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Approval Code

An approval code never looked so damn good!  Vernita called today to share the good news!  We're going to Green Bay this weekend for the Packers vs. Bears game and I will need to call the office on Monday for our next steps, appointment dates, and prescription information! Oh my goodness!  It's happening!  It's so easy to look back to when we finally admitted to ourselves that weened an RE and had our first appointment in Glenview.  I remember already being anxious about the time and gas that it would require.  That was July.  Today marks the beginning of November and we have only been with Dr. TK since September so really, things have moved relatively quickly since we found Dr. TK.  We are having conversations about freezing embryos.  We have pretty much agreed not to tell anyone when we are in the midst of our first (and hopefully only) IVF cycle.  The pressure to report and share seems too much, especially if we are unsuccessful.  We have agreed, however, to share news of a pregnancy as soon as we know (hopefully by Christmas) so we have a strong support system should something go wrong.  We would want to share pregnancy news immediate family  only until we got through the first trimester.  What a crazy thought!  I would LOVE to capture my parents' reactions and my brother & sister-in-law's!  And Porch's family's reactions!!  It may have taken us 4 years, but we finally have hope of a Baby Porch!

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