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4 Babies, 1 Car Seat

Welcome to Wisconsin, my darlings.  Porch and I drove to Northbrook this past Thursday to bring our 4 embabies (frozen embryos) to join us in Wisconsin where they will hopefully be transferred in the near future.  All things said and done, it was a pretty quick transition.  We drove to our new clinic to get the tank for transport and then headed to Northbrook to the lab and they put the embryos in for us.  We grabbed a quick lunch and then headed back.  I went to work while Porch took the tank back to the new clinic for storage.



I feel we look pretty well-rested for parents of 5 under the age of 3.  ;)


We're ready!  

The long ride home

So it was somewhat uneventful if you take out the emotional aspect... you know, of our family being in one state now... and the fact that this means we're 1 step closer to being ready to do a transfer.  ;)  Can you picture me with 5 kids?  Hahahahahaha, I thought I was a hot mess with ONE!

xo
Mama Porch
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  1. Favorite TeachMay 5, 2017 at 8:47 AM

    Your strength and willingness to share your journey is just amazing! Keep on keepin' on mama! You are rocking a gig of 5 under 3 lol

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