A True Miracle

A week from sunday, my family was informed of a true miracle that took place. Mike and Gretchen have been struggling for 6 or 7 years now to have kids and they have done everything in their power and in the doctor's power to make this all happen. They have taken fertility meds for years, Gretchen has had surgeries, they've done artificial insemination many times, and they were just about to finally try invetro fertilization. Gretchen had been giving herself these hormone shots everyday to help her body prepare for this procedure. She then went in for a check up and was told that they needed to bring everything to a hault and get certain other things figured out first. She stopped taking the shots, stopped all the fertility treatments, and they were hoping to start everything back up soon. Well, for some reason Gretchen decided to take a pregnancy test simply because "the thought came to her." She had one at home (probably from all the many she's taken, all with a negative outcome) and took it last Monday night. It was POSITIVE! She called her doctor the next morning and they immediatly got her in for a blood test. It confirmed she was pregnant!! They also told her that her hormone levels were so high that she either was having more than one, or she was pretty far along all ready. They did an ultrasound to find everything out and they discovered she is having one baby and is already 9 weeks along! The entire doctors clinic was waiting outside their door to hear the verdict. They all just stood there in complete shock and amazement that she was really pregnant, and already 9 weeks along. Let me remind you that they had stopped all fertility medicines and so this happened all on it's own. An absolute miracle for their cituation. My family is so excited some of us just cried at the amazing news. It is so much fun being pregnant with her and only being 5 weeks apart. She is due March 23, 2009 and we are all soooo excited!! Congratulations Mike and Gretchen, we are so happy for you!!!