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  • Welcome Home Embryos!

    Dear Dan and Kristin, Your two babies are tucked away safely in me, taking residence with Jesus who also lives in me. This is the text we received at 10:36am this morning from Brenda. Got a little teary-eyed after reading that one! Praise be to God that our embryos are safe in her womb and most…

  • Details of the Procedures

    Along with myself, I am sure you have had a few questions about what all these procedures mean, what they do, and the details. I wasn’t sure where to find the best descriptions, but of course about.com had the best details. Of course for each fertility clinic, numbers may look a little different. I feel…

  • TWO Embryos

    Quick update! TWO embryos fertilized!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The nurse called at 8:30am this morning and said 8 eggs were retrieved, one was immature, BUT, two FERTILIZED! I can’t tell you how much joy I have in my heart right now. To think that there are two Dan and Kristin’s hanging out at the clinic right now. It is…

  • Egg Retrieval Done!

    We are home! I am going to warn you – I am still under the influence of IV sedation and valium, so some of the sentences and trains of thought I have, might not make a whole lot of sense. We arrived in Grand Rapids a little before 8:45am, and there sure weren’t a lot of people there at…

  • Thursday is THE DAY!

    Just wanted you to know that this is THE WEEK – oh wait, I already told you all that :). AND…THURSDAY is egg retrieval day! I just found out late yesterday afternoon! I was ecstatic – I called Dan right away and started to plan for Thursday. In a very short amount of time we…

  • One Day At A Time

    This week is the WEEK! I can’t believe the time has come. Last October when we were talking about when to start, we were all so bummed that we had to wait until the summer; especially the end of the summer. Now we have finally arrived on retrieval and transfer week! Docs are thinking that…