 Good morning everybody it's kind of a gloomy day outside but we're pretty excited everything's gonna be a good day we're going to Winnipeg you know just sniff around a little bit just look around a few things I don't want to spoil it too much but it's pretty exciting day so we're here at the GM dealership somebody's looking at getting a new vehicle someone's been working hard and so we are here test driving a GMC terrain in 2015 need something safe for those highways and something that can fit a car seat in the future we're not pregnant yet not yet but we're we're hoping soon hey guys how's it going just wanted to release a quick and special video for you guys just a little bit of an announcement a lot of you probably know already but just so that all the rumors are put to bed we're having a baby she's pregnant we're not pregnant I'm pregnant she's pregnant he's not pregnant he's saying we're pregnant apparently that's not correct no she's pregnant now we're both very excited we've been trying for nine months nine months we've had the doctor confirm it yeah that our first appointment already and our first prenatal is on July 23rd mm-hmm we might get to hear the heartbeat I hope so good morning everybody we're on our way out it's the big day so the reason today is so important and so special to us because this is the first time that we get to hear our babies we're very excited it's a big day one that will probably remember probably so we better put it on film mm-hmm we should make a vlog we should make a blog you guys want to vlog you guys want to come with us here we are won't be long now just got to wait for there's super cool jelly that's gonna go on my belly mm-hmm so unfortunately today we weren't able to hear the heartbeat I am just not quite far long enough I'm only 12 weeks and it is my first pregnancy so it's actually very common to not hear the heartbeat until 16 17 weeks so we're gonna try again in three weeks it's a little disappointing but still really early I got my load unloaded here and I'm headed over to Minnesota to pick up my new load and I just got some really bad news from back home Britt went into the hospital early this morning and we lost the baby she had a miscarriage the absolute worst part of all of this was that this happened on Britt's birthday on her birthday I'm here in Wisconsin and I can't get home till Friday night so she's got family that's staying with her till I get home but this is one of the hardest parts of this job I'm gonna tell you right now and every every father or husband or anybody in general anyone loved ones can agree with this and confirm this with you this is the hardest part of the job I should be there right now at the hospital with her the hardest thing is being out here and feeling helpless that I can't do anything to get there right now even if I looked at straight home from here I can't make it home in a day from here I'd only be home tomorrow and it's a new day Chevy want to come say hi to fellas with me where are you going hey it's my party trick look so today we're running into Winnipeg we have a doctor's appointment to check a few things out we'll talk about that more on the way we're downtown Winnipeg so we had to come park in this underground parking area which I don't like this it this is gotta begin yeah that's a pretty big grand entrance see you guys when we get out yeah we made it home we actually had a very good visit with the doctor everything in Britt looks to be working right she's got a few more tests to do just to make sure her reproductive system is all working as it should but it all all seems like we got good news today we're feeling good about it the specialist we saw was very nice and very informative very patient and explained stuff in normal words for us to understand and all in all we're very happy so a couple more tests to do for Britt I've got to go and do another sample sample in about two to three months just to make sure that I'm maintaining above average levels and we sort of just got a sick to a schedule with our baby making I'm sure there's too much information for you already so I'll just end end right there he gave us like a schedule and stuff we got to do to follow and we're hoping you know maybe within the next few months we can have a baby and have a healthy pregnancy and healthy birth we had for those of you who are tuning in who haven't watched our past vlogs we had one miscarriage last month no I mean last year in July and it was really hard especially for Britt to go through and so here we are almost a year later and still trying morning weasel morning weasel was that over there? was that shabby? morning shabby looks like a beautiful day out today oh yes not too hot not too cold today we're actually going into Winnipeg we have that fertility appointment that we both need to be for be there for it's a specialist appointment so it's a special appointment that we had to make a special arrangement to be at and we can't really reschedule these very quickly it's specialists ready to go do we got everything? yeah wallet, phone, keys husband, wife you got me I got you this is it apparently we just got into the room doctor will be in shortly all right so we both got several more tests we need to go through she's got a few more than me we won't go into all the little details other than that it's another blood test and another especially need another sample here instead of over there the different tests but they'll need another sample from me so we're gonna go and get a couple of our blood tests done today at least we're taking another big step in the right direction they got me good they stole my blood they stole your blood too they only stole one of yours they stole three of mine you got three stolen? so that's not the end of it we have to go to another medical clinic now and give more blood and she's got to give another urine sample yet good morning everybody today's the exciting day we've been waiting for today's the day we go into Winnipeg for the IUI procedure this is a procedure I've talked about in the past that helps us with infertility because we're having, we're trying to have a baby and we've been having some difficulty over the past few years and today is the day when they take my guys and they drop them off at the finish line we're here today might be the day and we'll see so we have some good news you want to tell them it's there's still eggs in there they just haven't released yet they're taking their sweet time because they're stubborn like me they belong to me the amount of stuff ladies have to go through in the whole pregnancy process but you guys are amazing we had an appointment today for the insemination so this is the process we're taking to have a baby our first baby just leaving you doing okay? yeah just cramping I'm okay though I'll live now we wait to find out the results later this month today's the big day we've got to run 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 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 minus 29 oh winter time is fun ah boy it's supposed to be warming up we've got to head into the Winnipeg head into Winnipeg right now the fertility clinic that we go to is like way in St. James way on the west side of town so it takes a good while to get there probably a good hour or an hour and a bit very important to bring your wife to the fertility appointments crucial they might say generally speaking yeah all the stuff she's got to go through so what are we doing today exactly real quick just an ultrasound I'm not really sure what it's for I guess they're just checking to make sure everything's still good to carry a baby in there okay that's what I thought it was just a preliminary just a check up just checking things out the first step alright we got our timmies it's time to go we have arrived and I am in the official husband's waiting lot this is where we wait they don't allow us to go up there which is which is terrible so for all of these procedures unless if things change with the restrictions and stuff all of these procedures I can't even be there in the room with her up there I have to wait down here in the vehicle just sort of like to be there but they don't allow that so that's a bit of a sad part that's the world we live in right now so we'll make the most of it and do what we can and at least I'll be right here around there on that floor so we made it home the appointment I think went really well she seemed really happy when she came downstairs or down the elevator it was great what did the doctor say? I have 10 big eggs and that's without any medication so he thanked me for having such beautiful ovaries it was a little awkward but I like my doctor what a nice doctor he's a nice guy he really knows how to give a lady a compliment so it sounds like our IVF is going to be more on the I don't want to say cheaper end because it's definitely not cheap but on the slightly less cripplingly expensive end yeah it might be it looks like it could be up to $2,000 less than what they had predicted certainly hope so even less than that would be great but I guess they gave us a high end estimate so we might not need everything which was super nice and I think it was 10 follicles not 10 eggs or is it the same thing? it's the same thing the strongest one will survive they're going to give me medication not this time around but next time I guess they're going to give me medication so none of them die off and they just continue to grow it might be a little bit painful but I'm fine with pain as long as we get a baby out of it maybe a little bit of meds to maybe get more too right? yeah it'd be nice to get like 15, 20, 25, 30 15 to 20 eggs and then they harvest them oh they give her medication to make sure that they don't kill each other that they all mature and then they go in there and retrieve them yeah I thought retrieve was a nicer word to use but yeah they harvest they harvest me like a crop so she's I'm not looking forward to that and I don't even got to go through that but we're going to have a baby maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow but by this time next year we could be parents let's go time first ultrasound well not the first but one of many let's start this process the first good luck have fun is that what you're supposed to say in this situation? not at all Cheerio we're here at the fertility clinic in Winnipeg again and she's got to go in for an ultrasound this is literally the beginning of go time for the IVF procedure that we're next week we'll be here every second day so I'll let her explain everything to you when she comes back down but I gotta wait in the car Chevy diesel you guys concerned about mom? well it's the needles so we jumped ahead till we got home we talked to you guys outside the fertility clinic there and from there we had to go and pick up prescriptions these are the big ones a lot of injectable drugs not the fun kind though not the fun kind at all I'm kind of glad I don't got to go through this but I feel bad for feeling that way he bought me a blizzard and some clothing blizzards fix everything so let's show them what we all got here so these here is that right? nope that's different these are the first ones so she's got to take two needles I'll let you explain this is my menopur which I believe is like a menopause drug so we're going to take this liquid these two of these powdered vials and mix it together in a syringe so this is one day this is one day and then we have another pack is this it? for a total of 5 days right? for a total of 5 days and then I go back for an ultrasound so results of the ultrasound I had 14 follicles which is a decent number it's not as many as I hope for but you have too many it gets extra painful and I'm already dying yeah so hopefully they all respond to this medication and they get them all during the surgery this is the first needle that you take every day for 5 days right? right okay so some liquid and some powder that gets dissolved into them and those are the syringes yeah the syringes but where's the needle? it's for medical waste but that's what this is for the sharps container biohazard you're a biohazard now you're a biohazard you're putting that stuff in you're gonna start glowing lime green so after she takes the first syringe, the first needle then this is the second needle and this comes in like a pre-packaged syringe and everything that's very technical I'm lost guys I can't find the actual needles for this are they not in these packages? it's not included in that somewhere? no oh wait wait oh there they are found them crisis averted I was gonna say the same thing we've been married for a while okay I found the needles okay so where are you gonna, where do you put them? just below the navel line so right around here and never in the same spot so like an inch apart each day so I'll have some bruises but no big deal I'm not scared of needles I hope none of you are either if you are squeamish, turn away yeah we're gonna we're gonna show ourselves well I don't know if you're gonna do it I'll do one, you can do one I kinda wanna do one so we are gonna show the needles and as they're being injected into her on her stomach so like she was saying if you don't like needles just a heads up there's gonna be needles coming up there shouldn't be any blood though I don't think like I'm not drawing back and there shouldn't be any blood if there is it'll literally be the tiniest little dot after I pull out the needle but it shouldn't be anything to write home about especially with Trevor Josh if he gets squeamish with large amounts of human blood just human blood I don't like human blood it's supposed to be inside the body it doesn't belong outside the body so if you're wondering for those of you who are wondering what this all costs for these whatever you call these things for all of this it was about $2,200 yes just for 5 days and there will be more yet so that's not it it's $2,200 plus there's more next week but we have to wait wait till then yeah, ultrasound and then I'm on I think just this one after that but possibly a different dosage and for the procedure of all of these ultrasounds and the harvesting of going in to get the eggs the surgery everything up until what they call the transfer where they actually implant the blastocyst everything up to there cost $8,820 Canadian here in Manitoba for that and we there's a really good tax program in Manitoba so we actually get a lot of that back when we claim our taxes next year so that'll help quite a bit I don't know what I'm doing I don't know what I'm doing you know what maybe if I just take out what I need and then it won't seem so overwhelming we've never done this before guys you are learning as we are learning this is a very overwhelming process and aside from my one cousin and his wife who did this years ago I don't have anybody to ask about this and she barely remembers the process because it's been a while we didn't film the first ones we wanted to get a good grip of how everything worked before filming ourselves doing it it would have been very embarrassing the first night I think I was more stressed out than she was there was a bit of anxiety involved I was supposed to take the cap off first you ready? yeah I saw a drip okay you'll see the spots from yesterday they're so hard to see you said about an inch away from the other site thankfully you just grab your fat if you have any I don't know problems so that was the complicated one that we actually have to mix ourselves the next one is actually like ready to go pretty much so much easier I don't know why they all can't be like that but I guess it has to stay in powder form until it's ready to be injected or something I know that was probably painful for some of you to watch but like I get so overwhelmed by that one why can't they make it so much simpler like this Gonal F pen there's a needle in there and then you can judge to see how much you're actually giving yourself it's zero there now but you can set to how much there's all kinds of different dosages you just turn the little and we'll show you and then you can reuse it with different needle obviously but you can reuse the pen we put another call this my Easter egg basket it's gonna be full of purple Easter eggs it's almost Easter it's a lot of stuff that her body's gonna go through and I can't imagine women are pretty awesome aren't they they can make babies good morning today's the big day how you feeling today's surgery day egg retrieval she is the star of the show today I mean I have my part my 5 minutes but the rest of the day is all for her 5 minutes 10 maybe I could drag it out we could do 20 I don't know I think the nurses want you to be quick and efficient she gave us a thumbs up she's doing good I get to come in this time you ready? I guess I'm too tired to be nervous so what happens when you go through surgery and have your eggs retrieved they told me to eat lots of salt he's eating salt too you didn't have surgery no I'm not high they gave her some kind of loopy drugs and was it really? wow they gave her the good stuff they gave me Adam oh my yeah they drugged her up a little bit to help with the surgery and I'm her chauffeur now and the doctor's orders were to go get McDonald's so here we are probably one of the only times a doctor will tell you to go and eat some McDonald's I won't say anything add anything you feeling good? any pain? yeah a little bit of pain they didn't get quite as many as we were hoping when we first went in the first ultrasound said they saw 14 follicles second one saw 10 right and then the third one saw 11 a lot of those were too small they didn't grow the way that they thought they would so we only had six mature follicles and one of them was empty so we got five eggs good morning everybody today's the big day it's embryo transfer day this is the day we've been working up towards for years now there's two we're only going to use one today but hopefully it takes we might be a mommy and a daddy we'll see we're at our fertility clinic right now there's the familiar building behind us I get to go up this time they're letting me in the room you ready? we better hurry I'm gonna pee my pants she's been instructed to go in with a full bladder for whatever reason that's what they need her to do and a full bladder for me means half a bottle of water so there's that alright let's do it very very subtle I saw it yeah we're in the bathroom of a random RTM home that we're looking at right now and we got the results here's to the day since I've been pregnant we lost our last baby on my 29th birthday so holy crap guys I'm pregnant we're gonna have baby I didn't catch the actual moment when we opened the message cause we just sort of like dropped everything we were doing like I said we're in this bathroom of this random RTM in the mirror here she opened it up we're so nervous you wanna read that first little paragraph there that we've received your blood test results and the heart line team is thrilled to let you know that your result has come back positive congratulations we gotta call our parents and our siblings we told you before our family but it's not going live yet they already know by the time you guys watch this we gotta make some phone calls and she or he is measuring perfectly here you are baby look at Dr. Zoni's artwork you know what if he ever decides to switch careers I think he can make it as an artist I guess I need to press the button oh we're so excited I was wondering why I'm expecting so long Britt is 12 weeks pregnant we went in today to hear the heartbeat again and yes that's my birthday I might have to share it thank you it's 5 years in the making it's not yet baby 163 you guys 163 okay yeah they said it should be around 170 it could be up to 180 actually at 12 weeks then they start coming down so this is a healthy heart rate Britt is 12 weeks pregnant what do you got here baby's heartbeat is 163 beats a minute this isn't onesie that I bought for the baby but also for the announcement because it's rainbow baby which means a child born after infant loss or pregnancy loss it's like a little miracle baby science baby thank you science IVF success first try too first shot we still have one embryo left so there might be a second one coming down the road in the future if it doesn't happen naturally after this maybe our bodies will just know what to do