A little update for my readers.

I wanted to give a quick update since I am going to share this blog post. First, I wanted to share my weight loss with you all. As most of you know I have stage 4 endo. I have been doing the endo diet for awhile. I can't change that I have endometriosis, but I can change my diet. So, I have been working really hard on that. I am doing gluten free, dairy free, etc. I have a cheat night once a week and usually on Friday nights. I have lost 20 lbs and I am down a pant size and shirt size. I am pretty happy about this. I really hope these changes help us with our next IVF cycle. I still do acupuncture too. Ever since changing my diet I have felt better, less cramps during my time of the month. So many benefits to this change.

Chris and I both started antibiotics for a future IVF. I am in the suppression part of IVF. IVF is planned for April. We are excited and scared. My first IVF cycle failed and a lot of things went wrong. I had low estrogen and not good quality of eggs of the 9 that were retrieved. My second IVF cycle I had 21 eggs retrieved, but my estrogen was higher and I was put on meds for hyperstimulation. Sadly, IVF 2 ended in an early miscarriage. We were really sad about it, but we were also a step closer than we have ever been. It was the first pregnancy we experienced in two years of trying. We have been trying to grow our family for over 2 1/2 years now. We are hopeful for IVF 3 and really hope it works for us.  We are trying to stay positive about this cycle, but also trying to prepare for the future if it doesn't work. We are just not sure we can do this anymore. We are both ok with adoption so that may be a plan in the future. For now, we are focusing on our IVF cycle and being positive.

We sing this song at church sometimes and it always speaks to me. I know God never leaves our side.