Too Much Information....

I started my period yesterday... Yeah, I said it and I'm owning it. We are beginning into the not so magical world of fertility testing and you can't begin many of the tests until your cycle starts, so hence my announcement.  I have had many of my friends ask how it's going, I decided my blog was the best way to let everyone know how it's going without having to explain it a million times.

Here is our story and I will update it whenever there is something new to tell.  We have been trying to have a baby for close to 2 years now.  I have had a couple very early miscarriages and other than that no pregnancies.  About a year ago we went to our family doctor who gave us orders to get a blood test for me and for my husband to get his swimmers checked.  I am not sure why but it took us a year to actually go in and get tested.  I think we were afraid to hear bad news.  Well, we had maxed out our out of pocket expenses for 2011 so we finally went at the end of December and did the testing we were dreading. 

Anyone who had ever done any sort of testing knows that it is a LONG wait until you hear the results.  Our son DC had an appointment with our doc a few days later, so while my husband was there with our son he asked for the results.  Much to his dismay the doctor (who we won't be seeing anymore) sent her very young CNA in to deliver a referral slip to a fertility specialist and bad news.  Within a week we were sitting in the fertility specialists office discussing our options.  He had looked over our results and said not to worry quite yet, we weren't beyond hope.  Thank heavens. 

We left the office with a plan and that felt great!  We feel so hopeful knowing we have such an experienced confident specialist working with us.  His office staff was so helpful and everyone was so NICE!  They made us feel comfortable and spent all the time with us we needed and answered all of the questions we had. 

Monday I go in for a more extensive blood test and an ultrasound on my ovaries.  Then a few days after that I have to go to the hospital for another test, they tell me it's going to be unpleasant...  Then in 10-14 days we are going to try insemination!  At that time they will also do a more extensive test on my husbands swimmers... Bottom line is by the end of the month we should know what the problem is.  I am trying so hard not to get my hopes up about the insemination, but I just can't help it.  The doc says it usually doesn't work the first time, I'm trying not to forget that.

Meanwhile, I am SO thankful for my sweet baby boy.  He is perfect and we love him so much.  He filled a hole in my heart and everyday he makes life wonderful.  I am thankful things have happened the way they have otherwise we might not have him and that would be unimaginable.  No matter what happens this month with our testing I am going to do my best to just put my trust in The Lord.  So far he has followed through with all of his promises and I need to learn to trust his timetable.  Adoption has blessed our lives in ways we could have never imagined and so if we end up adopting all of our kids then we will be the happiest people on earth.

I'll let you know how the testing on Monday goes....