December 2005--Youngest Child born
January 21, 2006--Vasectomy
March 2006--avoided using condoms in hopes that the remaining sperm might get me pregnant
April-May 2006--Seriously regretting the vasectomy
Fall 2006--moved into new larger home
Winter 2007--causally look into adoption via internet
Late Summer 2007--Start to seriously consider international adoption, brought it up to my husband--he strongly opposed it
Late Winter 2008--Offered to get a part-time job to save money so we could adopt, my husband said no (I assumed it was all children, adopted or our own, that he was satisfied with the way thing were)
Spring 2008--was hired full-time in a position I had not dreamed would be available--I was satisfied and very busy!
Fall 2008--I had a wacky cycle and my period was super late, but it finally did arrive. The thought that I might be pregnant made everything worse! I had spent the past 2+ years praying with every cycle that I would not get a period and that the V had failed. Now all I could think about was, what if that was a miscarriage and I really can get pregnant again!
Late Spring 2009--obsessed over adoption sites and searched for the likelihood of vasectomies failing--not a very good chance!
Summer 2009--was super busy with work and had another late period that got my hopes way up
Fall 2009--looked at vasectomy reversal, but wasn't hopeful because of the cost and possible failures
Winter 2010--talked about adoption and nonchalantly about VRs and was left with a little hope, if I could find a way to pay for the expense of the a VR, but NO adoption. Period. Also we needed to pay off a few credit cards first. He made the terms feel very unattainable and I was frustrated. I would be 40 before I could get all of it done!
May 2010--My mom's story made me search Vasectomy Reversal in a new way--looking for success instead of failure! Discovered microsurgery vasectomy reversal. Found Dr. Wilson and a clinic in Minnesota, started researching Dr. Wilson
Summer 2010--Discussed it with husband in depth, he confessed that he never wanted the V and would love to have more children. He just could not handle adoption.
Fall 2010--Final decision to go for it!!
December 27, 2010--Phone Consultation with Dr. Wilson, husband did not have a very good impression of the guy--I started more research and found Baby Center's Trying after Vasectomy Reversal group. There was tons of positive feedback about Dr. Wilson
May 31, 2011--Vasectomy Reversal
June 25, 2011--Trying at home scoping--SAW TONS OF SWIMMERS!!!
June 27, 2011--Scoped again--still saw a large number of swimmers!
October 7, 2011--Scoped during the 4th month out--Swimmers still there, almost all were forward, fast movers!
December 27, 2011--First Semen Analysis--fingers crossed! We will know within the next week what our official count is--the volume was at 7 mLs do that is good! Now let's just hope there are lots of healthy looking swimmers!