God answers Prayer

Well some of you know the story and some do not so I'll just start from the beginning. Last Oct. (2006) Jeff and I decided we wanted to start trying to have a baby never thinking we were starting on a roller coaster neither one of us expected. We have been married 3 1/2 years and in those years have traveled all around the world, and saw some wonderful and beautiful things. When we returned from Europe Oct 2006 we thought that it was time to start a family. Never thinking it would be a challenge. Before that Jeff and I were perfectly content with our lives. We had a wonderful dog, Yogi, that we consider our son and all the free time in the world. We actually didn't even know if we wanted kids, we just figured we would travel forever and Yogi would be our only child. Well those thoughts came and went. You never realize how bad you want something when you cannot have it.

When Jeff and I first started trying I thought "Oh this will happen the first month" boy was I wrong. No one in my family, that I known of, has had trouble getting pregnant. Well like the saying goes the other shoe has to drop at some point. After trying for about 5 mos on our own we decided to go see our doctor, and see if we could get some help. He was very helpful and understanding. For about three mos I took some infertility drugs ranging from pills to shots. Which I have no infertility insurance so it can get mighty costly, but nothing ever happened. I ended up getting a procedure done, that was very very very painful, that showed that one of my tubes was blocked. So I was a little on the devastated side, mostly since I had to come to the realization that i may be the reason Jeff and I would never have a family. Jeff is so great with our niece's I just couldn't imagine him never being a father. We met with an infertility doctor that informed us that I would have to have surgery on my left tube to unblock it. Jeff and I talked about it and disgusted what we were going to do next. We had been through so much heart ache we decided that we just needed a break from it all and NOT to have the surgery.

Jeff and I always discuss everything before a decision is made, and this next step we both agreed on. We decided with no family in the future and traveling was on the back burner Jeff would go back to school full-time to get his bachelor's in accounting. He would still work part-time, but school would be his main focus. This meant quiting Mt. Hawley after 7 years. It was a very tough decision for Jeff to make, because he loves all the members there and was very good at what he did. He took his first class this fall in accounting and of course got an A. Whoever knows Jeff knows he is a math wiz. So no problems there. After signing up for his spring classes that is when the news came.

After praying for almost a year and some months our prayers were finally answered. We had stopped trying for about 6mos, and decided for Jeff to further his education that's when it happened. The Saturday after Thanksgiving I notice that something was a little late so I asked Jeff if we still had those pregnancy test from my mom's work (she works for my doctor). He said we did have two left. When I took the first one sure enough two lines. I actually didn't believe it at first, and told Jeff it must be broke or old because we had them for so long. So the next day I took the other one and the same thing. I still was not convinced so I made Jeff go up to Walgreens at get me a digital one that says "Pregnant or Not Pregnant" and sure enough it came up Pregnant. We could not believe it. Of course I cried and Jeff hugged me and told me everything was going to be okay. Because I was freaking out since Jeff was going back to school, and having a baby wasn't going to change that. Going to school was very important and i didn't want me being pregnant to change that. It is something Jeff has wanted to do for years and the time was finally right. Funny how God works. We think He wanted us to make that decision and then He was like ok, you are on the right track you can have your baby now. One of my friends had told me if you want to see God's sense of humor tell him your plan.

At first the only person that knew was my mom, because she had to make my appt. to see the doctor. Jeff and I had made the decision not to tell anyone until my first sono was done. Since we had so many problems in the past, and knowing that one out of every two pregnancy end in miscarriage we would have to make sure everything was okay first. I did end up telling one other person that was my little sister. She ended up staying over one night with my beautiful niece Reese and I was sick. I had to tell her because i didn't want her thinking Reese was going to get sick or herself since she is pregnant also. I was so nervous about the sono, but excited too. I just couldn't wait to tell everyone Jeff and I were finally starting a family.