This is new for me so bare with me while I get started up. I'm starting up the blog to share our story.Thanks for following along with our family.
I'm a wife, mother, and follower of God.
Here's a little background on our family
My husband and I met over 9 years ago. I was a Senior in High School down in Texas. We dated for awhile before moving up to WA state with my family. That Summer Charles asked me to be his wife! We've now been married for wonderful almost 8 years. We were married so young but I wouldn't change a thing. We've grown together and learned so much from one another. Charles has always been my biggest supporter and my rock especially in the last few years.
After being married for a few years we decided to start thinking about starting a family of our own. I was beyond thrilled to become a mama and a little nervous at the same time. But who isn't a little nervous about bringing another life into this world. I knew I wanted to be a mom more than anything. My biggest fear was that this dream wouldn't come true.After a year of trying and no luck we decided to meet with a specialist. This wasn't too suprising for me due my family history of infertility with both my mom and sister. After lots of imaging they found what they thought were cysts on my ovaries. I had surgery to have them removed and finally we got some answers. I was diagnosed with Level 4 endometrosis and given a 5-10 % chance of conceiving on my own. Endometriosis is a painful disorder in which tissue that normally lines the inside of your uterus the endometrium grows outside your uterus. It was heartbreaking news but I knew this wouldn't stop us from trying.We travelled to see an IVF (invitro fertilization) specialist and went through the entire process in hopes of having the family we always dreamed of. I had my first round of of egg retrevial and embryo transfer in July 2014. August 2014, my specialist's office called me with the most amazing news.. We were pregnant! I will never forget that moment and feeling of overwhelming gratefulness to God. My husband and I were so overjoyed and thankful to God. I had an incredible pregnancy- side note women who suffer from endometriosis feel the best while pregnant. This is because your body is not constantly preparing itself for another cycle. Other than getting the news of placenta previa everything went beautifully. The placenta previa just ment I would deliver at 37 weeks via C-section. We would get to hold our daughter in our ours that much sooner.We welcomed Brielle Ann into the world March 19,2014 and my life has been forever changed. She is the absolute light of our lives and I thank God for her every day. I've never exerienced so much joy in my life. All of the strugle was worth the angel brought into our lives by God. Stay tuned for my next post on what's going on recently in our lives.
