Friday, April 9, 2010

The ones with the triplets, first post

Since I am just starting out, I think it makes sense to share a bit of my story, at least an outline. After 4 cycles of IVF, we were blessed with triplet girls in 2003. They were preemies, and we had a rough start, but they made it home, and we all made it through that first year. Through the fertility process, we also had embryos frozen. With much hope and prayer, we went ahead with the transfer, and in 2005 we were blessed with our son. What we didn't know at the time was that i also had a rare type of cancer, adenoid cycstic carcinoma, in my airway. I would eventually crash in the emergency room, and our son would be delivered prematurely so that i could recieve the treatment that i needed. God took care of us in a big way, with family, freinds, our church.
Now i've been in remision for 5 years and doing well. All of us are. The girls are in school, and our son will be starting kindergarten in the fall. Life is actually very normal, and i'm not completely sure how to handle that. My husband has supported us on his salary as a computer programmer so that i could be at home with the kids. We had always planned that i would go back to work at this point, but now i find myself wondering exactly what that looks like. how do i make it all balance? and what do i want to be when i grow up?

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