So our IVF Awareness Dinner and Silent Auction was a huge success,
and it would not have been possible without all the loving support we have from
so many amazing friends and family. James and I are truly blessed to have such
amazing people in our lives. I want to also say a huge THANK YOU to my best
friend of 23 years, Lauren Ng. Without
her, I would have never gotten done all that I needed to get done, nor would it
have looked as nice as it did. She is the most amazing best friend a girl can
ask for and her support in me during my struggle to be a mother has meant the world
to me. Lauren, I am so grateful to have you in my life and my future children
will be so lucky to have an amazing "Aunt". I love you!
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| Me and Lauren |
We had over 40 items donated to us for the auction and every
item was bid on numerous times. At the countdown to the end of the auction it
was nice to see people running up and trying to scribble their name down last minute
in an effort to win that item. The
dinner was delicious and the cake was so incredible. Our friend Ashley made this cake for us. She does have her own cake business
so if anyone local is looking for a cake please call her. Please e-mail me for
her information. We also had a local band TMJ Trio donate their time for our
event. They were amazing!
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| Our amazing cake! |
Through the support of all of you who support us we have reached
over 1/3 of the total cost of treatments. That is more than we ever imagined
and cannot even express how grateful we are. Through this journey of ours it has
really made us realize who are friends are and how amazing they are.
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| James and I thanking everyone |
On August 2, 2012, James and I had an appointment up in
Billings with Dr. Montville. At this appointment they did a saline infused
baseline ultrasound to make sure I did not have any more polyps growing and to
get a good look at my uterus and lining. James and I also had blood work done.
Every time you do fertility treatments they re-test you for all STD's and HIV.
James also had his semen analysis which of course came back way above average
in all areas. We also signed all of our consents for IVF and were told of the
process and also told that I can do all my monitoring, prior to egg retrieval,
here in Casper. This is amazing news. I do not have to take as much time off
from work and I also do not have to stay in a hotel as long. We were also told
that they send us a calendar of when to start taking all meds and dosage as
well as when and where all my monitoring appointments are here in Casper as
well as Billings. It is so organized and done for me, which I LOVE.
So starting September 1, 2012 I will start
taking my first dosages of medication and the monitoring will begin! If
everything goes how they want it to (which might not) then I should be ready
for egg retrieval on or around September 20, 2012 at which time I would need to
be in Billings and stay there for a week. Once they remove my
eggs they will be transferred to a Petri dish and the sperm will be placed on
top of them. Once they are fertilized they hope to let the embryos grow for 5
days before they implant them. We were told that before they are implanted we
get to go in the lab and look at the embryos under the microscope and get a
photo, which is really cool.
I will continue to blog our journey not only to keep people
updated but also because this is my online journal of what goes one.
I still have shirts and totes left over and for sale so
please let me know if you would like one!
Thank you to all the amazing supportive
people in our lives.
