Twinners

We finally have something blog worthy to blog about. Back in July we started the process for In-virto. That is basically what our summer consisted of. It is about a six week process of inject able medications. Going into this I was very scared for many reasons. I was really nervous to what the side effects were going to be from the medications and I was just nervous that it wouldn't work. All in all I have to say that it was a pretty easy thing to go through. I say easy only because it wasn't nearly as bad as we thought it was going to be. Every night as I gave myself a shot I thought.... We better get pregnant through this!

Towards the middle of August we did the whole egg retrieval and they did the fertilization. We ended up with 2 really good embryos on the day they did the transfer and we were able to freeze 3!

On August 27th we went back in to have the blood work done to see if the procedure was successful. We went to the clinic around 9:00 that morning and then they said that they would call us back later on that day with the results. We got home and Danny said "Darc you should just take a pregnancy test to see if you are" I was very hesitant because we had a bad experience with that once before, so I just didn't want to get my hopes up and then find out that it didn't work. Well I took one anyway and it showed up instantly that we were pregnant. Danny was very excited at that point but I still had to hear from the clinic before I believed it. Around 12:00 the nurse called and gave us the news "well you are definitely pregnant!" She said that my levels were really high. She said regularly they come back at around 100 and mine were at 912. She said that it could mean that either one implanted early on or that they both took. After we got off the phone we were so happy the water works began for me and we started passing the good news on to everyone! We later went back to the clinic on the 10th to see if there were twins or not. Sure enough the first thing the Dr. said when he was doing the ultrasound was "well you guys are going to have your hands full" our first thought was triplets but luckily enough its TWINS!

We couldn't be happier with the results. I don't know if we know quite what we're getting into, but I guess we won't know any different. The twins are due May 1st.

Going through this whole process we have felt so blessed by many friends and family members that have included us in many of their prayers and fasts. We have been so amazed at the outpouring of love that we have received from each one of you. This has been such a long journey for us. We wouldn't change it for a thing though. We are grateful for the lessons we learned and for the knowledge that everything happens in the Lords time and he knows whats best for us. I truly have gained such a testimony of that. We are so grateful for the love and support that we have received from everyone. We couldn't have done this without you! Now the next time I post will probably be when we find out the sex of the babies!

Sorry I always hate posts without pictures but I can't get our scanner to work or else I would post the ultrasound pic!