Cycle 4, IUI

The waiting begins.

The IUI is done! DH did his part and at some point along the road I passed him as he headed to work and I headed to the RE. I arranged to get there really early because it just made sense for me to sit and wait at the RE than to sit and wait in rush hour traffic and then just worry that I wasn't going to get there in time. Mom was taking care of the kids and thought I was just having a test done to make sure all was still well after the surgeries. I was getting pretty excited as I walked into the building and my right (good) ovary started getting really sore. Go righty! Maybe I was just imagining it though since my right ovary was really sore prior to my last IUI and still didn't get pregnant on that side.

After ironing out a billing issue, it was time to head back. The nurse that assisted me was really nice. She asked lots of questions and I ended up telling her just about my entire uterine history from the past 6 months. I think I was feeling particularly chatty with my mixture of excitement and anxiety.

The only holdup was that DH's "sample" was not prepared as quickly as it should have been. My appointment was at 8:30 and they like to try to time the IUI as close to 36 hours after the trigger shot. They didn't do the IUI until 9, but I am sure that is fine. Right? RIGHT?? The nurse finally came in with DH's seed and I had to check and double check and sign that yes, the names matched and I wasn't getting knocked up by some other patient. I asked her if she happened to know what the sperm count was because they told me last time. They said last time that anything over 10 million was considered good. DH's was 11.9 million last time which I thought was good until I started seeing on a message forum that other DH's had counts were at like 30, 50, and even 80 mil. DH's count has always been on the low side of normal. I was kinda worried this time around because it has been so long since his count had been checked out and after that issue with the white blood cells in his semen... I just didn't know how things were going to change over time. The nurse said his count this time was 48 million! That is four times what it was last time and last time those crazy sperm were able to make the long journey over to my rudimentary horn.

Finally the doctor came in. I was expecting some cramping but there was none. I actually didn't even know she had pushed the plunger to inject the "sample" into my uterus. Then she was like, "All done!" I hung out laying flat on the table for about 20 minutes and then I was on my way.

It all just seems too good to be true. Two follicles on the correct side. DH's great sperm count. All the soreness in the right ovary. Last IUI cycle I felt that there was no way it was going to work. In a way, I guess I was right because it all was a disaster. This time around I feel like it has to work. Just hoping that doesn't mean that I'll be completely surprised again when AF shows up. I am still mostly convinced that all my good follicles were on the left (tubeless) side and that the ones on the right just didn't grow and mature enough.

I almost got myself into a fit of giggles as I was headed out to the parking garage. I was on an elevator with a really pregnant woman thinking that could be me in 9 months. Then I thought how funny it would be to point to her belly and say something like, "I see you're pregnant. Me too. Just got pregnant a few minutes ago."

I Got Drugs

My injectable meds were delivered today. I know some people get all excited when that happens. It really wasn't that exciting. I knew they were coming today so it wasn't as if it were a big surprise. I actually forgot they were being delivered today until early afternoon. I've got my Gonal-F. Three boxes. I didn't open them but I have seen pictures and video of what it is like so I didn't really see the need to open them. I got my Novarel (HSG trigger shot). Wow. That needle is huge. I'm planning on giving myself all the shots just because I am weird like that, like to do stuff on my own. I jokingly told DH that he was going to have to give me that one and he said, "Sorry, you are on your own." He hates needles. Last, got my progestrone suppositories. My RE is the only one at the practice that has his patients use them. I'm glad. They are supposed to help sustain my uterine lining and help a fertilized egg implant. However, I hear they make you super tired and who the heck wants to have sex when they are sticking a suppository up there once a day. The progesterone is compounded at my pharmacy and were shipped in a big bottle, all individually wrapped in aluminum foil. I had to laugh at the label on the bottle that read, "REMOVE ALL WRAPPING BEFORE USE". I kinda figured I wouldn't be sticking aluminum foil up my hoo-ha.

Nothing else going on really. I woke up with 5 zits this morning. I usually get 1 or 2 around this time of the month. Of course my mind going into thinking that because I have 5 zits, that must mean I am pregnant. I use Fertility Friend to track my charting for my cycles. Fertility Friend is all confused by my temps this month and thinks I haven't ovulated. I know better. I ovulated 6 days ago. AF should show up Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. Timing works out good since I'll be in the swing of shooting myself up and making semi-daily trips to the city and being all whacked out on hormones during the week of Thanksgiving. That means only one potentially conflictual day of trying to get DS1 to preschool after getting him up at 5 am to go to the city and back before drop off time.

So the next step now is just waiting for AF.