2011 Here We Come!

Well, lots has happened since my last post.  Thomas, Gus, and I made the long journey to Beach, ND.  It took us 18 hours all through the night.  I was on board, so of course we hit a blizzard!  But, it was well worth the drive...we had loads of fun and a fantastic Christmas!  Its official, Gussers loves the snow and he really loves Grandma Jean's iced sugar cookies (sorry about that Jean)!  We headed home Christmas night and arrived back in OK just in time for the "Murray" Christmas, which was also a huge success!  Mac, Kellen, and Adam were the cutest.  We had lots of fun watching them rip into their presents!

As for our lil pea...we went to see Dr. B on December 28th for my post-op appointment.  She showed me all the pictures she took of my insides (kinda cool, how many people can say they have seen their insides...haha) and told me all about the surgery.  She also talked with us about our next step in our infertility journey.  She said that had she found lots of endometriosis and been able to remove it than she would want to do a few more IUI's, but because we're still in the unknown IVF is definitely her recommendation.  She mentioned that it could be that the problem is with the sperm and egg connecting and with IVF we will be able to fix that and learn more about what's happening.  Thomas and I both feel very confident about moving on to IVF and we are getting really excited!!! 

The IVF coordinator should call this week to set up all of our appointments.  The first ones will include a trial transfer procedure, patient education, a financial meeting, and couples therapy session for stress management.  January and February will be crazy with all the appointments and needles (Thomas's favorite thing), but it will all be worth it.  Hopefully...if all goes as planned... around October we will finally meet "Baby Hardy" and we can't wait for that day!!!