So this morning was my first of two IUIs this cycle. I was really concerned about B's sperm count since he has been so sick this week but he amazed me again with his super sperm - 100 million and 80% motility. Last time he was 110 million at the first IUI so he did great! I was really expecting 40 million or something much lower... phew! One more tomorrow and then we can start the 2ww. The procedure today was fine but a little more uncomfortable than I remember last time being. I didnt have much in my bladder which was probably the problem, I will drink something tomorrow morning.
I did ask Dr. F how many more cycles of clomid we would do if this doesnt work. He said maybe 1 at most so I guess by April we could be moving on to injectibles or maybe sooner. It is just nice to know that we arent going to continue doing clomid forever if it isnt working. Beta day is March 17 - St. Patrick's Day! - if I make it that far. I will probably start testing way before then. I might just POAS every day this cycle to reduce some of the anxiety around testing. I will test out the trigger and then wait for that BFP!
Oh! There was no trigger excitement last night. My aunt did it instead of B this time. You can tell that she is a pediatric nurse because she was so gentle and I really didnt feel it at all. I was shocked. When B did it I was screaming because it hurt. This time it was in and out, I thought there was no way that she could have injected everything that fast but she did! Way to go Aunt Barb! She said that since she administered the trigger, she is responsible if we get pregnant this month. I'll take whatever I can get, if she wants to take credit that is fine with me!
Friday, February 29, 2008
Thursday, February 28, 2008
UPDATE: IUI#2 CD15
The nurse called with my blood work results. E2 is 535 (!), progesterone is 1 and LH is 37.3. I will trigger tonight at 6 and then I have IUIs tomorrow at 8 and Saturday at 9:30. Here we go again!
If you recall, the trigger process last time was... interesting. This time my aunt is going to administer the shot - she is a nurse so she has a lot of practice. Then I cant blame B if it hurts or if I happen to get stuck twice again!!! So I have to hurry to the pharmacy to pick it up and then hurry over to get it before 6 (she will be leaving around 6 for class so it is doubly important to get there on time!).
Our kitchen appointment has been moved back to 3. That's ok because I want more time to research environmentally friendly options.
If you recall, the trigger process last time was... interesting. This time my aunt is going to administer the shot - she is a nurse so she has a lot of practice. Then I cant blame B if it hurts or if I happen to get stuck twice again!!! So I have to hurry to the pharmacy to pick it up and then hurry over to get it before 6 (she will be leaving around 6 for class so it is doubly important to get there on time!).
Our kitchen appointment has been moved back to 3. That's ok because I want more time to research environmentally friendly options.
IUI#2 CD15
I had another monitoring appointment today. The left side was still lagging with 4 follies that were between 8 and 14. You would think with all of those follicles at least one would have been mature. The right side was the superstar this time with 2 follicles - one at 22 and one at 16. That 16 is right on the cusp, a little more time and it could mature but too much time and we will miss the bigger one. Most likely, I will trigger tonight and have IUIs tomorrow and Saturday. I already set up my appointment for tomorrow just so I could get a decent time. I will update when they call me this afternoon with my blood work results. Oh and my lining was a plump 12! So things seem to be going well this cycle. I am concerned about Bs sample over the next 2 days. He has been sick all week and even stayed home from work. Is that going to impair the quality of the sample? Last time we were around 100 million which I know is a great number so even if he cut it in half, 50 million would still be great, right? Stay positive Lisa!
This morning I was telling my mom that there might be 2 and I was really hoping for 2 to be mature to increase our chances. She said, yeah but it also increases your chances for twins. I said, I'd rather have 2 than none. She agreed. I was freaking out on the way over to the appointment that there would be 5 and I would end up with quintuplets. I was thinking how I couldnt do selective reduction so I would have to be on bed rest for pretty much the entire pregnancy and how horrible it would be. Soon this daydream was spinning out of control - I was thinking about the risks and how hard it would be. I never actually imagined what would happen when they were home because in my day dream, they would all be in the nicu if they made it at all. Luckily, there wont be 5. There might be 2 but that's it. I can handle 2. I am hoping for anything.
This morning I was telling my mom that there might be 2 and I was really hoping for 2 to be mature to increase our chances. She said, yeah but it also increases your chances for twins. I said, I'd rather have 2 than none. She agreed. I was freaking out on the way over to the appointment that there would be 5 and I would end up with quintuplets. I was thinking how I couldnt do selective reduction so I would have to be on bed rest for pretty much the entire pregnancy and how horrible it would be. Soon this daydream was spinning out of control - I was thinking about the risks and how hard it would be. I never actually imagined what would happen when they were home because in my day dream, they would all be in the nicu if they made it at all. Luckily, there wont be 5. There might be 2 but that's it. I can handle 2. I am hoping for anything.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
UPDATE: CD13
The REs office called with my blood work results: E2 - 208, LH 8.8, P4 isnt back yet but doesnt really matter. They want me to come back Thursday instead of Friday so hopefully that will move everything up a day and not interfere with work next week. We'll see...
IUI #2 - CD13
I had my first monitoring appointment of this cycle and there was good news and bad. The good news is that I have 5 follicles - I have only ever had one on each side before. The bad news is that none of them are mature and he wants me to come back Friday (to be confirmed by blood work this afternoon). I am excited that there is a possibility of having more than one mature follicle to trigger but I am disappointed that they aren't ready yet. This week would be perfect for IUIs, I am in the office all week. Next week I will be at a client that is an hour away. It is going to be hard for me to come in late and it will be much more obvious. Plus, say my appointment is at 8 and we are done by 9, I wont get out to my client until 10. We work in small groups so that means that my staff would be there alone which is not ok. I can't make any plans until I know when the IUIs are going to be so I am going to try not to stress about it and hope that they are Saturday and Sunday, which also poses a problem. Saturday morning we have an appointment at the kitchen design center at 9am (we are getting a new kitchen!!!). We already rescheduled once, I want to get in there so we can start on the kitchen. I'll have to see if the REs office can do the IUI around noon instead of first thing in the morning. Again, something I can't worry about too much until I know what is going to happen. I hate not being able to plan things. It makes me seem inconsiderate when I cancel things at the last minute but it can't be helped.
I cant help but wonder if starting this cycle a day earlier than I should have is what pushed everything back. Now before you start screaming YES! let me explain. I dont remember if I posted about it already but I thought AF started last Wednesday night so I said Thursday was CD1 and set everything up. Thursday, there was no AF to be found but Friday she came back. So technically, Friday was probably CD1 but I didnt want to reschedule my appointments so I just left everything how it was setup and continued the cycle like Thurs was CD1. It seemed to work out since they decided to move my monitoring appointment to CD13 instead of 12 anyway. I took my clomid on CD4-8 as directed but it was actually 3-7. Plenty of people do that so I wasnt too concerned that I was going to mess anything up, plus I took it at night instead of in the morning so really it was only a half a day earlier than recommended. Are you following? I know this is a mess. So even though I am saying I am on CD13 today but really it is CD12, I would expect to have the same response that I would have on a normal CD12. Maybe I am over-reacting. Maybe this is my normal response and I just assumed that it would be like last cycle. Oh well, nothing I can do about it but wait until Friday to see what has changed. Grow follies, grow!
PS - B just called while I was writing this. The company he works for is based in Denmark and they want him to come over for a meeting that happens to be on Thanksgiving. He said he would only go if I could go. I would go in a heartbeat but if, by some miracle, I get pregnant this cycle, I would be due right around then so I wouldnt be able to go. If I got pregnant in the next few cycles I still wouldnt be able to go because I would be too far along to travel. I told him to go without me if that is the case but I guess he doesnt want to be over there for the holiday without me. He is going to talk to his boss about it to make sure that he could cancel if I ended up pregnant, but if he gets the ok then we are going to plan to go to Denmark in November! Yay!
I cant help but wonder if starting this cycle a day earlier than I should have is what pushed everything back. Now before you start screaming YES! let me explain. I dont remember if I posted about it already but I thought AF started last Wednesday night so I said Thursday was CD1 and set everything up. Thursday, there was no AF to be found but Friday she came back. So technically, Friday was probably CD1 but I didnt want to reschedule my appointments so I just left everything how it was setup and continued the cycle like Thurs was CD1. It seemed to work out since they decided to move my monitoring appointment to CD13 instead of 12 anyway. I took my clomid on CD4-8 as directed but it was actually 3-7. Plenty of people do that so I wasnt too concerned that I was going to mess anything up, plus I took it at night instead of in the morning so really it was only a half a day earlier than recommended. Are you following? I know this is a mess. So even though I am saying I am on CD13 today but really it is CD12, I would expect to have the same response that I would have on a normal CD12. Maybe I am over-reacting. Maybe this is my normal response and I just assumed that it would be like last cycle. Oh well, nothing I can do about it but wait until Friday to see what has changed. Grow follies, grow!
PS - B just called while I was writing this. The company he works for is based in Denmark and they want him to come over for a meeting that happens to be on Thanksgiving. He said he would only go if I could go. I would go in a heartbeat but if, by some miracle, I get pregnant this cycle, I would be due right around then so I wouldnt be able to go. If I got pregnant in the next few cycles I still wouldnt be able to go because I would be too far along to travel. I told him to go without me if that is the case but I guess he doesnt want to be over there for the holiday without me. He is going to talk to his boss about it to make sure that he could cancel if I ended up pregnant, but if he gets the ok then we are going to plan to go to Denmark in November! Yay!
Friday, February 22, 2008
CD9
Where have I been? Geez! Work has been so busy, I didnt have enough time during the day to write and was too tired to get back on the computer at night. Plus, there isnt really much to talk about. Last weekend, Brian and I discussed adopting from Kazakhstan. We decided to move forward and if this cycle works we would just be out a few hundred dollars but if it didnt we would be on our way to adoption. By Monday, Brian had found a statement on the website of the Secretary of State that discussed the risks of travelling to Kazakhstan. Apparently, there are terrorist cells in that region and they are targeting Americans and willing to kill civilians in public places. This made Brian too nervous and honestly, I was a little scared too. We decided that now is not a good time to travel to a potentially hostile location so we put Kaz on hold. I started 100mg of Clomid on Sunday night. I took it at night this time because technically CD1 wasn't really CD1. I havent really had any side effects except a hot flash last night and the night before. I have been a tinge on the moody side but that could have been from stress at work. Next week should be a lot better at work which will be perfect since that is when I expect to have the IUIs.
How could I forget? Our other big news is that we are going to renovate the kitchen. We have been talking about it, going back and forth, and when we decided not to go through with the adoption I said I needed something to distract me and a new kitchen should do the trick! We are supposed to meet with the contractor tomorrow to find out what to expect and what we need to do. It is going to be so much fun! I'm sure it will be stressful as well but it will be something else for me to focus on which I really need. I am off to look at cabinets and counter tops!! Let me know if you have any suggestions - we have a tiny kitchen so I need to make the most of my space. Any space-saver or tight area tips?
How could I forget? Our other big news is that we are going to renovate the kitchen. We have been talking about it, going back and forth, and when we decided not to go through with the adoption I said I needed something to distract me and a new kitchen should do the trick! We are supposed to meet with the contractor tomorrow to find out what to expect and what we need to do. It is going to be so much fun! I'm sure it will be stressful as well but it will be something else for me to focus on which I really need. I am off to look at cabinets and counter tops!! Let me know if you have any suggestions - we have a tiny kitchen so I need to make the most of my space. Any space-saver or tight area tips?
Thursday, February 14, 2008
CD1... again...
So here we are again. My period started late last night so I will count today as CD1. I am ready to try one more cycle. If everything goes as it has in the past, the timing is really good for my work schedule. I was at the mall with my mom last night and the woman at the checkout counter was asking if I was married and if I had kids and then went into this whole thing about well if it happens, it happens but it's ok to wait blah blah blah. I was dying. It just seems like people bring stuff like that up when you are the most vulnerable - like when you know your cycle failed and you are about to get your period.
I also found out last night that one of my friends is moving across the country in July. She was in my wedding but we have kind of lost touch over the last year. I have been holed up, depressed about the miscarriage and not being able to get pregnant again and it turns out everyone else has moved on and is doing new and exciting things in their lives. So it turns out, time hasnt been standing still. Who knew?
I also found out last night that one of my friends is moving across the country in July. She was in my wedding but we have kind of lost touch over the last year. I have been holed up, depressed about the miscarriage and not being able to get pregnant again and it turns out everyone else has moved on and is doing new and exciting things in their lives. So it turns out, time hasnt been standing still. Who knew?
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