Our {biggest} Adventure Yet!

We can happily {and finally} say

that we have the biggest and most exciting news

of the century.

Little Baby Sorensen Due January 2014!!!

To say that we have waited an eternity for this opportunity would be an understatement.  We couldn't be happier or more excited for this new adventure.  This has been a long long {expensive} and rewarding journey.  I wish I had the energy and memory to give you all the details (like Chelsea) but I was not smart enough to write it down at the time.  But I will give you as much information as I can remember...

IVF #2 began in March 2013-

The beginning of my protocol included 1 month of birth control.

(This is to allow my body to "chill out")

April 1st, 2013 was my first day of stims...

Most days included 2 injections {Kevin was a champ and did all of them for me}

There were ultrasounds about every other day

And a lot of blood draws {which for me are very difficult}

After 10 days of stims we finally made it to my "Egg Retrieval"

This is the best day ever! Because I get some of that wonderful anesthesia.

We were blessed with the fact that we had 8 eggs retrieved.

Which was 3 more than we had last time.

All 8 eggs fertilized!! And we were able to pick the best 2 for transfer.

My "Egg Transfer" was on April 15, 2013...and then the wait began.

That has to be the most nerve wracking, longest wait of my entire life.

Your body has been through so much that it is hard to "symptom" watch.

My beta {blood pregnancy test} was scheduled for 12 days past my retrieval (which was really early).

I wish I could say that I didn't "cheat"  but I did.

The blood test results came back {positive} but only at a level of 30.

I was really nervous, especially since losing a pregnancy already, that 30 wasn't going to be enough.

Usually they would retest in about 2 days but I was going to be out of town on a work trip.

Those were 5 EXTREMELY long and anxious days before I would test again.

We were hoping my numbers would be in the 250 range when we retested but...

they came back at {370}!!!!

We were officially pregnant!

Now we had been this far before so we were cautiously optimistic.

After 3 ultrasounds we are happy to be "out of the woods" and looking forward to January.

I know that is just a brief, very non-descript explanation of the process but I don't have the energy to put all the emotion into a full post...but that will come some day.  Although this process has been one of the hardest things I have ever done I have to say that it was the most incredible and rewarding experience I have ever had.  It was extremely emotional and at times felt impossible but I wouldn't trade it for anything.  There aren't very many people who can say that they got to actually "see" the process of their baby being conceived.  

One of the hardest parts of this was that we decided not to tell anyone what we were doing.  This was good for me though.  IVF takes a lot of the "surprise" out of having a baby.  It takes away the spontaneity of annnnything to do with the process.  But being able to surprise our parents with the news was totally worth having to keep quiet for months!  The outpouring of love and excitement for us has been overwhelming and I am so grateful for all of you.

We are excited for this new time in our lives and can't wait to meet our baby in January :)