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I am so happy to report that a miracle has occurred today!!! My friend Angie, that I asked for everyone to pray for, delivered baby Matthew this morning by c-section and he is
alive and
breathing on his own! We don't know all the details yet but we do know that the doctors never expected that his lungs would be developed and not only is he breathing but he cried when he born (they said he wouldn't do that either). Please continue to pray for Matthew. He is truly a living miracle!
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I'm excited to give you the details as Steve and I begin this new journey to parenthood!
We have been trying to decide for a while now if this was a process we were comfortable with doing again. After Lila and Cole were born, our doctors told us to wait awhile and let my body heal before we tried again. That was fine with me. When we decided that we were in a place where we could think about being pregnant again, we just tried on our own. When many months had passed, I spoke to all three of my doctors and they all agreed that we should try IVF again.
Fortunately we have some embryos frozen from our last IVF attempt so we don't have to go through near the extreme that we did before. Specifically...no more shots!
This cycle will only consist of oral medication, an ultrasound and some bloodwork. That's it:) I'm scheduled to go on July 6th for my ultrasound and then maybe the embryo transfer will be on the 12th. And then we'll have another two week wait to see if it worked.
We are very excited to take this step forward to grow our family and we are so appreciate of the excitement we've already received from others. Support is the best and most important gift for us as we walk this road again and we are so lucky to be able to receive it from so many people!
I would like to end this post with a prayer request for my friend, Angie. Today she will have to deliver her son, Matthew, whom the doctors say will not survive after he is born. Angie has carried Matthew full term and was asked to abort him on more than one occasion as they thought he might not even survive in the womb. They told her that she might not be able to carry him past 31 weeks. But we've prayed for a miracle and not only has she carried him well past 31 weeks...he is still alive.
She has asked us to pray that she will be able to have time with Matthew before he goes to Heaven. She also asked that we pray for her three year old daughter as she doesn't comprehend why her brother can't stay here with her. If you are reading this blog then you will remember walking this road with us before and how very difficult it will be for Angie. I'm sure she will appreciate prayers from people who know how this feels.
