IVF Day 2

Picked up Oral Contraceptives (aka- birth control pills) today. Seems so totally backwards to be put on BCP when we're trying to get pregnant! But when you look at the fact that we're pretty much stopping all normal natural attempts at getting pregnant and instead making it so that it's completely controlled guess it sort of makes sense. ;) We're basically stopping my body from doing anything we don't want it to until it's the correct time! :)

IVF Day 1

Blood test check! Marissa (my new lab tech friend) did a great job with the little needle and 3 vials done! (turns out she did IVF too, unfortunately not so successful for her, but it was a nice chat, with a couple good pointers, and she gave us a big wish of luck)

IVF dinner #1. Homemade pizza. We're on a health kick since we've got basically 3 weeks to get Rye's boys tip-top healthy and 5 weeks for me to be in prime implanting shape:





PS...oh my goodness I blogged 2 days in a row?! pigs just flew by the window.

Good Vibes My Turn and the Fertility Fairy

So as many of you know Ryan and I have been trying to have a baby for sometime. NOT quite as easy as 8th Grade Biology would have you believe, hence we have not yet been visited by the Fertility Fairy...

2 years later, long story short, we're going to begin IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) and see if science can give the Fertility Fairy a hand.

We were going to keep this on the down-low, but with the amount of appointments, procedures and then lastly egg retrieval, implantation process and bed rest there was no way to get around telling my coworkers and decided we couldn't tell them without telling you, our family and friends. (Besides, selfishly, we'll need all of the good vibes that we can get. This is a one shot deal)

SoOoOooo...since I know there were a handful of you (small handful!) who were saying I haven't updated my blog recently...Woo Hoo!! I've decided to keep a journal of our IVF process here (not the super icky parts mind you) but I think this'll help Rye and I with the daily process and me cope with all the down time.

Step 1 begins tomorrow...with a simple blood test....

crossing our fingers, praying and here we go.....

She's out!!!

Guess who's out of surgery?! My birthday-present-wearing-sister!! (not as in birthday present I gave her, birthday present as in the one she bought for me but wore it to work today to make herself feel better, and then went to eat ice-cream to make me feel better) Yes weird family. I know.

Needless to say she's out of surgery (has been for about 1368 hours now) and doing well. Remarkably well. ;) (see www.hitosea.blogspot.com for the specifics on recovery)

Thank you for the good vibes. They were very much appreciated.

good vibes! good vibes!!

We're in the surgery waiting room....3.5 hours down only 1 hour to go....sending Cec good vibes!

Goodbye Mr. Thyroid!! Hello cancer-free Cec!!!!

Cecily is married

Good lord, my little sister is growing up...


...and I've never seen her look happier.

and so it begins...

bride and groom arrive in 3 hours!!!

so much to do! so much to do!! let the whirlwind begin.... ;)