June 15th

June 15th will forever be one of my favorite days. 

On this day last year, our dreams of becoming parents finally came true... 

although we didn't quite know it yet.

After we spent the morning at the Dr., I spent the rest of the day 

lying on the couch 

with my legs crossed 

trying to be "sticky"

... & it worked.

I like to think thats why it worked anyway.

Truthfully legs crossed or not it didn't really matter.

It just helps me feel like I was helping with a situation that I really had not control over. 

 The night before we went to the hospital to have Campbell Chris was looking over his journal, 

& read me this entry...

June 14, 2010


Tomorrow is a big day for Ivory & I. It starts with a seven thirty visit to the doc for some evacuation of my baby making liquids. Then to Ivory's doc to begin what we both hope to be a healthy amazing pregnancy. The percentages aren't very high for a successful IUI but we are both hoping and praying for the best. All we can do is believe that what is meant to be will be. 


I truly hope that this is our time, but if not I hope more than anything Ivory isn't crushed. Im just believing that we will be able to look back & remember June 15, 2010 as the day we made our first born. For tonight we're just relaxing around the house watching The Bachelorette & reflecting on the task at hand.

I still cry every time I read those words. 

With Fathers Day coming up on Sunday I am more thankful than ever to be married to this man. 

I know without a doubt that he will always be the best father for Campbell... 

& the best husband for me. 

I kept a journal throughout the whole "trying to get pregnant" experience, 

& then continued it once we knew this little guy was on the way. 

I wrote in it as if I was speaking to our future children. 

I'm excited for them to read it someday & truly understand how hard we fought to get them here. 

Here is what I wrote...

well most of what I wrote.

I'm leaving out some medical mumbo jumbo.

June 15, 2010

Today is the Day!

Dr. Nilson has been keeping a close eye on me over the past couple of weeks. He is making sure my follicles are growing, but not too big & not too many. I have one on each side. PERFECT!

So dad went to the lab to give his sample bright and early this morning.  When that is done I will meet him at my Dr. for the actual IUI procedure to be performed.

Now its just a 2 week waiting game.

... waiting, wishing, hoping...

 And just a few more entrees for fun cause it still makes me so happy to think about the next few days...

June 24, 2010, 6:00 PM

Technically 2 weeks isn't until the 30th but I know if I am really pregnant I can cheat. 

On the way home from work today I picked up some pregnancy tests & promised myself I wouldn't take it until tomorrow. Yeah right!?! As soon as I walked in the door I rushed to the bathroom. 

I placed the test on the floor so it could be on a flat surface after taking care of the most important part. I try telling myself that it is still early & its ok if nothing shows up. I've been told if you are pregnant the line shows up right away, but I try to avoid looking for what I think is 3 minutes. I lasted maybe 30 seconds. 

I pick up the test and HOLY $#!&!!!

There is a SUPER LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT line. Im excited but scared. What if it is a false positive? So I hide it in the closet, try not to get my hopes up, & plan to take another in the morning. 

June 25, 2010, 6:00 AM

All last night I couldn't help but to keep sneaking into my closet to look at the little light pink line. 

Its 6AM. I shot straight out of  bed & ran to the toilet. Even though I am totally excited, I am also still totally tired. I'm trying to be sneaky cause Chris doesn't know I am "cheating" yet. It's a good thing he sleeps like a rock. In my tired stupor, I fell into the wall while unwrapping the test & almost dropped it in the toilet. 

This time when I take the test I don't even bother laying it down-- I just put it across my legs. Before I even looked away the pink line was there! And a little darker too!

We have wanted this for so long, but all of a sudden its almost unbelievable. We went from a 2% chance with IVF to 2-4% chance with IUI & we did it!... with help of coarse but it worked!

All these year I have thought of fun ways to tell your dad we were expecting. Not so much now. I couldn't wait one more second. I grabbed both tests, walked over to our bed, set them on his pillow, and told him to wake up. He was still groggy & foggy eyed & said "what am I looking at?"

"Two pink lines!!!"

"Isn't it too early to tell?"

"NO!"

"Are you sure? What if its wrong?"

"If there are 2 lines, on 2 tests, I'm knocked up babe!"

That was it :) He like me had a hard time grasping that it really worked. 

I placed the test on our bathroom counter & we just stared at them .

When I got to work my boss asked if I cheated yet. She too has gone through all this & more with her 5 kids. I showed her a picture of the tests I took with my phone. We just hugged & cried. 

She gets it.

Happy June 15th :)