So here we are, the day before the big day. The biggest day since I had my precious little boy, the biggest day since my wedding day, the biggest day since sliced bread in my opinion. I am going in for my first IUI tomorrow! YAY me... It been a long road of lots of ups and downs, lots of tears and lots of sadness. This first round of IUI will probably not take as it is a frozen cycle and my first time using Clomid and Ovridel. But this is a huge step in the right direction for us.
Let's back up to day 12; My numbers were OK, but not great. I had two follicles on my right side; 17mm and 14mm. My left side had two follicle 17mm and 16mm. My E2 levels were 331 and my LH was 7,54. I was told to come back in 2 days for more monitoring, so this morning I went in as told and was not expecting much. I had my blood taken and the nurse managed to blow out my vein and I told myself; "This is just the beginning of a bad doctors appointment" I got into the ultrasound room and placed myself in the fun position we all know too well. The doctor came in and started small talk while ever so gently inserting the advise. (not my favorite part at all) He started to measure my lining and said; great lining! Over to the follicles; There we go, exactly what we have been waiting for. This one looks perfect at 21mm, the other one is right behind at 20mm. Over to the left we have another one that looks great at 22mm. Then he said the words I never thought I would hear: You are ready to trigger tonight! Was he talking to me? Was I hearing him correctly? Apparently I was! On my way out the very sweet nurse smiled at me and wished me good luck as she handed me a sheet with instructions for IUI trigger instructions with frozen sperm. It looked very official with the well known Shady Grove Fertility Reproductive Science Center logo in the top left hand corner. Day 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this next step. Let's just say its going to be lots of phone calls, lots of driving, and lots of signing papers in the next 4 days. But I am up for it! I can do this! I can't wait!
So here I am... Waiting for the clock to turn 6pm so I can inject the Ovridel and get ready for tomorrows big adventures. I must say I am feel a little weird thinking I am about to receive my husbands sperm with him being over 10 000 miles away at work. I wish he was home to go thru this first cycle with me, but that was obviously not in our cards. I am thinking I need to take some pictures and make a nice pictorial for him so he can feel like he was there even if he was all the way in Brunei at the time. We had it all perfectly times last month while he was home, but my AF never came. I kept going to the doctor for blood tests to see what the reason was. After 3 weeks of no AF, the doctor decided to give me Progesterone to force it come, and I still did not get my ever so lovely visitor. I was heart broken knowing an entire cycle was gone due to my stupid body going on some sort of strike. But it all worked out in the end or at least I hope.
In 16-18 days from now I should find out if I am pregnant or not. What do I do for the ever dreaded two week wait? The only thing I know is that I need to stay busy in order to stay somewhat sane. 4th of July should keep me busy for a few days, then prepping for my dear husbands home coming, then the usual keeping up with a 5 year old busy body.
Let the fun begin! Or at least let the wait begin...
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