On May 20, 2006 I married my best friend! Like many, I had our life planed out…new house, honey moon life for a couple years, then plan for kids….however, God had other plans in store for us. I went in for a regular annual shortly before we were married and it came back abnormal; after many biopsies , scrapings & other‘not so fun’ stuff, I was diagnosed with severe dysplasia. My Dr at the time told us if we wanted children we better start trying as it does not look promising….
Being parents is something Zach and I dreamed of, something that we talked about before we got married. Something we never questioned, nor ever thought we would have a hard time with---I don’t think anyone ever thinks having a child could possibly be hard. We knew we didn’t want to pass up an opportunity, and although this wasn’t in our ‘plan’…maybe it was Gods.
…so this is where our journey started.
We tried naturally for about a year, and then moved to naturally plus clomid…then naturally with femara, we did 2 IUI’s with clomid, then an IUI with injections….still no pregnancy. Nothing. We decided to rest for a year before moving forward with a fertility clinic. In 2011 we did our first IVF, only 2 blastocyst made it—we transferred both and neither took. That was hard. We waited a whole year before trying again. In 2012 around the same time we did our second IVF, 5 blasocyst made it this time, we transferred two and froze three. For the very first time in my life I was able to say the words ‘I’m pregnant’…one little bean took. We were over the moon. Sadly 9 short weeks later our babies heart stopped beating. I had a D&C a couple days later. Heartbroken can’t even describe how sad we were. However my Dr. suggested we jump right back into trying, doing an FET this time and transferring the three blastocyst that we froze. He said the D&C would help as well as FET’s are less stressful than an actual IVF. So we did it,what did we have to lose? and…. It worked! One baby held on tight…and stayed holding on for 36 weeks until he decided it was time to make an entrance (well he didn’t decide, I had preeclampsia and had to be induced).
We tried naturally for about a year, and then moved to naturally plus clomid…then naturally with femara, we did 2 IUI’s with clomid, then an IUI with injections….still no pregnancy. Nothing. We decided to rest for a year before moving forward with a fertility clinic. In 2011 we did our first IVF, only 2 blastocyst made it—we transferred both and neither took. That was hard. We waited a whole year before trying again. In 2012 around the same time we did our second IVF, 5 blasocyst made it this time, we transferred two and froze three. For the very first time in my life I was able to say the words ‘I’m pregnant’…one little bean took. We were over the moon. Sadly 9 short weeks later our babies heart stopped beating. I had a D&C a couple days later. Heartbroken can’t even describe how sad we were. However my Dr. suggested we jump right back into trying, doing an FET this time and transferring the three blastocyst that we froze. He said the D&C would help as well as FET’s are less stressful than an actual IVF. So we did it,what did we have to lose? and…. It worked! One baby held on tight…and stayed holding on for 36 weeks until he decided it was time to make an entrance (well he didn’t decide, I had preeclampsia and had to be induced).
Miles Thomas Pifer arrived on 4/19/2013; four weeks early weight 7lbs 5oz. That day our family became complete.
I don’t know why God takes us down bumpy paths at times, to grow as an individual is my best guess. I questioned his plan many of times, I cried many of tears, but throughout all the heartache I remained as hopeful and faithful as I possibly could. My husband and I found ways to laugh at our journey, we found ways to have fun, and we found ways to DANCE IN THE RAIN.
This blog is a glimpse in our life… it’s about how we tackled 7 years of infertility, it’s about us learning about parenthood….and just enjoying this life we were blessed with.
This blog is a glimpse in our life… it’s about how we tackled 7 years of infertility, it’s about us learning about parenthood….and just enjoying this life we were blessed with.
2 comments:
I just wanted to say congratulations. We had unexplained infertility and after a successful IUI had our first son in December of 2011. We knew we wanted one more and thankfully got pregnant naturally with our second boy who was born in May of this year. I love to hear stories of others overcoming their infertility. I think every couple who wants a child should be able to. Congratulations again!
I am in Lubbock so not too far from Amarillo. My husband grew up in Canyon (10 miles south of Amarillo) so we know the area really well! I would highly suggest looking at Canyon if you don't know where you'll be living yet.
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