Born From My Heart

Well today I attended the sonogram of the birth mother who has chosen to place her child with us for adoption. The baby is due November 26th and we are so excited! The sonogram showed a perfectly healthy baby GIRL! Well, the sonogram tech is 90% sure it is a girl because her foot kept getting in the way but none of us saw any boy parts so we are going with girl. LOL Her name will be Reagan Emily and we can't wait for her to join our family. We do plan to continue our TTC efforts so we can hopefully give her a brother or a sister! Updates are sure to come. :-) UPDATED TO ADD SONOGRAM PICS (original post 10/16/08) Profile Nose/Lips It's a Girl!

I have shared the following items with several close friends and family and thought I'd put them up on the blog for other folks to see. Innocent comments and genuine showings of support can become more hurtful than helpful at times so it's nice to be able to put a little perspective into things. I've never felt as though anyone said hurtful things on purpose because I do understand that most things in life just aren't fully comprehensable unless you've been there and done that. So, to give a little peek into things infertile couples hear often that just aren't helpful, here is a compilation of things gleaned from the internet. Comments Infertile Couples Hate to Hear Guess who's pregnant--again! It will happen when you're ready. So-and-so prayed, and they got pregnant right away. You're being too sensitive, or, Maybe you're not meant to have children, or, Just accept it and go on, or, Stop crying, or, We all have problems. Do you want me to giv...

My name is Dawn and I have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). PCOS is an endocrine disorder that affects many aspects of my body. Among them are insulin resistance (which can lead to diabetes), dark, coarse hair in places it does not belong, difficulty losing any amount of excess weight, irritable bowel syndrome, hormonal imbalances and lack of ovulation. I've had this disorder all my life and have been able to deal with most of the symptoms without allowing any of them to take over my life. Until now. I always knew that getting pregnant would be a challenge for me however I never realized just how much of a challenge it would turn out to be. My husband and I began dating in January of 2000. After we fell in love, we stopped using any form of birth control in the hopes that things might happen without medical intervention. We were married in January of 2006 and in March started seeing a Reproductive Endocrinologist (RE) to help us have our baby. We went through many, many tests ...