ABOUT US

Hi!

My name is Alexandra but most of the time people just call me Ali.  I married my best friend Scott in 2013 and started this blog shortly after to document our journey through life together.  We wanted a place where family and friends could get a peek into our life's adventures and to share in our joys as well as in our sorrows.  

For the past two and a half years, Scott and I have been trying to conceive and begin a family of our own.  I know that people don't usually share things like this, but as Scott and I brave this trial of infertility, I have come to recognize how valued and appreciated it is to have abundant support.  It may surprise you how many people there are who courageously face this challenge in their life.  For this reason, along with my other life experiences, this blog is what it is today.

Here's the tale of our unexpected events...
On August 22, 2015 the first unexpected thing happened.  At the time, I was taking clomid to help get things going for us.  Sadly, it worked but the clomid was too much.  I suffered ovarian torsion, which caused my left ovary to be removed.  We knew things would be hard, but there were still several options of how we could have kids.
Then, on June 8, 2016 all feelings I had leading up to the ovarian torsion came back.  I knew something was not right.  We made another trip to the ER and found out I was having an ectopic pregnancy.  It was devastating and so unexpected, but we knew we needed to put our trust in Heavenly Father.  Losing my right fallopian tube wasn't the worst thing that could have happened, because it still gave us options.

In July we met with Dr. Foulk at Utah Fertility Center to discuss the options.  The only option left was IVF, if we wanted to bare our own children.  So, that was it.  We started planning on starting IVF within the next few months.

On September 18, 2016 I went in for my egg retrieval.  It was quite a few days earlier than we expected, because my body reacted so well to the medication I was taking.  Sadly, Dr. Foulk wasn't able to be in Utah for this, but we were put in the trusting hands of Dr. Conway who successfully did our egg retrieval.  

With my body reacting so quickly to everything, Dr. Foulk worried that my body was hyper stimulated, and suggested that we wait another month before going through with the transfer.  This would mean that rather than using the fresh embryos, the embryos would be frozen and we would hope that when it came time to use them, they would thaw and still be just as healthy.

Finally on October 20, we went in for our first Frozen Embryo Transfer.  It was a day full of emotions as I was so excited and nervous all at the same time.  This was such a big deal and Scott and I had been doing so much to prepare my body for these precious embryos.  The procedure was simple and quick, then I went home and would wait 10 days before knowing if the embryos took or not.  On Halloween, I went in for the HCG blood test.  Sadly, we got a call that afternoon that the embryos did not take and I was not pregnant.

That leads us to our second Frozen Embryo Transfer on January 26, 2017.  We prepared the same way with shots and pills, but Dr. Foulk suggested that we insert a medication called Neupogen.  Neupogen is a bone marrow stimulant, but fertility specialists have seen success with inserting Neupogen into the uterus to create more "velcro" as Dr. Foulk calls it, for the embryo to attach to.  We are currently in the waiting period to find out if the embryos took this transfer, but we like to say that it did work.

Thanks for stopping by our little place.  We are so happy to have you be a part of our life, and are forever grateful for your love, support, and prayers.