Not many people know...

the EXACT time their child was conceived. But, Clay and I do. This time last year, I was nervously sitting in the doctor's office waiting for my sweet babies to be implanted inside of me.

As I went back into the room where they do the procedure, Dr. Duffy came in and greeted me and we started discussing how my embryos had grown over the last 3 days. Out of the 28 they retrieved, only 8 made it to fertilization and had done well. We had one PERFECT embryo and 2 that were right below that. I could go into lots of medical terms, but I'll spare you.

So, as the converstation continues, he asks me, "how many do you want to transfer out of the 8?", I stammered around because Clay and I hadn't actually talked about this - we just were on such an emotional roller coaster that wasn't forefront in our minds - we just wanted A baby! I said, "you're the doctor, you tell me," and he proceeded to tell me, "okay, let's transfer 3 - the perfect one and the 2 right below that". Well, I completely started freaking out at the thought of ALL 3 of them implanting and having triplets...hey, there was even a chance for one or all of the embryos to split and have even more than that. But, I knew that I had already given it to God and He had the perfect plan for us.

So, we transferred 3 embryos and waited. I had to be on bedrest for three days and ate pineapple like crazy (that is supposed to help with implanting). I still looked like I was about 4 months pregnant - still VERY swollen from it all. So, I waited 2 weeks for my blood work. That was a HARD 2 weeks - thankfully Clay and I were going out of town at the end of it to help get my mind on other things.

The sweetest thing of it all, was that Clay talked to my stomach every night - he talked to all 3 babies...scary, but very sweet! :)

2 weeks came and went and I nervously sat in that same waiting room to get my blood drawn for the pregnancy test. (Even though they strictly advise you not to take a pregnancy test at home before the blood draw, I couldn't help myself...I took 3 and all of them came up pregnant!!!) So, I waited and waited on the phone call and I heard the best news - it was positive!

Stay tuned for more of the story...I have alot of "one year ago today"'s posts for the next couple of weeks.

For now, here's a picture of my ONE PERFECT embryo born 3 1/2 months ago, Reese