It's This Guy's Fault!

I stopped in to see my infertility doc and staff today. They are a wonderful group and have been SO supportive not only throughout trying to get pregnant, but also during this pregnancy. I wanted to "show off the belly" and get a picture with Dr. Lindheim for the blog. Someday, I'll be able to tell our little guy the story about how this doctor is the reason he exists. When we first saw Dr. Lindheim, we had already tried seven artificial inseminations and two attempts at in vitro fertilization (through a different clinic...I had different health insurance before) all without success. We were pretty spent emotionally and financially. Dr. Lindheim described the benefits of doing in vitro fertilization with donated eggs. We decided to go for it. We had devastating results...all the little embryos, eight of them, stopped growing on day three...fairly good proof that we were double-whammied. We were done. No mas! Kids just weren't in our future. We couldn't go through it again - emotionally or financially. Dr. Lindheim never gave up. He called us with an opportunity. We declined. A couple of months later...another opportunity. We just couldn't. He checked in with us on a regular basis to see how we were holding up, expressing how badly he wanted to help us conceive a child. Told us that we deserve a child and what great parents we'll be. How many doctors would do that? Another couple of months go by...another opportunity. We decide to go for it (which we would not have been able to if it weren't for a substantial contribution from my Mom and Dad). And this blog tells the rest of the story. Thank you, Dr. Lindheim, for not giving up on us! Thank you, Mom and Dad, for not thinking we were crazy and wasting our money for wanting to try again!