Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Update on Nick and Kassie's Story~And So It Begins...

This is us, in a fertility clinic.  It has taken over ten years, countless tests, a tramatic biopsy, having an overy removed, and too many drugs to count, to finally get here.  The days leading up to this appointment left us feeling anxious and hopeful.  The morning found us praying together before we left for work and praying again in our car that afternoon.  
The initial consultation was a lot of information to process, some options to think about that we didn't know would come up, and the overwhelming knowledge that several weeks of hormone shots, 2 surgeries, and $20,000 will get us pregnant.  While we have 47% chance of conceiving, we are willing to embark on this new adventure in hopes to begin our dream of a family. Hope Changes Everything.

Friday, March 14, 2014

We're on Pinterest

Do to inquiries and more opportunities to share with others, we created a Pinterest Board!  Click here: http://www.pinterest.com/kassandramayo/waiting-for-baby/  to see the latest articles, funny pictures, and tearful stories about individuals dealing with infertility, adoption, miscarriages, and all those other things that prevent us from creating bigger and better families.  Enjoy and feel free to share your pins with us! ~K


Thursday, March 6, 2014

Love You Forever

Everyone at one time or another, has seen or heard of the Robert Munsch book, "Love You Forever."  A story about a moth who loves her baby as he grows older.  However, the author wrote this book as a song-to his two stillborn children.  After I found this out, the book took on a whole new meaning.  Check out the following link for more information: http://moms.popsugar.com/Truth-Behind-Love-You-Forever-31923286

Friday, February 21, 2014

This Is Not The End

Up until this moment, my adult life has seemed like an open book-I have two blogs and host four Facebook pages for heavens sake!  Everyone knows our business.  However, I have learned that sharing the choices you make in life comes with harsh criticism and judgement most of the time.  Throughout this blog I have felt a shift in relationships, wondered how long I can keep this up, bawled my head off and then smiled through the tears.  I've loved and I've lost and I've found my voice.

Which is why after debating whether or not to make this public, we have decided to continue sharing our story in hopes to just let people know their not alone in their process and give us a record of all the crazy we've endured during the infertility process.  Sometime this Spring-I still want to keep some stuff private-we will be seeing a fertility specialist.  It has taken us 8 years to get to this point.  We've gone through surgeries, medication trials, "resting," and enough waiting to last a lifetime. There have been so many conversations weighing the pros and cons about starting this chapter and then the everyday going-ons in life that have gotten in the way. 

So, we've weighed and measured and come to this chapter.  How we write it out is a total mystery and we hope you will read along because this is NOT the end of our story!

Monday, February 3, 2014

Your Journey

There isn't a day that goes by that someone does not make a comment about the "journey" we are on.  Most of the time they are telling us what they would do if they were in our situation and yet, unless they've been in this situation, they have nothing to say that will make sense at this time.  Which is why I am reminded that God saw fit to put my husband and I together to face this matter-no one else. It is just the two of us writing our story the best way we see fit, waiting and praying with every breathe.~K