February 2010
6 posts
January 2010
9 posts
Not So Happy Anniversary.
Officially starting the process for us yesterday was a BIG DEAL. Today marked the one year anniversary of Kim’s surgery that was confirming our nightmare of not being able to conceive. On top of that there was a scare that what they found could be cancerous. There was not a large threat but hey, isn’t any threat too large!!
Anyway, to hand in that application and begin our new journey of...
Our first official adoption meeting...
So if I could just bottle a little bit of the excitement I experienced last night I would (as I’m sure I’ll need it for the rough patches ahead). The meeting went far better than I expected. It was a packed room full of people who I imagine share similar stories to ours. Some had done this before but many were hearing things for the first time just like us. We have timelines, pricing guides,...
Adoption as an option...
Here is another post from my blog dated June of 2009:
(Now before I get into what I’ve been pondering I want to clarify that this my personal opinion concerning my life. I am the very proud aunt to three gorgeous IVF babies…so I’m not against it in any way.)
I have really struggled with reasons why I’ve been burdened with infertility. Something that “should”come so naturally by God’s design...
Infertility.
I had a laparoscopy surgery back in January 2009 which confirmed stage IV Endometriosis and Polycystic ovaries. Not only that but it was quite obvious my fallopian tubes were damaged as well. The RE initially thought it was due to an infection but after the lap realized it was just a side effect of the endo. Since one of my tubes is completely blocked my risk of ectopic pregnancy has increased...
A Little Backstory...
There are some folks that may not know the story of how adoption became the plan for our family. I thought it would be appropriate to share from a post I wrote after learning the news of our infertility in November of 2008 (from a personal blog.):
Not only did I reschedule an appointment for a Monday morning, I also thought it was wise to accept an 8am slot. This was to be my first visit to a...