pray big, trust big

God has been so busy doing great things, I just can't seem to keep up with Him in my blogs!
Backing way up to Friday, February 10. My mom and I go into the doctors office (me with a VERY full bladder) only to learn that we are still waiting on the biopsy results from Maryland. I am still taken to the back, sonogramed, confirmed full bladder and that I have lots of fluid in my abdomen. This usually happens when they get this many eggs but thankfully the doctor confirms that I'm still ok to get the transfer today! THANK YOU GOD! I'm finally allowed to tt "just a little out to make me more comfortable." We sit and wait until my bladder is full again, another sono and get to tt a little more out. It is now about 12:20ish, the nurse comes in to say that they have gotten word from Maryland that our test results won't be back until 3:30. I run to the bathroom! Are you kidding me?!?! We have to wait longer to hear how healthy our littles are?!?
Mama and I go eat, find a cute shop with lots of antique couches that I sit on all over the store because I'm now full of fluid and food! OUCHIE!
Around 3pm we are back in the parking lot sitting in the sun and filling my bladder again. We go into the office for more sonos and waiting, THEN FINALLY word from Maryland!
Out of the 10 that were biopsied we had 3 healthy little Ehlers eggs!!! SO HAPPY!!! They put back baby #2 and baby #10.........TODAY'S DATE!!! ;)
Now starts the dreaded TWW (two week wait)! I go back in for blood work Wednesday, February 15 and learn that my hormone levels are looking good! THANK YOU GOD!!!!
FINALLY the TWW is over! I go in Wednesday, February 22, get my blood work done and then leave the office just to wait again for the phone call! The call comes about 12:50ish (during recess) and I bust out in tears after learning THAT GOD HAS MOVED A MOUNTAIN! IT'S A HEALTHY POSITIVE!!!! My HCG level is in the 200's!!!! In most healthy pregnancies the HCG level will double within 48-72 hours so I'm asked to come back for more blood work on Friday. It was 488!!!
ZACH AND I ARE THANKING GOD EVERY MINUTE!
Now once again we are waiting for another two weeks. UGH!!! We will go in for our first sonogram Friday, March 9. We can't wait to see a perfect heartbeat(s) and to meet out little BE('s) (Baby Ehlers)!
We are continuing to PRAY BIG, TRUST BIG!
And Jesus answered saying to them, "Have faith in God. Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is going to happen, it will be granted him. Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you." (Mark 11:22-24)
To me, the "believes" in verse 24 means "Trust me with your prayers. I hear them and will use them to glorify my name." His answers could be quite different from the mountains I wanted cast into the sea. I wouldn't be writing this today had I not had the gift of those four years dealing with infertility. Yes, I said gift. God DID hear my (our) prayers. My relationship with Him grew exponentially as He was my constant source of strength. (Thank you to Join the Journey)

                                  My 2nd Graders wrote this in the "sight word" workstation!

heart sock Sunday and more

Heart sock Sunday was a very eventful day for the Ehlers, the nurses and for the doctors at the fertility center. Everything started out perfectly as we passed out heart socks to every receptionist, nurse and doctor in the building. Everyone was so excited to put their new socks on and and get to work! The anesthesiologist was even disappointed that he didn't wear better shoes as we were taking pictures. ;) Of course, they had never had a patient do anything like this before!
We were SO happy that they were able to get 16 eggs from the retrieval. YAY GOD! My mom, Zach and the nurses were in the room with me celebrating the great news when crazy started happening. The nurses had already removed my IV and were preparing me to go home when I started violently throwing up. I had done this before so it didn't surprise anyone too much until my blood pressure and heart rate dropped very low. This is when I passed out, the nurses called the doctor, my mom ran out of the room and Zach stayed by my side until the doctors asked him to leave. The nurses IV'ed me again plus added another line for more fluids.
I really have no idea what happened after that or how long I was "out" but I remember waking up to everyone shouting my name and asking if I could hear them. I could hear all the different conversations going on but I couldn't make myself answer anyone. It was like I was in a movie, such a strange feeling. Thank you, God, for being in that room with us (I can't imagine what would have happened if we didn't have our heart socks on;) and thank you to my nurses, doctors and husband for staying calm and taking care of me! Of course, they had never had a patient do anything like this before!
Hours later (everyone still showing their heart socks) I was able to sit up and walk to the restroom with the nurses assistance so they decided that I was ready to go home.
I went straight to bed and finally was able to get up and around very slowly yesterday (Tuesday) morning. Today has been a much better day and I even think my color is getting back to "normal."
Even greater news that we got earlier today is that 10 out of our 13 fertilized eggs have grown into embryos and were able to be biopsied this morning. The 10 cells will arrive in Maryland today and start their testing ASAP! We should know test results Friday. Please join us in prayer that there are 2 healthy baby Ehlers to transfer on Friday and more to freeze for later when we need a brother or sister! ;)
Thank you so much to everyone that sent fun pictures letting us know that you were and are praying for us! I know that someday our little one(s) will enjoying seeing how many prayer warriors were praying the day that God made them.
And Jesus answered and said to them, "Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it will happen. And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive." (Matthew 21:21-22)

wearing my Sunday best, are you?

We will have our little eggies taken out Sunday, February 5 at 9:00am! Kehm, my mom and I will be praying as well as wearing our Sunday best socks with hearts and I LOVE YOU! If you would like to do the same I would love to get texts or be tagged in Facebook photos of the heart and/or I love you socks you choose to wear in support of our little ones! What a great way for me to show him/her how many people were praying special prayers for them on the day God made them!

Matthew 18:19-20 "Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them."
Of course I can't talk about our little ones and ask you to pray for them without showing you pictures of just a few!!! Look how sweet they are! ;)

                                     Your support and prayers mean so much to us! Thank you!

ehlers on the move

Before I rush into the school building to greet all my little 2nd graders I have been getting up at 5:15am four out of five days this week to drive to San Antonio for my 7:30 doctor appointments. It has been tiring BUT VERY REWARDING! I have gotten to see my follicles go from teeny tiny to egg-normous! Today the shocking news came that they will be taking the little eggies no later than Monday, so probably Sunday morning. BUT WAIT, SO SOON? THAT WASN'T OUR PLAN BECAUSE TODAY IS 2/2/1012, WE BOUGHT A HOUSE!!! and I (along with my mom, Zach's mom and some friends) have made plans to spend the weekend cleaning it and getting it ready to be filled with our own dirt. PANIC...I will never get all of this done in time! One short weekend to clean the house, move in the small stuff, get it ready for Zach to move in the big stuff, have my eggs taken AND fertilized! OH MY...what a weekend!
But as usual God stopped me in my crazy tracks and reminded me that He has our plan under control! We walked out of the title company doors to see a beautiful rainbow! His promise to us!

Genesis 9:16 "When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth."

Please continue to pray that we are on the move to becoming parents, that these sweet little follicles grow into healthy babies that we can love on VERY soon! Your prayers and support mean so much to us! THANK YOU!