Tennessee: be still and know I am God

I cannot say enough about our trip so far. Tenn is amazing. Knoxville is a total hillbilly town and we love it. We can barely understand half of what is said but the southern hospitality is thick. We've made great friends with our taxi drivers-Eddie and Jill. The donation center was amazing as well. When we walked in I was immediately drawn to a stack of Daily Bread devotionals. Right on the front cover was a verse I've come to know well: Psalm 46:10-"Be still and know that am I God." This is the same verse that a woman in my church stopped me with in the bathroom in February 2008. She said she didn't know what was going on in
life but she felt that God wanted me to know that He is God and I need to be still. So that verse has always been special to me. It was a great sign to see that verse at the clinic.
The dr appt was great. The dr was very thorough and engaged in us. The medical exam was equally as thorough. So much to say but I'm on the iPhone and in the taxi with Eddie who is talking to me about his floosie wife and his titanium hips. Suffice it to day the dr says I have a condition where my endometrium lining grows in my muscle which can cause infertility. It explains why I have heavy flows for just 2 days and then spot for several days. It's a condition I can't pronounce. But he says it's a very
mild case and does not disqualify us. He also says we have a mixed egg quality and mixed sperm issue that doesn't prevent conception but the embryos don't develop well. That could also explain why I ovulate but then don't start bleeding for 3 or 4 weeks. We could be conceiving but the embryos aren't developing. This was at least his best guess. He was also concerned with my thyroid condition and the nodules on
my thyroid. So he took a blood test to make sure my levels are normal but he seemed surprised I haven't done iodine therapy for my thyroid. Anyway he said he thought we are a good candidate for embryo adoption. Our success rate for live birth per transfer is about 50percent. After the med examthat involved a very uncomfortable procedure with a very full bladder we met with the embryologist and head nurse and them the office manager. The matching process has begun and we should know more in a couple weeks. Were looking hopefully at a transfer mid sept! They will transfer between 2-3 embryos.
Imtrying not to get too excited but it's hard. This process feels so much more smooth and ordained than our IVF process and is sooooo much less expensive I don't know why more people don't choose it. I suppose God leads each of us down our own paths in diff ways.
We still don't know why were led on this path or why it feels so right. We hope it's because our next baby is here in Tenn. Or maybe the purpose is just the journey and the faith and trust God is developing in us. Either way were excited to come back to tenn and just be a part of God's plan for us.