baby WALKER

So, we've made the official announcement.  We're expecting a baby!

In case you missed it on the all so public Facebook, here's how we let everyone know...

I will briefly somewhat briefly go into a little bit of some personal information about our journey in the process of becoming pregnant.  Some may think its not appropriate to share, but I've always said that I'm an open book.  For goodness sake I have a blog about all the things that David and I do in our free time.  And if it helps anyone, then all the better.

It wasn't easy.  But by no means was it as hard as some women go through.  I feel blessed that we didn't have to go to any extremes.  We started this whole process back in May of 2012.  And after about 6 months, I figured I would go to the doctor and see what was going on.  I'm the type of person that doesn't sit around and wait for things to happen to me.  I question and I ask, and I am proactive.  Call it impatient, call it meddling in life's plan, but I'm glad I made a move because otherwise we would not be where we are today.

All in all I found out I had Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome in March after a couple of months working with my regular OBGYN without any success and then moving on to Texas Fertility. 

Side note:  I am no expert... And I'm not going to give you a WebMD definition, but this is how I explain PCOS.  Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is super common and it just means that you have some kind of insulin resistance which messes with your hormones which gets them all out of wack and never tells your body to ovulate.  (Many women have other side effects, but I'm lucky that I did not.)  So I wasn't ovulating.  That was it.   The solution.  Clomid.

Side note:  Again, I'm not an expert, this is just how my mind has chosen to understand how Clomid works.  Clomid is a fertility drug, but its probably the most common one out there.  It sends some kind of message to your brain that one hormone or the other is depleted, I think estrogen.  So the body then says, hmm.  I need to ovulate.  So, other hormones kick into gear and start the process.  Side effect.  Multiple follicles, that potentially mean multiple eggs "hatching", and therefore multiple babies.  Percentage:  about 10% chance you'll have multiples. (We are not having multiples.)

Clomid was the original plan for my OBGYN, but she wasn't comfortable going past a certain dosage, 150 mg.  So, when I started going to Texas Fertility, the plan was still Clomid, but to kick it up to 200 mg.  And after about 3 months, we started seeing results.  Results being follicles.  Follicles in your ovaries that potentially "hatch" the egg, which is ovulation.

And that's what finally worked.  It took some time, but by no means did it take multiple years, which I can't even imagine.  I know friends and friends of friends who have gone through much worse and I commend them for their grace, hope, and bravery through the whole process. 

For me, it felt like it would never happen.  I wasn't hopeless, but it seemed as if it were one of those things that you've always wanted to do, but was so out of reach, it would take a lot of time, a lot of money, the world shifting on its axis, and a lot of hard work.  But I had very supportive friends and family.  Friends who always asked how things were going.  And I wanted to talk about it when asked so that meant a lot.  It was kind of a therapeutic thing really. 

And David was amazing.  Always making me laugh when I'd have a bad day, and definitely amazing during the past 2 months with our little Bowie, who just sucked the life out of me after a day of nausea and work.

So now that we are past that part, I'm ready to have fun with it.  And all my other friends that are pregnant right now.  Because there are a lot, and I'm so excited.  More to come on Baby Walker and our house projects and nursery projects too.

Katie