Today is Wednesday and I confided in Patrick that I was worried about my right ovary so he decided to come to my appointment with me in case the news wasn’t great and I didn’t have to be alone.  I was really happy to have him there.  It makes waiting easier and I just feel… Continue reading Stim Day 5

Stim (stimulation) Day refers to the number of days you’ve been stimulating your ovaries through injections.  So this was my third day of shots.  Patrick and I did a Menopur in the morning and Follistim in the evening.  The Menopur helps my follies grown and the Follistim tells my body to grow all follicles, not just… Continue reading Stim Day 3

I haven’t posted in a long time!  A lot has happened since the first of January and I just can’t believe it is already March 2016.  Back in December, feeling discouraged about needing surgery to remove polyps, I thought this time would never come.  However, we are now in the thick of it and we are… Continue reading Our First IVF Cycle

Let it be known, 2015 just wasn’t my year.  I can name of some really happy memories from the year, but they are blurred from a lingering sadness of all the shitty things that happened this year.  This was my first year not posting something positive on NYE on Facebook.  This is kinda a big… Continue reading Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas!!!  Patrick and I hosted Christmas at our house this year.  We worked hard to update our two guest rooms for Patrick’s parents and brother and brother-in-law  to come stay with us.  My parents joined us for Christmas Eve and Christmas.  Time flew by and I can’t believe we are almost to the New… Continue reading Holidaze

The picture above is us leaving the hospital.  Patrick is happily driving us home and I’m trying not to appear too groggy in our photo. I am so relieved that as of this moment, I have minimal pain and I am recovering well.  Patrick and I woke up at 4am to take showers and get… Continue reading Recovering Nicely

My hysteroscopy is tomorrow morning at 7:30am.  Patrick and I have to be at the hospital at 5:30am!  Holy wake up call, Batman!  As I am typing this, I am feeling so nervous, but also at a point where I just want it behind me.  Beyond two oral surgeries, I haven’t gone through a surgery… Continue reading Facing Surgery Tomorrow

Once you determine that you’re ready for IVF, you’re assigned a Nurse Coordinator.  Ours is Rachel and she is so sweet and very organized.  Rachel gave us our checklist and guess what…..more tests!  I am actually grateful for the testing. We are about to put $20K towards IVF and we want to make sure we… Continue reading Next Steps

By taking a look at our About Us section, you can learn about who we are.  Most people in our lives already know these things about us, but very few people know anything about our struggle with fertility. This is because discussing infertility is still taboo.  It is very sad to us that this is the… Continue reading Starting Our Journey