We have a new journey beginning on Thursday.

Everything is going so well, my body is prepared and ready. The waiting is the hardest part. We are so excited and ready to become parents and so happy we have gotten this far with the IVF process.

I started the progesterone shots on Friday. I didn’t realize that I would have to have someone give me the shots, because I gave myself all of the other shots. Jay gets the willies just talking about needles. So, I wasn’t sure what I was going to do. Thankfully, I had someone that I could trust at work (who is also a good friend) to give me the shots if I needed them during work hours. She has actually given me 4 out of the 6 already! Thank you Kacy! Jay was better than he thought he would be too. I already thought he was a brave man, now he has risen a level in my ❤️. I didn’t think he could get any higher. Hahaha. Thanks babe! It is all worth it. And our daughter will be so proud of you too! 🥰

I found out today at my doctors appointment that I will be taking the estrogen and needing the progesterone shots until 12 weeks of pregnancy. So, I will be able to alter the way I give myself the shots so I don’t have to depend on anyone else. The doctor would prefer them in the rear (in the muscle) but he did say I could do them in the muscle in my upper thighs too. So that’s what I am going to do when I can!

I’m thankful that we are so busy at work that it keeps our minds busy. And our weekends are usually so packed that we don’t really have idle time to “wait” for these days to pass by. Actually, the night time for me is the hardest. I have been having really odd dreams/nightmares lately and once I wake up during the night (2am/3am/4am) it is usually so hard for me to fall back to sleep. My mind is always going a hundred miles a minute. I am just trying to mindfully be thinking about positive things. Except for when I am literally counting sheep. Lol I’ve only had a couple of headaches since last week after starting the progesterone, which I think is really good. And progress!!

Jay is so excited too. He is talking about it with his buddies and co-workers. Which melts my heart to know that guys care just as much as women do when it comes to this type of stuff. Thanks so much, honestly, to all of you. We cannot express how much it really does mean to us and HELPS us to be more positive. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU!!

The next waiting part will be seeing how many days go by with me wanting to take a pregnancy test, or twelve. Lol. I think the actual blood test is a couple of weeks after-I am going to get clarification on that tomorrow during the procedure. But I’ve read that many women take pregnancy tests daily after the transfer. I’m going to try and wait it out. 😜🤞 Wish me luck, lol.

So….. 1:30pm tomorrow (Thursday) is when I will be having the embryo transfer. Say a prayer/well wish/positive thoughts for us PLEASE! We will take everything we can get. I will start the morning off with acupuncture to get the body ready and then after the transfer I will go back to have more acupuncture. The success rate is much better with IVF when you pair it with acupuncture. Especially at this point. And darn, I have to have acupuncture twice in one day!! Haha. Just kidding, if you know me well, you know I LOVE acupuncture. It has changed my life for the better! And it relaxes me more than anything else in this world. 😃🙇🏼‍♀️

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Thank you for your patience while waiting with us. I know so many of you reading this feel like you are a part of this journey by the way you talk about it with us. And YOU are!! I can’t wait to share with our little girl all of the love that ACTUALLY brought her into this world. Not just ours, but all of yours too! So many hugs to all of you!!! Thank you as always!

Stay tuned…… ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

April and Jay