OUR BIG FAT POSITIVE!!

As most of you know, we have been trying to conceive a baby for a year now. In January, Jeremy went to get a semen analysis, which came back completely normal. A couple weeks later, Allie went to get an HSG which is the process in which blue dye is injected into your Fallopian tubes and is displayed on a screen for the doctor to see if anything is blocking in there. We were kind of excited because the rate of pregnancies after an HSG is performed is pretty high. We had our fingers crossed for a positive result in February, but did not have any luck.
Allie had an appointment set up for April 22nd where she would start a fertility drug called clomid.

February brought on new challenges as Jeremy was informed .5 of his contract was surplused. We looked at is as no wonder we are not pregnant yet- Jeremy may not even have a job! A week ago Monday, we attended the draft at the district office. After having a heartattack the first round of the draft and realizing you cannot pick up any positions on another level (i.e. Jeremy currently teaches at middle school so couldn't pick up any of the open P.E. positions first round because they were elementary)......the second round came and our first choice was gone(Desert Cove .5 in order to keep his .5 at Shea)- as we are sitting there in the hot room with everyone's tensions flaring and anxiety rolling- thinking I guess we are going to have to surplus his .5 at Shea and take a full time elementary....(of course we would be thankful for anything)- BUT then there was the rule if nothing matches your contract you can take from other positions and there was still a .8 remaining at Shadow Mountain (right next door to Shea within walking distance). Jeremy stood up and asked if he could have .5 of the .8 and after a LONG 3 minutes or so they said YES! This is the best senario and we couldn't be happier- we are still in disbelief and Jeremy is estatic to have the best of both worlds- keeping his Shea ties and being able to teach at the High School level.We truly believe everything happens for a reason and this experience has definitely let us see the light at the end of the tunnel.

So, we decided to have a BBQ to celebrate! We invited our parents and some of our co-workers. When Allie got home she was exhausted but thought nothing of it because it was field day at school and being out in the sun all day is exhausting! She decided to test as always before taking a sip of a drink. To her surprise......it said positive! She could not believe her eyes! She took two more tests just to be sure! Apparently God had other plans for us and did not want Allie on Clomid!

Allie had just bought Lindsay (Jeremy's sister) an ASU onsie for a congratulations gift on her pregnancy which came in a two pack. She gave one to Lin now and kept the other one in her gift closet for later. Allie ran to the closet and put it in a gift bag and called Jeremy inside. She told him she bought him a congratulations gift for his new job. As Jeremy opened it he said "Shut Up!" With the biggest smile on his face and could not believe it. To prove it, Allie showed him the 3 tests she had taken to make sure. We were estatic!!

We debated what we were going to do about the BBQ. Most people wait until their first appointment to tell but yet we have waited SOOO long for this. Without any further thoughts we knew we had to tell, it was way too exciting and if something were to go wrong (God forbid) we would want all these people supporting us. That night we made a toast to Jeremy's new job and gave our mom's a gift for supporting us. Little did they know each gift bag had a positive pregnancy gift in it! They were in shock as everyone else! It was priceless.

It is still very early (5 weeks) into the pregnancy, but we are confident God has blessed us with this little maricle. Our first appointment is April 10th
(Good Friday :) ) and our Expected Due Date is November 18th. Allie is excited to be pregnant with her sister in law who is due at the end of October and her cousin who is due one week before her.