IVF attempt...the long wait!

We have been trying to start our family for 2 years now and after 4 tries with IUI (through 2 different fertility centers) and several other procedures, we have now been undergoing IVF for the past few months hoping to be successful. We ended up doing a frozen embryo transfer (FET) on October 29th and had 3 embryos that were transferred. We had a wait of 11 days until we could do a blood test to see if was successful and if we were pregnant. That was one of the longest 11 days of our lives as we waited to see what the outcome was going to be. We went into IVF thinking it would be our 1 shot. It's extremely expensive and even though the Dr. and staff at Fertility Treatment Center (in Tempe, AZ)  was SO good to us to work with us and we would highly recommend them to anyone, just the medications alone have been around $5,000-$7,000 for us so we have a lot riding on this. We talked before about trying this once and if it wasn't successful, we would officially start the adoption process to start our family that way. We both know the complete blessing it's been to my sister as well as Justin's brother to adopt and know that everything works out how it should be, as those kids are meant to be in their families. 

Well November 9th was the day of our first blood test. We arrived at the local clinic right at 8:15 when they opened and had the blood drawn. We found out the blood would be couriered later to a hospital 15 min away so our results may be a little delayed. We couldn't wait that long and asked if we could courtier it ourselves. It was like Christmas morning and we didn't want to have Christmas in the afternoon! We got to the hospital and they asked if we would like to wait for the results...of course we did! When the nurse came out with a piece of paper, we couldn't be more excited. We didn't want to see the results there though and wanted to be home for the news that could change our lives. We got home and opening that paper was so nerve racking, exciting and scary all at the same time. This was it, the moment we had been waiting for to see if the 100+ shots, blood draws, medical procedures, etc. would result in an HCG (pregnancy hormone) number of 25 or higher. Justin videoed as I cautiously looked for our HCG #....and there it was...102!!!! We are pregnant!!! Our reactions were different but quite fitting as I had years of joy, gratitude and sheer relief, and Justin screamed with excitement! I know most people wait until they are 12 weeks pregnant before telling friends and family, but when you have so many involved with waiting with you and many prayers, fasting and thoughts for you, it's impossible to keep them waiting as it felt like it was as much because of them and part of their lives as well. So we shared our exciting news with our immediate families and some close friends who were waiting on pins and needles with us! What a celebration and I've never been so happy about continuing 2 horrible shots a day, feeling tired a little nauseous and other things that go along with pregnancy. Our due date is July 18th and we were excited to be starting that count down. 

Over 25 means we are PREGNANT!

I cried tears of joy, while Justin yelled and screamed with excitement!

We cheated and did an at home test before our HCG, but didn't see the faint line on the "T" until later. :-)