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.

New Plan

E 2 was only 99. NP suggested tr!gger Wednesday night. Instead I”m going to trigger early Thurs am (while using OPKs to make sure I’m not going to ovulate on my own earlier than that). Insem before work Thurs, late Thurs night and Friday after work. That will be 0, 14, and 35 hours post trigger. My donor is so incredibly accomodating that I’m sure he’d take time off work if I asked him but I don’t want to. I really can’t take any more time off work this week either. My numerous appointments have been noticed. My supervisor asked today if everything was OK. She knows about the hyp0thyr0id and the P C O S so I just told her I’ve been seeing an endocrinologist to get things straightened out. Only a half truth, right?

They’re so close

I checked my tracking number and the man in a can is sitting in a sort facility 18 miles away from my house and scheduled to be delivered tomorrow. I’m excited! I have an acupuncture appointment tomorrow and hopefully will be trying by the end of the week. Just waiting for a sign that the eggs gonna drop. Wish me luck (if anyone out there is still reading).

We Are Not Dead!

G-d, it’s been a long time since I updated. Things have been so crazy around here that I haven’t had any time to be online. I can’t believe how much time I used to spend online. I don’t even know if there is anyone out there that still cares about what’s going on with us.

What all has happened since November?

•  We found a house and moved in the week before Thanksgiving.
• I broke my foot 3 weeks after we moved in. I have been in a walking cast for the past 7 weeks and probably will be in it for at least another month. It may require surgery to repair soft tissue damage in my ankle.
• R still hasn’t found a job but is half way through her Master’s program.
• Our possible donor had some major life changing events occur in December and still has not decided if he can help us out.
• We decided to have a wedding in December and have thrown ourselves into planning for that. It has worked somewhat to alleviate the TTC stress.
• I am not really enjoying my job anymore and am looking into NC teacher’s certification in chemistry.
• We are still shopping for donors. We have narrowed it down to a bank and have a short list of donors that we like.
• I have ovulated each month on my own since Nov. It’s exciting! We will begin TTC with my body if R hasn’t conceived by August.
• We have found that there are few, if any, doctors in our area that are willing to do insems for non-traditional couples. My midwife doesn’t perform insems and said that she doesn’t know of any doctors in the area that will perform an insem for a nonmarried woman. Anyone know if someone that has a doctor in the Triad area of NC? Email me and let me know!

Oh my G-D!

I am ovulating!!!!! For the first time in a really really long time (a few years) I am ovulating. I have been temping, checking CM, and peeing on OPKs (even though I know they aren’t always reliable for people with PCOS). All signs point to ovulation! I can’t believe how much EWCM I have. I am talking gobs. I always remembered having a lot in high school before I knew what it was and it freaked me out. I thought there was something wrong with me. People should really explain a woman’s body to her better. I knew nothing of these fertility signs until a few years ago.

All it took was:

• Pr0metrium (400 mg a day for 2 weeks) followed by one of the worst periods I can ever remember (3 heavy days with debilitating cramps followed by 5 regular days and 2 days of spotting)
• Metf0rmin (1000 mg a day for 2 weeks). I started the Metf0rmin on CD 5 only because I had to wait on my liver function tests to come back OK before I could start it.
• Losing 10 pounds.

Here’s hoping it isn’t a freak occurrance. I still have a year but maybe if I can get my weight down to my goal by next summer (and things haven’t worked out for R) we can start TTC with my body because I’m ovulating!!!