I married a tall accountant 10 years ago and we faced infertility shortly after we got married. Following an ectopic (tubal pregnancy) when I was 25 (a year after we got married), we struggled to get pregnant. After some failed fertility treatments, we pulled out the big guns and did IVF. We got pregnant with twin girls on the first transfer!
We were pleasantly surprised to be blessed with another pregnancy 13 months later. Our third little girl arrived when the twins were 22 months old. {Thus, "3 Pink Ones".} Talk about a busy household!
I always dreamed of having a household of kids, but after trying for baby #4, nothing was happening. I got pretty discouraged. We did two frozen embryo transfers with embryos we had frozen from the twins' IVF procedure but were unsuccessful. What followed was acupuncture, a little chinese medicine, herbal supplements, visits with a NaProTechnology specialist, and lots of prayer. What didn't follow was another baby.
In 2013 I tried to come to terms with the fact that I would not be having any more children. While I did feel a lot more peace on the subject, I still felt like we were supposed to add another child to our family. We started to research adoption and have felt like this is the path we should take. We decided to do foster care adoption, but don't know too much about it. I thought other people might like to take this journey along with us to see how it really works.
One other thing that changes the game: my husband has muscular dystrophy. It is an adult onset type that he told me about before we got married. Because it is inherited recessively, our children should not get it but will be carriers. It affects his legs mostly and is working its way into his shoulders and arms. This is one reason we wanted to be young parents, so that he could play with them as much as he could when they were little. He is the most patient man and bears this trial with so much grace. It is scary to think about what will happen in the next 10 or 20 years, but I am {embracing} today.
We live in the SF Bay Area and love the beauty of this area. The twins are 6 now ("TenderHeart" and "Sparkle Eyes") and my little "Tootie" is 4. We also have a 1 year old puppy who drives us crazy half the time and melts us with her sweetness the rest of the time.
Thanks for coming along with me on this journey!
