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On the Journey back to Wholeness....

       It’s been a little over two weeks since our fertility journey came to a surprising halt, and normal life just doesn’t feel quite right. Since everything has stopped we’ve been noticing that marriage and day to day life just isn’t flowing smoothly…like we assumed it would. See, we have been so involved in this crazy fertility journey, that “normal” life/marriage was just that….a fertility journey. We are trying to get adjusted to life without doctors, hormones (extra, that is), schedules, and not spending thousands of dollars a week….and to be honest….I hate it. I thought I hated the journey we just stopped, however, this “new” journey through normalcy, well, for lack of a better word….sucks! I know I sound like a complete brat right now, and most of you probably do not get one word of this post, however, I have to show you the “sucky” part before I can show you what the conclusion has been. My thoughts/Life the past Couple Weeks: (Disclaimer…this is pretty honest people….b...

When God says YES then NO....

The last month has been one of many emotional ups and downs as well as many moments where God has shown His faithfulness in the realist ways possible. However, despite those faithful moments, the Lord has said “No”. November 7th:         I called Dr. Singleton’s office and told them Friday was the first day of my period and we were ready to go towards the process of I.U.I. That morning I went in for blood work and an ultrasound. During the ultrasound they noticed I had at least 30 follicles (premature eggs) on each ovary…which due to PCOS that’s normal, however, on Metformin they expect that number to be a lot lower…for me…not the case. However, because of that they were just going to put me on Letrozole, fertility medicine to help the eggs mature, and not put me on shots just yet. They explained it like this: “in the 11 years we have been established, we have not once had a Jon and Kate plus 8 and we don’t plan on starting with you and Tyler. With that being said you are now High R...