We added a new family member 8 months ago. She is such a sweet blessing. Most people know we did In-vitro to be able to get pregnant with our sweet kids. When we did the cycle for the triplets we had 7 embryos. We implanted 2 (the triplets) and froze 5. Back when we did ivf with the triplets you had to have at least 5 embryos to be able freeze them. We felt like it was pretty incredible that we had exactly 5. With my condition it was next to impossible to have extra embryos so we decided to freeze them. Not knowing why at the time.
After we had the triplets we felt like our family was complete. We were overwhelmed. Heavenly Father gave me the sweet assurance that I didn't have to worry about the embryos we had frozen and that I could just enjoy the family I had. I took that as we were done. haha Time went by, and I kept getting funny promptings from the spirit. I won't go into details, but mostly the strong impression that someone was missing from our family. I battled those feelings for about 2 years. I didn't feel like I could do another baby, and my husband was adamant that we were NOT having another baby. He would get mad when I even brought the subject up. I finally decided to get on my knees and ask if we were to have another baby. The answer was a strong yes. I still felt it was going to be impossible. I asked Heavenly Father that if I was supposed to have another baby, he needed to soften Jared's heart, and make the process go smooth. I was scared, I have triplets....the chance of having multiples was high. I didn't want that to happen again.
To make a long story short. Miracle after miracle happened. The biggest miracle was when my husbands heart was softened. One random day, Jared came home from a session in the temple. Before he even said "hello" he blurts out "call the dr!" I was caught off guard, haha but knew what he meant. We were both scared, but knew it was the right thing to do. Instantly, I called the dr. knowing that if Heavenly Father did his part, I was to do mine. Still praying all would go smooth.
Time came to defrost and implant the 7 year old embryos. It didn't seem possible that embryos so old could even survive the thaw. As we were waiting in the transfer room we were nervous, we hadn't heard anything about how the embryos did. Dr Peterson walks into the room with a photograph of our beautiful healthy perfect embryo. None of the others survived the thaw except one. And the one was beautiful and healthy!! I couldn't believe it. Heavenly Father is miraculous! The spirit filled the room. I knew that a baby was on it's way. (sorry so cheesy!)
October 3, 2014, I took a pregnancy test. It was positive. We laughed and cried.
The kids were so excited. This is how we announced the pregnancy on FB and IG.
Due June 11th 20015. Being pregnant this time around was incredible. I'm older, so my body hurt everywhere. My prayers were answered again when I had a smooth pregnancy and I made it full term +4 days. haha
I finally went in to be induced on June 15th. It went so smooth. No complications at all. Navy was born June 15th 2015 @ 4:45pm weighing a whopping 10lbs 8oz and 23 inches long. We were so surprised by how big she was. So were the dr and all the nurses. She didn't even fit into the hospital onsies. haha She was big and healthy. We were so proud. We brought her home 48hours later. She is so much fun, and we feel so blessed to have 5 children. Who knew?! We love her so much!
