Baby!!!!!!!!!!

Back in July of 2013 we found out we were pregnant with baby #3, we were so excited and couldn't believe how fast it had happened after going off birth control. Between weeks 6-7 we miscarried, this had never happened before so we didn't know how to quite handle it. We were sad and know we would immediately try again. After about of year of trying and nothing happening we went to the Utah Fertility center to seek more help. They did tons of testing and everything came back healthy. So we decided to try IUIs (artificial insemination.) We did two rounds with no success so I went in for my third round and they discovered I had a cyst on my ovaries (probably because of all the medicine I was taking) and to get rid of it I need to go on birth control, which is the last ting I wanted to do. After a month of birth control we were good to go for round three. In January 2015 we found our we were pregnant, it had worked. A few weeks later, week 6, we miscarried again. We were devastated, and couldn't believe this would happen to us again!!

We decided we needed a break from the roller-coster of infertility treatments. I felt like our family wasn't complete and we would get to the point of more IUIs, IVF or even adoption. But for now I would go on birth control (just for a month) to even out my hormones and hopefully get me back on track. Then we would try on our own until we were ready to have assistance again.

So in April 2015, we found out we were pregnant, our first month of trying without any medication!! We couldn't get too excited because we were afraid we would loose this baby too. My friend Lindsay prescribed some medicine that had proven to help prevent miscarriages. So I took Prednisone and adult low-dose aspirin, since we were desperate to try anything. We made it past week 7 and became extremely excited, it really might be real. My OBGYN let us have an ultrasound at week 8 to confirm a heartbeat. It was such a relief!! Here's a picture from that ultrasound, look how little.

 So we announced to the Instagram and Facebook world during week 13. 

 We decided to do the 16 week gender ultrasound . It wasn't covered by insurance but we were too excited to wait.

The results were in (On McCoy's birthday), the baby was healthy and we we're having another BOY. I was confident it was a girl so it took some time to sinks in. But we know how to handle boys, so this should be a breeze right!?!

I'm now 24 weeks, and feeling him move often. No one else can feel him yet, so it's been a fun treat all for me. I've been HOT but that's my only complaint!! We love him so much already and January 10, 2016 can't come soon enough.  He will be a great addition to our family!! . Some names we're talking about: Brant, Quaid, Marshall, Beau. And we pretty sure his middle name will be Grant. Look at this sweet face from our ultrasound during week 21.

Infertility has been one of the hardest things we've had to face as a couple. We cried, felt like life was unbearable and been plain angry. It's so frustrating when you want something that we've been commanded to do and you know it's a righteous desire. It was really a test of our faith and patience. It seemed like everyone around us was pregnant and we had somehow missed the boat. I'm so glad we've come out the other side and we now have so much compassion for those that struggle with infertility, especially those who have it worse than us.