My New Hymn of Praise

I don't know if all of you are aware but John and I have been trying to start a family now for almost two years now. We hit a big snag last summer when John needed surgery and it inadvertently had devastating effects on our efforts. We were told that it would be near impossible to have biological children without IVF & ICSI (a special add on procedure).

We receive our second specialist opinion stating the same in February of this year. While that was hard news for both of us, we knew that adoption was another way we could start our family. So we started investigating that in late January and by the end of February knew that we would likely need to wait a year before attempting. At this point, I was devastated and wondering when...how much longer?

So if you don't want a lot of detail, skip this next paragraph and continue reading. During this time,

John was seeing an acupuncturist and asked if I would see her too for fertility treatment. While I didn't think this would do anything, it didn't hurt anything and John was asking me to do this with him. So in early March, I started to see her. About it's March 31st and I am expecting normal events and am typically right on schedule. I was doing a Psalms study that week on God's provisions of needs, wants and desire. That night I had just finished doing my daily lesson and thinking about my desire for children, I had to go to the bathroom.

So on March 31, I am normally on time but I was a little late (12-24 hours) and had two pregnancy tests that were going to expire. So without telling John, I grabbed one and ran into the bathroom. Let's just say that once I took the test, the pregnancy positive line showed up faster than the base line. I was shocked but knew what it meant. I thanked God right then and there in my bathroom before running out to show my shocked husband. After I told him twice and showed him the test, I just started to cry. We couldn't believe we were pregnant! I had a hard time sleeping that night. The next day I was changing my daily Psalms calendar when I noticed my verse for March 31. I want to share it with you.

He has given me a new song to sing, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see what he has done and be astounded. They will put their trust in the Lord~ Psalm 40:3 NLT

God has given me a new song of praise for Him. He has given us a child in an awesome way! We were statically unable to conceive but God in His Glory allowed us to conceive. I am 8 weeks pregnant and the baby is healthy and everything looks great! I just want everyone to know that my God is an awesome God who, while powerfully deals with the big stuff, is a loving God, who deals with the intimate details (needs, circumstances, etc.) of our lives. John and I are giving Him the full credit and glory for this child.

I am including a few ultrasound pictures...not much to see but a healthy heartbeat, a roundish thing which is the head and a good size area for this stage. :) By the way, John is very excited. He'll be a great dad!

Leave a comment if you feel like it! Check back occasionally as I will try to post more here.

Wow...What a Surprise! What a Blessing!

Shhhh...don't share this yet. If you happen to stumble upon this, you are welcome to call or leave a post but don't tell anyone else yet. WE are pregnant!

God has answered our prayers and given me the desire of my heart! He is good and yes, this is a miracle! We should not be pregnant! I have taken two pregnancy tests (from two different boxes and at two different times) and both have two solid pink lines. I am 4 almost 5 weeks pregnant!

Our due date for those who can't read that small is December 8, 2009 (new date shown-officially changed as of April 28). Last Christmas I told John that as much as I loved it just being the two of us, I really didn't want to spend another Christmas with it just being the two of us. We will have a little one in time for Christmas! Isn't God's timing perfect? I could tell you my journey and how many more ways His timing is perfect! I probably will over the next few months!

If you are wondering how God did this, well, other than a lot of prayer, John has been seeing Dr. Wu for a few months specifically for our infertility and has been taking some yucky herbs daily ever since. I just started seeing her, as well, three weeks ago (before I ovulated). I last saw her on Tuesday and I am pretty sure she suspected. She asked me some weird questions, said something about women sometimes getting pregnant after only 1 or 3 treatments, and put more needles in me this time! My total treatments so far is 5! :) Our first OB\GYN visit\ultrasound will be April 28! Maybe it will seem be more real by then.

Despite that, it has been killing me not to get on the phone to everyone I know and let them know of this miracle. John is cautiously optimistic and just as surprised. I just came out of the bathroom last night shocked and told/showed him and started crying in his arms. I was so keyed up I had hard a very hard time falling asleep. And as far as today, I can't seem to stop smiling.

P.S. This is NOT an April Fool's joke!