The NeXT StePS

Since I am using my blog as sort of a journal to print out. I figured what better place to document our journey to parenthood than here to hold over our child's head for the rest of its life.

Not very many people read my blog and so this post and any like it to come after are definitely not for facebook conversations. Thanks :)

Ryan and I have begun all our medical appointments towards doing IVF this summer. After doing 6 rounds of fertility medicine and 2 rounds of IUI and still not conceiving we thought hard about it and decided we needed to go see a fertility specialist an run some more tests. We are in the middle of that right now and the doctor preliminary thinks not only is my right tube blocked but the hands at the end of my left tube that grab the egg are damaged. That is not to say it could never work it just means we don't know how long that could be. With Ryan getting ready to start Graduate school (I don't remember if I blogged about this but YEAH my hunny got accepted to grad school in Las Vegas so we are here to stay for a while). Anyways, Ryan starts school in July and it is 3 years straight. He is off school for most of May and June and so we made the decision we don't want to wait any longer and are moving forward with the process of IvF. We are hoping to do a June cycle and get enough eggs to have at least one more child in a few years. We are nervous and excited for the process!(right now more nervous though because I hate needles).

If all goes well with our testing I will begin hormones in the beginning of May when we return from Washington DC and be expecting in June.

I am praying for twins, Ryan is praying not for twins! :)

Here is a pic of our arms after a combined total of 30 vials of blood taken last week to run tests on everything under the sun! (btw me 22, Ryan 8). We look like drug addicts.

I have a feeling my aversion to needles will be cured after this!