The difference a year makes…

Who knew that a year ago today would have changed our lives forever. Tom and I wanted to start a family and started our journey in the January of 2006. After a year of trying to get pregnant, I was diagnosed with PCOS and we had 4 failed clomid cycles. We then had to make a decision on what to do next. In the February of 2007 we decided to be a little more aggressive and try shots with IUI.

A year ago today we got the go ahead to try shots with an IUI. We made the choice to give this a try. We knew this was not a guarantee and it was a step in our treatment program. We wanted to start our family and knew all we could do was pray. Tom and I put this into God’s hands and knew he would take care of us. The next couple of weeks were very long, we went to the doctor every other day and he checked on our progress. After 2 weeks, the doctor said we were ready for our IUI. On March 13th 2007 we then took another step in our program. We had the IUI. Everything at this time was out of our hands and all we could do was pray and wait. The next 2 weeks were the longest 2 weeks of our lives.

I woke up early Monday morning, the 26th of March, I was very nervous. Today would be the day we found out if we were pregnant or not. I remember going in for my blood work, no stranger to this, I had blood taken every other day at the beginning of this process. I went back to work and waited, I checked my phone every 5 minutes waiting for a call from my nurse. She finally called and told me the news. My results were in and they were positive. We were going to have a baby. I couldn’t believe it. We got pregnant on the first try which the doctor later told us was a 17 percent shot.

We were so thankful and so excited; the next 9 months were going to be wonderful. We spent the next 9 months wondering what the baby would look like and wondered what the baby would be. A mini Tom or a mini Monica.

As many of you know, it was really only 8 months of waiting and then the last 4 months have been a life time in itself.

Over the course of the last year, we have so much to be thankful for. We have 2 very loving sets of parents, 2 wonderful sisters and a whole bunch of family and friends that are very dear to our hearts. We are very blessed and have so much to look forward to.

I know that the next year will be filled with so many new and exciting things. It will be another journey. Here is to a safe move, a new job and a great start in a new city.