It's a Long Story

So... this blog is around to help keep family and friends updated about the goings-on and fun with Greg & Kara's new baby. We'd love to tell you all about his name, birthdate, etc... but he's not here with us quite yet. Little baby Miller was due on May the 18th, but here we are on the 22nd and he is still cookin' away!

Therefore, let's start with a little of the backstory.

Greg and Kara decided that it would be great to start trying to have a child sometime back in 2003 or so. Much to our surprise, things didn't quite work out as planned, and there was no child for some time. We sought the advice of a number of experts, and ultimately found ourselves in infertility treatments. Our doctor, Ralph Kazer of Northwestern Memorial Hospital, was great (even though he suffered from a bit of a gruff bedside manner at times!). He would often joke that we were his "pediatric" patients, because at age 32 we were far below the median age in his practice.

Perhaps due to our relative youth, we went through almost every treatment in the infertility arsenal (without skipping a step) to no avail. Finally, Dr. Kazer suggested we pull out "the heavy artillery" and start in on In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF).

We were fortunate in this area, at least, in that IVF worked on the first try. It's a gruelling process--perhaps Kara will write more about it on here someday--but found out in early September 2007 that we were finally expecting, due in May of 2008.

And here we are! Nine fairly uneventful months later, little baby Miller (a boy) is due any day now. Keep looking here for updates.