I know it's been such a long time since I posted last, but can you believe it?! We're already 20 weeks! Actually, tomorrow we'll be 21 weeks, so less than halfway to go until we get to meet our sweet baby! Now that we're halfway there, I wanted to do a quick post to update... Continue Reading →
Frozen Transfer #4 Update!
Happy Spring friends!! I know it's been quite some time since I last gave an update, so here we go! In case you're not following me on Instagram, on March 6th we had our fourth frozen embryo transfer. Everything went perfectly (aside from my bladder taking FOREVER to fill up enough to actually do the... Continue Reading →
Coping With Miscarriage and What’s Coming Next
If you read my last post, you know that at 5 weeks 4 days we had a biochemical pregnancy, or more simply put, a miscarriage. For those who don't know, a biochemical pregnancy occurs when you get an early positive pregnancy test, but are unable to see anything on the ultrasound. Regardless of when it... Continue Reading →
The Long-Awaited Results Are In…..
Y'all it has been quite the emotional roller coaster the past few weeks, eagerly awaiting to find out if our transfer was successful or not. In case you missed my last update, we were able to do a frozen embryo transfer on December 22nd! Everything went perfectly for the transfer and our doctor couldn't have... Continue Reading →
In A Holidaze by Christina Lauren
If you’re looking for a feel good, makes you laugh and makes you cry holiday book, then this is a great book for you! I honestly had a hard time putting it down, it hooked me that instantly. In A Holidaze follows May as she is forced to repeat her family holiday vacation over and... Continue Reading →
Praying For a Christmas Miracle
Hello friends, and welcome back for another IVF update! If you caught my last living room post, I shared a short update on some of the results of our endomeTRIO testing. We had received the results back from the ERA showing I needed 183 hours of progesterone, which actually only equated to one additional day... Continue Reading →
Instant Pot Pumpkin Puree
There is nothing I love more at Thanksgiving than pumpkin pie (really, all things pumpkin all season long). It's kind of my thing. Every year for Thanksgiving, regardless of which side of the family we're going to, it's my job to bring the pumpkin pie. I'll be straight with y'all, I use the recipe on... Continue Reading →
What Are You Thankful For?
With Thanksgiving having just passed, I thought it would be nice to talk about being thankful even when times are tough. If you have been following my journey, you know that this year has been quite challenging with our fertility struggles. It's been a tough year physically, emotionally, and financially (these treatments do not come... Continue Reading →
Embryo Update – The Results Are In!
Y'all, let me just start off by saying it has been a crazy few weeks! We actually got the results from our PGT-A testing a couple weeks ago, but I have been so busy with life, I haven't had time to share them. I have to admit, though, all of those distractions have been most... Continue Reading →
Egg Retrieval #3!
Time for an IVF update! We just wrapped up our third egg retrieval cycle and I want to share how it went along with some other things that came up during the cycle. This retrieval had a very wonky start, to say the least. Typically what happens during a given retrieval cycle for me, which... Continue Reading →