The Fox Adventure

When Andrew and I found out we weren’t able to proceed with IVF in October/November, I was utterly crushed. In my devastation, the Lord met me. I laid my sorrow and frustration before him, and he gave me unexplainable peace that night. Leading up to that cycle, I was overly stressed, tired, and pessimistic. I remember telling Andrew how I didn’t think IVF would work which is not typical of me at all. I am usually a glass-half-full person; the negativity I felt in my body and soul weighed on me. When the lab messed up on my blood samples, causing us to miss this round – it reminded us how little control we had. At that moment, I found God’s peace. 

I have spent most of this last month thinking, what if this is my last few weeks of infertility? What if everything changes after this month? What does God want to show me in this last month? I want to learn while I’m still in “this” before the next. As I waited to start another cycle for IVF – I felt ready; I felt positive; I felt connected to God and Andrew.

On December 6th, we found out my baseline looked good, and we could start the stimulation medication later that evening. Given this timeline, we might spend Christmas in Colorado. For many reasons, we did not like the idea. That evening, we had two hours to decide. We went back and forth many times, even having Steph process with us. She is great at asking questions. It ultimately came down to trusting in the Lord’s timing. We realized there are so many hurdles to the IVF process that we must give our trust entirely to Him.

You know what? The Lord showed up. My body responded quickly to the medication; I took seven days of ovulation stimulation medication (typically, it’s 10-12 days). My egg retrieval got moved up. As of Monday, I had twenty follicles over 12 mm. It was a whirlwind moving everything up, but we left for Colorado Tuesday night, and I go in this morning for the egg retrieval. 

As we continue to step out in faith, trusting that the Lord’s plan and timing are best, here are some ways you could pray for us:

• The surgery (egg retrieval) goes smoothly, with a quick recovery.
• We get many healthy and viable embryos from the retrieval.
• That my estrogen levels drop, there is concern that it’s too high to have a fresh transfer. (If we can’t do a fresh transfer, our embryos will be frozen, and we will have to travel back to Colorado another month).
• Decision-making for our care team and us.
• Safe travels for Steph – she arrives here on Saturday!
• As we wait while the embryos develop that we will have peace. 
• That our embryos develop, and we have a successful transfer.

Let’s make some babies!