Another bump in the road...

Since I've freely shared our journey on my blog, I feel somewhat obligated to share the news I got yesterday...

Let's rewind to last Friday, I met with Dr. Duffy for a reconsultation to discuss the failed cycle and to map out our next steps. Just a little side note about my doctor: he has the best bedside manner. He was so comforting and sympathetic. I had to go by myself and before I even left my car in the parking garage, I was crying. The moment I sat down in his office, I felt much better! Back to the appointment, the next step was going to be a follow up ultrasound (which was yesterday) to see if I had another cyst. He said that if I did, that could have been a factor in my unsuccessful cycle and after explaining all that happened with Clay's job, he agreed that the stress could have had a negative effect. He talked some medical jargon and gave some big words for different levels that go up and down with stress....bottom line: stress took a toll on this body.

Fast forward to yesterday: follow-up ultrasound to check for a cyst. (Remember in January, I had an ER trip for a cyst that burst and have had 2-3 cysts since then...very painful). Welp, there was a cyst. Pretty large one. So now...endometriosis is what he's thinking is there. But, there's no way to for sure tell unless I have surgery. He said that if it is indeed endometriosis, he'll treat it during surgery and feels confident that will give me better success with my next frozen cycle. He mentioned doing the surgery as early as next Tuesday -- but one BIG problem with that is we have no insurance until September 1. So, we are putting it off a couple weeks and it'll be the beginning of September sometime.

So...here we are. Another speedbump in our road to becoming parents again. I discussed the appointment with Clay and we are both on board with having the surgery. We are continuing to pray that we are making the right decision -- praying for a peace that this is the direction we need to head. It will put my next frozen cycle back a few months from my initial timeline, but that's okay. If this will help, by all means, push it back a few months. Right now, I would like to try again in October or November, but I am in NO hurry and want my body to be ready...so if it's December or January, so be it.

Again, we would covet your prayers as we face this. Thank you so much to our family and friends who have been praying for us.