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. :)




PRAISE GOD! IT'S POSITIVE - Thursday, July 22, 2010

Our first beta today (bloodwork that tells if it is a positive pregnancy test) was POSITIVE! Thank You Lord!!! I have been really nauseated for the last 4 days which I was thankful for ha ha. I go back in one week to do the same blood test to make sure that my numbers are doubling like they should and if they are then we will go back in two weeks for an ultrasound. God is SO GOOD! Thank each and every one of you for lifting us up to God in prayer - please continue to do so b/c we still have many hurdles ahead. As we know we have been here before and things can turn bad in a hurry, but we are trusting God that this pregnancy will be a success :) PRAISE GOD PRAISE GOD!!!!
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A word from God - Sunday, July 18th 2010

We had a guest preacher at church for the morning and evening worship b/c Bro. Tim is in South Africa. I truly look forward to seeing and hearing God work through Bro. Bill Stafford each time he visits. If you ever get a chance to hear him you wont be disappointed. And if you have seen the movie Fireproof, then you have already seen him in the movie. Anyway, in the evening service the children sang and told of what they learned at camp the week before. And the entire time I was watching these children I was getting afraid/sad/worrying b/c I kept asking myself if I find out Thursday that it was a success and I am pregnant then "when can I get excited?". I dont want to miss out on times that I should be enjoying due to worrying. So I just kept asking meself if I'm pregnant when can I get excited. Then it came time for Bro. Bill to take the pulpit, and he said "As I was sitting in my chair God led me in a totally different direction than what I had intended on preaching on. And the title of the message is When can you trust God?". I thought oh wow this one is for me! And it was exactly what I needed to hear! Thank you God for a fresh word from heaven! I highly recommend going to clementsbaptist.org and listening to his sermon online. Big picture is I can and will trust Him now and if I get a positive result Thursday I will be excited and trust Him. :)
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Tranfsfer Day - Lucky 13th! = Tuesday July 13th, 2010

Praise God - great is Thy faithfullness! We were able to transfer 2 beautiful embryos!!!! There were no other survivors to be able to freeze. Now it is time to rest and pray these little embies stick in their new environment!
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Come on little embies! - Friday July 9, 2010

Well the nurse called with our fertilization report. Of the 10 eggs retrieved, 6 were mature, and of those 6 only 4 fertilized. So now we just hope and pray for those little 4 embies to grow and mature and make it until the transfer next Tuesday. They will call us Sunday morning to give us a report of how many made it until Sunday and what their quality are. Then they wont look at them again unil the morning of the transfer. I have peace knowing it is in God's hands.
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Egg Retrieval Complete - Thursday, July 8, 2010

After a bright and early drive to B'ham this morning, the egg retrieval is done. They collected 10 EGGS!!!! Praise God - Yay!!! That's not alot for the average bear, but that is good for me. Tomorrow they will call and tell us how many of the 10 are mature and of those how many fertilized. For now, its time to lay very still and take pain pills. When we arrived home from the surgery, our home was 89 degrees (the heat index outside is 111). The motor in our AC unit burned up. Good thing Mom and Dad are close - we will enjoy their AC until ours is fixed. :) Please continue to keep us in your prayers. One hurdle down, several to go between now and the transfer next Tuesday.
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We finally made it to egg retrieval!!! - Thursday July 7, 2010

Praise God! We have finally made it back to the point that I responded well enough to the shots/meds to qualify for IVF again. The retrieval will be tomorrow (7/8/10) at 0830 in B'ham. We are excited to make it to this point again, but at the same time very nervous/anxious about getting past the several hurdles we will face in the next week to make it to the point to transfer the embryos back in me. I have less follicles this time than I did the very first time we did IVF, but we are still full of faith and hope that this will be a success. Please continue to keep us in your prayers - the next couple of weeks will be very critical.
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Update - Thursday, July 1st, 2010

I started the shots this past Sunday and today (Thursday) I went for bloodwork and an ultrasound to see if I am responding to the meds. I did have some follicles that are growing which is a good sign. So now we go to the doctor in B'ham Sunday morning for them to look again and see how many follicles are maturing which will allow them to decide if I responded well enough to do invitro this time or not. Praying all those follies keep growing so we can harvest some eggs next week!
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