3/10/2023 0 Comments Our Journey to AdoptWe were married in April 2006. After only 4 months we felt strongly that we didn't need to keep using birth control and we were excited to start our family. We thought for sure this meant a child was soon on the way. Man were we wrong! We kept trying and month after month had heartbreak as there was no baby in sight. Months of trying and waiting turned into a year so we started seeking professional help. A year of waiting and trying turned into two. The heartbreak of failure month after month was starting to weigh on us. After a few years of trying with no success we moved to more aggressive infertility treatments and started doing some IUI's with still no success. We felt like we were on a merry go round just going in circles and couldn't get off. We watched as friends and family got married and started their families. While we were immensely happy for them the heartbreak was also very real.
In December of 2012 we committed to moving forward with IVF the following year. In January I waited for my cycle to begin so that we could schedule a consultation and get things rolling with that whole process. However, no cycle came and we found out that I was indeed pregnant. Devin was actually in the shower when I showed him the pregnancy test. His saw it and stared for a second before saying "Wait, does that mean what I think it does?" Holding back tears of joy I replied that it was, however the test was technically an expired test. He then practically yelled "Get out and get in the car. We're buying a new pregnancy test right now!" We ran to the store and bought a new test and confirmed we did indeed have our miracle we'd been praying for! We were so excited for our little miracle to join us and I guess he was just as excited. Timothy was born 3 months early at 27 weeks by emergency c-section. He weighed 1 pound 13.5 ounces. I hadn't been feeling well for a couple days and Devin was about to go out of town with the young men in our ward. We moved my dr. appointment up so I could get checked out before he left later that afternoon. At the appointment when the nurse took my blood pressure she immediately looked alarmed and went and got her supervisor. The nurse practitioner took my blood pressure and then told us to go immediately to Labor and Delivery at the hospital. We were both a little in shock and the reality of the situation didn't really sink in. When we got to the hospital they immediately determined that the best way to save both my life and the life of our son was to do an emergency c-section. He spent 3 1/2 months in the NICU and there were lots of ups and downs through that whole ordeal. We are so grateful for him! Since having Timothy we have been through 6 IVF cycles and had 1 miscarriage. It felt like we were back on the merry go round as year after year; IVF cycle after IVF cycle passed and nothing changed. After much thinking and prayer we realized that it just wasn't safe for me to become pregnant again. Though this was a heartbreak, we felt great comfort and peace as we looked towards adoption. We attended classes put on by the Utah Adoption Specialists and learned so much about the adoption process and about birth mothers. The more we learned and looked into adoption the more we felt that it was meant for us. We are so excited and grateful for the opportunity to add to our family. We want to share our love and know that our future children will have so many people who love them. We are so grateful for birth mothers and your selfless acts of love. We've been through a lot of ups and downs and twists and turns on our journey. However, we know that we are on the right path and are excited to move forward with adoption.
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