Just thought I'd share a song that has been on my heart lately. I feel like we all try to be strong every day, whether it be at work, with family, decisions that must be made, or just life! It is encouraging to know that God is our strength and He is stronger than we are. He is my strength and His strength is just enough. :) When I start feeling overwhelmed or discouraged, this song is what comes to mind. I hope it is just as encouraging to you as it is to me!
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Results Are In
Yesterday I went in early to give a little blood so that my doctor could do a pregnancy test to see if we are pregnant. We got the phone call last night around 5:15....negative. :( It was a very hard night for us, as we were not expecting this news. Everything had been so positive through the whole process, nothing had gone wrong, I was feeling great-----but it didn't work this time.
Just to give a little background info (for those who are interested).....my doctor retrieved 12 eggs on February 23. The next day he called to tell us that 6 of the eggs were mature and had fertilized. This is good news, as it gives us several to work with. On Thursday, February 28 we had 4 good eggs that had continued to grow, so we had to make the VERY TOUGH decision of transferring 1 embryo or 2. With 1, we had a 60% chance of getting pregnant. Transferring 2 would give us an 80% chance, but a 50% of twins. Twins really scared me---can't even imagine what it would be like to have newborn and toddler twins! ha In the end we decided that God has a plan for us and we would transfer 2, to increase our chances, and let God take care of the number of babies. Our doctor was very positive about our choice and said he would have done the same. The transfer went well and then we went home to rest for a few days. On Friday, our doctor called to say that we had 2 great embryos that he was able to freeze for another time. This is good news, as we have the option of trying again without going through all of the meds and appointments that we did this time. It was a long wait from last Thursday to yesterday, but the waiting is over and we now have to make decisions on where to go from here.
The verse that I have constantly reminded myself through this journey was Philippians 4:6-7. "Do not be anxious about anything but in prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." Thank you so much for the prayers that you have said for us. I know that God listened to them and that he knows the desires of our hearts. However, just as verse 7 says, God is our peace and he is our understanding, even when we don't understand the reasons. I know He has a plan for us and will continue to guard our hearts and show us where He wants us to go from here. I'm not sure why we went through everything that we did, just to hear bad news in the end, but I have learned so much and have had to depend on Him for strength through it all.
Please continue to pray for Trent and me as we lean on each other to get through this together. We will be meeting with our doctor in a couple of weeks to discuss options. We appreciate all of your prayers and encouraging words that you shared with us this past month. God has blessed us with a wonderful family and great friends to support us. We have so much to be thankful for!
Just to give a little background info (for those who are interested).....my doctor retrieved 12 eggs on February 23. The next day he called to tell us that 6 of the eggs were mature and had fertilized. This is good news, as it gives us several to work with. On Thursday, February 28 we had 4 good eggs that had continued to grow, so we had to make the VERY TOUGH decision of transferring 1 embryo or 2. With 1, we had a 60% chance of getting pregnant. Transferring 2 would give us an 80% chance, but a 50% of twins. Twins really scared me---can't even imagine what it would be like to have newborn and toddler twins! ha In the end we decided that God has a plan for us and we would transfer 2, to increase our chances, and let God take care of the number of babies. Our doctor was very positive about our choice and said he would have done the same. The transfer went well and then we went home to rest for a few days. On Friday, our doctor called to say that we had 2 great embryos that he was able to freeze for another time. This is good news, as we have the option of trying again without going through all of the meds and appointments that we did this time. It was a long wait from last Thursday to yesterday, but the waiting is over and we now have to make decisions on where to go from here.
The verse that I have constantly reminded myself through this journey was Philippians 4:6-7. "Do not be anxious about anything but in prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." Thank you so much for the prayers that you have said for us. I know that God listened to them and that he knows the desires of our hearts. However, just as verse 7 says, God is our peace and he is our understanding, even when we don't understand the reasons. I know He has a plan for us and will continue to guard our hearts and show us where He wants us to go from here. I'm not sure why we went through everything that we did, just to hear bad news in the end, but I have learned so much and have had to depend on Him for strength through it all.
Please continue to pray for Trent and me as we lean on each other to get through this together. We will be meeting with our doctor in a couple of weeks to discuss options. We appreciate all of your prayers and encouraging words that you shared with us this past month. God has blessed us with a wonderful family and great friends to support us. We have so much to be thankful for!
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