Updates! So I've been wearing estrogen patches for a couple of weeks now. I'm up to four patches every other day! You would think that I'd be able to tell a difference, but I haven't noticed any changes. Maybe Davison is the better judge of that. :)
We went to the fertility clinic yesterday. They placed a catheter inside me and used the sonogram machine to determine where they would be placing the embryos! Wild! I start the progesterone injections (ouch!) on Friday. I feel bad for Davison because I think I'd rather receive an injection than give one. I'll be taking those everyday. I go back to the clinic next Tues, March 3rd, for a biopsy (more ouch!) to check the lining of my uterus. After that I will start a whole slew of meds designed to make sure my body is primed and ready for the embryo transfer in April. I told Kimberly it was just like I was her stunt double! I'm so excited for them--I know they are more than ready to be parents!
Other items...we are still waiting to find out if my insurance will cover the pregnancy. We are hoping to get a final answer tomorrow. Please PRAY HARD!
Also, as I discussed earlier, this is an extremely expensive process. Kimberly and Chris have applied for grants but have not heard back yet. They also checked with the bank about loans and due to the state of the economy, the terms are less than appealing. They will owe around $25,000 and pretty much the clinic is cutting them some slack because they weren't supposed to start me on meds until they had this money. We have raised $6000, which is awesome, but we have a long way to go. (On a side note, one of my friends donated $100 (and her sister donated $25) and another friend donated $2,500 to them! Can you believe that?! How freakin' amazing are they?! And how amazing is God!!! Kimberly called me when she received the donations because she did not recognize the names and asked if I knew them. I told her I did and she said it gave her chills to know that complete strangers would want to help her and be so generous. I am in awe of how God is working.)
Anyway, back to the fundraising...we have been writing newspapers and stations in hopes that they would pick up the story because I know people out there would want to help this incredible couple. Finally, I got a response back. A local Greenville show called Your Carolina plans to come interview us March 9th and then we will do a live interview on the show on March 19th!! I'm not that thrilled about being on TV, but I will do anything that might help them raise this money because it's just not fair that so many insurance policies do not cover infertility and the ones that do won't cover it if it's for a surrogate and not a dependent. So, hopefully the show will bring in some donations! Please be praying for all of this, as I cannot imagine the amount of stress they are under, but God is working steadily and I can see His hand in this everyday.
I love you guys and I am incredibly grateful for all of your support!
Thursday, February 26, 2009
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