This marks the start of a new life ahead...

Well, here we go again ladies. DH and I are on day 6 of our last attempt at IVF. We chose our egg donor and sperm donor a few months ago and were patiently waiting for me to get my period and go on birth control, which seemed to take forever. I had my baseline ultrasound done this past Thursday and everything looks great! I started estrogen injections last Thursday. My donor starts her meds this friday and my next ultrasound is 8/17. The potential egg retrieval date is 8/24 with a transfer on 8/29. DH and I have been SO busy that we have been like passing ships lately. We finally had a day to ourselves this past  Saturday and we had such a great time hanging out. We had a few beers and played video games while taking turns picking out records. I have been feeling a little more emotional than I normally do lately, well....and the beers didn't help, but I got all upset. I told DH that I'm terrified of this cycle. It is our last chance of a possible pregnancy. Although, I do feel very excited and positive about it because we are taking away both variables now so I have it in my head that maybe if we have perfect embryos they will actually stick. I still am very aware of the weight of this being our last attempt. No matter what happens this will mark the start of a new life for us. One with children, or maybe one without. DH and I both know that most likely not having children is not really what we want. However, we will be taking a lengthy break from everything fertility for a few years before pursuing adoption. He actually texted me today while I was at work with, "You're my whole world Becky and I won't stop until I get you a baby!" lol Kinda sounds funny, but the guy has a heart of gold and I am truly the luckiest girl in the world in the love department.

I have to tell you about our Colorado trip because it seriously opened my eyes to new possibilities. We had the best vacation ever!! I can't even believe you have all that beauty in your backyard heatherttc!! We spent the first two days in estes park and hiked the rocky mountains. The two trails we did were both different and breathtaking. We saw waterfalls, lakes, mountains, and were 12,000 feet high in elevation!! The scenery looked like a game of thrones war could break out in the fields at any moment. We were truly in heaven. We had awesome dinners, tried CO brewed beers, and met the nicest people ever. The last two days we spent in Boulder and Denver. We just perused pearl street mall, which is a bunch of eclectic and unique stores and restaurants. DH checked out a dispensary and bought some edible peach gummies which he loved!lol  We just loved it there. Denver is a thousand times cleaner with way nicer people than Philadelphia. We could seriously see ourselves moving to CO. It's a beautiful place with so much to do. We love pretty much any outdoor activity and CO is obviously full of that. It just reminded me that we can seriously do anything we want. If we want to move to beautiful CO we can! So, no matter what happens in the next month or so our lives will be changing. I know we may have frozen embryos left and of course we will be doing all attempts before calling it quits. CO just opened our eyes to how much more of the world is out there that we have never seen or experienced. I am very nervous and very excited for the future, but as long as I have DH I know I will be happy wherever we end up! Miss you guys!! xoxo