Some News...

My dad used to sing a song about the "Little pitter patter of teeny tiny feet....at our house." Well...that is going to happen for us this fall. We are excited to announce that we are expecting twins in September! It has been five years coming, but after the miraculous gift of In Vitro Fertilization, we are finally pregnant. For more information about our journey and experiences with pregnancy, visit our infertility blog: Two Infertile Turtles.

Infinite Power of Hope

Austin and I received news yesterday from our doctor that our IVF cycle had to be cancelled. You can read more about the details on our Two Infertile Turtles site. At first we were in shock. Despair tried to seep into our souls, but we were comforted as we remembered that Heavenly Father is in the details of our lives. We trust in Heavenly Father's promises, and we continually find renewed hope in His plan for us. Nevertheless, we allowed ourselves to feel remorse for our loss.

It has been interesting to go through a failed IVF cycle: We know that we did everything we could to make it work. We will press forward with steadfastness in Christ.

We will continue to work towards our goal, listening to the promptings of the spirit, and carry on.

That is the real test. Things happen in our lives that run contrary to our desires and plans, but I believe we are tested on how we endure through and react to those challenges. This is just one of our tests in this life. We hope to prevail and know we will see a brighter day! There will always be hope smiling brightly before us.

Two Infertile Turtles Website

Our Two Infertile Turtles Website is now ready to start its next phase: the IVF procedure. We will now begin using www.twoinfertileturtles.blogspot.com to share the experience of IVF for our interested readers. IVF is an key tool many couples use to become pregnant and we feel it is worthy story to tell.

Please join and follow our Two Infertile Turtles blog to discover one couple's journey through the IVF process. We want to turn our family blog back into, well, a family blog to highlight some of the other adventures of our lives.

July Scentsy Fundraiser and Update

Wishing and Hoping
Thinking and Praying
Planning and Dreaming....

Austin and I are getting closer to our first IVF procedure.:) We have decided to start our first IVF cycle either next month (August) or in September, depending on my cycle. We are excited to share this news! However, we have prayerfully been considering this past while if it makes sense to go into a lot of debt to afford the roughly $30,000 guarantee option or begin with the one cycle at a time option (about $10,000). We have decided to go with the one cycle at a time.

Now we know you are up to your ears with fundraisers! However, we are beginning to wind down and almost have the $10,000 to attempt one IVF cycle. Our previous post noted we have saved and fund-raised just over $7,000 to go towards our IVF attempt. Our goal is to raise at least another 3,000 so we can pay the fertility clinic in full for the August or September IVF attempt without going into debt.

With this being said, we have been sponsored for another fundraiser by Christine Alva-Hill who is an independent consultant for Scentsy. This fundraiser will run for the next two weeks, from now until July 26th. We invite you to share this site with friends and family members that possibly already purchase Scentsy products, but their purchases will benefit our cause to have children.

A few comments about what you can order: This is an exciting month for Scentsy fragrance lovers because Scentsy has brought back some of its most popular fragrances that were discontinued and they are available only this month. Some of these flavors are: Exotic Vanilla/Velvet Spice, Fried Ice Cream, and Tuscan Garden to name a few. You can order online at www.christine.scentsy.us. to place your order, look for Two Infertile Turtles and click on Buy From This Party.
Do know there are, however, other ways to help us raise money without purchasing an item...

If our readers are interested in helping us sell items, there are several thank you gifts available. The participant who sells the most gets a free Scentsy Warmer and Scentsy Bar or Scentsy Buddy and Scent Pak! An example of our sale goal for Scentsy is as follows: If a participant sells 5 Full Size Warmers, 5 Pug-Ins, 5 Scentsy Bars, 5 Room Sprays and 5 Scent Circles the total they have raised is $330.00. If 11 participants help reach this goal then the fundraiser will have raised $3,500. Scentsy would then contribute $1815 to our IVF! Let us know if you would be interested in helping us sell the Scentsy products!

Please look over the website and see if the Scentsy products can benefit your home and help us towards our IVF goal. If you, your friends, or family may benefit from Scentsy products, please pass the word along. Thanks and happy shopping!

Fun with Fundraising and Life in General

Hello Readers!

We apologize for our long absence. We haven't had the internet for the past month, so we have been out of the blogging world for a while. It feels good to be back online! So many wonderful things have happened since our last post. It's hard to know where to begin.

To recap, our last post highlighted our fundraisers for the month of May. We can't thank all of our friends and family enough for all their support towards our IVF process. We'd like to highlight a few more recent fundraisers that we have had that have helped us get closer to our goal of becoming parents.

Our friends, John and Connie, ran a Scentsy online fundraiser for us spanning across the U.S.A. and Canada. They helped us raise $420 and have also introduced us to their friend, Kristine, who is going to do another Scentsy online fundraiser for us next month. More info on this event to come..... Thank you, John and Connie, for your help!
Our latest fundraiser was an outdoor movie night sponsored by our friends Jeb and Leslie. We watched Gnomeo and Juliet projected on a big screen in their backyard. It was such a great movie to watch outdoors. Admission to the movie was free. The concession prices helped raise funds for our IVF. We were able to raise $148 at this event! Thank you, Jeb and Leslie! We would also like to thank Jeb and Leslie's son, Zyon, for making signs for our event!



Now in our last post we wrote we were planning on starting our IVF at the end of this month. Unfortunately, we have had a bit of a set back from our plan. Austin and I both received cut-backs from work and aren't working as many hours during the summer months. Needless to say, we were expecting Austin to be teaching a few more classes at Weber State this summer but it didn't happen as we had planned. This puts us probably in August or September to begin our IVF process. Wish us luck. We will keep you posted on our progress toward IVF. We have personally saved $4,137.30. With your help, we have raised $2,924.99! We just need to be sure that we can make the monthly payments on the roughly $30,000 baby loan that we will need to pay for the IVF money back guarantee program. It sounds scary, but it will be possible when work picks up in the fall and we complete a few more fundraisers. Stay tuned...

Don't worry. IVF fundraising isn't the only thing happening in our lives. We recently moved further north and are loving our new place. It's a bit quieter here than in Ogden, but we enjoy our new surroundings. However, we miss the familiar sites and friendships from our old place.

We have also had quite a few opportunities to enjoy time with family this past month. My family had their first "official" family reunion for a week at my parents house. We had relay races, played Just Dance 2 on the Wii, had a talent show, and went digging on Topaz mountain. It was fun to have everyone together again.

Another family outing was with Austin's family. Austin's parents took us down to the Tuacahn outdoor amphitheatre to treat us for Austin's graduation. We watched two incredible broadway musicals: Disney's The Little Mermaid and Grease. We would highly recommend anyone to go to the Tuacahn! It was amazing! His parents also took us to Snow Canyon and we found a few hikes there.

We will try to post more often now that we are connected to the internet. It's great to be able to blog again!

Fundraiser Weekend!

What a wonderful weekend! We had a few big fundraising events that we want to share with you on our blog. These events helped us raise money for our In Vitro Fertilization procedure and to allowed us to raise awareness about infertility.

On Saturday we were pumped and rearing to go at our 5K run/walk event sponsored by Pound the Pavement for Parenthood. We were overwhelmed by the support of so many wonderful people who came out to race for our journey to fertility. Austin and I are so pleased to announce that we raised $620 from registered participants and another $212.40 from the bake sale!!! Thank you all for coming and supporting our dream to become parents! We also want to acknowledge and thank the Pound the Pavement for Parenthood Organization for sponsoring us for their 2nd annual race. We plan on racing in their future 5K events for other couples.

On Friday and Saturday we were sponsored for a booth at the Get Outdoor Expo in Sandy, UT. We set up a booth and advertised for the Pound the Pavement for Parenthood Organization and sold products to raise additional funds for our IVF. We raised $273.84 at the booth! We want to give a special thank you to all who have supported our cause by either helping run the booth or donated products to sell at the event. We met some wonderful people and helped get potential vendor sponsors and over 20 more interested participants for future 5K events.

Austin and I are hopeful that we will be able to start our IVF procedure at the end of June. Stay tuned...

5K Walk/Run Fundraiser: Only Four Days Away!

Amanda and I are excited for our 5k race this Saturday, May 14th. In addition to the race, there will be raffle prizes, a bake sale, concessions, and more. If you haven't had a chance to register, print out the form from www.poundthepavementforparenthood.com and postmark it by tomorrow, May 11th, for the pre-registration price. Stay tuned for stories and experiences from the 5k race this next week. See you Saturday!

April in Review and Thank You

We cannot believe April is already over. It seemed to have gone by so fast for Amanda and I. We are excited, nevertheless, with how much we have accomplished with the many tender mercies we have seen this month. We will briefly highlight some of these tender mercies.

First, I earned my Master of Education degree and walked the third week of April. It was quite a feeling to walk across the stage and receive my degree while family and friends cheered me on. After my graduation, however, Amanda mentioned to me that she is now excited to have her husband back and would appreciate a break for awhile before I go on to receive a doctorate degree! Next, with your support we have now raised roughly $730 toward our IVF treatment. Many have bought items from our fundraising site or have simply made a cash donation online. We thank you for your continued thoughts, prayers, and donations. It is helping Amanda and I carry the burden of infertility.

Towards the end of the month, we attended an infertility conference http://www.utahinfertilityawareness.com/ on the University of Utah campus. This conference was very informative for us and allowed Amanda and I to connect with other couples struggling with being childless. This event was coordinated by Kerstin Daynes, the author of Infertility: Faith, Hope, and Healing.

She is also a sponsor of our Pound the Pavement for Parenthood 5k run/walk scheduled for Saturday, May 14th at 11:00 a.m. Kerstin is such an inspiration and we enjoyed meeting her in person. You can find out more information about her at www.ldsinfertility.org.

Oh, it is important to mention that those planning on attending our 5k race need to have their registration forms mailed in by May 11th to be eligible for the raffle prizes. There are some great raffle prizes and we are looking forward to having you join us for the race in Saratoga Springs, Utah. Please share this race opportunity with your friends. More details regarding the race can be found at www.poundthepavementforparenthood.com.

It is also important to mention that Amanda can still out run me :) Nevertheless, I am catching up to her. She has been enjoying going to Planet Fitness to train for the race and then enjoying a cool down walk with me around our neighborhood.

April has been a busy month for Amanda in making items for our get outdoors expo booth (# 416). It has been a tender mercy that Amanda has been able to make a good number of items from our fundraising blog www.twoinfertileturtles.blogspot.com with the help of family, friends, and co-workers to sell at the booth. Amanda has obviously been stressed out with all the things she needs to make for the booth. Nevertheless, she is getting excited to spend a couple of days at the expo selling her wares and helping build awareness of how infertility impacts many couples trying to conceive.

Last but not least, another fundraiser, Scentsy, started by our friends John and Connie has been going well. Over $200 has been raised so far, and will continue into the summer months. If you can benefit from Scentsy items, please share this link http://connie.scentsy.ca/buy/setupprompt with your family and friends. In using this link, be sure to change the Canadian flag to the U.S. flag so the currency is right, unless your a supporter buying in Canada.

These have been a few tender mercies from our month of April. Thank you for your ongoing support. We couldn't have gone this far without you!

Infertility Series: Myths

Dear Readers,

I was really excited to research the topic of myths for this next post. As you may know, there are some interesting "old wives tales" out there regarding what increases fertility. However, there is minimal empirical evidence that any of these myths do anything to increase fertility. Perhaps you have heard some of these myths regarding what increases fertility: (1) adopting a child increases an infertile couples chance of getting pregnant, (2) moving to an rural area vs. an urban area, (3) eating fruits and vegetables, or (4) never engaging in something unhealthy (Bunting & Boivin, 2008).

It is noted in research that a belief in myths that have no empirical evidence may, in fact, actually hinder infertile couples from seeking professional help (e.g. IVF treatments) due to a false belief that one of the myths noted above may work (Bunting & Boivin, 2008). Bunting and Boivin studied a population of college students (n= 149) for their "fertility knowledge" regarding a number of survey questions. Interestingly, belief in such myths above were varied but strong. These researchers suggested that with such results, people with infertility may engage in ineffective behaviors that could delay seeking effective interventions.

Do I have your interest? Check out this study: doi:10.1093/humrep/den168 or send it to family and friends. If this doi doesn't work, email me at twoinfertileturtles@gmail.com and I will personally send the study to you.

Happy Reading,

Austin

P.S. Feel free to post comments here or send questions to twoinfertileturtles@gmail.com

Choir Music

My sister, Genevieve, is an amazing pianist. She recently composed a four-part choir piece based on Matthew 25:31-40. The reason she composed this music was so people can make a donation to help relief efforts in Japan and/or our IVF procedure. If you are interested in having a copy of this beautiful music piece, please make a donation to the Redcross, LDS Humanitarian Aid or twoinfertileturtles.blogspot.com. Once you have made the donation, please send an e-mail to twoinfertileturtles@gmail.com and Genevieve will send you a copy of the music piece. Thank you, Gen, for using your talents to bless us and others!

March in Review and Thank You

To all the readers, Amanda and I appreciate all the comments, support, and questions over the past month. There are many things to make mention of in this blog which may be of interest to our readers. But first a couple things Amanda and I have learned from infertility. First, asking for help is difficult. I cannot stress enough how difficult it has been for Amanda and I to ask family, friends, and acquaintances for help with our infertility fundraising. However, our burdens have been made lighter because of your support and your support means a lot. Second, we have been truly humbled through our infertility process. We've learned that everyone is carrying burdens, known or unknown. We are grateful we have been able to help strengthen the feeble knees of others and also have others strengthen ours.

Now for the month of March fundraising details. First of all, with your help we have raised close to $600 dollars toward our IVF treatment. Second, Amanda and many supporters have successfully made and sold items on our fundraising site www.twoinfertileturtles.blogspot.com. throughout the month of March. Many of these items will continue to be available online, the turtle key chains are a personal favorite, but will also be available at our booth, # 416, at the get outdoors expo www.thegoexpo.com/ to be held Friday, May 13th and Saturday, May 14th at the South Towne Expo Center in Sandy, Utah. It may have been mentioned before, but a booth was donated to Amanda and I to allow us to raise money to pay for our expensive IVF procedure. During the past month, we received several raffle prizes which will be available at our booth. Third, Jill Witt and her wonderful organization, Pound the Pavement for Parenthood, have begun registration for our 5k walk/run to be held Saturday, May 14th at 11:00 a.m. in Saratoga Springs, Utah. This organization has put together a wonderful race that will help raise money for our IVF procedure and help build awareness of the growing infertility issue that many couples are being faced with today. Fourth, we had another fundraiser begin this past month, Scentsy, with all proceeds being donated to our cause. If interested, the link to this fundraiser is http://connie.scentsy.ca/buy/setupprompt. Be sure to change the Canadian flag to the U.S. flag so the currency is right, unless your a supporter buying in Canada. Lastly, we have several other fundraisers coming up that were planned or further organized this past month: a movie night under the stars June 10th in Draper, Utah and a turkey shoot to be held in September. We appreciate all your support and invite you to participate in our many fundraisers.

Other events outside of the fundraiser: I am getting ready to graduate from Weber State University with my Master of Education degree, I will share my master thesis with my graduate committee this next week, and Amanda has been going to Planet Fitness to get ready for the 5k race in May. She can out run me! I need to get in shape for our race. Perhaps after graduation!

Infertility Series: The Infertility Relationship to Adoption

Greetings! Let me share a personal story to set up the inspiration for this weeks blog post. Several months ago, Amanda and I went to visit a fertility doctor. While there, we had a discussion about how young women often visit him to avoid pregnancy. We then shared a tearful moment together as he shared, "You know, it is difficult to witness your efforts to try and have children while, at the same time, several young women I meet with are trying to find ways to avoid having their conceived child." This made me think of the potential blessing it can be for a infertile couple to move toward a decision to adopt a child. Hence, this week I would like to share with you the research I found regarding the relationship between infertility and the decision to adopt unplanned children.

Who adopts:

According to research conducted under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Jones (2009) found 81 percent of adoptive mothers are 35-44 years of age. In addition, women who have ever used infertility services are 10 times more likely to have adopted children than women who have never used infertility services. This next part may surprise you: Men who have fathered children are more likely to have adopted children than men who have not fathered children. Moreover, women with incomes below 150% of poverty level and Hispanic women are the least likely to have adopted children compared with women of other characteristics. Overall, roughly 2 percent of the U.S. population, two million, aged 18-45 had adopted a child in 2002.

Something to Consider:

Ever considered infertility a blessing in disguise? It can be. Across the U.S. in 1973 nearly 20 percent of infants born to white never-married women were relinquished to adoptive parents. Interestingly, the percent of babies relinquished among other ethnicities were significantly lower. However, in the mid-1990s the number of babies being relinquished among all ethnicities decreased to a mere 1 percent, or about 7,000 infants annually.

References:

Jones, J. (2009). Who Adopts? Characteristics of Women and Men Who Have

Adopted Children. National Center for Health Statistics. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db12.pdf on March 25, 2011.

Scentsy Fundraiser!

Our dear friends, John and Connie, have generously offered to host a fundraiser for us through their Scentsy online store. All the proceeds from this fundraiser will go to our In Vitro Fertilization fund so we can realize our dream to have children! You can access their Scentsy store by clicking on the link: https://connie.scentsy.ca/Buy/SetupPrompt.

Make sure you check in the upper right corner to be sure it is on the U. S. Market (not Canadian). Change to the U. S. Market if the American flag is not visible by clicking on the flag that is visible and following the instructions. Then under “Would you like to join a party?” click on “Join Party” beside “FUNDRAISER – Building The Green Family”.

Have fun shopping, don't forget to check out the “Combine and Save” to get great deals on Scentsy. Scentsy - We Make Perfect Scents!
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Infertility Series: Perception of Childless Couples

This week I (Austin) am sharing a few insights into the perceptions individuals may share of childless couples within the U.S. and outside the U.S. In this post, I will broadly share some study findings, without too many details, to allow a quick overview and avoid a lengthy post. Nevertheless, if reader's have further interest, please post a comment and I will try to respond accordingly. Before beginning, it is important to note these study findings do not necessarily differentiate the differences between opinions toward voluntarily or involuntarily childless individuals.

The body of research seems to suggest the line between positive, neutral, or negative perceptions of childless couples is divided across gender, social, and economic lines both in the U.S. and outside the U.S. (Copur & Koropeckyj-Cox, 2010; Gubernskaya, 2010; Koropecky & Pendell, 2007; Rowland, 2007). Women, in contrast to men, generally hold a more favorable opinion of childless individuals. In addition, individuals of lower incomes tend to look more negatively upon childless individuals, but interestingly have higher fertility rates than higher income individuals.

In the U.S., Koropecky-Cox (2007) analyzed a sample size of 10,644 individuals in the late 1980's and conducted a follow-up interview with the same respondents in the early 1990's. A few interesting findings from this study relate: younger individuals, women, and childless individuals have more positive opinions of individuals who are childless. Negative attitudes of childless individuals, on the other hand, were found to be more prevalent in older individuals, men, less than full-time workers, and individuals with less formal education.

Outside the U.S., it is harder to share in specific terms the opinions individuals tend to have on childless couples without looking at each country individually. It must be generally acknowledged that social, cultural, and political structures differ in comparison to the U.S. and must be analyzed individually. However, it can be broadly assumed that individuals from more developed countries hold a more favorable opinion of childless couples, than individuals from less developed countries (Copur & Koropeckyj-Cox, 2010; Gubernskaya, 2010).

References: I have included the DOI number for the articles referenced within this post. If you desire the full reference please email me at twoinfertileturtles@gmail.com and I can email the references desired.

Copur & Koropeckyj-Cox (2010) DOI: 10.1177/0192513X10361577

Gubernskaya (2010) DOI: 10.1525/sop.2010.53.2.179

Koropecky & Pendell (2007) DOI: 10.1177/0192513X07301940

Rowland (2007) DOI: 10.1177/0192513X07303823

Thanks for visiting this post. Feel free to post your opinions, reactions, and any recommendations for future posts to this blog. If desired, you may also email me at twoinfertileturtles@gmail.com

Infertility Series: Introduction

Hello there! This is Austin Green, and welcome to the infertility series that Amanda and I will be sharing with you. I know Amanda often takes most of the responsibility to post items on our family blog. However, in writing this series, I have an opportunity to share that responsibility with her. As we begin this series, please note that I will try and provide you with research-based history and findings on the topic of infertility.

Let us begin! In this introduction, I will simply provide a simple definition of what infertility means and then pose a question you may respond to in a comment to this post, if desired. Infertility is defined as a couple who has been actively seeking to become pregnant for at least a year without success. Furthermore, infertility means a couple has a reduced ability to conceive a child: It does not mean they are sterile. Nevertheless, it may often feel that way.

Part 1 of this series will be discussing perceptions of infertile couples. Here is the question to ponder to prepare you for part 1: What is the general perception of couples who are childless in the U.S.? How does this differ from other countries around the world?

References:

www.webmd.com

This Month In Review

It has been a busy month. With your help, we have now raised almost $400.00 U.S. dollars. My sisters and I have made and sold earrings, turtle key chains, baby booties, ear warmers, baby sandals, and children's ties. This money will be going toward Austin and my IVF treatment tentatively planned to begin at the end of May.

Upcoming Events: We have officially scheduled our 5k run for Saturday, May 14th in Saratoga Springs, Utah with the Pound the Pavement for Parenthood organization. We also have had a booth donated to us for an Outdoor Expo event scheduled to take place at the South Towne Expo Center Friday, May 13th and Saturday, May 14th. We will be selling products and advertising for our 5k race there to help fund our path to fertility.

Volunteer Opportunities: If you are unable to assist financially, but have been wondering if you could help in other ways, we are in need of individuals who can help us run a booth at the expo event and also run games, food, and other booths at the 5k race. Let us know if you would be willing to donate some hours at either event. Your support is appreciated!

New Product News: My sister's and I have created some more awesome products on the two infertile turtles blog. Two items that I would like to highlight are the baby sandals and Mary Jane booties. These products make a great gift for baby showers, baby birthday's, etc. Feel free to check out these items and other new items on our site. If you have purchased items and know of other individuals who could benefit from our website products, please feel free to share our twoinfertileturtles site with them.



Upcoming posts: Austin is going to begin an infertility series on our family blog beginning this next week regarding infertility and the history and research behind it. Please check back for insights into a subject that is often not talked about, misunderstood, but affects a growing number of couples actively seeking to become pregnant.

Pound the Pavement for Parenthood

This weekend, Austin and I teamed up with an amazing organization called "Pound the Pavement for Parenthood" who will be sponsoring a 5K race in our behalf this May (tentatively the 14th) in Saratoga Springs, just south of Salt Lake City.
On Saturday, Austin and I had lunch with the organizers of Pound the Pavement for Parenthood and went over the logistics for the 5K race. We are excited to announce this additional opportunity to raise funds so we may realize our dream of having children. As Austin and I have come to realize, having children in a petri dish (lol) isn't going to be cheap. Keep coming back for more details on our 5K run/walk and other events. Let us know if you would like to be involved.

Infertility Fundraiser: Your Support is Requested

Amanda and I have been writing about our infertility on our website and now we have decided to do something about it.

We have started a website, with the generous help of family and friends, where you can purchase items to assist us in raising the 30,000 dollars needed to realize our dream of having children. Visit our website at www.twoinfertileturtles.blogspot.com by clicking here.

Our goal is to raise 7,000 dollars by the end of April so we can begin the in vitro fertilization process. We are asking each person to consider buying one item that will bless your family and in turn bless ours. Our website items include: baby accessories, children's accessories, winter apparel, home decor, and jewelry . If you would like to help us with a cash donation, please click on the donation button provided.

We will keep a running tally of the funds on our blog and also provide updated details of our IVF procedure to ensure transparency of the donated funds.

Come back often to our website for updated details on our IVF process and fundraising events. In addition, if you like our blog feel free to share it with friends and family www.twoinfertileturtles.blogspot.com on other social networking sites.

Finally, if you would like to donate items to be placed on our website, or have an item you are willing to make that we could sell on our blog, we invite these ideas as well. Please feel free to post a comment here or contact us at twoinfertileturtles@gmail.com

Thank you for joining with us to make this dream of children a reality.

Austin and Amanda

Babies In the Making

Yes, babies are coming. However, we have found out it is just going to cost us close to 30,000 dollars to make that happen. Ya, I know. Yikes!

Over the past couple of years now we have shelled out a thousand dollars here and a thousand dollars there, without much success. Our financial records indicate we have now reached about 4,000 dollars in pregnancy related costs. Several failed pregnancy attempts and uncomfortable tests have led us to an endocrinologist, fertility specialist, located in Sandy, Utah.

Our endocrinologist has informed us after looking over the past two years of testing, that IVF, or In Vitro Fertilization, is our best option of getting pregnant. However, we are at that place where a lot of couples in our predicament need to decide if it is worth paying the costs associated with IVF.
What did we decide?

Austin and I have decided to forge ahead with the IVF option. Our fertility doctor informed us of a guarantee option to take a baby home or we get our money back. However, it is going to cost a pretty penny to say the least.

So, babies are in the making, we are just going about it on the road less traveled by.