“With great thanks and praise to God, we are pleased to introduce our son, Thomas”

“For this child I prayed;
and the LORD hath granted me
what I asked of Him…” 1 Sam 1:27
                                                       Thomas Christian Jo

                                                       Momma's lil Peanut

                                         A day in the tanning booth to treat jaundice.

First Family Photo :) One happy Family!

His first cry, brought tears of joy! Thomas Christian Jo, arrived healthy at 7:51 a.m. by C-section.  He weighed in at 5 lbs. 4 oz. and measured at 17.5 in.  What a blessing he is, I thank God every day for bringing him into my life.  

Baby Jo will be here January 10th

C section is scheduled for January 10th!  Due to my abdominal myomectomy, that I had back in April 2010, to remove fibroids, C section will be the only safe way to deliver. We are so excited and can't wait to meet the little guy. He is quite the squirmy one, just like his daddy.  He gave us a scare when the doctor thought he wasn't growing on schedule, and sent us to a specialist, but every thing ended up being okay.  They must of measured wrong the first time.  They did find a problem with the insertion of the umbilical cord to the placenta, but so far every thing is great, and just means we get to see him more by  having monthly ultra sounds.

22 weeks

Baby Jo's 20 week ultra sound

On Friday September 9th,  Brian's Birthday, we had baby Jo's 20 week ultrasound.  Baby Jo, is quite the wiggly one!  It took a while for him to cooperate so that the ultra sound technician could take certain measurements. Eventually we were able to get everything & everything looks great! He's getting big and so is my belly! We got some amazing photos from the ultra sound. 

Look how sweet and innocent he looks! 

 Already got down the Asian hand signals, LOL. :) 

Baby Jo is a BOY!

Baby Jo, wasn't shy at all and wants everyone to know that he is a Boy!

Were having a baby!

We are more then happy to announce, that Im finally pregnant!

Friday the 13th, we went in for the transfer and used 2 of the 3 frosties. Both survived the thaw and we still have one frostie left! Of course I couldn't wait until the first blood test to see if I was pregnant or not, so  began peeing on a stick on Wednesday.  It was negative, but hope was still not lost, for I knew it was way to early, Thursday was the same results. Then Friday came, and I was down to the last test. I couldn't tell if there was an extra line there or not, I held it in every possible light, wondering if it's just me or if there really was a second line!  To make things easier, I went out and got the digital HPT.  At first I was sooo nervous I couldn't even go. Two bottles of water later, it was that time! I put the stick down and left the room to pray.  Three minutes later it said "pregnant"!  So much easier then having to look for that extra line.  I couldn't believe it!

Monday, couldn't come soon enough, that was the day I went in for my blood work to confirm the pregnancy.  Three more positive HPT later, Monday finally came around, and sure enough, "Im pregnant"!

So far my HCG levels are doing as they are suppose to.  I go back Friday for more blood work and will have our very first ultra sound in a little more then a week!  Thanks again for all the prayers and support!  Please continue to keep us in your prayers. 

On Ice

Since I have not been the best at keeping up to date on this blog, I thought I would give a quick update.

On March 12th, I had my egg retrieval, but did not make it to the transfer.  I had produced so many eggs, that  my ovaries had stretched out to the size of softballs!  It was a very uncomfortable two weeks.  I was stuck in bed with non-stop nausea and my belly was so swollen, it looked as if I was 6 months pregnant.  It was the worst feeling I have ever felt and I would not wish it upon my worst enemy.
I had 53 eggs! Of the 53 eggs, 51 fertilized and 35 of those made it to biopsy. Out of the 35, I had 20 that were free of NF, but out of those 20 only 3 made it.  The other ones died off, due to what is believed chromosomal issues.
So at this moment, we have 3 embryos in the freezer, and hope to do the transfer in the next month or two. I just pray, that this will be it, because I'm not sure I can handle going through this any more.  It's become very draining; emotionally and physically. I leave it all up to God, that greater things are yet to come!