Our first BIG day in our IVF journey

Today was the day that all our hard work over the past month in a half will start to pay off. The procedure for the egg retrieval went very well and I left with a big smile on my face and feeling very good after the procedure was over.

When I finally woke up we were told it all went very well and that they were able to capture 7 eggs total. This was so exciting and such great news to hear as we were hoping for at least 4 and worked really hard for a few extra days and got 7. That is Jim's lucky number too so we think it means good things are coming our way here soon :) Positive thinking right?

They will call us tomorrow sometime to let us know if Jim's swimmers and my eggs liked each other overnight and they fertilized like they should. Then looking at Thursday sometime for transfer as long as all goes well. Lots of waiting but this is where it gets kind of exciting too. Just wondering what could be and could this really be the chance we have been waiting for to start our family?

It's strange for me to think that we have eggs sitting in a dish on a counter somewhere hopefully doing amazing things and could possibly be our future child. We were talking before the procedure and pondering how many we might have to transfer and if it works will we have or a boy or a girl and how I might look all round and pregnant? We got a few good chuckles in on all that fun stuff. I guess for us, the road has had so many pitfalls and heartaches that's it's a nice feeling to at least have this chance to try IVF when a year or so ago it was not an option. The constant wonder of always thinking "What If" we had tried instead of trying the adoption route? Would it have worked back then and we would have avoided the pain of our long failed adoption process? Will it work this time and was it meant to be for Jim to start a new job that had this great benefit as part of his insurance? There is something about all of this that just feels right in my heart and something inside telling me to continue to pray and remain strong and positive for something wonderful is about to happen and our family will begin soon. That could still mean that adoption will work out in the end or this IVF try is going to work out in the end. But in my heart something is going to happen and we will be parents by the end of 09. I just know it. Hope this all rings true somehow because it's the one thing we want more than anything in the world at this time in our lives. There is a reason for everything I truly believe that and I guess in time we will know what all these reasons are :)

Thinking positive and hoping for our miracle :)