Monday, March 2, 2009
Raging Hormones!
Do you ever find yourself tearing up as you watch young siblings interact, sharing toys with each other or playing a made up game that only they understand? I do. How about when you walk by a sweet baby in a car seat and he looks up, sees you smiling at him and he smiles right back at you… Yeah, so maybe I’m the only one. Some days I find myself on the verge of crying (happy tears, of course) just watching the little ones explore the gym where I work. What are they thinking? What is it like seeing a 30 foot trampoline for the first time or swinging on a bar made just the right size for them? Maybe that’s weird to you that I cry about such “normal” and seemingly “silly” things but I find pure happiness just watching toddlers play and seeing them laugh. (And seriously, three year olds say some pretty witty, outrageous, and hilarious things!) Alright, maybe my hormones have a little something to do with it. The point is that I want to be a mom. Whether I become a mom with my own eggs or by someone else’s, I am determined to keep trying.
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Hi, I went to high school with Lisa Marker who pointed me to your blog. I felt compelled to offer you some hope. My wife and I went through some agonizing years trying to conceive. As you know, every month is another disappointment (built on the other disappointments of the previous agony). You feel as though you are losing the battle with time. After a couple years, we got pregnant finally, but it resulted in a miscarriage. Then we went to see Dr. Faulk, a Boise fertility specialist. We decided that our best hope was to use donor eggs (because my wife was over 40). 5 embryos were implanted, one took. (Her name is Alison and she's almost eight years old, now.) A year and a half later we implanted three of the remaining embryos and were blessed with twins. Every step of the way was a challenge for us, it never was easy. At one point the doctors confronted us with reducing the multiples to one because all three of the embryos took. We couldn't choose. One of the implants just went away.
We have to think hard to remember the frustration, anxiety and disappointment of the pre-IVF days. My prayer for you...Stay positive, don't give up. It may be hard get through this stage, but I know that some day you'll be able to offer a bit of hope to someone else who is fertility-challenged. My best-Tim Hurst
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