Looking back on our fertility journey, I am always amazed by the way we see God in it! Sometimes when we are going through hard times, it is difficult to recognize that God is there because we are overtaken by emotions, etc. Not long ago, our ABW group reflected on the question that if we knew what we were going to have to go through to get to this point would we have aborted the mission? My first thought was yes, this has been so hard and difficult to handle and process. However, now that we have been through it, I wouldn't change it. God has allowed our story to be used over and over again to show His goodness and glory. It has led to relationships that I would have never had otherwise. It has led me closer in my relationship with the Lord. So here is our fertility journey recap for 2022!
January
- Embryo transfer, positive pregnancy test, numbers dropped, negative pregnancy test, miscarriage #2
February
-Joined A Blessed Womb Small Group, made the decision to go through IVF again
March
-Follow up appointment, baseline appointment
April
-Birth control, blood thinner shots, celebrated Brandon's birthday, saline ultrasound #2
May
-Shots, all kinds of meds, monitoring appointments, egg retrieval, 3 embryos frozen
June
-Rest/Recover, Celebrated 7 years of marriage
July
-baseline appointment for transfer, diagnosed with COVID, monitoring appointment, celebrated my 31st birthday, embryo transfer
August
-Positive pregnancy test at 4 days past transfer, beta rising from 55 to 5,000 plus, subchorionic hematoma
September
-Graduated from fertility doctor, had my first regular OB appointment at 10 weeks
October
-Started leading a Blessed Womb group virtually with 4 amazing women
November
-Gender Reveal (Landon Dale Owens), hit the halfway point
December
-Anatomy Scan, Celebrated Christmas with family and friends!
As always, thank you for the prayers throughout this journey! We will continue to keep you updated on our pregnancy journey in 2023! Only 16 weeks until we meet Landon!
