Hello!
We live in the southern California mountains....Its amazing here...Not just the weather of southern California, but the small town feel of living in a place that seems almost like leave it to beaver'ish...Just set up about 6500 feet on a mountain edge, wit amazing views, gorgeous hiking trails and rocks to climb...TONS of wildlife! Its just... Awesome...
Here are a few pics (taken from my Iphone) of where we live...
My husband is a retail manager and I am a stay at home mom (soooooo thankful to be able to do that!!). We have a "blended family" (aka children from previous marriages) with 4 children between us, ages ranging from 13 to 6.Our precious kids- Hayden , Kaitlyn, Lindsay and Isaiah.... They are our everything....We are soooooo incredibly thankful for them. They also would like to add to the family...They pray every night for a little brother or sister (Kaitlyn, age 6, who prays for BOTH- I do too admittedly lol- we would LOVE twins!)
I have had numerous pregnancy losses through the years... One before my first DD, one before me son, and a 19 week loss right before I had my youngest DD...Since 2011, we have been TTC, and in that time have had 4 ectopics, 3 IUP's and several early pregnancy losses where location was unknown, meaning it could have been ectopic... Some of our losses were due to tubal issues, and some were due to a developing antibody issue (diagnosed in 2013 by a reproductive immunologist) I have that causes my body to reject implantation when the baby is created with my husbands genetics Its kind of rare, and very hard to explain, and it is HELL to try and treat medically....The fact I have any living babies at all is a miracle!
Because of the complexities of treating the antibody issue, (been there done that, it didn' work and the meds gave me bad side effects) we have decided to complete our family using either donor embryos or doing IVF with donor sperm...
It was NOT a decision we came to lightly... It was a year before we finally felt comfortable enough to move forward with the process...Now that we have started that process, we both have so much excitement and peace... it just feels "right"...
Here is a little bit about "us"...
We live in the southern California mountains....Its amazing here...Not just the weather of southern California, but the small town feel of living in a place that seems almost like leave it to beaver'ish...Just set up about 6500 feet on a mountain edge, wit amazing views, gorgeous hiking trails and rocks to climb...TONS of wildlife! Its just... Awesome...
Here are a few pics (taken from my Iphone) of where we live...
My husband is a retail manager and I am a stay at home mom (soooooo thankful to be able to do that!!). We have a "blended family" (aka children from previous marriages) with 4 children between us, ages ranging from 13 to 6.Our precious kids- Hayden , Kaitlyn, Lindsay and Isaiah.... They are our everything....We are soooooo incredibly thankful for them. They also would like to add to the family...They pray every night for a little brother or sister (Kaitlyn, age 6, who prays for BOTH- I do too admittedly lol- we would LOVE twins!)
I have had numerous pregnancy losses through the years... One before my first DD, one before me son, and a 19 week loss right before I had my youngest DD...Since 2011, we have been TTC, and in that time have had 4 ectopics, 3 IUP's and several early pregnancy losses where location was unknown, meaning it could have been ectopic... Some of our losses were due to tubal issues, and some were due to a developing antibody issue (diagnosed in 2013 by a reproductive immunologist) I have that causes my body to reject implantation when the baby is created with my husbands genetics Its kind of rare, and very hard to explain, and it is HELL to try and treat medically....The fact I have any living babies at all is a miracle!
Because of the complexities of treating the antibody issue, (been there done that, it didn' work and the meds gave me bad side effects) we have decided to complete our family using either donor embryos or doing IVF with donor sperm...
It was NOT a decision we came to lightly... It was a year before we finally felt comfortable enough to move forward with the process...Now that we have started that process, we both have so much excitement and peace... it just feels "right"...
I am sorry for all your losses. That's too much heartbreak and I am looking forward to hearing about your journey. It's a tough road, but writing it all down can be so healing for people (myself included). Hugs and prayers to you!
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