By the way...I had a cute valentine on here with a puppy & a heart. I never should have given Cameron the password...he put up this creepy, bald cupid! I'm leaving it because it's actually kind of funny!
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Happy Valentine's Day!!!
By the way...I had a cute valentine on here with a puppy & a heart. I never should have given Cameron the password...he put up this creepy, bald cupid! I'm leaving it because it's actually kind of funny!
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
HAPPY 34th BIRTHDAY, JEFF!!
Today, my brother Jeff turns the big 3-4! You look great for middle age...remember 34 is the new 45 - happy birthday, Broham!
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Blizzard 2008
Well, it truly is a blizzard up here! We have gotten at least an inch per hour since about 7:30 this morning. O'Hare cancelled 1,000 flights today. It has pretty much been a white out all day! Since we have 4 wheel drive, I decided to venture out to see how bad the roads were...I didn't get very far. The news just confirmed our total for the day: 13.5 inches! We've gotten over a foot since this morning and it's still snowing! I'm obviously stuck at home with our dogs and VERY bored so, I made this so you all could share in our blizzard!
Incredibly Inspiring Blogs
I have been given links to 3 different blogs that I've been following. I can't remember who shared them with me but they are so awe inspiring that I wanted to share them with you. The first blog is about a couple (Nate & Tricia) who struggled to conceive their first baby due to Tricia's cystic fibrosis. As they were waiting for Tricia's double lung transplant, they found out she was pregnant. Tricia delivered a beautiful little premie girl, Gwynneth, at 24 weeks, 4 days. The baby is doing miraculously well and they are currently waiting on Tricia's double lung transplant. If you're interested please click here to read their incredible story.
The other blogs (there are actually 2 with similar stories) are about 2 different couples who struggled to conceive because of the woman's endometriosis - obviously something we can relate to. They both delivered quadruplets in the fall. You can read about these quads by clicking here and here.
I have yet another SNOW DAY as Chicago is in the midst of blizzard 2008!! We're supposed to get up to 20 inches in the northern suburbs - CRAZY! So - there might be several new posts today.
The other blogs (there are actually 2 with similar stories) are about 2 different couples who struggled to conceive because of the woman's endometriosis - obviously something we can relate to. They both delivered quadruplets in the fall. You can read about these quads by clicking here and here.
I have yet another SNOW DAY as Chicago is in the midst of blizzard 2008!! We're supposed to get up to 20 inches in the northern suburbs - CRAZY! So - there might be several new posts today.
Saturday, February 2, 2008
HAPPY 28th BIRTHDAY, JANEL!!!
Janel is 28 today...careful, little sis - you're approaching the old age of 30!! Things change & shift when you hit 30 and it's not quite as easy to keep the oreo cookies off the thighs! :)
Andon's going to be a BIG brother!
I was sworn to secrecy for a while, but I finally got approval from Janel to share the news: Janel is preggers and Andon is going to be a big brother in August! Exciting news for the Zehring clan, right? We can't wait to meet the littlest Zehring late this summer! Congratulations to Brian, Janel & Andon - 2008 is looking so much better than 2007! Keep the good news coming! Love you guys!
Friday, February 1, 2008
Facelift
We got a facelift...do you like?? Cameron put together our very beachy, cool header because we decided we needed a change for the new year! Hopefully 2008 will have many beachy, cool vacations in it's future!
Thursday, January 31, 2008
In-Vitro Schedule
We started the in-vitro process again at the beginning of January and I kept this "journal" from day 1. Unfortunately, this cycle ended in cancellation for lack of strong embryos. I'm sharing this "journal" with you now even though we didn't have the outcome we were hoping for. We've been sharing this journey with you all along so why stop now? WARNING: very long post!!
Friday, January 11th:
Doc appt today - got the thumbs up to start my stimulation meds on Monday, January 14th. I will be taking 2 shots per day, a steroid pill, 4 folic acid pills, prenatal vitamins and a B complex vitamin. There are some other meds / shots I have to take along with this DAILY!! Puts a new spin on popping pills! :) So excited to start this again...
Friday, January 18th:
So far, so good...looks like we're currently "growing" 13 eggs!! Will know more on the 22nd but doctor will definitely be plucking the eggs the week of January 21st. Martin Luther King day has been a good luck holiday for us - that is when Cameron confessed his undying love for me 9 years ago! And now, we'll be making petri dish babies that week! :)
Tuesday, January 22nd:
Looks like we "grew" a couple more eggs this weekend - 15 are showing up on the ultrasound! YIPPEE!! They will be retrieving the eggs on friday, January 25th. They fertilize them right away and on Saturday, January 26th we'll find out how many baby Hatten embryos we have incubating.
Friday, January 25th:
16 EGGS!!! They got 16 eggs today and tomorrow we'll find out how many fertilized!
Saturday, January 26th:
We have 6 baby Hatten embryos as of this morning...we'll be transferring them back into their "home" on Wednesday, January 30th. Well, not all of them - we'll decide with our doctor how many we should put back. Usually 2, however since we've done this 2 times before she may decide 3 is a better number.
Tuesday, January 29th:
I spoke with the embryologist today and she's saying that we have "low quality" embies. The first 2 times we went through IVF, we had almost perfect quality embies so I'm devastated at this surprising news. We're not 100% sure we'll even be doing a transfer tomorrow, they may cancel our cycle.
Wednesday, January 30th:
So, we're literally putting all of our eggs in one basket as of this morning...we have one little embryo that is a possibility for transfer. They are cultivating that little one for one more day and planned transfer is now tomorrow. They still might cancel depending on how this little one does overnight. We're hoping this ONE is our little miracle. We're getting more answers as to why this is happening by working with this new specialist so, hopefully there is still a possibility in the future if this doesn't work.
Thursday, January 31st:
We're officially cancelled as of today, no transfer will be taking place.
It's amazing to me how a journey I never thought I would be on has had such an impact on my life. I never knew that I had endometriosis until we tried to have a baby. I never knew the extent of the damage to my ovaries until we had worked with 3 different doctors. I never knew what yearning was until we faced this challenge. I never looked around and judged parents as I do now, wondering how they can be so blessed and not appreciate it.
Friday, January 11th:
Doc appt today - got the thumbs up to start my stimulation meds on Monday, January 14th. I will be taking 2 shots per day, a steroid pill, 4 folic acid pills, prenatal vitamins and a B complex vitamin. There are some other meds / shots I have to take along with this DAILY!! Puts a new spin on popping pills! :) So excited to start this again...
Friday, January 18th:
So far, so good...looks like we're currently "growing" 13 eggs!! Will know more on the 22nd but doctor will definitely be plucking the eggs the week of January 21st. Martin Luther King day has been a good luck holiday for us - that is when Cameron confessed his undying love for me 9 years ago! And now, we'll be making petri dish babies that week! :)
Tuesday, January 22nd:
Looks like we "grew" a couple more eggs this weekend - 15 are showing up on the ultrasound! YIPPEE!! They will be retrieving the eggs on friday, January 25th. They fertilize them right away and on Saturday, January 26th we'll find out how many baby Hatten embryos we have incubating.
Friday, January 25th:
16 EGGS!!! They got 16 eggs today and tomorrow we'll find out how many fertilized!
Saturday, January 26th:
We have 6 baby Hatten embryos as of this morning...we'll be transferring them back into their "home" on Wednesday, January 30th. Well, not all of them - we'll decide with our doctor how many we should put back. Usually 2, however since we've done this 2 times before she may decide 3 is a better number.
Tuesday, January 29th:
I spoke with the embryologist today and she's saying that we have "low quality" embies. The first 2 times we went through IVF, we had almost perfect quality embies so I'm devastated at this surprising news. We're not 100% sure we'll even be doing a transfer tomorrow, they may cancel our cycle.
Wednesday, January 30th:
So, we're literally putting all of our eggs in one basket as of this morning...we have one little embryo that is a possibility for transfer. They are cultivating that little one for one more day and planned transfer is now tomorrow. They still might cancel depending on how this little one does overnight. We're hoping this ONE is our little miracle. We're getting more answers as to why this is happening by working with this new specialist so, hopefully there is still a possibility in the future if this doesn't work.
Thursday, January 31st:
We're officially cancelled as of today, no transfer will be taking place.
It's amazing to me how a journey I never thought I would be on has had such an impact on my life. I never knew that I had endometriosis until we tried to have a baby. I never knew the extent of the damage to my ovaries until we had worked with 3 different doctors. I never knew what yearning was until we faced this challenge. I never looked around and judged parents as I do now, wondering how they can be so blessed and not appreciate it.
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