Labay Family: Boy, do I have some news...

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Boy, do I have some news...

Well, Camron and Olivia are going to be 15 months in a few days and they are keeping us really busy. Life has been going along just great - no worries, no pressures. So let me start with the explaining first before I get to the "big news": I have severe endometriosis and my Doctor had been trying to treat my condition with birth control pills to try to stall it's growth until I was ready to try to have another baby. We haven't felt like we were quite ready yet and wanted to wait until the kids were a little bit older. But, the medications were making me feel a bit yucky so Brent and I decided (without my Doctors opinion) to stop all the medications and what ever happened would happen. Since my diagnosis I have been told that without medical intervention (IVF) it would be almost impossible to get pregnant on our own, so we weren't too worried about "trying" and we decide that we would be happy with only having 2 kids. Well, for two weeks now I have been feeling a little crappy and just assumed I was fixing to start my period (sorry, TMI). I didn't even know if I was late because all of this was the furthest thing on my mind. Anyway Sunday I took a test and BFP (big fat positive)! I'm pregnant. I called my Doc right away and he rushed me in to confirm - there is a little baby in there! ONE little baby! We are very surprised, a little nervous and completely happy! My doctors are so crazy and they kept joking with me saying it's amazing what a bottle of wine can do... or in our case a 12 pack of Coors Light! LOL! I am very early though, only about 4 weeks from what Dr. Cook could tell and that puts my due date basically on the day MY SISTER IS GETTING MARRIED!!! Ugh, I feel so bad - she is now thinking about moving her date back.
So is that some crazy news or what?????

4 comments:

~Sophia & Noah's Mommy~ said...: Wow- I was just having this same conversation with someone about women who have to have IVF and then becoming pregnant naturally right after. Its almost like the pregnancy fixes your body. Congrats what a blessing! :); December 23, 2009 at 11:47 AM
Jenna @ Newlyweds said...: I have heard that also. What wonderful unexpected news. I am so happy for you guys.; December 24, 2009 at 8:18 AM
Christy and Billy said...: Oh My Gosh! Congratulations. Isn't it amazing the way things work out. I am so happy for you two and hope everything goes better with this pregnancy. I'll keep looking for updates!; December 29, 2009 at 8:53 PM
Jeanine Stehling said...: That's awesome! Congrats! Three makes everything extra fun and busy! :)); January 3, 2010 at 3:04 PM

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My Pregnancy

Feb. 22, 2008 - Positive Pregnancy!
Feb. 28, 2008 - TWINS!
14 Weeks - Cervical Cerclage
24 Weeks - Admitted to the hospital for 3 days -Pre-Term Labor. Sent home on fetal monitoring and terbutaline pump. I have to monitor for contractions once a day and send the readings in for review. The terbutaline pump in a cathater in my leg that sends a contiunous flow of "anti-contraction" medicine into me. Complete bed-rest!
28 Weeks - Admitted to the hospital for 90% effacement of cervix. Cerclage still in tact but pulling. If it broke I would have to deliver and this is too soon. The babies are measuring 2.8 and 2.11 pounds. Was in the hospital for 23 days this time.
31 Weeks - Was sent home. Babies were 3.9 and 3.10 pounds. Stay on bed-rest.
36 Weeks 3 Days - Scheduled C-Section
Babies Born October 3, 2008!!!

5 Years of Infertility

Brent and I had dated for years - since my senior year of High School and were finally married on September 27, 2003. We had been together so long that we decided we would start a family immediately. Things turned out to be a bit more difficult than we planned. After many years of trying and medical intervention I was finally diagnoised with Endometriosis in Feb. of 2007. My disease was severe - stage 4 and had spread to my liver. After having exploratory surgery Dr. Cook thought that my ovaries and tubes were capable of functioning properly enough to produce a pregnancy but with the hostile environment inside of me I would need lots of help. We began Lupron therapy that would last 6 months as a way to try to "kill" off some of the endo. When the 6 months was up we began rounds of Clomid with IUI (Intra-Uteran Insemination). We did 2 cycles of this with no result. Our only other option was IVF which we decided to begin in January of 2008. After carefully following the treatment schedule of meds. and shots we had 14 eggs retrieved on Feb. 5, 2008 and of the 14 eggs 6 fertilized and became embryos. On Feb. 8, 2008 Dr. Gill transfered 3 of the best of the embryos. Two weeks later (Feb. 22nd) MaryLou called with the good news that my pregnancy test was positive!!!