Yes, hard to imagine, but it's official. We are PREGNANT!!! After a long, drawnout ordeal, I am now 8 weeks pregnant (tomorrow). We figured that so many people knew about the pregnancy early that we might as well put it online. :) For those of you who don't know our crazy story...keep reading!
When Jessica was in high school, she was diagnosed with a disorder that, long story short, prevents her from producing eggs. The lead us to the decision that after we were married and were ready to start a family, that we would look into doing in vitro fertilization. Last April we had a consultation at Texas Fertility Center here in Austin with our doctor. She told us our options were to either use an anonymous egg donor, or use a "known" donor. When Jessica was first diagnosed, her sister made a decision to help Jessica if she ended up needing it in the future. So after our consultation, Jessica called her sister, and her sister immediately agreed to donate for us. Then began the tedious task of doctors appointments, exams, evaluations, and oh so fun shots! Jessica's sister was such a trooper through the whole ordeal...especially when the eggs were retreieved from her through surgery (her very first surgery). Her generosity continues to amaze us.
Two weeks after the embryos were fertilized and put into Jessica's uterus, we took a blood test, and found out that we were in fact pregnant! Since then Jessica has been going in for weekly blood tests to check her hormone levels, and we actually had our first sonogram last week. We got to see and hear our baby's heartbeat for the first time. There are no words to describe how amazing that is!!
So that is our story in a nutshell....stay tuned for the latest news!!!
Oh yeah...and May 6th is the due date!! :)
