The Ingram’s – Our saying has always been when it’s right it’s right and when you know, you know. And we knew we were meant to spend a lifetime together immediately. We live on the TN river in Rogersville, AL, and are true to the core “river rats”. We absolutely love spending every minute possible in and on the water with friends and family, and we are very blessed that our families live close to us. We enjoy anything outdoors- wakeboarding, surfing, skiing, fishing, hunting, and traveling. But we also both share the same dream to have a family. I remember when we were doing our pre-martial counseling with our preacher that he asked us how many kids we wanted to have and we said 4. And yes we would still love a house full, and we still have hopes for 4. But it appears that we will be very blessed if we are able to have just one. So far we have experienced a very emotional and physical journey trying to see our dream of having children come true. But this is our story-The Ingram’s River Ride, and we wanted to have a way so that all of our friends and family from near and far could have a way to keep up with what was going on with our baby journey. So sit back and enjoy our “river ride”. I want to be sure and say first of all that if it wasn’t for the following I wouldn’t have made it through all of this # 1 God and the faith and hope he provides # 2 Jason– he is my rock- the love and care he gives me is so amazing to me and # 3 The love and support from SO MANY who we are blessed to call our friends and family from near and far. We are RICHLY blessed to have so many people who care about us and pray for us and please know that we are so grateful for each and every one of you. I have tried to go back and capture everything that has happened in the last year so I am sure I will forget some things. And I might as well apologize ahead of time if the blog seems as though a 4th grader is submitting the posts because I have a hard time putting my thoughts on paper and that along with my “kuntry lingo” should be interesting. :)




August 2009 - Cruise to the Eastern Caribbean!









Before embarking on the IVF journey we took a 7 day cruise to the Virgin Islands. It was amazing and we had the best time! Now Jason says he is a cruiser for life! Here are some of our pics from the cruise. The Flowrider was a blast but man did I pay for it for a couple of days afterwards, and it was a whole lot harder than it looked! I honestly felt like I had been beat with a bat! ha ha And I can honestly say that St. John's is the HOTTEST place I have ever been! We were so close to the equator that the sun was just so hot on you. But that's what they make the ocean for - to get in and cool off! We are already planning our next cruise!

We were referred to a Reproductive Endocrinologist (RE) (Infertility Specialist) in Birmingham-Dr. Honea, whom we love very much. After months and months of MANY tests of all imaginable kinds it was determined that there were several hurdles for us to get over to be able to get pregnant-of which would require medical help. We first tried doing an IUI (artificial insemination) while taking fertility drugs. After 2 unsuccessful IUI’s, we met with Dr. Honea again to discuss options. She told us that we only had a 10% chance of the IUI’s ever working. I know that some insurance companies do cover several IUI attempts but because our insurance treats infertility the same as it does “cosmetic” surgery our insurance doesn’t pay one penny towards infertility. We decided that it was time to move to a more aggressive approach and a treatment with a greater chance of success. So we will embark on the in-vitro fertilization (IVF) route, and we are very excited and hopeful because we will have a 50% chance of success with it.
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