Our Event was a huge success!

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! 

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!

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. 

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.