Mother's Day is my favorite day of the year. Not because of the gifts I receive but because I slow down and reflect on what got me to "motherhood" in the first place.
I love being a Mama! So much so that after my second child I new I wanted a third (and maybe a forth or fifth :). But try as we might, and we did try, we couldn't get pregnant again. After five years of nothing we solicited the aid of a fertility specialist.
My husband and I underwent a gamut of testing but nobody could determine the cause of the problem. They labeled are issue "unexplained secondary infertility" ...LOVELY. We didn't want to squander the boys' college money on fertility treatments that might not be effective. Our only other option was to give up on expanding our family, or so we thought.
After five more barren years we were blessed with two separate adoption opportunities. Steven and Sean joined our family 9 weeks apart in the summer of 2004.
Twelve months later..after two adoption finalizations, an emergency un-necessary appendectomy and subsequent removal of my right fallopian tube and ovary....we got pregnant.
Bella Francesca made her grand entrance into the world on April 28th 2006 with her four big brothers cheering her on.
The best Mother's Day gift ever was in May of 2006, when I found myself surrounded by my five children. My dream realized, my family complete. Thank you God.
