Hurst Family: A Baby Story

At just under 37 weeks pregnant, I'm about ready for this party to start as I currently sit here being 3cm dilated and 80% effaced.  I didn't blog much at all towards to end of my pregnancy with Evan, so I'm really going to try to do a better job this time so I have this to look back on!  I'm excited to know that the birth of this babe and the recovery I'll undergo marks the closing of this chapter of my life called infertility.  It's been 8 years of treatment, many fails, zero natural conceptions, but 3 beautiful IVF conceptions.  I'm grateful for the perfect timing of each procedure I've undergone.  I'm thankful for my healthy children.  And I'm so glad I got to share this journey with everyone.  Writing about the hardships of infertility was my escape and without any intention, I was able to reach a lot of people going through the same journey.  I'm extra thankful for the friendships and support I've gained from those of you that have ...

You guys, I haven't been feeling super great lately.  We went through an episode last week where Khloe got the stomach flu and passed it around to the rest of us.  I will tell ya, the stomach bug on top of first trimester pregnancy symptoms is tough to beat on a scale of 1 to crappy.  I'm 8w3d today which means I'm not anywhere close to being out of this trimester for another month or so.  BUT, that's okay.  This is normal, real-life stuff that people do.  So let's switch gears from whiny to "yay!" Since my last post, I've had two ultrasounds and I will have another one coming up on February 6.  I like to call that a little "infertile perk" that those of us who undergo fertility treatments get as we are very closely monitored during our first trimesters.  So far, the baby has looked great!  And yes, I said baby in reference to just one little solo guy/girl in there.  We saw the heartbeat at 6 weeks and at 8 weeks I saw the arms and l...