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"I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of Him."
1 Samuel 1:27
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- Janna
- Houston, Texas, United States
- I am a 40 yr old imperfect Christian woman who's madly in love with my husband, Jon. We've been married for 10 mostly wonderful years. I say mostly because we spent 2 heartbreaking years trying to conceive, and those years were NOT wonderful years. We have two beautiful girls who came into our lives through adoption...Little Bit and Chipmunk. Little Bit was born in Sept 2008, and Chipmunk was born in February 2009. No, that's not a typo...our girls are 5 1/2 months apart! Life is crazy hectic, but they are our greatest blessings, and we are so thankful to God for building our family through adoption! I have psoriatic arthritis, naturally curly hair, and PCOS with insulin resistance.
Little Bit - Born September 2008 to Carmen.
Chipmunk - Born February 2009 to Shannon
Chipmunk - Born February 2009 to Shannon
"I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of Him."
1 Samuel 1:27
- Jan. '08 - researching
- Feb. '08 - started home study for domestic infant adoption
- March '08 - individual meetings with SW
- April '08 - chose 2 agencies to work with, HS COMPLETE!!!
- July '08 - applications turned in!!
- August '08 - Dear EM letter Complete!!!
- September 3 '08 - Profiles Complete and Officially on the "Waiting" list!!!
- September 15 '08 - found out about Little Bit (born 9/4/08) through a family member
- November 18 '08 - brought Little Bit home
- March 3 '09 - matched with birthmom for Baby #2! (born 2/13/09)
- March 6 '09 - Chipmunk's "Gotcha Day"
- March 7 '09 - taking our names off the list at our second agency...our family is complete!!
- April 1 '09 - 1st post-placement meeting for Chipmunk's Adoption
- May 5' 09 - temporary custody of Little Bit awarded to my parents
- June 17 '09 - 2nd post-placement meeting for Chipmunk's adoption
- August 13 '09 - 3rd post placement meeting for Chipmunk's adoption
- August 24 '09 - Little Bit's Adoption Day & official "Gotcha Day"
- Dec. 23 '09 - Chipmunk's Adoption Day
TTC Timeline
Dec. '05 - off BCP (58 day cycle, O'd on CD43), started temping in Jan. '06
Feb. '06 - 109 day cycle, no O
Apr. '06 - Dx with PCOS, took Prometrium for 10 days to induce AF, start Clomid on CD5
May '06 - Clomid 50 mg, O'd but BFN
June '06 - Clomid 50 mg, BFP (chemical pregnancy at 5w4d)
Aug. '06 - break cycle
Sept. '06 - Clomid 50 mg, BFN
Oct. '06 - Clomid 50 mg, BFN
Nov. '06 - Clomid 100 mg - BFP
Jan. '07 - Missed M/C at 9w3d, D&C
Feb. '07 - break Cycle, on BCP to get AF, Antibody and clotting b/w done, all normal
Mar. '07 - break cycle, on BCP to get AF
Apr. '07 - Clomid 100 mg, BFN
May '07 - Clomid 100 mg, BFN
June '07 - Clomid 100 mg, BFN
July '07 - Clomid 100 mg with IUI, BFN
Aug. '07 - Clomid 100 mg with IUI, BFN
Sept. '07 - Clomid break cycle, taking FertilityBlend. HSG on 9/28: Tubes all clear!! BFN
Oct. '07 - Lap on 10/16: nothing other than the typical PCOS ovaries found. I should be happy about that, but for some reason I'm disappointed. I wanted some answers as to why we're not getting pregnant post D&C.
Nov. '07 - Clomid 100 mg, 2000 mg Met, IUI, BFN
Dec. '07 - Femara, 2000 mg Met, natural BD, BFN - Didn't even O
Jan '08 - threw in the towel, started BCP
Feb. '06 - 109 day cycle, no O
Apr. '06 - Dx with PCOS, took Prometrium for 10 days to induce AF, start Clomid on CD5
May '06 - Clomid 50 mg, O'd but BFN
June '06 - Clomid 50 mg, BFP (chemical pregnancy at 5w4d)
Aug. '06 - break cycle
Sept. '06 - Clomid 50 mg, BFN
Oct. '06 - Clomid 50 mg, BFN
Nov. '06 - Clomid 100 mg - BFP
Jan. '07 - Missed M/C at 9w3d, D&C
Feb. '07 - break Cycle, on BCP to get AF, Antibody and clotting b/w done, all normal
Mar. '07 - break cycle, on BCP to get AF
Apr. '07 - Clomid 100 mg, BFN
May '07 - Clomid 100 mg, BFN
June '07 - Clomid 100 mg, BFN
July '07 - Clomid 100 mg with IUI, BFN
Aug. '07 - Clomid 100 mg with IUI, BFN
Sept. '07 - Clomid break cycle, taking FertilityBlend. HSG on 9/28: Tubes all clear!! BFN
Oct. '07 - Lap on 10/16: nothing other than the typical PCOS ovaries found. I should be happy about that, but for some reason I'm disappointed. I wanted some answers as to why we're not getting pregnant post D&C.
Nov. '07 - Clomid 100 mg, 2000 mg Met, IUI, BFN
Dec. '07 - Femara, 2000 mg Met, natural BD, BFN - Didn't even O
Jan '08 - threw in the towel, started BCP
Our Angels
Angel #1, With us for 5w4d, chemical pregnancy, natural m/c 8/7/06
(edd 4/12/07)
Angel #2, With us for 9w3d, missed m/c, D&C 1/16/07
(edd 8/18/07)
Angel #2, With us for 9w3d, missed m/c, D&C 1/16/07
(edd 8/18/07)
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Our Girls
Little Bit - our first blessing, born in 2008 to Carmen
Chipmunk - our second blessing, born in 2009 to Shannon
Chipmunk - our second blessing, born in 2009 to Shannon
Oh my goodness.. what a BEAUTIFUL family. She is just PERFECT.
ReplyDeleteJanna, SHE IS BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!! And you two look SO happy!!!!! These pictures brought tears to my eyes!!!
ReplyDeleteI am so happy for you!
Ang
Oh, she is such a sweetie! Thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteI'm keeping my fingers crossed that Jon's surgery goes well on Friday.
Precious!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness...precious pictures! LOVE them!
ReplyDeletepriceless, what awesome pictures I am so happy for you two.
ReplyDeleteShe's beautiful Janna! I love the picture of the three of you.
ReplyDeleteCompletely precious! I love all the pictures so much that I can't even pick a favorite. I'm so happy for you and your little family!
ReplyDeleteThat last one brought tears to my eyes Janna!!!
ReplyDeleteWow, she is adorable and you make a beautiful family!
ReplyDeleteI'll be thinking of you guys tomorrow.
SO CUTE!!!! Those are great pictures. Love the family photo!
ReplyDeleteYour pictures are beautiful! You guys received the best Christmas present this year, a family. Good luck with the surgery today.
ReplyDeleteThese pictures are so beautiful!!! Congrats on the beautiful baby girl!
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