Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Whats next...
We have a definitive answer on the infertility front...having children for us will always consist of IVF/ICSI. The Clomid that Garth was on didn't help at all and the doctor has run out of ideas. It was pretty hard to hear, I had kept a hint of hope in the back of my mind for so long. But, the doctor did have some good news to go along with that. The group of physicians is currently doing a study called the "Tokyo Project" and we qualify to be a part of it. Basically they are adoptiong the theory that Japan has with IVF...to only take 1-2 eggs from a young, healthy woman instead of the normal 10-11 that we do here. They then inject those eggs directly with the male counterpart and reimplant them in the woman. The good news for us is that because they are trying out this study it will only cost $1,500 instead of $18,000. It should have about a 50% success rate for us...and we start next month. We are trying to be as optomistic as possible but working in a high risk OB/GYN office I see a lot of what can go wrong so early in the pregnancy and the percentage of woman who miscarry early on is so great.
We are starting some big projects on the house. First off is finshing the shelves that Garth is making for our library. Its coming along great and he always exceeds my expectations with his building/design. Then he is putting in a french drain in the backyard to bring the spouts away from where we are going to put in a new brick paver patio. It will run the length of the back of house and be home to our firepit and newly covered chairs that I got at a yard sale. It also will keep much of the dirt the dogs track in from the yard..in the yard! and not in the house.
It is brutally hot down here and making me dread July and August already. We are also in desperate need of some rain and they're predicting for us to have a highly active hurricane season to get some of that rain.
We have two sets of company coming down in late June/early July. Then we are planning a D.C. trip in August for a long weekend with my cousins from Virginia. We are so looking forward to that! Garth has never been and I went in 5th grade...so itll be fun and exciting for both of us. I'll get more enjoyment watching him in his element than anything else I think.
We are starting some big projects on the house. First off is finshing the shelves that Garth is making for our library. Its coming along great and he always exceeds my expectations with his building/design. Then he is putting in a french drain in the backyard to bring the spouts away from where we are going to put in a new brick paver patio. It will run the length of the back of house and be home to our firepit and newly covered chairs that I got at a yard sale. It also will keep much of the dirt the dogs track in from the yard..in the yard! and not in the house.
It is brutally hot down here and making me dread July and August already. We are also in desperate need of some rain and they're predicting for us to have a highly active hurricane season to get some of that rain.
We have two sets of company coming down in late June/early July. Then we are planning a D.C. trip in August for a long weekend with my cousins from Virginia. We are so looking forward to that! Garth has never been and I went in 5th grade...so itll be fun and exciting for both of us. I'll get more enjoyment watching him in his element than anything else I think.
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