Post 89: The End

I believe it's officially time for me to stop posting on this blog! I find it hard to keep posting here, as we now have our baby girl. Our "maybe baby" is here in my arms, and this chapter of my life is over. I'm no longer longing for a child. God provided the desires of my heart, and my life is full. I will, one day, pick up this blog again, when we decided to grow our family. We were told that we would need fertility treatments again if we want a second child, and since we have one frozen embryo remaining, from the cycle that gave us Julie, our fertility journey isn't quite over, but it is on hold for the time being. We aren't able to use our embryo until Julie is 18 months old. 

I have started a new blog called, "Dear Julie." It includes my day to day interactions with this beautiful blessing that God provided. Good and bad, Julie's life will be documented. I don't just want to leave my child a baby book of photos. I want to give her memories, and if one day I receive the same diagnosis as my mother, I want to reminisce about the greatest blessing in my life. 

Julie's only eight weeks old, and I'm already sad about how quickly she's growing, changing, and maturing. Life is such a short period of time, and we're going to live and love every minute of it! It's time to start a new chapter in my book - the one I've wanted, prayed for, and dreamed about - mom. Though our chance of natural conception is 1%, we know He works miracles and has a sense of humor! So, goodbye for now, and I'll see you in a year as we begin our journey with secondary infertility! Unless God has an unexpected surprise waiting for us and we conceive naturally!

Post 88: 6 weeks

How has time gone by so fast? It's been six weeks since Julie was born, and our lives have been turned upside down! We've made it through Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years, a dance performance, the first snow of winter, and it has been a whirlwind of excitement, emotion, and sleeplessness!