Fertility Diary: RE Consultation

Tyler, my husband and I had our first meeting with the Reproductive Endocrinologist last Wednesday (January 9, 2013). I will get back to the consultation in a moment, but first I want to share something with you.

The night before the RE consultation, my 19 year old sister called me with news that I was not prepared for – she called to tell me that she was expecting. A million emotions ran through my head, and I feel guilty to admit that they were not all good thoughts.

All night long, I tossed and turned trying to heal my hurt. I even had a good cry before my consultation.

The next afternoon, Tyler and I arrived to meet Dr. Amols – who is an amazing doctor. After we discussed our history of trying to conceive, I received the bad news. Dr. Amols told me that I have four issues working against me, right off the top. These issues are the fact that I have not had any pregnancies in four years, endometriosis, irregular periods, and a tilted uterus.

I begin testing to determine my ability to become pregnant next week then will meet with Dr. Amols to discuss options available to us, if there are any. I feel really confident that he will try everything he can do to help my husband and I start a family, but I am leaving it up to God.

My health insurance also only covers 80% of the testing. After the testing, my medical insurance does not help with any of the options, so everything will be out of pocket. So whatever these options are will have to be carefully considered financially, since I will undergo three surgeries this year.

I do not understand why God had chosen for me to learn of my sister’s baby news at that exact moment in time. Prior to the phone call, I was laying on the couch praying to God for a good consultation appointment while trying to come to peace with the fact that I may not be able to conceive. Why now? I had never been jealous, envious, or bitter towards my sister up until that moment. I am still struggling with the fact that I am so hurt by the news that my sister is pregnant. In recent years, I have become angry and upset at learning of other woman becoming pregnant, but this is a new low for me to be unhappy with my sister.

xo Heather

Image Credit: Jenna Marbles, Good Reads

My Sister's Wedding

Last June, my beautiful little sister Stephanie got married. I have shown a few pictures from the wedding on my blog but I wanted to show off her special day on my blog. It was such a happy and exciting day and my sister could not have looked more beautiful! So here are the pictures... hope you like!

My Daddy giving his speech!

Sisters

Father/Daughter Dance :)

Maid of Honer speech by our youngest sister - lots of tears!

My poor dad was so emotional - best dad ever!

Kisses for our sister-bride!!

My dad walking Stephie down the isle!

Tyler & me!

My gorgeous mother & sister!!

Mister and Misses!!

 

Father/ Daughter dance - love this picture!

Isn't she gorgeous!!??

 

Walking into the reception

 

My beautiful little sisters! Good looks run in the family haha!

 

My mom, dad, and sister!!

  

Bridesmaids with the groom!

 

My parents, sisters, and yours truly.

 

 

Photo Diary: Weekend trip

A few weeks ago, my family came to visit from Indiana. While they were in town, we went to on a short weekend trip to show them some of the popular spots in beautiful Arizona. If you have never been to Arizona, you definitely need to plan a trip! The southwest US is magical! I have decided to share some pictures from the trip:

My beautiful mother and me! :)  

 

Here is a picture of my beautiful sister, Kimi, when I picked her up from the airport! My parents and grandparents were already in town, so when Kimi and her boyfriend Daniel arrived, we kicked off our mini weekend trip! 

 

 Here is a picture of my parents, grandparents, and I standing on the Lake Havasu beach! Stunning view! 

 

On the way to the Grand Canyon, we stopped and ate at a 50's diner called Galaxy Diner! I caught Daniel and Kimi off guard in this pic -haha! The diner was located right on Route 66 in Flagstaff - and the food was soooo good! We even got to listen to a man playing live 50's music - so fun when our group started guessing the songs and singing along!

 

 Here is a pic of my sister and me in the desert - love the mountain views!

 

 This is a pic of my mom, sister and me just enjoying the views!

 

  As you can see from the pictures above and  - The Grand Canyon is magnificant, spectacular, and well, Grand!

 

 Finally, here are some pictures I snapped at Bearizona, a wildlife park:

 

 

 

 

 

 If you would like to see more photo diaries, please let me know! I would also like to hear about your recent vacay - tell me about it in the comments below!

xo Heather