 Today's the big day and her camera has been giving us issues all morning. So let's hope that that stops Always on the big days So we got Tim's Just to make sure that it's gonna be a good day We got her on all the way into Winnipeg now. I've got my appointment at 9 30 I thought it was at 9 o'clock. Apparently it's at 9 30 And she's got hers at 11 30. This is for IUI It's only our second time. It's been over a year since we went for our last one COVID kind of put a bit of a Damper in our plans. Yeah, it set us back by a year, but Is the IUI if you don't know what that is you can Google it or you know It's it's where they drop the guys off at the end of the race so that they don't have to run the whole race We made it. That's the building excited No, this this parts. You're This is your time Yes, you got to go up there my awkward visit have fun think of me. Oh wait, well, yeah, I'm gonna think of you Thank you. I'm gonna think of Make good choice. It's always the awkward part is leaving But whatever it's all medical stuff. It's all professional. They're all professional there Yeah, that makes it even weirder Yeah I just thought all being in the same boat. Okay. Well, it is what it is now We won't talk we won't even look at each other Anyway, so I'm gonna go up do my thing and then I'm gonna come back down here We can only go in one at a time because of Big C. Yeah, because the big C so we only let one person in at a time So I go up now and I come back down we go and hang around for about two hours and then she goes up There's her thing while I wait down here And then we go home and cross our fingers and hope Hope and pray and my part is nowhere nowhere near as glamorous as this. Yeah hers is She's got to go through a lot more than I do All right, here we go, I'm gonna leave you down here with her So my part is done. I think it went well. I assume it went well Britches went in for her part now. So it's about it's 11 20 right now. So 10 minutes to her appointment and After this we wait So the clinic we go to is in Winnipeg here. It's right by Polo Park I'm here for work all the time in the area buzzing around and It's kind of difficult to get into this building parking lot here But I'm not too sure if any of you have also gone through this fertility clinic It's called Heartland Fertility. It's the only fertility clinic in Manitoba There's no others so there's not even any place we can go to if we're not happy with This place except unless if we want to go to the next province over in Regina I think they have one there, but that's a seven hour drive or we can go a nine hour drive up to Saskatoon So that's that's our option. So We're gonna give a If it doesn't take the first month, uh, that's okay. They say that on average takes Uh, less than six months or six tries of this. I really kind of wish I could be up there with her right now But alas This world has changed This virus has changed everything. I'm I'm just thankful that they're even allowing us to come back Like I said before it's been a year since we've even been able to do this So they say it usually takes less than six months On average, so we're gonna try this a few months and if it doesn't take our next step would be IVF Now like I said, this is 625 bucks a pop IVF is I don't know the exact numbers, but it probably comes out to about between 10 and 15 thousand dollars Each time and that's a lot more In depth that I'm not going to go to on this channel right now But I'm sure you guys can google it if you want to know more about IVF. It's called in vitro in in vitro fertilization in vitro I don't even know what IUI stands for you guys can google it if you want whatever So a lot of people don't talk about fertility issues. I don't have any problems talking about it There's nothing to be embarrassed about. I mean, there's nothing Wrong with me. There's nothing wrong with her. The doctors have looked at us both closely and There's just There's no connection being made yet So I'm like I said, I'm very thankful for The modern medicine that we have and the medical advancements and technologies we have to sort of Help arrange a meeting or maybe speed up the process or arrange a date For the two, you know however, you want to say it uh There's a lot of people our age going through the same thing. It's almost I would say it's almost at an epidemic level where people our age are just Having trouble conceiving and having a child The generation before I think my my mom's parents had six kids. No problems My dad's parents as most of you know had 17 children They just had to look at each other and boom there comes another baby No problems with fertility whatsoever and back in those days. Yeah, they were they may have been very poor But they they ate all natural food There was no growth hormones in any of the food Everything that they ate pretty much was grown straight out of their farmlands And nowadays there's a lot of things that we add into our foods There's herbicides and pesticides that we spray all our foods with there's growth hormones In all of the meat we eat pretty much or a lot of them GMOs and stuff Some of them don't have that but even if they don't have that they have other chemicals that are used in there There's preservatives in there to make it last longer on the shelf. Look. Have you ever noticed a pack of bread? Will last on the shelf for weeks? How But that's what I mean that preservatives and everything and I really think that that's sort of poisoning us a little bit Maybe not poisoning us killing us, but really lowering our fertility levels. That's just my own opinion. I mean I'm not I'm not a Scientist or anything, but I really feel like I've read a lot. I've done my research and it really seems like That could be a problem Because it's our generation like the millennials We're born in 80 in the 80s and early 90s who are all trying to start families now Who are all having a pretty hard time with it? Almost all of my friends except for a few who haven't had any problems But a lot of people that I know have had to try for five or even up to 10 years just to have one kid Up to 10 years just for one kid There's a lot of people we know who Also had the same story lots of people So I talk about it because I know there's a lot of people I raise going through the same thing right now And like I said, it's almost like a little epidemic that people can't get pregnant anymore because it used to be so easy My dad's parents my oma and my opa. They just had to look across the room at each other That's all it took for the most part there's a little bit more involved i'm sure but It's uh, it's strange to say the least And this place is full. They're busy here So the reason I talk about it is I want this to be a part of my story. I want this story on my channel It's a part of my life and it's uh, it's it's a huge part of our story And once we do finally have our children It will be a huge part of the story of how we got to where we are and I'd love to be able to show them one day Maybe we'll be watching this video right now and you can see what your mom and dad Went through and how much we wanted you and how much We loved you before you were even conceived Before you were even a twinkle in my eye as they say well, I think there's a little twinkle there right now That's that's that was probably you probably you so uh It'll be it'll be neat to be able to share this experience with them and uh, you know Who knows how long these videos will be on the internet? Maybe maybe they'll be on the internet for Centuries who knows how long youtube will last or how long the internet will last or maybe someone will find my My hard drive because I save all these videos, right? Maybe you're watching this in the distant future of how life was in 2021 and you're living in like the year 2500 or something and yeah In the year 2021 there is a huge problem with people my age Uh and couples our age in the 30s in their 30s having children for some reason and Like I think it may be in the food. I don't know by the time you watch this way in the future Maybe they will have figured it out Maybe they will have kept it a secret. I don't know but uh, I'm not Uncomfortable talking about it with you guys at all I want you to be a part of this journey as you're following our life because I said this is a big part Big part of what's going on in our lives. This is Today like this is the big reason why I switched I didn't switch careers But I switched into a different position so that I could be home every night So I could be home every weekend and you know, once the baby is born. I'll be there every day I want to be at every hockey game or whatever they want to do if they want to do gymnastics or Taekwondo or jujitsu or Whatever they do in their free time. I want to play soccer or baseball I want to be there. I want to be a part of it. You know, I want to I want to be there So, uh, like I said when I got into this new position We turned the page into a new chapter of my life And we're going to keep doing these videos. We're just in the next chapter now That's exciting. I really hope it works this month I'm excited. I hope she's doing all right in there. She's been in there now She should be in with the doctor. Yeah, she's being the doctor with the doctor right now. It's 11 34 now Her appointment was at 11 30 But because of the virus going around now in 2021, I have to uh wait out here Good thing I have all of you to talk to I feel by myself I don't know if you guys can see it but way over there on the other side of the road Is one of the famous Winnipeg snow sculptures. It's february and winnipeg festival de voyageur sculptures It's an owl. It's beautiful It went my nurse was very friendly the experience since we've been back since the start of this whole c19 thing Has been a lot more pleasant. They've treated me a lot A lot more respectfully They've been a lot more attentive to their patients in my experience Up to their bedside manner They've upped their bedside manner. My nurse was phenomenal It was a lot less painful than the last time a lot smoother a lot quicker She had a great sense of humor. I loved her And she has a record for uh inseminating ladies with twins so Twins would be phenomenal Twins here we come That would be awesome But beggars can't be choosers. So I'll just take one if that's all we can get As long as it's healthy, I do not care boy girl. Whatever. I'm glad they've gotten better than because I'll just tell them before This is the only fertility clinic in manitoba. The nearest one is like at least seven hours away. Yeah, that's a province Yeah, ontario. It's a scatua. I think the nearest one is regina And that would involve going on over to get a motel event You got to go for your ultrasound and then like a week later we go in for the insemination, right? Yeah, and there's no guarantee that it'll work So not only are you paying for the procedures your hotel and your food, but you're also losing wages We just can't afford that. So I guess you could go back and forth twice. It's only seven hours to regina Go there once to the ultrasound go back again the next week That's a lot of driving That's a lot of driving. I'm glad that this place has gotten better. Yeah, me too. Me too And my phenomenal co-workers have really adjusted the schedule to uh suit my fertility schedule. So, uh, you know, they're amazing big shout out to them. Yeah My girls to they've really uh, it was just luck And uh, they've worked around our schedule here. I really appreciate that Yeah, like who has jobs that they actually enjoy with people that they actually like to work with that adapt to your fertility schedule like Oh, I will never take them for granted Yep, I'm really into one ramen. Me too. I'm so happy to be back Are you good? Is there a baby? Is there a skim puppy? Hopefully Hopefully Good boy's diesel wherever you go get some water. Yeah Good boy one more commander Status report it went well. Thank you. He says I smelled right So I have to go to work uh for the afternoon yet. So I just got into my work clothes here I'm jumping the pickup brit went out to grab herself some food because she was craving some uh some takeout So, uh, I'll be I guess that work for the next couple of hours. We'll come home and see how we're doing in the evening So let's go drive some trucks yet. Shall we? I want to see what they offer us today So as you guys have first how about that? That's probably a good idea Right jacket on so people can see me coming a mile away All right boys, you guys want to go outside real quick before I go? Everybody you guys want to go outside? Come on, bud. It's gonna be cold. Okay. So make it quick Okay quick Let's go go go go go go go The thermometer in the train all the way to winnipeg, said minus 29 today. I think it got up to minus 26 on the way back Well, it doesn't feel that cold Weiner disagrees You guys hurry up. You guys want are you done? Did you go? Let's go back in, bud. Come on, don't sit there shivering. Come on, come on, come on, come on. Weiner, come on, come on. Oh, careful, gotta open the door first. Frank, Frankie, come on. Commander, commander. Come on, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go. Okay, let's go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go. Yep. Okay, so maybe it does still feel pretty cold. Get done just in the afternoon, this afternoon. We're almost at this morning. When they make appointments for like mid-date at noon or one o'clock, because then your whole day is shot. At least this way, I can go and get everything done this morning in the city, and then it's still coming. Okay, I almost filled up the whole trailer. Right off the bat, I get to go. It really sucks working with masks. Just gonna say, I can breathe again. Oh man, I really don't like those things. Okay, here we go. Brought my, my good tooth. I have two like this. One's a good one for going out, which I wore to Winnipeg this morning and one's a work tooth, which I wear to work. And I wore my good tooth to work. Still pretty cold, but like I said, climatized to it pretty quickly. Still minus 28, according to minus 15 to me. Trucker Josh, shaking. Trucker Josh, it's a thing. It's a thing. Flipperized them. Whoa, whoa, that one got too excited. How much longer after I flip them? Longer now. Another 20 minutes. That's how you do that. So we got all these new organizer baskets today. Looks like I'm having my name on it. Finally tackling the mud room. It looks so bad, so disorganized, so cluttered. Get rid of stuff too. So how you feeling? You feeling pregnant? Soar. Is that a good sign? Like a pregnant kind of sore? You don't get pregnant that fast. You never know. It's 2021. That's true. Like it is split. So you go for the test in a few weeks, right? I don't go for a test. I'll just take a home pregnancy test this time. Okay. And either way, we wouldn't be revealing it for a couple of months after that yet. Probably till the end of the first trimester. So we're gonna leave you hanging for a while. Unless I start to show and then you guys see it sooner than that. Though they're probably gonna catch on if we don't go for another IUI next month. Just thought of that. You don't even know if we can afford it yet. It's true. We may not be able to afford another IUI for a while. So just because we don't go for an IUI next month doesn't mean she's pregnant. Hey, you gotta wait three months. We're gonna wait for our first trimester to finish to make sure everything is healthy. Make sure that everything's good. And we'll do some kind of big announcement. Don't worry. We'll do a big build up to it. You'll probably know what's coming. But will you? We'll try to make it a surprise. Chevy? Chevy? One second. My Rhino, one second. Diesel. Wanna show him? This is our new and organized front room. I think it looks great. Look, we've got all these little labels and stuff. Josh hats. Josh winter. Britt winter. Misk dogs. Bugs and sun. I keep thinking that that says buns and sun. So it's about eight o'clock and I feel like I've been up for about three days straight. I'm tired. So I'm gonna wrap this up here now. Maybe Britt wants to say something. On a scale of one to 10, how pregnant are you? I want dinosaurs. So you're saying it's a 12. 14. Let's hope. Okay, well tomorrow is back to a regular day of work. Full day, I'll be up early in the morning. So I'll put this together and hit the sack. And we'll see you tomorrow. Don't forget to subscribe. We make new videos every day. Tell your friends if you like it, chances are they might like it too. I'll see you tomorrow.