The big day...

It was a day I will never forget...I am still reveling in it.  It was beautiful.  The sun was shining, miracles were happening...

I woke early to sip a little bit of coffee and blog.  Then we met Jim and Helen downstairs for breakfast, and finished packing our cars.  The goal: leave by 8am to arrive by 8:30, we were 10 minutes away!

At check out when they asked me how our stay was and I answered, "alright" they asked what they could have done differently...I told them about the noise.  Helen came in and told them about the noise.  They took a night off of both our bills!


We arrived at the surgery center right on time.  Me drinking water like never before, seriously.  I was sort of anxious that I wouldn't get my bladder full enough.

Joel and I checked in and had a seat.  Jim and Helen waited in the waiting room with us, for us. 

We were called back and the nurse asked if I wanted a vallium...they wanted me relaxed...um...I was hesitant, but she said the doctor approved it. 

"I'm feeling pretty nervous and anxious," I said, "so yes, I guess." 

Back into the purple gown I went with gray rubber bottomed no slip socks covering my still painted toes, I now have 2 pairs of these no slip socks!  Hospital band around my wrist, heart rate and blood pressure checked...

Dr. Shomento came in then...she had looked at my heart rate and said, "you're excited to be here today, which is why we give you the vallium!"

Then a huge moment...

She put before us a picture of our embryos, complete with a report...

1 leader.

2 strong ones close behind it. 

And 7 others, developing, but not as quickly or strongly. 

A decision.  The decision of our lives.  How many to implant...

All along we both thought 2...the question was either 1 or 2.  She was slightly worried about us having twins in Big Sandy but then she assured me there are specialist she can refer us to in Great Falls.

We looked at each other.  We sputtered out words, we asked questions...

What to do? 

What to do?

Dr. Shomento left us to discuss it with a, "I'm fine either way."

The decision of our lives...

Back and forth we wondered.  Then, we decided 2...

We told the Dr. and she went to tell the embryologist to get 2 of them ready...

In that moment I remember thinking, wow, Kelly, the embryologist in the lab down the hall, is selecting what will hopefully be our future children...I wondered which 2 she would select, I knew the leader and one of the other strong 2, but I wondered what they would be like, and what their sex would be.

Not wanting to make this much longer, please join me in my next post as we venture to the operating room...