Hurst Family: A Baby Story

I just saw this on Pinterest tonight.  Yes, my Friday night is exciting.  Tonight's single parenting is brought to you by "fantasy football draft."  At least I think that's what he called it....could have been "sausage fest," serving up some franks and beans for all I know.  It's been a long day, I can't remember.  Anyways, I'm totally off track now.  New paragraph... In my opinion, this quote is stated SO PERFECTLY.  Personally, I have been blessed beyond all measure being given the opportunity to be Khloe's mom, but before that miracle happened I knew this pain very well and I am extremely empathetic to anyone experiencing this pain.  Maybe I wasn't all that great at explaining how I felt during that time - I don't recall ever using the term "loss" - but this nails it.  Spot on.  "Infertility is a loss.  It's the loss of a dream."  Until you are given the chance to live out that dream and to have that futu...

The laparoscropy went very well this morning.  Dr. Jarrett did find endometriosis, and although that is bad, it is great news that he found it and removed it.  This very well could have been the highest contributing factor to our failed IVF rounds and our inability to get pregnant on our own.  I also mentioned yesterday that they would be inserting some sort of oil (it started with an "L" but I forget the entire name) -- they did just that, as well as injected a dye to ensure my fallopian tubes were open (which they are).  I misspoke about the oil increasing our chances of conceiving by 2-3%, it just makes us 2-3 times more likely to conceive.  Still great news! A special thanks to my sister-n-law, Jess Phegley, for staying over last night, breaking in our new basement bedroom, eating ice cream with me, and hanging around today to watch Khloe for me while I recover.  ;-)  Kellen has been great, too.  I know he loves his day's hanging out with Kh...

A little more than a month in, and we have been pleasantly thrown for a loop with the very positive analysis results from Kellen (give this guy a high five and another punch in his man card) and the recommended treatment going forth with Jarrett Fertility Group.  I strongly believe that the change to a more natural, whole foods diet over the past 3-4 years has contributed greatly to Kellen and I's health and overall well-being. That being said, my personal overall health has been at an all-time high for the past few years and whether or not that has had a direct impact on my fertility has been unknown.  Since 2009, any test ran on me always came back with positive results.  So, with the absence of any issues on my end, being susceptible to pregnancy and staying pregnant was never a problem...until there was no explanation as to why we had two failed IVF cycles.  Dr. Jarrett chatted with us two weeks ago about our options.  His recommendations, after spattin...