We’re Done

This round of insems is over. We only did the one last night. I’m pretty certain that ovulated a few hours ago. I’ve been very crampy since my US. This morning & afternoon I had some slight spotting. Tonight in my “Finding Meaning and Spirituality in Jew!sh Living” class I felt a very sharp pain in my right 0vary. I decided that stopping by the boys’ house after class would be too late.

This will be the last cycle we do with S. We will be moving to frozen with IUIs if this cycle doesn’t work. Nothing against S but we can’t find an R E locally that is willing to work with a KD and I think IUIs are the next step we need to take. We may be kickin the pills for injectables too. That all depends on whether the drug fairy comes through.

I haven’t talked about non TTC stuff here in a very long time. This is a going to be a huge year for us. R is one psych eval away from a job IN HER FIELD!!!!! She received a conditional offer of employment in the middle of December. Since then she’s had a p0ly.gr@ph, a physical, and drug testing. The psych eval is the absolute last step. I am so very proud of her. This is a job she first applied for in February of last year. She has endured countless interviews, phone calls, background checks, reference checks, lunches, meetings, and questions. She and her background have been poked, prodded, and gone through with a fine toothed comb. The eval is Thursday. If she gets the job we start house hunting with the plan to sign a contract in time to qualify for the extra moolah. Needless to say, we are very excited and should have plenty to celebrate in the next few weeks even if the outcome of this cycle isn’t one of them.

22mm!

I have one huge follicle on the right ovary. The left one was quiet again. She couldn’t find my right ovary and I swear it felt like she was elbow deep looking for it. We’ll be tr!gg.ering and ins.em!nating tonight and another insem tomorrow. The RE said we might be too late but one can hope. There was no bloodwork since Fe.m@ra  screws with E 2 levels.

I’m already making plans for next cycle. I may be bringing out the bug guns.

2009

I tested this morning and it was negative. Today is 12dpo. I’m not going to test again. I’m just waiting for blood.

This year was a really hard year for us. One year ago today I toasted my wife and said, “To 2009, our,  it can’t get any worse than 2008 was.” 5 days later I lost my job. 5 months later we got kicked out of our house (the landlord left her husband and wanted to move back into her house). 7 months later R lost her job and she’s still working part time. That same month I got my first negative. Here I am one year later hoping that 2010 is our year but scared to death it out loud because I don’t know if I can take much worse.

Halfway There

One week into this wait and I’m feeling strangely optimistic about this one. I’ll test on New Year’s Eve.

Retraction

After all those mean things I said about my left ovary she goes and makes me an egg. It’s only 16mm but that’s a start. There were 2 smaller ones on the left but they’re too small to amount to anything. The right ovary was quiet. My lining is “good”. I’m waiting the nurse to talk to the R E and call to let me know when to trigger. It will be tomorrow at the earliest and most likely Thursday. Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®

Really Negative

I tested again this morning and it was negative. I left a message for the nurse at my R Es office because I was supposed to let her know if there was no blood my Dec 1st. She called back this afternoon and said that I should come in for a blood test tomorrow even though the home test was negative. She sounded very excited. One hour later I started spotting. Tomorrow will be CD1. I’ll call back in the morning to see if he’s going to switch me to Fem.ara or keep with he Cl0.mid, either way they’ll have to call in a script since I’m out of refills.

Negative

I tested yesterday morning and it was negative. I’m feeling crampy and cranky today so I’m sure blood is just around the corner. At my last appointment the R E said he likes to switch to Fe.mara after 3 or so unsuccessful Cl0.mid cycles and this was my 3rd. We’ll see what he has to say when CD 1 arrives.

“?” !

So I tested this morning (CD 24 & 10 dpo) with the only test in the house and got “?”!

What the hell does that mean? It’s like answering a question with a question.

Of course it’s Thanksgiving and everything in our town (except Mc Ds) is closed so I CAN’T go anywhere to get another test.

Will try again Saturday.

The Easy Part is Over

The 1st half of the wait goes by so fast! I’m hoping that Thanksgiving will help me pass the time during the second half. Nothing to report really. S and R are convinced this is the month. I’m not so sure.

My Left Ovary is a Lazy Bitch

I’ve named her Kara after our lazy dog. The break is over. We’re trying again this month with 100mg of Cl0.mid on days 3 to 7. Today was my day 11 scan. One 16mm follicle on my right ovary & several tiny ones on my left that won’t amount to anything.I’m waiting to hear about my E 2 but the nurse thinks I’ll probably trigger tomorrow. S is in town all week so he’ll be available for as many insems as I want.