Finally, some good news!

Well, our journey down the fertility path has been quite frustrating thus far (and we're only just beginning). We were referred to a fertility clinic and I took the initial appointment by myself. I've already discussed the tests I had done, and now it's Jason's turn. He's had his sperm analyzed twice so far. The first time, through my gynocologists office and the second through the fertility clinic. The first test showed that he had strong swimmers, but low overall volume. The second test showed low volume as well. We got two very different reports from the fertility clinic about the results of the second tests. First we were told that basically, Jason had no viable sperm. Needless to say we were devistated. Then, I called the clinic back to ask more questions and was told by the director of the lab that he did have viable sperm, but that the volume was low so we might need toYconsider in vitro, but we should sit down with the doctor. In the meantime, Jason FINALLY got in to see the urologist. We had him read the analysis results and he said that his "swimmers" were strong, and moving in the right direction, but that we needed to increase the volume. SO.... how, I ask you, does a fertility clinic allow a couple to walk out of their office thinking they won't be able to concieve when that very well may not be the case. I was LIVID! However, we were overjoyed at the news from the urologist. So, now we have some hope. Jason will need to have more tests run so we can see if there's a pattern and if we can get his volume up. Finding male fertility supplements is not easy, let me tell ya. We're still waiting to hear back from the adoption agency about Korea. They said they were checking with their office in Korea and we would know something in the next week or two. GOD bless, everyone going through this process. It requires courage, stamina, and a whole lot of faith.

Adoption

After many months struggling to get pregnant Jason and I have decided to start walking down the adoption path. I always thought I would adopt, it was more a matter of would I get pregnant first or would I adopt first. I have to admit, I completely took for granted that I would be able to conceive. I thought I would go off the pill and be pregnant within a week. No... I'm not kidding. So, needless to say it's been quite a struggle trying to wrap my head around the possiblility that I may not ever being pregnant. Jason and I are still going to try to have a baby, but in the meantime we have started contacting adoption agencies. The first thing we have to do is figure out which countries we are eligible to adopt in. Then we have to figure out which of those countries we would like to pursue. Unfortunately we're not eligible to adopt from China. Korea is also at the top of our list and we're trying to figure out if we will meet their criteria. We're keeping our fingers crossed that we get good news this week. Jason is coming home this weekend and we'll pour through the adoption brouchures and try to begin the task of sorting through the countries. All of these children are beautiful. What I have learned so far is this....the children from Korea are provided with outstanding health care. I've been told it's on par with the U.S. and Canada. Extensive background and medical information is also provided. Ethiopia also has a wonderful program from what I understand, as does Guatemala. We have considered Russia and the Ukarine, however, the level of care the children receive is horrible. Which, really means that those are the children who need homes immediately. I can already tell that this process will be pulling at our heart strings and we will have to make some very difficult decisions. So, here we are, at the beginning of a very long road. We'll keep you posted and hopefully be bringing you some very good news sometime in the not so distant future.