Ryan and I drove down to Biloxi on Sunday night and stayed at Keesler Air Force Base.
He had never been there and the hotel on post is very cheap so we headed that way.
After giving him the tour of the base, Ryan promptly confirmed his plans to try to join the Air Force after his commitment to the Army is up.
But don't worry that's not for six more years.
Anyway, Ryan had to see our doc in Mobile yesterday morning so we got up and headed from B to M.
While we were there I cornered one of the nurses and started grilling her about cysts and what would happen if I had one.
Because I have been having sharp pains in my right side very similar to the ones I have when I have a cyst.
She said that if I had one on Friday when we do my baseline ultrasound then we would increase my medicine to try to get rid of it but my cycle could be canceled.
I explained that if my cycle was canceled my heart would break and she decided to do an ultrasound right then.
I prayed my butt off while I was waiting for her to get started and THANK GOD! there were no cysts.
So I have no idea what it causing the pain but I do know as of now we are still on!
God is good!
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Friday, May 21, 2010
Things making me happy right now :)
1. My hubby being home on a Friday day. He has been running errands with me.
And he took me to Milky Moo's for a yummy lunch!
2. My Holy dirt!
My good friend Kari gave me some of her blessed dirt to take with me when we do IVF.
It's really cool, and I am super excited.
It's nice to have something tangible to remind me who is in control.
Here is a picture of Santuario de Chimayo where she got the dirt!
3. The anniversary gift we got in the mail from Robin!
The one down side of camping was that we never had coffee in the mornings.
Well, TADA! Problem solved!
4. I wrapped Clara's birthday present today and the wrapping just makes me happy.
I felt like a professional wrapper when I was all done it looked so cute :)
5. One week from today I will have my first ultrasound and this IVF cycle will officially be underway!
And he took me to Milky Moo's for a yummy lunch!
2. My Holy dirt!
My good friend Kari gave me some of her blessed dirt to take with me when we do IVF.
It's really cool, and I am super excited.
It's nice to have something tangible to remind me who is in control.
Here is a picture of Santuario de Chimayo where she got the dirt!
3. The anniversary gift we got in the mail from Robin!
The one down side of camping was that we never had coffee in the mornings.
Well, TADA! Problem solved!
4. I wrapped Clara's birthday present today and the wrapping just makes me happy.
I felt like a professional wrapper when I was all done it looked so cute :)
5. One week from today I will have my first ultrasound and this IVF cycle will officially be underway!
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Let go and let God!
I absolutely LOVE that!
I was just reading a fellow bloggers words of wisdom and she used that quote.
It really hit a chord with me.
It's so crazy how one little saying can open your eyes.
I will probably write more about this.
But for now I am going to go do some thinking and cookie baking!
Happy Thursday everyone!
Love you!
Oh and I changed my blog so now anyone can leave me a comment without being a member.
(This means you grandma and anyone else who wants to)!
Okay I am done with cookiepolooza!
Here is the finished product:
It's a gift for Ryan's instructor pilot since Ryan is moving on to a new one now.
He really liked Pedro, and Pedro really liked cookies and saying funny things.
So I made three different kinds of cookies and printed a list of Ryan's favorite Pedro one liners and VOILA!
I was just reading a fellow bloggers words of wisdom and she used that quote.
It really hit a chord with me.
It's so crazy how one little saying can open your eyes.
I will probably write more about this.
But for now I am going to go do some thinking and cookie baking!
Happy Thursday everyone!
Love you!
Oh and I changed my blog so now anyone can leave me a comment without being a member.
(This means you grandma and anyone else who wants to)!
Okay I am done with cookiepolooza!
Here is the finished product:
It's a gift for Ryan's instructor pilot since Ryan is moving on to a new one now.
He really liked Pedro, and Pedro really liked cookies and saying funny things.
So I made three different kinds of cookies and printed a list of Ryan's favorite Pedro one liners and VOILA!
Monday, May 17, 2010
I got my book in the mail!
So when I went to the embryology class at my doctors office in Mobile.
The embryologist leading the class was using a textbook for visual reference.
Because I am me I of course wrote down the name of the book so I could find a copy.
Ryan and I will be having a procedure called "ICSI" or Intra Cytaplasmic Sperm Injection.
This is a little different from the normal IVF protocal.
Normally, one egg is placed in a medium and 75,000 sperm are dropped in with the egg.
Instead, we are having a single sperm injected into each egg.
Here is the page from my new book that shows the process.
I know I am probably losing my followers posting stuff like this.
But hey it's my blog and I'll obsess if I want to.
And besides I think science is cool.
I want to share every picture in the book but I will spare you... for now.
Once we get to retrieval and (PLEASE GOD) have some embryos fertilized.
I will show pictures of what they look like.
Okay love everyone!
The embryologist leading the class was using a textbook for visual reference.
Because I am me I of course wrote down the name of the book so I could find a copy.
Ryan and I will be having a procedure called "ICSI" or Intra Cytaplasmic Sperm Injection.
This is a little different from the normal IVF protocal.
Normally, one egg is placed in a medium and 75,000 sperm are dropped in with the egg.
Instead, we are having a single sperm injected into each egg.
Here is the page from my new book that shows the process.
I know I am probably losing my followers posting stuff like this.
But hey it's my blog and I'll obsess if I want to.
And besides I think science is cool.
I want to share every picture in the book but I will spare you... for now.
Once we get to retrieval and (PLEASE GOD) have some embryos fertilized.
I will show pictures of what they look like.
Okay love everyone!
Monday, May 10, 2010
We have decided to try IVF! Updated 5/15
Ryan and I have decided that there is no better time than the present.
In light of the disappointing conversations with the clinic in Hawaii; we have decided to try a round of IVF with our clinic here.
It is more expensive but at the end of the day, we trust these doctors and feel they have our best interest in mind.
With that being said I am going to post a calendar of sorts for you guys.
If this is TMI just disregard :)
May 7: Lab work for the both of us.
May 10 (today): Met with Dr. and received 9 (!!!) prescriptions.
Received MMR immunization since mine does not show up in testing.
I am staying the night here in Biloxi, MS.
May 11: Embryology class, meeting with financial director in Mobile, AL.
May 14th: Both of start a precautionary round of antibiotics.
I start Lupron (15 units every morning)
May 18th: Uterine sounding in Mobile, AL
This was done on May 11th when I was in the office. I love that they saved me a trip to Mobile!
May 28th: First ultrasound & bloodwork visit for the cycle in Dothan, AL.
Lower my dosage of Lupron down to 10 units every morning and await further instruction.
This is an important day because if they find cysts on my ultrasound the IVF will be canceled :(
Please keep us in your thoughts today!!
June 8/9/10th: Egg retrieval
Depending on how my body reacts to the stimulation drugs my retrieval will be sometime the week of the 7th. As we get closer I will let you guys know the exact date!
This same day the embryologist will use a procedure called "ICSI" Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection to place a single sperm inside each egg. She will call us the following day to let us know how many eggs were successfully fertilized.
We will get a call everyday from the embryologist to let us know how our fertilized eggs are dping. Each egg will get a grade from 1-5 (5 being the best). We want 4's & 5's!!
June 11/12/13/14/15th: Implanting fertilized embryos if all goes well :)
There will be a lot more ultrasounds but those are play by ear sort of things so I will keep everyone posted.
PLEASE keep us in your prayers.
Hopefully our time has finally come :)
In light of the disappointing conversations with the clinic in Hawaii; we have decided to try a round of IVF with our clinic here.
It is more expensive but at the end of the day, we trust these doctors and feel they have our best interest in mind.
With that being said I am going to post a calendar of sorts for you guys.
If this is TMI just disregard :)
May 7: Lab work for the both of us.
May 10 (today): Met with Dr. and received 9 (!!!) prescriptions.
Received MMR immunization since mine does not show up in testing.
I am staying the night here in Biloxi, MS.
May 11: Embryology class, meeting with financial director in Mobile, AL.
May 14th: Both of start a precautionary round of antibiotics.
I start Lupron (15 units every morning)
This was done on May 11th when I was in the office. I love that they saved me a trip to Mobile!
May 28th: First ultrasound & bloodwork visit for the cycle in Dothan, AL.
Lower my dosage of Lupron down to 10 units every morning and await further instruction.
This is an important day because if they find cysts on my ultrasound the IVF will be canceled :(
Please keep us in your thoughts today!!
June 8/9/10th: Egg retrieval
Depending on how my body reacts to the stimulation drugs my retrieval will be sometime the week of the 7th. As we get closer I will let you guys know the exact date!
This same day the embryologist will use a procedure called "ICSI" Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection to place a single sperm inside each egg. She will call us the following day to let us know how many eggs were successfully fertilized.
We will get a call everyday from the embryologist to let us know how our fertilized eggs are dping. Each egg will get a grade from 1-5 (5 being the best). We want 4's & 5's!!
June 11/12/13/14/15th: Implanting fertilized embryos if all goes well :)
There will be a lot more ultrasounds but those are play by ear sort of things so I will keep everyone posted.
PLEASE keep us in your prayers.
Hopefully our time has finally come :)
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Back home!
Well, I had a really good week back home helping Robino get her wedding stuff planned.
I think we may very well have set some sort of wedding planning record for the amount of things we got done.
The wedding is going to be so beautiful, I can hardly wait to see the finished product.
Plus I get to wear my pretty dress and shoes.
And you know I love getting my hair done.
We found out while I was in OKC that we will be moving to Hawaii sometime this July (?)
We are sooooo excited, I was so sure we would get somewhere like Kansas or Texas.
But nope we get to spend a few years in paradise!!!
And of course, if you are reading this blog, it means I love you.
So you are automatically invited.
The bad thing is that the Army has "verbally" told us where we are going.
But without written orders we really can't get the ball rolling on moving plans.
And believe me there is a lot to plan when moving overseas.
So its more of the waiting game, that we all love.
As most of you know, the whole reason we requested Hawaii is because they have a wonderful IVF (in vitro) program on the post there.
Because it is an Army hospital they offer IVF for about 1/4 of the cost a civilian clinic charges.
So we put all of our hope in getting it done there.
Now we are getting the run around.
It seems that once you actually try to get on the list, the truth comes out.
They told us that; only active duty WOMEN can be added, you cannot be added to the list without being on the island and instead of the 1.5 year wait they told me before now it is 2.5 or more years.
Needless to say I have had a few breakdowns over the past couple of days.
But they will not break my spirit.
We are going to have a family, we just need to regroup and make another plan.
Everyone please pray for us.
We need some guidance from the big guy.
Okay I love you guys.
I think we may very well have set some sort of wedding planning record for the amount of things we got done.
The wedding is going to be so beautiful, I can hardly wait to see the finished product.
Plus I get to wear my pretty dress and shoes.
And you know I love getting my hair done.
We found out while I was in OKC that we will be moving to Hawaii sometime this July (?)
We are sooooo excited, I was so sure we would get somewhere like Kansas or Texas.
But nope we get to spend a few years in paradise!!!
And of course, if you are reading this blog, it means I love you.
So you are automatically invited.
The bad thing is that the Army has "verbally" told us where we are going.
But without written orders we really can't get the ball rolling on moving plans.
And believe me there is a lot to plan when moving overseas.
So its more of the waiting game, that we all love.
As most of you know, the whole reason we requested Hawaii is because they have a wonderful IVF (in vitro) program on the post there.
Because it is an Army hospital they offer IVF for about 1/4 of the cost a civilian clinic charges.
So we put all of our hope in getting it done there.
Now we are getting the run around.
It seems that once you actually try to get on the list, the truth comes out.
They told us that; only active duty WOMEN can be added, you cannot be added to the list without being on the island and instead of the 1.5 year wait they told me before now it is 2.5 or more years.
Needless to say I have had a few breakdowns over the past couple of days.
But they will not break my spirit.
We are going to have a family, we just need to regroup and make another plan.
Everyone please pray for us.
We need some guidance from the big guy.
Okay I love you guys.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
It's been a while..
For some reason this website decided that it had had enough of my blogs for the month of March so it would not allow me to update until now.
I guess I have a new slate now that it is April.
So let's play catch up, shall we?
On March 27th Ryan and I decided to head to the lake with some friends to hang out on their boats since it was going to be in the 80's that day.
So we all packed up and headed for Lake Tholocco here on post.
There were two boats of people, one for relaxing and sun tanning, which I obviously inhabited.
The other were for the crazies that decided it was an awesome idea to go wakeboarding even though no one present had ever done so before.
So of course Ryan was the first one in the water, teaching himself to wakeboard. He got up his second try and did really well and of course made it look easy so the other guys wanted to try.
So another tried and he did awesome too.
So Troy, Ryan's stick buddy from primary decided to go next and SNAAAAP!
He broke his femur in half. Spiral break, which apparently is the very worst kind.
We all thought he was joking because he never even got out of the water and when we pulled up he was completely calm saying things like "can someone please call an ambulance I broke my leg". I would have been screaming and making a real big scene but not Troy.
So anyway they did surgery that night at the ER and he is now the proud owner of some titanium hardware in his leg.
He says he is the six million dollar man.
He has been staying with us since he got released last Monday because he is not able to cook for himself or drive.
It's been nice to have a third person around because it makes preparing dinner easier because there is another mouth to eat the "way too much" I always make.
On March 31st Ryan flew a Black Hawk for the first time and he has been flying ever since then.
I wish everyone could listen to him talk about, he really lights up. It is so cool to see someone living out their dream.
I am hoping that one of these days I will get to see him flying but no such luck so far.
Yesterday was our 2nd anniversary and we have decided that in our second year our luck is going to turn around. We went to Cheeburger Cheeburger (and yes I spelled that correctly) and we pigged out! Cheeseburgers, fries and shakes. I think we must be getting old because this morning we both felt awful but it was wonderful at the time.
Today I took my Jenny Leigh to get a procedure done at Flowers hospital, the same place that I had my last one done.
I really hate that place, they do not have their "stuff" together ( I am tempted to use another word for stuff).
But the procedure went pretty well for her.
I feel so bad for her, she is such a sweet girl and I hate to see her in so much pain all of the time.
I thought that I had it bad in the fertility department but now I feel grateful that I am not worse off.
Nothing like a good old reality check.
I am going to miss her so much when she leaves for Germany :(
Ryan should be getting his orders here in the next couple of weeks.
Talk about suspense!
It's a pretty exciting time around here, with Black Hawks and orders up in the air.
AND my final piece of news.
I have finally decided what I want to do when I grow up (haha).
I want to be an ultrasound tech.
After my 20th+ ultrasound I realized that I would love to do that.
Not only because I would be able to show parents their babies for the first time but also to encourage women going through what I have been through.
It makes all the difference in the world when I get a nice, upbeat tech.
They can make bad news seem bearable (sp?)
On the other hand, when I get a cold tech I feel all alone in my problems.
I don't know if that makes sense but I just know I would be able to help others even if it was just making their bad day a little better.
I have already been researching schools in Hawaii and there is a program in Honolulu, now lets just hope thats where we get sent!
Okay gotta make the boys dinner.
PS 4 more days til wedding planning extravaganza 2010!
I guess I have a new slate now that it is April.
So let's play catch up, shall we?
On March 27th Ryan and I decided to head to the lake with some friends to hang out on their boats since it was going to be in the 80's that day.
So we all packed up and headed for Lake Tholocco here on post.
There were two boats of people, one for relaxing and sun tanning, which I obviously inhabited.
The other were for the crazies that decided it was an awesome idea to go wakeboarding even though no one present had ever done so before.
So of course Ryan was the first one in the water, teaching himself to wakeboard. He got up his second try and did really well and of course made it look easy so the other guys wanted to try.
So another tried and he did awesome too.
So Troy, Ryan's stick buddy from primary decided to go next and SNAAAAP!
He broke his femur in half. Spiral break, which apparently is the very worst kind.
We all thought he was joking because he never even got out of the water and when we pulled up he was completely calm saying things like "can someone please call an ambulance I broke my leg". I would have been screaming and making a real big scene but not Troy.
So anyway they did surgery that night at the ER and he is now the proud owner of some titanium hardware in his leg.
He says he is the six million dollar man.
He has been staying with us since he got released last Monday because he is not able to cook for himself or drive.
It's been nice to have a third person around because it makes preparing dinner easier because there is another mouth to eat the "way too much" I always make.
On March 31st Ryan flew a Black Hawk for the first time and he has been flying ever since then.
I wish everyone could listen to him talk about, he really lights up. It is so cool to see someone living out their dream.
I am hoping that one of these days I will get to see him flying but no such luck so far.
Yesterday was our 2nd anniversary and we have decided that in our second year our luck is going to turn around. We went to Cheeburger Cheeburger (and yes I spelled that correctly) and we pigged out! Cheeseburgers, fries and shakes. I think we must be getting old because this morning we both felt awful but it was wonderful at the time.
Today I took my Jenny Leigh to get a procedure done at Flowers hospital, the same place that I had my last one done.
I really hate that place, they do not have their "stuff" together ( I am tempted to use another word for stuff).
But the procedure went pretty well for her.
I feel so bad for her, she is such a sweet girl and I hate to see her in so much pain all of the time.
I thought that I had it bad in the fertility department but now I feel grateful that I am not worse off.
Nothing like a good old reality check.
I am going to miss her so much when she leaves for Germany :(
Ryan should be getting his orders here in the next couple of weeks.
Talk about suspense!
It's a pretty exciting time around here, with Black Hawks and orders up in the air.
AND my final piece of news.
I have finally decided what I want to do when I grow up (haha).
I want to be an ultrasound tech.
After my 20th+ ultrasound I realized that I would love to do that.
Not only because I would be able to show parents their babies for the first time but also to encourage women going through what I have been through.
It makes all the difference in the world when I get a nice, upbeat tech.
They can make bad news seem bearable (sp?)
On the other hand, when I get a cold tech I feel all alone in my problems.
I don't know if that makes sense but I just know I would be able to help others even if it was just making their bad day a little better.
I have already been researching schools in Hawaii and there is a program in Honolulu, now lets just hope thats where we get sent!
Okay gotta make the boys dinner.
PS 4 more days til wedding planning extravaganza 2010!
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