A little about us.

My name is Katy and I was told that my husband and I never had a chance of getting pregnant in May of 2009. We went home that night and knew that adoption was the route in which we should take. We started foster care classes almost immediately, got licensed for children who are not wanted in the system (5 and up). We didn’t need to have a baby to be parents, we just knew we wanted to be called mom and dad and have a house full of children. In October 2009 we got a call about our first placement and an unexpected 7 month up showed up in our lives. His birthmother gave birth to twins In March of 2010 whom she placed with us for adoption.

In November of 2011 I talked to my doctor in more detail about the reasons for our infertility and he indicated a test had to of been read wrong to me. My husband and I had a slim chance but, a chance of being able to get pregnant on our own and that with a little help from a fertility doctor we surely could get pregnant.

I immediately made an appointment with a specialist and we tried three rounds of an IUI (artificial insemination) with no luck. Feeling frustrated and sad the heartache of what I was once told all came back.

I was not in a healthy place physically or emotionally at this point, but I had our three small children. So I fought to begin a healthy lifestyle for them as well as myself. My husband and I began making small changes and in August of 2012 we really made changes. A happier healthier me has blossomed.

In October 2013, I realized that I was late, ME, my period never came. This was unheard of for me. I talked to Ryan about it and we went and got a test. I got a very light positive reading so light that I didn't believe it was even positive until everything happened the next day, I went to the doctor two days later to learn I had experienced  a “chemical pregnancy” a pregnancy happens but, you miscarry before it even has a chance. This news was devastating as well as so exciting! I got pregnant. Let me write that again, I got pregnant! With any loss there is always grief, grief for someone I had hardly known was heartbreaking but, I knew I could only go forward.

I have told a couple people about our situation at hand but, never felt as strongly as I felt this past week to start writing about this. My names Katy and this is my fertility/adoption/crazy life journey!