Jason and Christie Hughes

A picture of our tot's journey the day of the procedure. This picture was made during the embryo transfer. The little white speck is the Hughes tot. Oh, come on you know you see it! LOL

My wonderful husband starts on the remodel upstairs! Hardwood! Hardwood! Hardwood! Hopefully one of our two guest rooms will soon be a nursery.

My breakfast every morning. I have to eat fresh pineapple twice a day. Research shows that fresh pineapple and leafy vegetables have an enzyme that can help provide some "sticky" help for the embryo to implant in the lining of the uterus. I did like pineapple at one time!

The amazing chicken salad my husband feed me for lunch in bed my first day of bed rest. He made homemade chicken salad and dumplings. I needed to eat leafy salads and vegetables during the first week after IVF every meal. My mother-in-law made me potato soup the next day for lunch. I am so spoiled! I ate 4 bags of fresh peas out of the freezer during the week. I ate peas for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I HAD lost 15 pounds before IVF. I have probably gained 20 pounds back in a week! I have loved every bite! I went from no appetite for 4weeks to eating everything in the whole house.

I really miss my sweethearts! I know they are in good hands!

I hope everyone has had an amazing week. It has been amazing for me to be stress-free all week. I went online several times this week trying to find a career where I could work from home and make the same amount of money, same benefits, and the same retirement package. I am sad to report that career does not exist. HA HA! Jason informed me if I could find that job he would be glad for me to stay home. Well, looks like I am back to work on Tuesday. All joking aside, I miss my sweethearts and can't wait to get back into my normal schedule. I truly didn't realize how much stress women are under at work balancing work and responsibilities at home. This week was an awaking for me. I learned that I put to much stress on myself. I want to say, pregnant women are my HERO and are hilarious! If they stay as HOT as I have been for the past several days I don't see how they don't burst into flames! I have found some interesting websites while on bed rest. One site compared our little tot in the oven to the size of a poppy seed.

I have to say that I am the luckiest person in the world to work with the most amazing women. The teachers I teach with,Carol and Frieda, planned the next weeks lesson plans/ tests, copied for me, emailed me any information in needed, checked on my sub. and asked nothing of me. I am so thankful everyday that I have to opportunity to teach with these fantastic women. My hero's, Liza Frazier and Brenda Skinner, need an award for somehow keeping my classroom running like a well-oiled machine. At no time did any of the children hang from the ceiling, cut anything off that would have to grow back, or swallow anything that we know of yet that was toxic. These women did the most amazing job and I can NEVER repay them for their hard work and dedication to me and my children. I couldn't truly been stress-free without my friends. You know when these ladies are willing to sacrifice their time and energy for you that you have been blessed with true friends! Of course, we have been so blessed with friends and wonderful family members calls, emails, gifts, and concern. My best friends have been amazing! (I can't put into words how much I needed your love and support.)My mom and dad have been to every appt. and have been so supportive emotionally and financially from the very beginning. My husband has been the most wonderful husband ever staying at home with me and babying me all week! He has also remodeled the entire upstairs of our house over the course of the week. He worked, waited on me, thought he might freeze to death because I ran the air even when it was 42 outside, installed hardwood, cooked, and cleaned. Of course, not to mention he also had to go to the dreaded doctor's appt. that no man ever wants to have to do! Liza sent me this picture at the top on Tuesday of this week which made my day. We found out on Tuesday that we lost the four embryos that we were hoping to freeze for another IVF cycle. I know that God has a plan for us and I am hoping that we will not need another IVF cycle. Please continue to pray for us! I am going Tuesday morning for my Beta pregnancy test. My appt. was set originally set for Wed. but I called and changed the date because my students are out of school on Tuesday. If the test is positive I will post our news on Tuesday night. If our test is negative it will take some time for Jason and I to talk about our journey. I know our family and friends will understand. We pray for a positve!

Love,

Christie