Update

I received my calendar last week and also started taking my birth control to help regulate me on Brandi’s cycle. I should get my medicine for the shots this Friday and then July 3 is when I have to start giving myself shots with Dustin’s help since two of them have to be given to me in my lower back. We are still on for July 27th or 28th for the egg retrieval. Once they retrieve the eggs the doctors will do their magic and then place them in my sister three days later.

I can’t even express how much a want this to work for my sister. I have total faith in God that he will take care of all us. She means the absolute world to be. Words can’t express how much a love her! I just ask everyone to keep praying for us, it really does mean a lot.

Great NEWS!!

Good News! Looks like we will still stay on the same schedule for the egg retrieval which will happen around July 27th. Today they took my IUD out and has soon I start my cycle I will be put on birth control for a month and start taking my Lupron shots. Then in July I will start taking the other two hormone shots to help over stimulate my ovaries and by the end of July they should be able to retrieve the eggs and then implant them in my sister.

Please keep us all in your prayers!

Minor Glitch

Just found out yesterday that they are going to have to take my IUD out during this process. I'm on the Mirena and absolutely love it. But Brandi's doctor said it has to come out for a few months because he thinks it won't let me make a lot of eggs and the goal is to make as many at possible.

I kind of figured this would have to take place since it is releasing a small amount of hormone. Now I'm just waiting to hear from my doctor about how the insurance will cover to have another one replaced. I have really great insurance and it covered the first 100 percent, I know amazing! She thinks she can justify it and have it covered again that way my sister doesn't have to pay the full cost to have another put in me and trust me I'm getting another one put in because taking a pill everyday would not happen. Since Dustin and I don't want to have another one for 3 or 4 more years, we don't want any accidents happening.

Don't get me wrong I love being a mommy but we want Thomas to have his time with mommy and daddy without turning his world upside down with a little sister...HA! Plus I really want to concentrate on my career for a couple of years. But don't worry we will have another one just not anytime soon!

The downfall is this sets mys sister back a couple of months. So more than likely they won't be retrieving the eggs from me until August or September. Please keep praying for us!

Just look at my cute little monster!!

First Appointment

Our appointment went great yesterday. Have to admit everything was a little overwhelming but in the end this journey is going to be so worth it. They went over all the shots I will be taking and the process of when the egg retrieval will happen.

These doctors don't mess around. They will be doing the egg retrieval around the end of July. June will consist of them regulating our cycle and then July I will be taking shots to stimulate my ovaries a little more, getting blood work done and lots of ultrasounds. By the end of July they will retrieve the eggs and then 3-5 days later implant them in my sister.

I'm so excited for Tim and Brandi and just ask everyone to keep us in your prayers the next two months. I truly believe God will take care of us and Brandi will become the mother she deserves to be!

May 27th

Our first appointment is coming up next week. We will be meeting with the doctor, getting blood work done and crossing our fingers that we can start this process soon. The good thing is our cycles are only two days apart, so not sure how much they will have to do to get them regulated together since they are already so close together.

I can't even tell you how much I want this to work for my sister. Hopefully by August or September she will pregnant. I'm so excited for what the future holds for her and Tim. I know my sister and Tim will make wonderful parents. They already love Thomas like he is there own and spoil him rotten by showering him with gifts all the time.

Please keep us in your prayers next week as we travel to Illinois. I will let you all know how the appointment goes next week.

Our Journey

In the next few months my twin sister and I are going to be taking a special journey together. As many of you know we are identical twin sisters. We are very close. We have a connection that is unbreakable and very hard to explain. I have two other siblings who I love very much, but the connection I have with them is different. Brandi and I have a very special bond and we would do anything for each other, I would give my life for her.

Both her and her husband are wonderful people. They have been trying to have a baby for the last 2 ½ years. My sister also has Graves Disease and has had two rounds of radiation treatment to control the disease. For some reason she is having Ovarian failure and the doctors told her the only way she will become a mother is through a egg donor or adoption. Her uterus looks fine, so she can carry a baby. For some reason her body won’t create good quality eggs.

This is where I come in. I’m crying as I write this, just because I have seen the heartache this has caused my sister. Through a lot of prayer and all four of us talking and the fact that my sister means more to me than anyone can imagine, I’m going to be her egg donor. Our first appointment is May 27 at 9:30. We will be doing blood work, going over my medical history and meeting with a psychologist. Once they get our cycles regulated then I will have to take shots for about 2 weeks twice a day and the hope is they will be able to get 6-8 good eggs from me.

Since I live in Missouri and she lives in Illinois, I will have to drive down to Illinois for the first visit and then they will work with my doctor in Missouri for all the ultrasounds. When they retrieve the eggs we will have to go to Indianapolis since the fertility specialist works in Illinois and Indiana.

I have started another blog so everyone can follow our journey. My sister is also going to start another blog. Right now you can link to her everyday blog here.

Please keep us in your thoughts during this journey. I’m praying that it works and have faith that it will and my sister will become the mother she deserves to be. She is an awesome, kind, beautiful, loving person. She is my best friend and I know she would do the same for me. Our love and bond is so strong. So much love is going to go into creating this little baby. I just ask you keep us all in your prayers!

Click her to follow our journey and become a follower through this process!

God Bless!

Tim, Brandi, Me and Dustin