Matt & Julia

This is a recent picture of us.

More on where we are at this point in our lives. Like we said in the previous post, we have been married almost seven years. We have been having fertility problems while we have been trying to get pregnant for about the last 4.5 years. Julia has Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and, because of this, has never had regular cycles.
We have gone through 3 rounds of inseminations about 2 years ago with no success. Since then, we have taken time off from the whole "fertility game", focusing on each other, our dogs, our hobbies, interests, and careers.

Matt is a "retired" paramedic, and recently decided to become involved with Gwinnett County (where we live)'s CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) program. Through this program, Matt has been able to get his hand back into the public safety response game, without having to go back on a truck. One of the real benefits of this has been Matt crossing paths again with Mike, an old partner of his from his days on the ambulance. In an initial conversation, Matt found out that Mike and his wife, Sandi, have also been having fertility issues. They have actually decided to adopt a baby boy from China. They are approximately 1 month away from traveling to China to get Anthony. It is a very exciting time for them.

Mike and Sandi attend church very close to where we live. While Matt talked with Mike on the phone yesterday, we ended up deciding to go to church with them this morning and then go to lunch afterward. We had a really wonderful time with them and discovered that they had gone through the same emotional rollercoaster that the fertility process entails. They were having the same angers, doubts, fears, and other emotions that we have been experiencing the past few years. It was a very comforting, healing get-together and we feel like this is the beginning of a very special friendship between us and Mike and Sandi.

The next step for us in the process is still kind of up in the air. We are doing some traveling and enjoying each other in anticipation of moving forward in the "baby game" in 2006. We recently traveled to Nashville, TN for a long weekend. We'll do an entry about that in the coming days. We are going to be going on a cruise to celebrate our 7th anniversary next month. We'll post more about that in the coming days. We're also planning to travel to the Las Vegas area next March or April to visit Matt's aunt and uncle and spend some time in Vegas.