The dreaded two week wait came and we were both so excited. Everything was perfect and we could not see a reason for this not working! When the nurse called to tell us the news that it did not work, we were shattered. EVERYBODY knew we were doing IVF, so we had to break the news to family, friends, and co-workers. We relived the pain over and over again.
We decided to take a few months to ourselves and rebuild and then met with Dr. Foulk to come up with another plan. We talked about transferring two embryos and using a “glue” that would help them implant. We went forward with this plan, but this time just kept it to the two of us. We didn’t want to share the news over and over again if it didn’t work and we wanted a somewhat normal surprise if it did work.
Almost two weeks went by, I decided to take a pregnancy test at home. I thought I needed to prepare myself for a negative and not tell my husband. To my surprise, two wonderful pink lines instantly showed up on the test and I immediately bursted into tears! This was the first time I had seen two pink lines EVER. I hurried and grabbed a note to my husband that I had addressed from my babies that I wrote years ago. I was finally able to announce to my husband the way that I had always dreamt of. I ran downstairs and handed it to him and he immediately burst into tears the second he read “Dear Daddy.” We could not believe that we were going to be parents after a long 4 years of trying.
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