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. :)




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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Green Light - Friday June 25th, 2010

Well we have definately been enjoying summer and I am loving it! I think I am about to wear Jason out though so he is probably grateful that I will be restricted to what I can do while taking the shots ha ha. We got the green light after our doctor's appt today to be able to start the shots again Sunday. YAY!!! We are hoping and praying that I will respond well to the meds this time! I go back to the doctor next Thursday to see if and how well I am responding to the shots. Please continue to keep us in your prayers - we are very hopeful that this will be a success this time.
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Change of Plans - Wednesday May 13, 2010

Today was an emotional roller coaster. I ended up talking with the doctor 4 times today and finally around 4pm they called with a "change of plans". They got my results back from my blood work from earlier in the day, and my fsh level was too high to do ivf. Mine is normally high (high isnt a good thing), but it was the highest it has ever been today. So Dr. Honea said she didn't have a good feeling about trying to do invitro this cycle with that high of an fsh level. Fsh measures how well your ovaries are functioning and is also indicative of your egg reserve, and a high number means you have a lower reserve than you should have and that your ovaries arent functioning as they should. So the new plan is to sit this cycle out, wait a month, and they will check me in a month to see if my fsh level dropped, if my cysts went away, and hopefully by then we will have a bunch of follicles on the ultrasound (there was only three today, which also isnt enough to do ivf). So like I said yesterday, "When God has another plan, walk on and just say yes and know that He knows best." :) Prayer warriors please be praying for a low fsh level, no cysts, and lots of follicles next month. Thank you all so much for your love, prayers, and support!
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Every Down Is a New Beginning - Tuesday May 11, 2010

Well we found out yesterday that the iui was unsuccessful. I talked to the doctor today and she said that I will start the bcp tomorrow (you have to take bcp for 2-3 weeks before starting the shots for ivf to suppress your system)to get ready for the next ivf cycle. I should get my calendar of what shots I will take when this week. But it looks like they are swapping me back to the protocol that I used the first time and just increasing the dosage. I love this song and just wanted to share its beautiful words:

"When GOD Has Another Plan"

Forsaken by his brothers, Didn't fit the scene
Being made a slave, Was not what Joseph dreamed
The coat of many colors was stained, with blood and lies
But from this divine appointment, a ruler would arise.

When GOD has another plan, walk on and just say yes
When GOD has another plan Be assured that HE knows best.
When all your dreams are shattered rest in HIS sufficient grace
We don't have to understand when GOD has another plan

Alone and brokenhearted, Questions fill your mind
Changes can be hard, That comes by GOD's design
But if you could see tomorrow, with a view from heaven's throne
Every unexpected struggle has led you closer home.
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IUI - Wednesday April 28th, 2010

We did an IUI (artificial insemination) this morning, and we will find out if it worked or not Monday May 9th. Calling all prayer warriors!

I got to be a part of a VERY special day today and I was so grateful to get to share in their joy! Leslie, Paul, and Rena had their first ultrasound today and we got to see TWO heartbeats!!! Praise God!
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Cancelled IVF but still have hope for IUI - Monday, April 26, 2010

We traveled to B'ham early Saturday morning and the doctors still said that the chance of me being able to do invitro this cycle didnt look good. But that they wanted me to keep taking the stimulation shots to try and get those follicles to grow. Only one was big enough to be classified as mature. They wont let you do ivf unless you have at least 4, and in my case due to poor egg quality they said they would be really hesitant even if I ended up with 4 to proceed. But there is a risky fine line that you walk b/c you cant keep trying to make the smaller ones grow to the point that the one large one ruptures. So the plan was to continue with the stim shots until Monday and come back to the doctor and see what happened.
Monday morning we went back to the doctor and it is a definite no go with invitro - I just didnt produce enough follicles. So to keep from wasting the meds and shots we will be doing an iui (artificial insemination) this Wednesday. Maybe this will be our blessing in disguise and the iui will be a success! Either way God is still in control and we are trusting Him. So please be praying for us for this Wednesday - hopefully it will yield a positive result.
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Well..... Thursday, April 22, 2010

Well I had my checkup appointment today to see how well I am responding to the stimulation shots. For some reason even though this was a higher dose of meds than last time, I didnt respond near as well this time as last time. I will go back to the doctor in B'ham Saturday and they will look again. But there is a chance that they will cancel my ivf cycle since I responded poorly. If they do cancel it, then we will do an iui (artificial insemination) again just to keep from wasting the meds. Even though an iui only has a less than 10% chance of success, we would give it a try. But we really wont know for sure which route we will have to take until Saturday. So please keep us in your prayers. We are being still God and knowing you are in control. Our hope rests in you alone.

On a brighter note - our friends Matt and Tasha had a beautiful baby girl this morning - Lillie Kate! I got to see her after my doctor's appointment and she is just beautiful!
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Here we go again! Thursday, April 15, 2010

First of all let me say CONGRATULATIONS to Leslie and Paul!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Christmas baby(ies) on the way!!!!!!!!!! Praise God!!!!!

Well today starts the shot process! I am so eager to get started again! I will probably take them for about 10-12 days and between now and then they will be monitoring me to make sure that I am responding to the meds like I should. So please keep us in your prayers that I will respond well to the medicine this time. Our next doctor’s apt is next Thursday 4/22.
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We have a plan! Monday April 5th, 2010

We found out today that the results of the “killer cell” test was normal, which was great news. They also did a SIS test today to make sure that there wasn’t any scarring from the D&C and it looked “textbook perfect” – Yay! And we got our calendar for the next ivf cycle and I will get to start taking the shots again next Thursday, 4/15!!!!! I am so excited to get started again. Although this time they are trying a much higher dose of meds to see if I will respond any better. So I am very eager to see if there is any difference. From most of what I have seen no matter if you have 30 eggs or 9 eggs retrieved most everyone had similar results in the end as to how many they have to transfer and freeze. So I don’t know if it will make any difference or not, but it is worth a try. This time the protocol will be 4 shots a day plus some pills. So please keep us in your prayers!

Yesterday we celebrated the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior and what a glorious day it was in the house of our Lord! I just wanted to stop and thank God for the cross because everything goes back to the cross. Thank you Lord for loving me!

In that old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine,
A wondrous beauty I see,
For ’twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died,
To pardon and sanctify me.
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