Just the beginning of our life long journey!

    Two years ago Nathan sat me down and said, I have something I want to tell you. My interest was sparked at what words of wisdom I was about to hear.  He said, I think it is time; time to start trying for a baby! I was so happy and tearful that he wanted to start a family and it was "time"!! After 7 months of trying I knew something was wrong. I scheduled us an appointment at my gynecologist to see what our next step was. After tests on both of us we found out that Nathan had low sperm counts. We were then referred to NCCRM         (North Carolina Center for Reproductive Medicine) for fertility treatments.
    As we entered the fertility world we were still in shock that there was actually something wrong. After talking with Dr. Toma, at NCCRM, he assured us that we can still have a baby and to not lose hope. He went through many options with us, we decided that IUI (intrauterine insemination) was our best option at this time. We were told that three consecutive rounds of IUI would give us higher chances of getting pregnant. We did our first round of IUI in November 2010, with no success we were heart broken. We had our hearts set on a positive pregnancy test.  Emotionally and financially we could not do the next rounds of IUI. We decided to try the "old fashion way", no fertility treatments. We decided to use ovulation sticks and track temperatures. We did that for about 1 year with no success. Nathan came to me with another idea; sperm donor. I will admit I was not on board with this idea for a very long time. But after over 20 negative pregnancy tests I was losing hope that we would ever have a baby. After many sleepless nights and prayer I decided to use a sperm donor.
     December 2011,  we are ready to dive back into the fertility world, we have healed and hopes are high when we went back to NCCRM to discuss another three rounds of IUI with a sperm donor. During our meeting with Dr. Toma he expressed his concerns against using a sperm donor and discussed the other options that we could not do a year ago, IVF!! I was relieved and thankful, no lets say ecstatic that we were going to use Nathan's sperm. We were going to have OUR baby with his BIG ears and all!! Financially,we knew that we could do it! Emotionally, we are ready!
    That is where we are now. I will be starting the IVF treatments this month. I have decided to do a Vlog/Blog so I can include our families and friends into this exciting process with us. I have a favor to ask all of you.  Please pray that this process works the first time with a healthy baby.  We are strong now but disappointment takes its toll. I will try to do more video than writing in the future, hopefully I will be vlogging a couple times a week. Thank you all for your support, guidance and excitement during this time with us!!!!!