HaHa

Refrigerate your meds

What do you do if you have to head down to San Diego and you have Progesterone suppositories you need to keep cold?

You stop off at the Mobil and get a giant cup of ice of course.

5th times the charm... ?

Yesterday, Feb 15th was IUI #5. Really hoping 5 is our lucky number. My Mr. got up bright and early to do his thing. I headed off to Kaiser and arrived just on time for my appointment. Went back to the REs office and had my blood pressure taken. Then the boys headed to the contraption below which spins them around to get the best ones and give them a wash. About 55 minutes I was called back to empty my bladder and get ready for the procedure. When you get to the room there is always a microscope set up so you can take a look at your possible future children.

This is the tray set up with some of the tools that will be used for the IUI. I was concerned that the New Girl was doing my IUI solo, the fact that I had not been instructed to use my Cytotec or had the opportunity to use the Lamineria. I just started to pray! With the memory of the last very painful IUI fresh in my brain I was freaking out on the inside.

The New Girl was amazing though! She did not have to use a clamp as they have had to in the past so I didn't have any bleeding. New Girl claimed to have gotten all the way in, which I want to believe in my core but it is hard since last time it hurt so bad to get it in there. She also used a very different technique of having me lift and lower my bum slowly about half a dozen times during the procedure while she was inserting the catheter. Again amazing, there was some pain but it was minimal. I had a bit of discomfort and cramping but again minimal. Praise GOD!!!

Now comes the dreaded TWO WEEK WAIT.

Starting tomorrow I will be using Progesterone vaginal suppositories for the next two weeks. I will have my beta test on March 1st. If it comes back positive I will be continuing the Progesterone till I am 12 weeks pregnant. In the sad fact of it being negative I stop the Progesterone and head back to the REs office on the first day of my next cycle.

Come on little miracle. It is time for you to show your face!

Praying now that this is THE month, that the New Girl did actually get everything where it belongs and everything will move forward smoothly from this point.

Not again....

On Saturday Grumpy Old Lady and Senile Old Lady were there, where are my regular REs!! Of course I get Senile Old Lady. She is a bit more proficient in the photo category but has trouble multi-tasking. Forgets if she gave you back your medical card, and this time while looking at my sonogram photos realized she forgot to get one of my endometrium. So, I had to go back in the room have another sonogram done and once I was dressed for the second time and back in the office she announces "see I did take a photo of it." It was on the sheet she was originally looking at when she decided she didn't take it.

Finally she got her self together and managed to book me an appointment for my 5th IUI on Monday the 15th. I was told to take my HCG injection on Saturday evening. Which is also very different from any other cycle we have done. Usually we did the HCG on the night before the IUI not a day and a half before.

The IUI will take place on the 14th day of my cycle whereas all 4 of our other cycles it was between day 18-20. I am hoping that maybe all of this just means that my body is on track this cycle and that THIS IS IT!

So that is where we are at. Praying, wishing, hoping and giving it to God.

Nelly the Needle

CD 8-11 this month we used 2amps of Menopur. The last time we did a Clomid/Menopur cycle we had to do injections for 9 days! This time only 4 days...This cycle has been all over the place. I was upset when on Friday the regular REs were not in the office. There was New Girl and Grumpy Old Lady, and with my luck of the draw I got New Girl. She had a difficult time getting good photos of my follicles the only other time she did my sonogram. The first time she had to have the regular RE step in to get the job done. This time she said she saw 2 follicles on the left and nothing on the right... um, yea 2 days ago there were 9! I had to go in again on Saturday for another sonogram since my follicles were getting so big.

Pill Poppin

I am on 100mg of Clomid CD3-7Getting my meds ready for the evening.

My 2 Clomid, low dose aspirin and vitamin

I have been getting myself to the track again and between beginning my new cycle and the jog/walking I feel my spirit being lifted. I pray constantly that things will work out, that we will be able to have our child. I feel strongly that God wouldn't put this deep desire in my heart just to cause pain. Tomorrow is appointment #2 so we can see how things are progressing along. Praying that everything is moving forward smoothly and that lots of follicles are developing.

You know you are infertile when....

You go to pick up your prescriptions from the pharmacy

&

they hand you a grocery bag!Here is my arsenal for the next month

I have been in a sad place for the last couple weeks. I was not happy about having to wait a cycle because they wanted to see me on day 7 and that would have been the day after New Years. Last time I checked Jan. 2nd was not a holiday! Anyways. At my appointment the RE said everything looks good, no cysts or other worries. We are off and running with our 5th attempt. Here goes nothing (everything)!

Really? Really!

Just what every infertile wants to see every single time they have to go in for a sonogram to see how their follicles are doing...

A WALL OF BABIES!

Sometimes it gives me hope, sometimes it makes me mad.

Look at all those beautiful miracles, where's ours?

Seriously!

After 38 stinkin days AF finally decided to arrive. A week late! I truly hate when that happens because there is a glimmer of hope and it hurts so much more when AF is late than if she arrived on time. In just a little bit I will be calling the RE and setting up my CD3 apt. for IUI #5.

I am exhausted from trying to get pregnant...when will it happen...