2011 Recap

So how did we get from Matt not being quite ready to where we are now?

Let me break it down.

We enjoyed really great visits with our closest friends during the holiday season.

Our annual holiday party.

So happy Nicole was in town!

Watching Knox, Anna's baby, play around the house.

 We had a wonderful Christmas with both of our families.

At my church in Rockport.

On our way home from Rockport, after Christmas, Matt and I had the most wonderful conversation. He said that he was ready to start our family and hoped that 2011 would be our year. I was bursting with happiness.

So we started 2011 with family on our minds.

We visited California in March for Matt's cousin Jessie's wedding. It was one of the best and most love-filled trips we have ever taken.

Laguna Beach

We had high hopes and prayed that this trip would be the special time when we might conceive our baby.  ...but I knew shortly when we returned that it wouldn't be in the Great Plan for us.

So, I called my Dr.

Asked for Clomid.

And was told I would need to wait at least until June since she wanted us to be TTC for 6 months, and at that point we had only been TTC officially for 3 months, but actually unofficially for 5 months.

That month I began seeing a chiropractor and started to see really great results in my body other than my back. As June quickly approached, I knew I wanted to see if we could "do it on our own" without the help.  I got really excited when I began to get nauseated after every meal in June and was having some weird stomach pains. I went to my Dr. and he even confirmed that it could be early pregnancy. Outwardly, I was cautiously optimistic, but in my heart I was screaming for joy, and began carrying myself as if I could be pregnant.  I even began lightly laying my hand over where I thought a life could be forming. 

As it turned out, my symptoms were being caused by a luteal cyst, a painful luteal cyst. I was crushed.

I asked my dr. if taking Clomid would help prevent this from happening again...but she said that the drug actually can cause them from stimulating more eggs to be released; a cyst is formed from the follicle that releases the egg.

I took one day at a time and got through it. I pushed Clomid off until August.

So here we are today.

I've prayed about it. I'm supposed to start it on day 3 of my cycle. Honestly, I'm hoping day 1 never comes and we will find ourselves expecting.  If that is not the case, I have called my Dr. and she has notified my pharmacy to fill my first prescription for Clomid. If it helps us to get our baby to us sooner...I'll take 6 more cysts. :)

Wishing & Hoping & Praying, Natalie