…then to actually believe that I could be pregnant again. However, for the past day or so I had let myself enjoy the fantasy that we might have been able to conceive on our own after all this time and trouble. You would think after 4 1/2 years of tyring to conceive and to sustain […]
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by Kathy on May 28, 2007 · 0 comments
in Blessed, Bob, Diversions, Faith, Family, Friends, Gratitude, Healing, Holidays, Injections, Inspiration, IVF, IVF #2 (converted to IUI#1), Life, Lupron, One of a Kind, Our Home, Relaxation, Running, Sean, The Future, Therapy
That is the time I did the Ridge Run 5K in this morning! I was very happy with how it went, the pace I was able to maintain and the outcome! It was such an awesome experience, again this year, to run through the streets of my neighborhood being cheered on by friends and strangers! […]
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Every night before Sean’s bedtime, after story time and before lullabies, we says prayers as a family. Sean has a pretty set way and order that he prays for his friends and family by name. Then when he is done, we end with any “special prayers” he or we might have that evening. Special prayers […]
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by Kathy on May 9, 2007 · 0 comments
in Adoption, Bob, Family, IVF, IVF #2 (converted to IUI#1), Marriage, Milestones, Planning, Protocols, RE, Sean, The Future, TTC
Today I will start taking the pill again and will be on it for 21 days. After that it will depend on the protocol our RE gives us on Friday for this next IVF cycle. I am getting excited for Friday and am starting a list of questions for our RE about what may have […]
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by Kathy on April 10, 2007 · 3 comments
in Assisted Hatching, Background, Blessed, Bob, C-Section, Ectopic, EDD, ET, Friends, Hope, ICSI, Infertility, IVF, IVF #1, Life, Loss, Marriage, Miscarriage, OB/GYN, Optimism, Ovaries, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Loss, RE, Sean, The Future, TTC
Though I am sure most of you already know this… I just wanted to give a little background to our trying to conceive (TTC) story. Bob and I met in college at the University of Illinois through mutual friends on September 2, 1996. We started dating a month later and got engaged on March 15, […]
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by Kathy on April 10, 2007 · 5 comments
in Background, Family, Friends, IVF, IVF #1, Journey, Life, Love, The Future, TTC, Writing
Welcome to our Benson Family blog! I decided to start this in part to update our family and friends who have shown us, through your love and support, that you want to share in our journey trying to expand our family. I may also add other tidbits about our life and experiences as time goes […]
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