We're pregnant!

Well, I really mean, I'm pregnant! We are very excited! We have been blessed!

Let me share my story with those who don't know it. Andrew had a vasectomy in June 1999, when Zachary was 6 weeks old. I realized it was a mistake immediately. Andrew, who only had the vasectomy because he thought it was what I wanted, did not want to go under the knife again. I cried, I begged, I pleaded. I couldn't get over not having any more children. I prayed that God would either remove my desire for more children or He would change Andrew's mind. I tried hard not to nag Andrew about getting a reversal. Some months were better than others.

While Andrew was deployed to Afghanistan, I started a Bible study by Nancy Campbell. She has a ministry called Above Rubies. Her beliefs are very pro-family. What I learned just confirmed my desire to have more children. When Andrew returned home from Afghanistan in July 2003, I shared with him what I had learned. He told me a story about a guy who had been deployed and got his wife pregnant when he got home, even though he had had a vasectomy. I think he was trying to give me hope. I still continued to research reversal and reversal doctors. I found a Christian urologist, Dr. Cary Leverett, who did reversals at a discounted price as a ministry. He happened to be in a town about 3 hours away from us. At the next homeschool group meeting, I learned that one of the families had just gotten a reversal done by this doctor and completely recommended him. I mentioned this to my husband. He told me to call the doctor's office and ask for some information. Andrew decided to have the reversal. The reversal was performed in November 2003. I was on cloud 9. I thought I would be pregnant by my birthday. Well, my birthday came and went. The 1st anniversary of the reversal came and went. I started to chart my cycle. The 2nd anniversary of the reversal came and went, still no baby. The Army had moved us to Germany. I was still charting my cycle, but now I was reading books about infertility and what I could do to get pregnant. I sometimes wanted Andrew to get a sperm analysis done, but didn't ask him, because I felt like he had done so much for me already. I turned my thoughts to adoption. Andrew didn't even want to think about adoption until he retired from the Army and that was still 2 years away. So, I just waited, prayed, and obsessed. I continued to obsess until a few months ago. I just didn't call it obsessing until Andrew told me that was what I was doing. So, I stopped obsessing, I stopped charting my cycle, I stopped living from period to period and just gave all of it to God.

My chiropractor asked my about my cycle because he knew I was trying to conceive. I told him that I didn't know. I came home and asked Lexie went her last period was because I thought I had mine the week before she did. I decided to take a test. 2 line!!! I couldn't believe it! The period of time between the vasectomy and the reversal was 4 1/2 years. The period of time between the reversal and getting pregnant is 4 1/2 years. Thank you, God, for the gift of life! I am still in total amazement! We are looking forward to an early Spring baby, around the end of March. Andrew, Lexie, Michael, and I think it's a girl. Zachary thinks it's a boy. Our prayer is for a healthy baby!