IUI Day

Well today is the day we go in for IUI, I am nervous because I don't seem to do well with IUI's. Because of my incompetent cervix Dr. Minjarez wouldn't let me do the cervix softener that worked so wonderfully with Kayla. Our appointment is at Lone Tree where we conceived Kayla, Mike went in at 7am this morning for his part, then waited for me to get there at 9am. During his wait he was able to go on a small hike around the Lone Tree area and really enjoyed his time. I got there at 9am and they weren't ready for me yet, pretty busy actually which surprised me for a Saturday. But we finally got in a ready, because of my past experience with IUI's they had an ultrasound technician ready at the door if needed. Mike's mobility was 83% which is the same percentage as Kayla was. :) IUI started at 9:34, they had a little trouble pushing through at first so the ultrasound tech came in after some pushing on a very full bladder the nurse made it through and it wasn't too bad. We ended at 9:43 which is fun for Mike and I because 3 and 7 are OUR numbers. So now we pray.....pray......pray and pray some more, I start my prometium tonight and we gear up for the two week wait. Keep us in your prayers. :)

Day 15

Well I am excited to post that we get to make it to the final step this cycle. I went in today at 1:45 and had one 21mm follicle the other was 11mm. Although I am very excited about this my brain still thinks I need two mature follicles to conceive because that's what I had with Kayla. But I am staying positive and looking forward to IUI on Saturday. I will trigger tonight at 9pm, Mike will go in early 7am, Saturday morning and then I go in for IUI at 9am. I hope and pray this IUI goes well, I don't have the best luck with IUI's. But we will have it done at the Lone Tree office where I conceived Kayla so I'm hoping it's a good sign.

Please send prayers our way on Saturday. :)

Day 12

Well so far so good, I had 7 follicles today. One taking the lead at 13mm another somewhat close behind at 9mm. The rest were 8mm and smaller, my usual nurse Lisa was not in today so I spoke with a new nurse that said everything should be good to go for IUI. Our prayer is for the first biggest follicle to continue and the rest to stay behind and not catch up to much. So next appointment is this Thursday for another follicle check. We are hoping for the 13mm follicle to be 16mm or bigger and for the others to be smaller than 16mm. So I will catch you up then, IUI could be scheduled for Saturday or Sunday this weekend.

Day 5

Appointment #1, I started letrezole on day 3 and Dr. Minjarez wants to do just a letrezole cycle. But if my follicles don't grow well on just letrezole she doesn't mind adding an injection to help them out. So I had my first ultrasound today and not much too notice yet. So because things are staying quiet I was told Dr. Minjarez will probably "baby me" and let them grow slowly so I don't have to cancel again. Next appointment will be day 12 next Monday. Hope we see some growth then!!

Try #3

They say third time is a charm right. Well Mike and I are going to try again with this cycle. At the beginning I always have to do two dump things that I feel are just a waste of money. I have to get a blood drawn pregnancy test that proves I'm not pregnant even though I am already on my period. Second I have to go in for an ultrasound to make sure I have not large cysts that could interrupt a cycle. I never have and always try and get out of this money sucker, but can't seem to fight it enough to get out of it. So I already went in for my blood draw today and should have results by this afternoon. Then I have my ultrasound at 2:45p, here we go again.

REALLY!!!!

Well I guess yesterday wasn't over yet. I was getting excited about not having started my period yet and bought a pregnancy test. I get home go to the bathroom to do the test and there is blood. Really.....really now I waited this long to see this now, after I just took a hopeful test and got all excited. I am so sad, and so mad that it would take this long to start. Now I know we didn't get pregnant because we didn't try at the right time, I ovulated later than I thought. I really don't like this infertility road so many ups and downs. It's going to be a hard day today, I am so sad. :(

March 14th

Well today is the day we have been waiting for. Dr. Minjarez told me I could start my period as soon as March 4th or as late as March 14th. If I had not started my period on March 14th to call and get started on meds to start a period. Well we had some different plans and decided we wanted to try on our own from this cancelled cycle so we are still hoping and praying we may be pregnant right now? I have had some normal symptoms that us women get from pms or pregnancy, so I am hoping they are pregnancy related. I will go in Friday for a blood draw and let you all know then what the results are. :) Keep us in your prayers.

The two week wait...

This two week wait between when we tried and when we pray no period will come is so rough. I try so hard not to think about it, but then I'm cramping and I think maybe I will start my period. Or my boobs are tender so does that mean I might be pregnant? So hard not to think about what I am thinking about. I have past my first possible period day already Dr. Minjarez said I could start my period as soon as March 4th or as late March 14th. So March 4th has past which is exciting, I just wish period symptoms and pregnancy symptoms didn't have to be so similar. So tomorrow is day 28 so I could possibly start my period right on time tomorrow but of course no one wants that to happen right? So we will see what tomorrow brings, tomorrow will be a distracting day though so that should be nice. I do observation at "The Village" for school tomorrow so my mind should hopefully be consumed with other thoughts. I of course will update you all if the dreaded period starts or hopefully with an update on when I will go in for a blood draw. :) Please keep your prays coming.

Kayla Sick

Well we have been some very fortunate parents in that Kayla has not been sick very often in her first years. But this past week she has been very sick, not just her but almost everyone in child care as well. On Tuesday I have six children and all but one wasn't sick, so I called that one child's parents and asked them not to bring their child to this sick home until I disinfected. But I wasn't able to do much because Kayla was so out of it, she started with a 102 temp. and sleep a lot so we knew something was coming. Then later that day I got a text that one of the babies had RSV, so scary. Thankfully it was the very early stages so no hospitalization was needed, good news since he is only 10 months old. As Wednesday came I was open again but noticed another child wasn't feeling to well, his temp was 101.5 and he had to go home and I later found out that he had a mild case of RSV as well. I checked Kayla's temp again and she had gone up to 103, nervous that she was getting what the boys had, we started Tylenol and the humidifier hoping it would start to help. By Friday Kayla's temp reached 104, she wasn't getting better she was only getting worse. Knowing that two kids had RSV I knew I needed to take Kayla in to make sure she didn't have it as well. Appointment was at 2:30pm, we found out good news that Kayla did not have RSV and her lungs sounded great but bad news she had a horrible double ear infection, poor thing. She was prescribed Amoxicillin and ear numbing drops we noticed a difference right away when we put the drops in. Kayla had not been sleeping well and after those drops were in she had a great afternoon nap. So she has been getting better and finally back to her normal self. We are just so blessed that this was her very first ear infection and she is 20 months old which is pretty amazing. :)