I love Fridays. Just me and Pumpkin.
This morning we stopped by the doctor (35 + Celiac's = lots of blood work), went to JoAnne's, then Target and ended at our favorite salad joint for lunch. She didn't eat quite as much this time. Although it did take a while. She's all Miss Independent today and wanted to eat everything with a fork. Including her goldfish crackers.
In fact, she wanted to put her pants on this morning all by herself.
Wouldn't let me touch.
She did a good job too. Put her leg into the wrong side a couple of times but she'd just start over and try again. I did have to snap them for her which did not make her at all happy.
No complaints on her developing a little independent streak.
None.
Soooo...
A dear friend at work is in the suppression stage of her first round on IVF. She's excited and nervous but for the most part she's got that IVF newbie glow. That I'll-be-pregnant-soon-after-waiting-so-long glow. The good news is they are "unexplained" so I have lots of hope she will, in fact, be pregnant soon. Seen lots of unexplainers over the years be IVF One Hit Wonders.
Of course, there's lots of questions about the schedule. She was wondering when she should ask off for the retrieval and transfer. Questions that have no real answer. It could be one of these three days for retrieval and one of these three days either three days after those first three days or five days after those first three days.
Basically, clear your schedule.
So I went through the blog from IVF 2.5 way back in July 2009 and sent the dates to her so she could get an idea of what it could be like. That schedule was pretty much perfect and exactly what we prayed for.
Next week, she's bringing her paper work and the tentative schedule for us to walk through. I remember seeing those sheets of paper the first time. It looked like absolute Greek. With some numbers thrown in there just for fun.
She'll order her drugs then too. For which, she will only pay a co-pay.
As I read the words I'd written two and a half years ago, I felt like I was reliving each moment. All those miracles. Some we had prayed for and some we hadn't even thought to pray for. Heck, didn't even know that were a possibility.
I was struck by our rock star embryo's growth and how even then, when she was just 11 cells on day 3, I told our embryologist that was our little girl. Noticed Dad had named our two little blasts we transferred "Hope and Glory" and now one of those babies is in Glory with our Savior. Stunned at people describing my eggs and our embryos as great when just four months earlier they had been old and limited.
And then I realized our newest miracle baby is scheduled to arrive exactly three years since IVF 2.5.
God. He's good at this stuff.
I know I've been grateful for our infertility journey before but I think it's worth more praise. I pray the Lord will use this new journey beside my friend as a chance to witness. An opportunity to show His love in what can be a dark time.
Say a prayer for my friend if you remember. I know she would be grateful. And I know all of you are powerful prayer warriors which makes me giddy to see how God uses this journey to change her life and the life of her husband and future children.
This morning we stopped by the doctor (35 + Celiac's = lots of blood work), went to JoAnne's, then Target and ended at our favorite salad joint for lunch. She didn't eat quite as much this time. Although it did take a while. She's all Miss Independent today and wanted to eat everything with a fork. Including her goldfish crackers.
In fact, she wanted to put her pants on this morning all by herself.
Wouldn't let me touch.
She did a good job too. Put her leg into the wrong side a couple of times but she'd just start over and try again. I did have to snap them for her which did not make her at all happy.
No complaints on her developing a little independent streak.
None.
Soooo...
A dear friend at work is in the suppression stage of her first round on IVF. She's excited and nervous but for the most part she's got that IVF newbie glow. That I'll-be-pregnant-soon-after-waiting-so-long glow. The good news is they are "unexplained" so I have lots of hope she will, in fact, be pregnant soon. Seen lots of unexplainers over the years be IVF One Hit Wonders.
Of course, there's lots of questions about the schedule. She was wondering when she should ask off for the retrieval and transfer. Questions that have no real answer. It could be one of these three days for retrieval and one of these three days either three days after those first three days or five days after those first three days.
Basically, clear your schedule.
So I went through the blog from IVF 2.5 way back in July 2009 and sent the dates to her so she could get an idea of what it could be like. That schedule was pretty much perfect and exactly what we prayed for.
Next week, she's bringing her paper work and the tentative schedule for us to walk through. I remember seeing those sheets of paper the first time. It looked like absolute Greek. With some numbers thrown in there just for fun.
She'll order her drugs then too. For which, she will only pay a co-pay.
As I read the words I'd written two and a half years ago, I felt like I was reliving each moment. All those miracles. Some we had prayed for and some we hadn't even thought to pray for. Heck, didn't even know that were a possibility.
I was struck by our rock star embryo's growth and how even then, when she was just 11 cells on day 3, I told our embryologist that was our little girl. Noticed Dad had named our two little blasts we transferred "Hope and Glory" and now one of those babies is in Glory with our Savior. Stunned at people describing my eggs and our embryos as great when just four months earlier they had been old and limited.
And then I realized our newest miracle baby is scheduled to arrive exactly three years since IVF 2.5.
God. He's good at this stuff.
I know I've been grateful for our infertility journey before but I think it's worth more praise. I pray the Lord will use this new journey beside my friend as a chance to witness. An opportunity to show His love in what can be a dark time.
Say a prayer for my friend if you remember. I know she would be grateful. And I know all of you are powerful prayer warriors which makes me giddy to see how God uses this journey to change her life and the life of her husband and future children.
Yes He is! His timing is perfect. Hindsight is much easier. Praying for you always and I will pray for your friend too. Love, Mom
ReplyDeleteI will definitely be praying for your friend..oh the ups and downs of IVF! But it is absolutely an adventure and a blessing, as you eloquently said:)
ReplyDeleteWonderful to hear the fun updates about your Pumpkin as well. Can't believe how much she's learning and doing herself now!
Saying a prayer for your friend this morning. Yes, the whole not being able to plan your life those couple of weeks is tough...especially if you are being discreet about it. My coworkers knew, so that made it easier. But, I was close with them, so it didn't feel awkward to tell them. My Ella was a first time IVF wonder. I have stage 4 endometriosis. None of my frozens ever worked that. The twins were another fresh cycle. I've heard some physicians say that some women do better with one or the other. No scientific reason...just some women seem to have one way work best for them. So, you can share that with your friend.
ReplyDeleteI didn't realize you were pregnant again! YAY! That just made my morning. I haven't kept up with my blog reading very well the past couple months, so I'm catching up. Keep us posted. I hope you are right that it is a boy. I know you will be excited either way!