Oh, the waiting....

Well, first of all, I've figured there's really no way I'll be able to keep this pregnancy a secret for the first few "safe" months since everyone at work knows what I'm doing (what with the Dr's appts and missed work and all...) and the fact that I'm trying, as the Dr. says, "to already act as though you're pregnant"." That means for me, avoiding surgery, anesthetic gases, volatile compounds, chemotherapeutic drugs, etc, etc....

And the obvious fact that I've started a blog about this exact subject in itself doesn't lead much to secrecy :-) (Much to my mother's chagrin, but I told her that if all of work was going to know, (HAS to know for safety reasons) then my friends/family can know as well :-) 

However, now this part of the waiting game seems like it's going to take forever.  I'm trying not to stress, trying to stay relaxed and hopeful.  Trying not to think that the odds are against me but rather THIS was the time it'll work!  No stress....

I have a couple of weeks of "not stressing" until I can find out if this "worked" or if we get to do it all over again next month!   Meanwhile, there's not been much that I can put on the blog, since there's not much that's going to be happening.  I've been trying to imagine all sorts of phantom sore breasts, miniscule morning nausea and potential fatigue.  The most I've gotten thus far is a zit on my face (yeah, about that whole "no stress" thing... :-)

Until next time...

IUI-yi-yi-yi!

So this post will be short and pictureless... Primarily because the things that could be pictured are not things I really think we all want shared :-) and secondly because I'm typing this on my iPad since Randy is using the other computer to work through a virus on our friend's computer, and the ipad is a bit tedious for lengthy typing!

Well, the IUI was today and things went well! I titled this with yi-yi-yi because it was quite an uncomfortable procedure, but over relatively quickly! After staring at ceiling tiles for 20 minutes, I was on my way! (really, someone needs to put something interesting up there to look at....is a ceiling tv really that much to ask?? :-)

I don't think I'll have the heart to tell the kid, "when you were made, Daddy wasn't even present!" hahaha, just kidding, but I find it humorous!

Well everyone keep everything crossed and we'll wait and see!! Hopefully we'll be on our way to Moore feet soon! :-)

Follicular scan fun!

Today I had my follicle scan. The scan enables the follicle (fluid filled sacs which can contain an egg) in the ovary to be measured. When the follicles measure a certain size it can then be estimated when ovulation is likely to occur.

This person (not me!) had several well developed follicles, appears to be about 5.  Last month I had...one.
This month I had one lonely little follicle as well, like this:

However, this follicle was about ready to burst at 24mm, actually a little concerning that it is getting "over-ripe."  Too mature.  Like me :-)  However, the nurse practitioner wasn't too concerned at all about it being on the larger size and refilled my Ovidrel injection and scheduled me for IUI!  The Ovidrel is an injection that stimulates ovulation, on demand, essentially.

Once the Ovidrel is given this evening, ovulation is expected to occur about 36 hours later...which is when the IUI or intrauterine insemination is set up!  IUI is performed by threading a very thin flexible catheter through the cervix and injecting washed sperm directly into the uterus. Sounds exciting doesn't it? The odds of success are reported to be just under 6 percent and as high as 26 percent per cycle so keep your fingers crossed!

Starting out...

Took me a few days to start this...I'm always looking for pictures to add in and that's what slows me down but I figure I'll just get the text going and go from there.

So this blog is intended to track my path towards pregnancy and parenthood. I follow all these great blogs of people with their pregnancy and children and figured I would start at the VERY beginning :-)

Currently I'm on month #2 of fertility drugs. After the last 9 months of trying to make things work the "natural" way, we decided to embark on the next steps. Both of us are healthy and aren't showing any issues that should hinder parenthood but I guess age isn't helping much!

Last month was my first month on Clomid. With high hopes I took the med for a week, was checked and noted that I had a good developing follicle and then used the injectable ovulation induction and started on progesterone since the Clomid thinned out my uterine lining too much. No baby magic Month 1.

This month they have put me on a different fertility medication called Femara that is supposed to not have the side effects to my uterine lining that the Clomid did. *I* think I'm handling the meds great, except for some crazy hot flashes and night sweats, but if you check with Randy, he'll tell you I can be a raving bi-otch. Since I'm writing the blog though, I've been handling the meds great! :-)

Next week will be my follicle scan to see if my body is responding to the fertility drugs well. Ideally I should be producing some great, healthy good sized follicles that are just waiting to burst out with a healthy egg.

We'll see!