A few weeks later, Allie started the fertility drugs. She injected herself each day with the drugs and hoped it ended in the desired results. She did as the doctor said and went into the office for the blood work and ultrasounds. She was glad that she wasn't working anymore. It made everything not as stressful. And she hoped it would help the IVF take.
Allie smiled as she looked at the room that she wanted for the nursery. She had already picked out some stuff online that she wanted and it was going to be delivered the next day. She wanted to have the nursery decorated. She knew it was probably too soon but she didn't want to wait. Plus there were other things she wanted to do to the house anyway. She figured these things would be relaxing and it would help with the process.
"And now the nursery is decorated." She said as she hit the final button to buy the last thing she wanted in the nursery. She looked around the house and moved on to the next room.
"So, you found all of this for the house?" Bobby asked as she showed him the pictures.
"I did and the house is going to look great." She smiled. "What do you think of the nursery?"
"I like it." He said as he looked at the white crib set with the zoo animals bedding.
"Are you upset that I went ahead and decorated the nursery?"
"Of course not." He looked at her. "Allie, you know you can buy whatever you want. I think it's great you decorated the nursery. I know we will have a baby eventually, so it makes sense to decorate the nursery."
She smiled. "Good. I didn't want you to be mad."
"I could never be mad at you." He looked at her. "What's going on?"
"Nothing." She replied. "I guess I'm still getting used to having money and not worrying about what I spend."
"I understand that." He replied. "But you never have to ask my permission to spend anything. The money in the bank is ours."
"Alright." She replied. "I think decorating the nursery and the house will keep me busy and stress-free. So it will help with the getting pregnant."
"I'm sure it will."
"We have to go to the clinic tomorrow to have your sample given and then they can see about my eggs and when they want to do everything."
"I have already taken the day off. So, we can do that and then spend some time relaxing."
"Good." She smiled. "I love spending time with you."
"Well, I figured you did." He laughed. She smiled back and they finished looking at the photos of what she had ordered.
The next day, they headed to the doctor's office. "Well, based on this, we are right on schedule. So, we can do the extraction in thirty-six hours and then make the embryos. The embryologist will see which eggs are the best and then she will join the egg and sperm together. Then get them ready to be implanted. We will freeze the other embryos, so we can do the in vitro as much as we need to until we have the desired results or you decide not to continue."
"Okay," Allie replied. She closed her eyes and hoped that this worked and they got pregnant. The doctor made the appointment for the next day to extract the eggs.
The next few weeks went by after the procedure, and Allie stood in the bathroom taking a pregnancy test. She held her breath as she waited for the results. She sighed when she saw the word negative. She called the doctor, who told her to come in for some tests. She wanted to figure out why the procedure didn't take.
"Alright, let's see what we have." The doctor said as she did an ultrasound. "Alright, it looks like the embryo didn't implant as we had hoped."
"So, what now?"
"Well, we will try the procedure again. We have the embryos we froze so, we will implant more of those. I will prescribe a stronger injection to help maintain the pregnancy."
"Alright. Let's try again."
"Alright, we will start the process again and hopefully with a more favorable outcome." Allie nodded. She hoped so.
When Bobby got home that night, she told him she wasn't pregnant and the doctor wanted to try the procedure again.
"So, we are starting the process over?"
"Not all of it. They froze the other embryos, so I just have to be ready to have the new one implanted. And hopefully, it will take."
"I'm sure it will."
She sighed. "I just feel like I'm just a failure. I mean I couldn't get pregnant without drugs and doctors. Then I can't even get pregnant with help."
"Hey." He said to her as he walked over to her. "You aren't a failure. I know we are going to have a baby. We just have to be patient that this procedure will work. And we will do this process as much as it takes until we do get pregnant."
She nodded. "Alright. You're right. I have to be patient."
"Yes, you do." He said before kissing her. "Now, how about I take you out for a nice dinner?" She nodded and they got ready and headed out. He knew she was frustrated about not getting pregnant. And he was too. But not with her. Just with the fact that it was taking longer than he or she thought it would. What he told her was true. They would do this process as long as it took to get pregnant. The cost of each cycle wasn't a concern of his. So, they would do this as much as they had too. They would be parents.