This week, Facebook and Twitter have been full of articles and info about infertility. I just wish people felt comfortable about speaking out, sharing their story, and asking questions. Tuesday evening I was blessed with the opportunity to join Stacie at the Cade Foundation table at the Fertility and Family Building Fair. As we visited and shared information about the Cade Foundation and our stories, it really helped me remember how blessed we are to have received the Family Building Grant. Talking with people about what they've gone through, encouraging them, and letting them know about resources available was really uplifting. While we still are waiting on the end of our infertility journey, I am thankful that I've got a passion to share with others. Granted, it has taken me five years to get to this place and there still are days when I struggle.
Stacie created a Facebook group, please take a second to join or share with someone you know that is struggling with infertility. Search The Cade Foundation Supporters of Indiana.
Thursday was marked another step towards IVF. Dr. Bopp wanted to do do an ultrasound to make sure everything was clear in my uterus to maximize our chances for implantation. Having been poked and prodded, I was figuring this was just a technicality and we'd be clear to move on. Silly me, there's nothing easy in our journey! :) Dr. Bopp found one small polyp that he wants to remove because it could interfere with our chances for success. Obviously we want to do everything we can to improve our chances, but it wasn't news I received with joy! Dr. Bopp will do a hysteroscopy which is a "simple, outpatient" surgery to remove the polyp and double check everything. I have to give them a call in mid-May, we may go ahead and do it before school is out or wait until June. Dr. Bopp said either way works. My optimistic and hopeful side is thankful we found it now and it can be removed, but part of me wants to scream...REALLY?! That's the roller coaster of fertility treatments, emotional ups and downs. That's where this song comes into play: Somebody's Praying Me Through.
While some days are a challenge, I get through knowing we have amazing friends and family praying us through. When I have rough days (like Friday), I think back to the Family Building Banquet and the couples who shared their friends and family didn't know what they were going through. I just can't imagine not having the support system we do! I am truly blessed with friends who let me text away when I need to vent, hug me when I'm sad, or just check in to see how it is going. As we look to the future, we have to have faith that our journey will continue to play out and our outcome will be blessed! Please continue to pray for us as some days it can be scary to think of the financial piece of IVF even with our grant, without we would not be talking IVF at all! Pray for the "minor" surgery to go smoothly and take place when it needs to and for Joe as he deals with me. :)
ISTEP starts Monday, so that will be a different stress and worry! Preschool will be a zoo for the next few weeks, as we learn about the zoo to get ready for our field trip. Meanwhile, Joe is working between Walls Furniture and Great Sounds. We're keeping busy at the Jones' house.
Thanks for the love, prayers, and support! We are truly blessed!
Sarah & Joe
A Friend Who Cares
(Henri Nouwen)
When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives
mean the most to us,
we often find that it is those who,
instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures,
have chosen rather to share our pain
and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.
The friend who can be silent with us
in a moment of despair or confusion,
who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement,
who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing
and face with us the reality of our powerlessness,
that is a friend who cares.
