending arrival of a new little miracle, due August 2 :D

So far the baby has been very healthy, though I feel like I've been hit by a truck ;) It's been amazing to see our sweet little baby grow and wiggle since we get to peek at him/her every three weeks (one of the only benefits to being on the high risk list I guess!).

FYI - For this baby we are making monthly videos instead of writing weekly letters, so no letters this time, sorry!  I started the videos before I was pregnant and talked to the baby about the treatments we were going through to get him/her here.  I will try to post occasional updates, but I don't plan to post the videos.

If you struggle with infertility, you are not alone and you can reach out to me anytime.

Miracles happen, and we're so excited about ours!!