It has started!!!

Hi everyone! Wanted to give a quick update, things have been crazy busy so since I have 5 min to sit down and write this out here goes....

So we have officially started our IVF cycle!!! We received our medications a little over a week ago...check them out! 

How crazy is that?!?! And this is not including the 5 over the counter medications I have to take (one of them I take 3 times a day) and I have 2 other perscription medications, one I take nightly and the other will be started after the embryo transfer!! 

We went in and saw Dr Nackley on Friday, she did a saline sonogram to check the healing of my uterus since surgery, as well as making sure there is no scar tissue, PRAISE THE LORD, everything was perfect!!! It was kinda cool seeing my uterus as a normal shape and not like a heart lol. She also did a mock transfer just to see how things would be the day of the transfer with my body! 

After that we got our IVF schedule, I came home and put it all on our big calendar that is on our fridge, everything in purple is our Dr's appts! 

Crazy huh? She also gave me 4 more perscriptions to fill, as if I'm not already taking enough! Lol we also spoke with my IVF nurse as well as the embryologist, she kinda ran thru what all will happen at and after my egg retrieval! 

Talk about information overload! Lol We started taking Lupron on Friday as well, I take 20 units every night, this medication keeps me from ovulating on my own. 

I go back this Friday for a baseline sono and bloodwork- my hormone levels from this bloodwork will determine how much my starting dose of menopur and follistim will be, I will start these medications on November 2nd! 

I will try and update as much as I can thru this entire process! Thank you all so very much for all the prayers you have sent our way, I ask for continued prayers thru this new journey we are taking. Giving this all to God and living daily on my knees in prayer! :-) 

We WILL get pregnant this month, and I WILL stay pregnant for 9 months, and deliver our babies happy, healthy, alive and with hearts for God! 

God Bless, 

Randi 

Gearing up to bring out the big guns!

I feel like I have been so busy that I have not been able to sit still very long! Lol where to start...well about mid August, I was feeling unappreciated and undervalued at my job (had felt this way for quite some time) so I decided to get my résumé out there and see if anything would bite. I was offered a position pretty quickly making more money and only having to work 2-3 days a week (very long hours these days) I was very apprehensive about taking the position, but decided to take the leap and see what happens, it wasn't good from the beginning, very toxic environment and I knew this was probably not the best place for me to be, but decided to try and stick it out. The day after my first day of work I had gotten a voice mail from another office I had applied at, and my gut was screaming at me to call them back and at least see what they had to offer, but I stupidly decided not to. Things just seemed to be getting worse at my new job, I was extremely stressed out and very unhappy, I loved having a short work week, but was that really worth it?? Fast-forward 3 weeks, the other office calls again and leaves another VM, after a weekend to think about it, I was on my way to work one Monday morning and had this overwhelming feeling to call them to schedule an interview that I actually pulled the car over to do it! (anyone who knows me, knows that God sometimes has to yell at me or hit me over the head to get me to listen lol, I believe this was Him doing just that!) I scheduled my interview for that Wednesday, I went into the interview very relaxed, after my initial interview I had an immediate working interview (pretty good sign) and by the end of the day I was offered the job!!!! This office is a complete 180 of the other one, not toxic, not negative, no unethical things going on...just 1,000X better!!! I just finished my 2 work week there and I just LOVE IT there!!! 

I am however slightly nervous since we are about to pull out the big guns and start IVF, I do not want it to effect my job in anyway, and there may or may not be 2 days that I would have to take completely off (depending on how it all falls on the IVF calendar) I'm praying it will not be an issue at all! 

So, we are still trying to figure out when we are actually going to start, we know it will be in a couple of weeks, but still waiting till it feels right. We did find out a couple of weeks ago that we got approved for the loan that will cover the Dr's fee of 8,500!!! We are so unbelievably blessed by this!!! So now we are trying to figure out when to order the medications and get the ball rolling!! 

Please keep is in your prayers, that God gives us His perfect timing, His perfect peace and that everything goes according to His will and His plan, and that this is His plan and path for us. Please pray for my work to be understanding, and that any time off I will need will not be an issue! Thank you all for your support and love as you all have been so great thru the past 2 years of our journey with us!! "

"I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength!" 

God bless! 

Randi