More Progress....

So my new work schedule is so that I'm off on Mondays... So woke up this morning with a plan to find out the cheapest cost for the meds I need and have the nurse call them in.... Called several fertility specialty pharmacy and found that one of the big chain drugstore had the lowest price, but I had to call a 800 # because the meds I need isn't in the stores...

So that's down now only waiting on CD 1.....


I'm so excited about starting again, the 2 months that we were on "winter break" was nice but it's baby making time again!!!






I will end each blog with this disclaimer "I'm not a Doctor or expert on this subject. Anything I say is just informational and you should always speak with your doctor before doing or trying anything I say medically."

Update....

Okay so I haven't been very talkative on here lately because I didn't want to be disappointed again and have to see the pity looks from friends and family when they see me.... I think that all the concern is wonderful and I truly appreciate it but some of the looks I get are saddening.... But I decided that the looks are not that of disappointment or pity, but it's the looks of concern from truly concern people! So I'm back!!!

On Saturday morning we went in for our monthly monitoring @ 7:30... The technician was so cold and anti social, not sure if it was because Michelle came in with me, She look back when I was waiting for Michelle like who is she?!?!? So she starts looking and she's not saying anything (not like the other techs before) and she didn't let me see the screen! So I asked her what she was seeing and she said 1 follicle and then I had to ask her the size and she told me 25. Then she tells me the nurse will call me... So the nurse calls me @ 10:30 and tells me that I only had 1 mature follicle (25mm) for it being CD 8... So the nurse tells me to use the Ovidrel that night and inseminate Sunday and Monday..... So I called the KD and told him and he thought we should inseminate everyday this week... So we have inseminated everyday this week so far.... I was wondering before should I use the CBEFM or the OPK and I decided that I would and for the last 2 days I have gotten a smiley face on the OPK and the CBEFM had shown the "egg" for Sunday and Monday but today went back to the 2nd notch.... So I don't know what I should think of that... I am not stressing over the outcome because like I said before God will make it happen when it's suppose to....






I will end each blog with this disclaimer "I'm not a Doctor or expert on this subject. Anything I say is just informational and you should always speak with your doctor before doing or trying anything I say medically."

CBEFM

Okay so today is CD 6, and my CBEFM was signaling for me to take a pee sample... I did and of course it didn't show anything, I think the monitor is still getting to know my body... But I got to thinking do I really need to do the OPK or CBEFM this month since we decided to use the Ovidrel (oh yeah I didn't mention that before, huh?). I figured that since we are not using the Menopur we should use the Ovidrel since it triggers ovulation and it would give us a better window of opportunity (meaning giving us a clearer picture of when the egg is released)... Because if calculations are correct I didn't ovulate til CD 16??? I came up with that because of the day my new cycle started.... And remember I said that your cycle starts 14 days after you ovulate.... But I have been thinking that I have a late luteal cycle...

So I go in for monthly monitoring on Saturday morning... I can't wait to see how the medicine is working for me...









I will end each blog with this disclaimer "I'm not a Doctor or expert on this subject. Anything I say is just informational and you should always speak with your doctor before doing or trying anything I say medically."

Anniversary...

So woke up this morning in a very good mood!! Because it's our anniversary and because today is suppose to be the day we inseminate.... So again I'm rushing to use the bathroom and everything is negative again... So after seeing that I decided I was gonna postpone doing the insemination today but start every other day starting tomorrow, so I sent our KD a text message telling him that he can go straight home tonight from his trip and come over tomorrow evening for sure... Michelle checked my CM today and I didn't have a lot but it is getting clearer and that's a great sign!!! Everything is falling into place with my body I believe, just gotta wait for the right timing....


Went to church this morning and we decided that we would go to breakfast/brunch instead of going to dinner tonight for our anniversary. Today just didn't seem like "a special day" for me, even though Michelle gave me a beautiful card and some perfume today seems like another day for us because we're still doing the same stuff we did yesterday?!? So what do you do different on your anniversary oppose to the day before or the day after???



I will end each blog with this disclaimer "I'm not a Doctor or expert on this subject. Anything I say is just informational and you should always speak with your doctor before doing or trying anything I say medically."

Monitoring...

Okay so woke up @ 6am with 2 sticks on my mind!! But I guess I didn't saturate the OPK stick enough because it gave me the the image of "go read the instructions!" so luckily I can redo that one again this evening....

Arrived @ 7:06 (because of fog) and had to give blood first. I told the lady that she usually takes it from the side, but of course she goes right in the middle and nothing comes out!!! So she looks @ me and I look @ her like "I told you!" so now I have to get poked again because she's hardheaded!!! Then off to lay on my back with my legs up (sounds good, huh?) not! I hate them stir ups.. Well she gets started and I guess we've been doing it so long Michelle's no longer gets excited I looked over @ her and she's doing her hair?!?! But on my right side I have a 20mm and then on my left side I have a 21mm an a 19mm...that's good to only be on CD 9... because usually the monitoring is done on CD 11-12 and they like you to be over 20mm?!?! So the Femara is working well. Now I just have to wait for the nurse to call me this afternoon and tell me when I can inseminate..... So you must wait with me till later... I'll update this evening..







I will end each blog with this disclaimer "I'm not a Doctor or expert on this subject. Anything I say is just informational and you should always speak with your doctor before doing or trying anything I say medically."

Excited...

Even though I have been going to have monitoring (sonogram) for like 6 months now, I'm excited about going tomorrow because of several reasons. First, I'm on new meds so I can't wait to see how it's working. Secondly, I can't wait for the nurse to call me and tell me what day to inseminate. I know this month will be so much better because I know so much more about my CM and I have so many more tools to use this month.

Today I brought an OPK so that I can start using it tomorrow CD 9.... I have tried using them in the past but because of the Clomiphene it would never give me a positive sign, maybe now since I'm on the Femara it will work for me?!?! So now when I get up rushing to the bathroom (because I hold it til the last minute!) I will have to pee on 2 sticks! That's a lot but it's worth it!!

Okay up early tomorrow to be @ the doctor's office @ 7am.....

Getting ready to bake carrot cupcakes with homemade cream cheese icing... having guests over tonight to watch my favorite shows (Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice)...



I will end each blog with this disclaimer "I'm not a Doctor or expert on this subject. Anything I say is just informational and you should always speak with your doctor before doing or trying anything I say medically."

Emailing...

Okay so today is CD 5 and I called to schedule my monthly monitoring appt and I sent my monthly email to our KD... It's so strange to be telling a guy about when my period started and when I should ovulate! But I do it every month.... So far I haven't had any side effects from the new meds (Femara), Michelle is probably happy about that.... I'm so excited about this months insemination, I've learned so much in the past month that I really believe this month will be better than any other month and I'm very positive and no stress....

Tonight I'm having a sleepover with my 5 yr. old niece!! I'm so excited and glad to be able to spend all day tomorrow doing girlie things with her... Still thinking about what should we do?? What do 5 yr. old girls like to do, besides play in my make up?!?!






I will end each blog with this disclaimer "I'm not a Doctor or expert on this subject. Anything I say is just informational and you should always speak with your doctor before doing or trying anything I say medically."

New meds...

So this has been a very busy Saturday!! Got up this morning @ 5am to finish a baking project I started last night and had to deliver before 9... Then went to get 4 new tires!!! YAAAY! so needed them... Had lunch @ P.F. Chang's w/Michelle and her Mother, went and got new wireless headphones from the Apple Store!! Then went to the movies with several friends to see For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf the movie and dinner @ T.G.I Fridays'... now finally home....


With all the things I was doing today I kept thinking about the bottle of pills that are sitting on my bed waiting for me to come home and take them. Today is CD 3 and that means I start taking my Femara. I think I was thinking about it so much for 2 reasons, 1 is that it's a new medicine so now I have to get used to new side effects if any (just got used to the Clomiphene side effects) and 2 that sitting on my bed is 10 little pills that is gonna help us make a baby! I still get excited thinking about the fact that I'm gonna have a baby!! So as soon as we walk in the door we get the pill bottle and say our prayer that we say every month before we start the meds, and I take this little brown pill an as it's going down my throat I'm thinking this pill is gonna work this month!! So for the next 4 days I will take these pills and prepare to inseminate this month...

Oh yeah!! after reading Making Babies: A Proven 3-Month Program for Maximum Fertility I got several ideas about what I should be doing, one thing was take "Evening Primrose Oil" everyday once your cycle starts and it will help you produce fertile CM, so of course I've been taking this pill every night.... The more things that'll help I'll try...








I will end each blog with this disclaimer "I'm not a Doctor or expert on this subject. Anything I say is just informational and you should always speak with your doctor before doing or trying anything I say medically."

I'm confused....

So Tuesday I woke up spotting (bright red) yesterday I was spotting dark brown, now today I'm having a constant flow... So now I'm confused because which day do I count as CD 1??? every since I had acupuncture my cycle has been weird, from the brown spotting to cramping!! I haven't had cramps with my cycle since I was 19!!!

So now I need to look this up because I should be starting my medicine (Femara) on CD 3...




I will end each blog with this disclaimer "I'm not a Doctor or expert on this subject. Anything I say is just informational and you should always speak with your doctor before doing or trying anything I say medically."

Spotting....

Okay so this morning I woke up with this funny feeling in my stomach, I figured it was due to the fact that I was up too early about to go vote! Then I came home and I'm spotting?? It's weird because I'm only on CD 23, last month I had a 31 day cycle??? It's only concerning because since I've been TTC I've always had 28 day cycles, so now I'm wondering what's causing the variation?? And I know me, I will be looking online and in my pregnancy books (all 22 of them!!) looking for some medical defect that I might have to answer this mystery... But, in my head right now I hear Michelle telling me to calm down and talk to God!! So Dear that's what I'm gonna do throughout this day talk to God and let him worry (not I)....






I will end each blog with this disclaimer "I'm not a Doctor or expert on this subject. Anything I say is just informational and you should always speak with your doctor before doing or trying anything I say medically."