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. :)




Thursday, February 11, 2010-Post Op visit with Dr. Honea

HAPPY BIRHTDAY MOM!!!
Today is our first chance to talk to Dr. Honea since the D&C. I am very nervous and anxious and of course have a list of questions. I guess I just want my HCG level to hurry up and drop low enough so that they can do the testing on me that they need to do so we can move forward and get started again. I hope to leave the doctor’s office today with a plan! 
Well as usual we leave the doctor’s office dishearted. I’m funny – I take in all the information and we talk about it and I analyze it and then it’s like several hours later it hits me and the emotional side kicks in and I get upset. We did leave with a plan though. They are going to test me in 2 weeks to see if my blood is clotting and preventing blood and nutrients from getting to the baby and to see if my body is producing antibodies that attacked the babies. She expects those tests to come back normal. However if they are abnormal, then it is treated by meds or shots. It is a best guesstimate that we could be able to start the bcp to get ready for another IVF cycle around the end of April. Of course there are a lot of “ifs” in that guesstimate. But at least we have something now to look forward to. They will do another SIS test on me before then to make sure there is no scar tissue in my uterus as a result of the D&C prior to starting another IVF cycle. She basically said that my egg count and quality is not good even on the meds and that we were lucky to get pregnant this last time. But IVF definitely overcame the male infertility factor. We are just still struggling with my side of it. She said that if we did the stim shots and an IUI again that our chance of success was <10% and if we did the stim shots and IVF again that our chance of success was about 40%. She said that now that she has data to look at as to how the last IVF cycle went our chances of success are actually less that what she originally thought before we did an IVF cycle. But our plan is to do IVF again. I am hoping that on the next cycle I will respond to the shots better and will produce several good eggs and embryos. She did say we would not qualify for the shared risk program again b/c I am too high risk of not getting pregnant. My hcg level today is 9.5, so we still have a little ways to go. Lord I’m trying to be patient - I know you have a plan and I put my faith and hope in you. I have to keep reminding myself that God’s got a bigger plan goin’ on than what my ole eyes can see.
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