So, I run a book blog but realized I hadn't posted in over a year...I read a really good book and saw my audience of over 1K was slowing losing interested and decided to blog again. Well, in the process I remembered about this blog and decided I should probably do an update.
My last entry was explaining that the IVF was unsuccessful. Well, there's a ton of things that happened after...here's a very quick summary of the last couple of years :
1. I decided to do another round of IVF --
No worries for those who would have been interested to read all about it. It never happened. What did happen is after about a year of being super sad after a failed IVF attempt, I decided to make an appointment to use our final embryo that we had stored. The WEEK we were scheduled for the first appointment to start the whole process over again my IVF nurse called to tell me that she was sorry but there was a mistake done by one of the nurses in charge of storage. WHAT?! Yeah, my thoughts exactly. It's something I am still pretty bitter about to this day because it's something you would hear about on TV, nothing that could possibly happen in real life -- or so I thought. They claimed the lady no longer worked with them because it wasn't the first incident this happened...but I stalk their FB page and have noticed her in some recent photos. If only I was one of those people who could speak their mind... Needless to say no IVF = no baby. And no more embryos or chances left for the IVF. They did offer to go through the entire process of IVF with them again. Um, pass.
2. WE MOVED!
Well, not really. We are located the same place but it's a new house. We have always lived in a private lot of all family members. We decided to get a bigger house as we still want to expand our family, however that may happen. We got a modular home. It has three bedrooms, so plenty of room to welcome a child (or three).
3. WE ARE BECOMING FOSTER PARENTS!
Now, this is the most recent update. I've always been interested in adopting/fostering ever since I had a good friend in high school who had some rotten luck in the foster care system. I wanted to foster him but of course, I was only a child myself. Well, 10 years later, I am finally becoming a foster parent. I actually started the process a couple months ago. I finished the PRIDE training and am currently waiting for the home assessment. We are aiming for a child that is 0-3. We may do some respite care for older children as well. Our goal is to foster-to-adopt. Our home assessment is NEXT MONDAY so I have been working hard to get my house together. We will be out of town this weekend for Easter, visiting my family. So, Sunday night should be super fun doing last minute laundry and cleaning in preparation! I know a lot of people are interested in the whole process -- I'll blog more about the process later. If anyone has specific questions, feel free to ask so I can include answers! Since we are planning on being a permanent home, should the need arise, we will probably have to wait slightly longer than the average foster parent for placement. I think we will mostly get placed with children who have a high probability of needing permanency placement (a forever home). We have had some rotten luck over these past several years, so I do worry about the potential heartbreak, but either way...it's something we both felt led to do.
Anyway, I just wanted to hit you all with the highlights of where we are at...I sort of left you hanging with the last post and didn't want you all to think we stopped our journey to parenthood. Definitely not the case with us. We are full speed ahead...
Funny story, when creating the title for this blog I was very particular about naming it. Early on I knew God had special plans for us. I didn't (and still) have no clue what those plans are, but I know it's a journey of FAITH. I also know it'll be a journey that leads us to "YOU". It may take us a while to understand just who that "YOU" may be...but it'll be a journey I know we will look back and know was worth all of this.
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