Rewind.... Something I forgot to Mention

On our first wedding day April 18, 2008 we had a Earthquake. It actually shook Doug and I out of bed around 4 in the morning. Who would have thought that the day I get married we would have an earthquake. Now I have something to tell my kids one day!

My Seminar for Work in San Antonio, Texas

Here is a few pics of my coworker and Site Administrator Michelle from Gatesville, Texas and Lisa My office Manager from San Antonio. It was a one day seminar but it was a fun day and I got out of work.

Exciting News That Made My Day

Well Doug and I got some good news! We switching are Medical Insurance and are new insurance is going to cover my fertility, including Invitro. Now we wont have to pay $12,000 to have it done. Bring on the babies!!!!!!

Fun Facts About Me

I copied this from a friends blog who also copied it from someone else. But I loved the idea!

A: Attached or Single? Attached, Been married to my Wonderful Husband Doug this April 2 years now.
B: Best Friend? Amy Kerr, whom I lost contact with and did see for 20 + years till this Past August at my Wedding Reception.
C: Cake or Pie? My Aunt Nancy's cake from her cake shop! Check her out at Artistry Cakes in Belleville, IL.
D: Day of Choice? Saturday, Its the day Doug and I have the whole day to spend together.
E; Essential Item? my cell phone and camera now that I love to take lots of pics for my new blog
F: Favorite Color? Pink, Blue and Silver
G: Gummy Bears or Worms? Both, but dont do what I did and leave them in hubbys truck on the dashboard in the sun to melt into the dash. OOPPPPSSS!!!!!!
H: Hometown? Born in Belleville, IL raised in O'Fallon, IL but live in Granite City, IL
I: Ice cream? Cookies and Cream when Doug leaves me some.
J: January or July? Well Both, Jan because that its my birhtday month. But July cause that is our float trip month.
K: Kids? not yet, seeing a fertility Doctorm so hopefully soon!
L: Life isn't complete without? Family and friends
M: Marriage date? Courthouse date: Aril 18, 2008 Las Vegas Renewal of Vows May 23, 2009.
N: Number of brothers and sisters? One sister that I just found out about recently!
O: Oranges or apples? Apples for my famous apple pies, just ask the guys!
P: Phobias and fears? Lightning not sure why!
Q: Quote? "Not my dauhter" An inside joke Doug says with his guy friends.
R: Reason to smile? Husband, Family, and thinking about that baby(ies) we are going to conceive.
S: Season of choice? Summer, so much to do. Float trips, Vollevbal, BBQ's Etc.
T: Tag three people? Jenn, Shannon,
U: Unknown fact about me? I have a sister that know one knew about but my family.
V: Vegetable? Brussel Sprouts, but Doug hates me eating them, because he says they give me stinky gas. LOL
W: Work out? No, But I need to.
X: X-ray or Ultrasound? Had both done. Broken Ankle and Ultrasounds for my fertility Stuff.
Y: Your favorite food? Liver & Onions. But I cant get Doug to try it
Z: Zodiac sign? Capricorn

Trying to have a baby

Well here is the process that Doug and I so far have went through and whats next: Doug and I started off by seeing a doctor at St. Johns Hospital. We saw the Doctor for a little over a year and nothing was accomplished. He didn't run any test on me, all he did was put me on medicine after medicine and had me come in approximately twice a month sometimes more for an ultrasound to see how I was progressing. He told me most of the time it looks good you have tons of eggs but they are not quite big enough to fertilize yet, so lets bump up your medicine. So we did that and he over did it and my ovary ended up the size of a softball, so we had to counteract it and put me on birth control for a month, which defeats my purpose since I was trying to get pregnant, not prevent it. After my ovary was back to the size it was supposed to be we tried it all over again with a new medicine. At one point he thinks I did conceive just did carry it, so we tried again and then took another medicine to help me carry it, but it didnt work. Nothing was working and later the doctor tells me I am resistent to all the meds I was taking. Great!!!! After everything that I had already taken he then decides to tell me well we need to perform a test on you to make sure your tubes are not blocked. BuI am thinking to myself shouldn't we have done this from the begining? But it was a good thing we did the procedure, because my right tube showed up on the scan that it was blocked. And let me tell you that procedure hurt so bad. It was worse than having a cycle. Well now 2 years have gone by and he tells me that there is not much else he can do for me and recommends invitro. At that same time he tells me that very good friends of Doug and Mine was having that procedure done and told us how expensive it is and what all she was going through. Doug and I talked about it, but decided that right now we just cant afford that. Then I started talking to another good friend of mine Amy and she was also having fertility problems. She had already had 3 miscarriages so she decided to go see a fertility doctor. The Doctor sat her down and talked to her and at the end told her she was an easy case and he would have her pregnant in no time. Well he was correct, she had a beatiful baby boy Dominic, I was so happy for her and I got to hold him the day he was born. Oh yeah then her previous doctor told her that she would never have kids without fertility drugs and guess what next came Kylie without any drugs. So after talking to Amy I decided to give her doctor a try and went to see him. So far he has been amazing. He has scheduled me surgery to have a procedure done to see if I have endometriosis which I mention to my last doctor could I possibly have that and he said no I dont think so. But my new Doctor, that is the first thing he says to me. Also while he is in there he is going to make sure that my right tube is blocked since we only did a tubal dye test and he said they sometimes can be false. And if it is blocked he is going to see if he can unblock it or fix it anyway he can. But in the mean time while this is all scheduled he put me on the clomid that the first Doctor had me on. After I was on it the week I was supposed to be I went it for my ultrasound. He looked at the ultrasound and said wow you have tons of eggs! Wow did that sound familiar to me I heard that from the last doctor. But then he proceeds to tell me that it is not always a good thing, I asked why? He said well its what we call Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. It's where you produce alot of eggs and they form along the outside of the ovary, but there is so many of them that they can grow to the size they need to be to be fertilized. So I asked him well what do we do? He says to me well Im not sure if that is exactly what you have, but the bloodwork will tell us and when we get it back we will know then and go from there. If it is what you have we can put you on meds to correct the problem. Ok so now I have only seen these doctor three times now. Once for a consult to get my background and what I have done so far and why I wanted to see him. And two times for bloodwork and a ultrasound. And in the three times I have seen him he has already told me two factors that could be causing me from getting pregnant. I'm not sure why I didnt switch doctors sonner. So now I have another appointment on March 8th to discuss my most recent bloodwork to see if I do have polycystic Ovary syndrome and what they next step is.

Oh and the best thing that I found out, was that I if we end up doing needing to have invito done that my NEW medical insurance will cover me and we dont have to pay for it after all! So far So Good!