No, not pregnant, sorry to get your hopes up there :)
Now before I get to the good news I wanted to share another experience I had! This happened about a week before Randy's appointment. It was another of those angel moments.
I was just getting ready to fall asleep when I heard a baby cry. I was like well that was weird, there's no babies in our neighborhood, why would I hear a baby cry? So I shrugged it off and went to fall asleep again. This time I heard it again and it was followed by two little voices saying mommy! I immediately started to tear up. I realized that that little baby cry was one of my babies! I immediately assumed that I was pregnant (cause why else would I hear a baby cry?) Turns out that I wasn't pregnant and so I began to wonder why I had been blessed with hearing them again. It wasn't until after Randy's appointment that I fully understood.
Leading up to Randy's appointment, we both had a range of emotions going through us. Nervousness, anxiety, worry, hope, and many others. The results of this appointment would determine our next steps towards finally getting pregnant. If they were as bad as his last appointment, we knew that we would have to do IVF to get pregnant, if they were a little better, then we would go back for another check up, if they were lots better then we would continue trying to get pregnant on our own until a year mark for his surgery. If we weren't pregnant by this point then I would go in for surgery to have my endometriosis cleaned out. So you can see where all our emotions were coming from.
Well appointment day came. We went to the appointment and met with the doctor. The results were amazing compared to pre-surgery and even his first post surgery appointment. Pre-surgery his progressive motility (the % moving straight) of his sperm was about 30%, at this appointment they had doubled up to 66%!! The sperm morphology (shape) went from a 4% up to 12% (normal is 4% and up) it had tripled! His total progressive sperm count compared to pre-surgery went from approximately 1.2 million to 4.9 million! This was great news!!!
The doctor after telling us all of this looked at Randy and said the concentration of sperm was a lot lower than previous tests and then asked if Randy had had a fever, been in a sauna, or a hot tub recently. He looked at me and I looked at him and we both turned and at the same time we said hot tub. When we had our anniversary we had stayed at a hotel that had a hot tub. I told Randy not to get in but he did anyways (this is now a laughing matter, at least to me lol). The doctor said no more hot tubs and that they wanted us to come back for one last check up to see what his numbers actually are when he hasn't been in a hot tub.
After being scolded, the doctor then told us that even with the hot tub incident, Randy's numbers were now high enough that we could try another IUI and have a greater chance of success than at our last IUI. Then he said that we also could possibly get pregnant naturally!! We were so happy to hear this!
After his appointment we talked in the car about what we wanted to do next. Should we just jump right in and do an IUI? Should we wait a few months and see what happens? Should I still get surgery to remove the endometriosis? We debated for awhile and finally decided that we would continue to try to get pregnant on our own until a year since his surgery. Then if we still weren't pregnant, we would discuss whether or not for me to get surgery or if we should try another IUI instead.
So going back to why I think I heard my baby cry. I truly believe that they came to let me know that there really was nothing to worry about. They were letting me know that everything was going to be ok and that they were coming still and one was coming soon. Whether that would be in another few months or in two years I don't know. I'm personally hoping and praying that it's in a few months compared to years.
This just shows me more and more that we need to trust in the Lord, he has a plan for each of us! Randy and I knew that we needed to have him get the surgery done because we were told by the Lord that we needed to. Now we are seeing the results from listening to the Lord. It may be taking longer to get our blessings here, but I know that we are on this path for a reason.
Til next time!
Becca
