Always and Forever Hill: March 2011

I Would Die For That

My aunt, who has gone through the same thing I am going through now showed me this music video. This song is beautiful and it is exactly how I feel. It definitely makes me feel like I am not alone, and success if possible.

A Diagnosis

Most of you readers know that Shaun and I have been trying to get pregnant for a little over 3 years now, with two miscarriages, and a rough time getting pregnant. I've been on clomid for 5 months and it hasn't worked yet. Frustrated, I finally decided to go to the Utah fertility clinic where they specialize in infertility. This was a bitter sweet appointment but it gave us plenty of answers and we were able to form a better game plan. At this appointment I found out that I have PCOS (Polycystic ovarian syndrome) which causes hormone imbalance among other things. It has been the main cause for my miscarriages, but now that they know this they know what I need in order to have a successful pregnancy. I will be starting on clomid and shots in a few weeks and then once things look really promising the doctor will do an IUI (intrauterine insemination) which will increase our chances of getting pregnant to about a 40% which is a lot better than the 5% I am at now or the average 20%. We are hopeful that this will lead to a very happy ending.

St. Patricks Day Fun!

I LOVE St. Patrick's Day!!! My mom has always been big on holidays and making sure we celebrated everyone, and I have taken that on. I do go all out, decorations, festive food, dressing up, you name it I do it.

All dressed up!

St. Patrick's Day dinner

Baby Juliet and I

Spent St. Patrick's day with my Aunt Brittany, Uncle Joe, and their two children TJ and Juliet

Brittany and Juliet in her cute outfit

A small getaway

At the end of February Shaun and I went on a mini vacation to Las Vegas. It is a great halfway point where we meet up with his dad and step mom. We spent three days there visiting lots of fun places. Shaun and I have never been to the Hoover Dam so we took a quick trip there and it was so awesome. We also went up to the top of the Eiffel Tower at the Paris hotel and the view was amazing.

I got my Pina Colada (virgin of course) fix, we tried fried twinkies, and I had some yummy steak dinners for super cheap! It was really nice to take a break from life and spend some quality time together and with his parents.