Believe {and it will be yours}

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer,

believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Mark 11:24

Today, I am almost speechless and so humbled. Billy and I started praying for a baby two years ago when we started trying to get pregnant. Exactly Two years later...MULTIPLE fertility treatments, 2 IUIs = Five POSITIVE pregnancy test, Two beta (blood) test and the best phone call of my life later...we are officially pregnant!

I want to cry just typing those words. I'm in a daze of disbelief and I don't feel like this is really happening. The past few mornings of getting up at 3:30 AM to take a pregnancy test because I couldn't wait until 8AM were nerve racking and soo exciting! The final test (digital) was at the crack of dawn and I'll never forget practically jumping on the bed to wake Billy up (all before 4AM) to tell him it was really real, we were pregnant! However, we wanted to wait until we had a confirmation from our fertility Doctor (our first ultrasound with Dr. Winslow) before we first, let ourselves get too excited and second, tell the family. Since Mother's Day is only 4 days away we are going to announce the news to our parents Sunday. It's been hard having to tell my Mom fibs when she calls...she asks 101 questions and I just didn't want to tell her at work over the phone, that's just not exciting! So...Sunday will be a very happy day for the grandparents!! Being the realist I am, I'm overly cautious and do not feel 100% comfortable telling anyone else until our first ultrasound on the 16th. The Doctor wants to confirm placement in the uterus. Is this too much info for a blog!?

I wanted to document our journey so one day I can look back and see how God's hand was at work. Two weeks ago I had a IUI procedure and I asked Dr. Winslow in that moment, "What are my chances, what is the percentage of this actually happening?" He replied, "Brooke it is VERY hard to get you to ovulate and each procedure you have a 20% chance of conceiving." How GOOD and GREAT is our God? We beat the odds and I believe it's because God allowed my body to do what it needed to do and gave us this baby. I'm beyond grateful. We are definitely Blessed Birds! :)