Wednesday, September 10, 2014

The First Six Months

At the time of the beginning of this blog, we are already 6 months into our adoption story.  We want to share the story from the beginning, so we are going to back step a little and tell you some of what we have already been through. 

In January 2014 we discovered a magazine article from our alma mater (page 7) about a family who took these steps before us – a seed was planted.  Awhile later, Odessa brought the subject up and Jeff didn't have a heart attack (which was the anticipated reaction).  Instead, he said, “Why don’t you do some research.”

After looking up clinics online and having several family discussions we arragned for a consultation appointment on April 8. Questions were answered and God has kept doors open in amazing ways ever since.  And we started, Odessa was going to be able to carry and birth the children brought by adoption to our family.

The past 6 months haven’t been spent just waiting.  They have be spent in preparing Odessa’s body to receive the embryos.  The goal is to have a healthy baby.  To have the best chance of this happening, hormones are used to force the uterus to become the best environment possible.  In truth, this has not been the most comfortable process.  Resetting a natural system then rebuilding it causes a lot of changes in mood, weight, attitude, emotions, and many migraines.  Knowing it was for our babies was sometimes the only reason we didn't give up.

Originally we were set to have a June implantation date, but due to some unsatisfactory results on some diagnostics tests early on we were unable to complete the implantation at that time.  For the safety of the embryos, the freezer they are kept in is only opened a few times during the year.  Since we missed the June date, we were put on hold via hormones for the next date, which is September 20.   


In 10 days our babies start their journey “home”.

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