Isnt Life Ironic...

First, let me please apologize for the lapse in time from my last posting. As I'm sure everyone knows, our IVF cycle didn't work out as planned and I just couldn't bring myself to type the words. When IVF failed it was hard... No, it was unimaginably indescribably terribly hard. But as the saying goes, "Life goes on." And it did... Time helped heal our pain and eventually God gave us the ability to feel content again. We used that time of healing as a chance to grow closer to each other and in the process found a sense of peace in what had been our struggle for parenthood.

Now that the past is out of the way... Let me make you smile with the news of the year. WE ARE PREGNANT!!! No, I'm not joking. We are really truly pregnant. Isn't it crazy how things turn out? Science said it wasn't possible but God had other plans. Jason and I are elated and overjoyed and just so grateful that God picked us to be the parents of his miracle.

Details you ask... We are ten weeks along and due on Halloween! We found out four weeks ago while we were on vacation in Shreveport visiting our friends Stephanie and Wayne. I was feeling guilty about drinking a beer because before we left town I spoke with my nurse about getting back on BCP's and she fed me a nonsense line about how "miracles happen". So that I could drink my beer guilt free, the next morning I asked Jason if we could go get a pregnancy test so that I could clear my conscience of this ridiculous talk of miracles. My nurse the fortune teller... I wish you could have seen Jason's face when I walked out of the bathroom. Priceless! All he said was, "I'll be back. I'm going to get more tests". He came back with two more and both where positive before I could get my pants back up. Talk about shocked... Shocked doesn't come close. We were tickled numb. We came home Sunday and I went for blood work Monday to confirm the results and sure enough my Beta was really high. So we went Tuesday for an ultrasound to again confirm, and heard the most magical sound my ears have ever heard. Our baby already had a heartbeat! Best day of my life. Posting a picture of the latest ultrasound above. "Shim" was 9weeks 3days when this was done. Love to all!!

Grateful for our miracle,
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