The Deal-io

I know there are many reasons Heavenly Father wanted us to move to Houston, and I know one of the reasons is because Houston has some of the best doctors in the world. Today just validated that feeling for me.

Our first appt with Dr. Gill, our fertility specialist was today, @ the Houston Fertility Institute and I haven't felt this positive about things in a REALLY long time. He is such an amazing doctor. He was able to explain some testing/procedures that will be taking place to first figure out what is wrong AND he was just super positive and hopeful.

Here is what we will be doing. Today, I got ELEVEN vials of blood drawn to test for various things but mainly for Factor 5, which my Mom was recently diagnosed with. It is a blood clotting disease which can result in miscarriages if left untreated/unknown. He says people can be very successful in their pregnancies with this disorder with the help of fertility treatments.

Next, I will go in a couple of weeks where they will put me out and check out all my insides to see what all my "plumbing" looks like. Geoff will also be tested at that time. After all these procedures, the doctor will be able to draw up a plan for what is the best route for Geoff and I to become parents.

The best part of my visit was looking at the HUGE wall of photos & letters with pictures of babies that the doctor was a part of helping come to be. Crazy part was-- at least half of the pictures had pictures of twins/triplets-- yikes! This is definitely a very very expensive route-- even with insurance-- but I can't think of a better way to spend our hard earned money!

I haven't felt this hopeful in a really REALLY long time. Even if things don't work through this whole process, we will know we did all we could to try and conceive this route.

Thank you SO much for all the thoughts and prayers that you all have had on our behalf. We feel incredibly blessed to have so many wonderful friends and family supporting us and looking out for us through this process!