First off, we want to let you all know at Carolina Conceptions how excited we are to be welcoming a baby boy in May 2019 and it’s all thanks to the Lord and you guys! We cannot thank you all enough for our amazing experience since day one and for what you were able to do for us to make our dream of becoming parents, a reality. We married young and knew that starting a family would be a long journey ahead so we started early after confirming this theory. We were given the blanket statements of “Oh, you’re both so young, it’ll happen one day” to “Stop trying and it will work out.” Anyone who has gone through the struggle to conceive can vouch that these statements of encouragement, are not things you want to hear when you don’t know if it will ever work. This journey included tears, excitement, finger crossing, pain, discomfort, but overall, hope for the future. Carolina Conceptions gave us the best possible chance to conceive through clear communication, guidance on best practice tailored to us, and encouragement along the way from receptionists, lab personnel, nurses, and the all of the various doctors we worked with. As we finally chose to go through with IVF after trying various treatments without success, we are very happy to announce that we were successful with IVF treatment.
Advice and encouraging words that I can give anyone going through infertility would be this and this alone, learn patience and never lose faith in yourself or your spouse. Through 6 years of trying, we learned that no matter what outcome we had, we were going to be parents whether that was going to be to our own or to another child who we adopted. Through this patience and hope for the future, we refused to allow the struggle to wedge us apart as a couple and in fact, we grew closer. Never lose sight of the end goal, it just may not look like what you had in mind.
Being due in May, we ask for continued thoughts and prayers as our weeks with pregnancy continue and that we are able to bring a happy, healthy baby boy into the world. We will definitely will be visiting once he is here to meet you all! Again, we cannot thank you enough from the bottom of our hearts.