Dear Ellen,
My husband (34) and I (33) have been married for 7 years. We have been trying to have a baby since January 2008 - over 5 years now! We started our 1st round of IVF in December 2010. Despite a near perfect cycle, it resulted in a negative pregnancy test. We were fortunate to have extra embryos from that cycle to freeze. In March 2011 we started a Frozen Embryo Transfer cycle. Despite another great cycle (on paper), it also failed to result in a pregnancy. In 2012, we took the first half of the year off and then tried a couple rounds of IUI with and without fertility shots - still no baby.
We decided to try one more round of IVF and get a little assistance from my sister. On 2/19, we transferred 2 embryos into my sister and 2 into me. The goal was to increase our chances of having at least one baby. On 2/28, we received the GREAT news that we were both PUPO (pregnant until proven otherwise) - the photo I attached is from that day. And today (3/22) we had our 7 week ultrasounds and they found FOUR little heartbeats - we are both pregnant with twins! Although we know that 4 babies will be a TON of work - we are thrilled that our baby prayers will finally be answered! We would love to meet you and share our story with your viewers. Will you please kiss our baby bumps? :)
Love ya,
Annie
P.S. Here is the link to our blog. It's been helpful in keeping our friends/family updated throughout our journey... http://ourivfjourney.weebly.com
Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 5:29 PM
Subject: Happy Pregnancy to You!
So.....we made a little video (or rather James actually made the video), but we all collaborated on the project! We are hoping this might get you a special appearance on a special show... And if not, it's a nice little story to remember when you are happily sleep deprived and feeding multiple babies at once in the middle of the night!:)
We love you!
Sara, Katie, Erin and James