Luke 11:9-10 9 “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
Galen and I are both so thankful for family and friends who pray. As many of you may know by now... we are expecting our 1st child in mid Aug. 2012. We've been down a very long road which you can read about here. My last post mentioned that we had some exciting options.
Our doctor gave us several options.... one was to do IVF again with my eggs, do IVF with donor eggs from a college age young lady and the other was embryo donation. I didn't want to go through the whole IVF process again and the massive expense with my eggs as we have seen 2 unsuccessful pregnancies. We talked about the donor egg thing but the high expense was a huge factor. The last option was to use embryo's from another couple who has been through IVF and have finished their family and did not want to destroy the embryos. As a christian, I believe life begins at conception and this these were potential babies just waiting for a chance. Both Galen and I feel at peace and VERY excited to accept the donor embryos.
Once we made that decision on embryo donation, the doctor's office sent us 4 profiles of couples that had put them embryos up for "adoption". Galen and I both read all the profiles separately and ended up picking the same 2 couples. When we visited with our doctor she told us couple "D" had the BEST embroys and really was the "BEST" choice that Galen and I both liked. The whole process began October 30 when I started giving myself daily shots to suppress my reproductive cycle and get it ready for a "frozen embryo transfer" (FET) cycle. On Nov 10th, we went in for a baseline ultrasound to see if everything was "quiet" and then Nov. 12 I began wearing estrogen patches along with the daily shots.
On November 30, we went to doctor's office for the transfer. As we were waiting for our doctor to return from surgery the embryologist came in to talk to us about the embryos that were to be transferred that day. He told us that they thawed 6 embryos and 3 survived the thaw and would be transferred that day. Galen asked him the success rate for FET and he said it was only 25% I was like WOW ... not too good! He then told use as he was showing us a picture of the embryos that this was "as good as it could be" for this type of cycle, that was HUGE from him since he tends to be VERY conservative and not too enthusiastic. I also remembered that Dr. Dorsett told us that these embryos were very high quality. The transfer when very well and I had to then be on bed rest for 2 long days and the wait begin as I continued getting nightly progesterone shots from Galen.
I was scheduled get a pregnancy blood test on Dec. 9 but on December 8 I was having severe back cramps and thought... this is how I felt when I found out I was pregnant in June. I thought hey I'll go get a home test and take it...... and it was POSITIVE! I was shocked.... I told Galen that night when he came home and then went for the blood test the next morning. I was so surprised and so relieved!
We have made it through the 1st trimester and now into our 2nd trimester. We were able to see our little one growing from sonograms at Dr. Dorsett's office 3 times. Today we met our new OB that will continue our care and delivery of our little gift. It was a great day as we got to finally hear the heartbeat of this precious baby. We love our new doctor and she was touched by our story and she said it gave her chills. I told Dr. Owen that I wanted as normal treatment as possible since everything else has be "not so" normal.
This road is had some twists and turns and lots of bumps but please continue to pray for this little miracle from God.
That's awesome, Melissa. So glad things have worked out this well so far. And I hope and pray they continue. God is amazing in what He can do, and do through others.
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