Saturday, May 7, 2011

It Worked!

Our first IUI was successful! We found last weekend with an HPT. I went for bloodwork on Monday and the results came back with an HCG level of 37. YM estrogen and progesterone were a little low so I started those supplements on Tuesday. I went back on Thursday for a second draw and we were hoping that the HCG would double or triple. I kept hoping for a 90. The results came back at 129! We are so excited. I need to go back every week for blood draws and if everything looks good next week we will get our first ultrasound the following week. Stick little monkey stick!

Saturday, April 23, 2011

IUI Completed

I ordered my HCG and Kevin gave me the shot on Sunday morning. I wasn't the best patient and it took a couple minutes for me to let him do it. Good to know that Kevin is really good at giving injections. We went in on Monday morning and it took a couple hours, but they were able to successful do the IUI. IT didn't really hurt, just a little uncomfortable. We were supposed to have 2 IUIs done on back to back days, however when they did the ultrasound, they found I had already ovulated, so it would have been pointless to go back on Tuesday. So now we are in the middle of a big waiting game. hopefully those little swimmers found the egg and in about another week we get two lines on the pee stick!

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Day 13

So I made it through the Clomid, or so I thought. I had no idea that the symptoms would not show up until after I took my last dosage. I have had a couple of hot flashes, mostly at night. But this week, I definitely felt that my emotions were not my own. Hopefully I have that under control. I did go to the doctor today and it looks like we are ready for our first IUI on Monday! I do have to take a shot of HCG on Sunday morning so I'm not looking forward to that. Anyone who knows me knows that I do not do well with needles. Thank God Kevin is great with this sort of thing!

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Clomid Day 1

So last night was the first night of Clomid. I had virtually no symptoms today. YAY! I'm a little nervous that they will all of a sudden come out of nowhere. I'm just thankful we are able to move forward with the fertility drugs and get things moving.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

New Beginnings

I know it sounds cliche, but I'm excited for this new beginning! Yesterday was the beginning of a new cycle for me. I called the doctor and they are all set for me to come in tomorrow for some blood work and start me on some drugs. I'm kind of nervous and excited all at the same time.

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Nothing In Particular

So Kevin has been home from the hospital for a couple weeks now. Everything is going great with his recovery. Hopefully he will be able to return to work in another week or so.

We just finished our first class at University of La Verne. It was a good class with a great instructor. It feels good to have one more class down and out of the way. Hopefully I can still be on track to graduate next spring.

On other news it looks like we will be beginning our first round of advanced fertility treatments in the next month. After over a year of trying to conceive, we have been diagnosed with unexplained infertility. We have gone through all the testing and everything looks fine. We went to our first appt with the fertility clinic just over a week ago and the Dr said that he tinks he will be able to get us pregnant. So hopefully in about a week we will begin taking Clomid and then trying IUI shortly there after.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Hospital Day 3

So I have lots of time sitting here in the hospital so I thought I would start my blog. I have been thinking about this off and on for the last year or so. Let's see how this works out.

Kevin is on day 3 after his back surgery. We finally got the large IV unit out, but that also means no more morphine drip. He's had the hiccups pretty bad since yesterday morning. I'm not sure how he does it. The hiccups with a 6 inch incision across his abdomen. I would be screaming bloody murder. He's such a trooper. Now if we could just get his heart rate under control I think they will let us go home. Well, I hear physical therapy in the hall, so that is all for my first blog!