Here is a little update of what has been going on the past few days...We went to the specialist in Kansas City on Thursday morning (after I threw a fit and cried about having to give myself the Ovidrel shot on Wednesday night, which I did end up administering myself!). We got there and checked in, then had to wait about an hour for them to get everything "ready". We then went back and met with the nurse and verified all of the information on everything that was going to be used, then we were about to start the procedure. I figured everything would just go as it had the other two times I had gotten IUI, but soon I realized this was not the case! We were going to have to WORK to get this baby!!!
I layed there for about 15 minutes while the nurse poked around trying to get the catheter into my uterus. She couldn't get it, and said my uterus wouldn't sit still. She tried a clamp which was terribly painful, so she took it off. After about 30 minutes of attempting to get my uterus to cooperate and open she decided to give me a rest while she tracked down another nurse to see if she could get my uterus to cooperate.
In came the second nurse who asked if I had any problems before, I told her that we didn't have any problems in the past. She said she could get the catheter in somewhat but wasn't sure it was in far enough. Then the light bulb went off in my head. Is this why the other two attempted IUI's didn't work? Did my last doctor in St. Louis just give up becuase my uterus wasn't cooperating and administer the washed sperm without the catheter being in the appropriate position? It was then that I decided to just shut my mouth about what hurt and let her do what she needed to do to get that dang catheter in where it needed to be! I was praying over and over to God letting him know that I was ok if this wasn't meant to be, if we weren't meant to be getting this procedure right then, to just let me know and I would tell them to stop. Right then, the nurse said, ok, we are all done! She got it! We did it!
I then had to lay there for 15 minutes to make sure everything stayed in and to give the little "swimmers" time top get to their destination and then we were off...back on our 3 hour journey home. I was obviously not the most comfortable sitting in the car, so Joe drove for about 2 hours to let me have some rest (even though he had only slept for about 2 hours in the past 24 with his work schedule) and then I took over and drove the rest of the way home.
I was crampy the rest of the night and just felt like all I wanted to do was lay around. I was crampy all weekend, which we read could be a good sign of success, so we have our fingers crossed!
Today I started the Progesterone suppositories, that is not the most awesome thing in the world, but it's not so bad. I have more blood taken on Thursday to make sure my progesterone levels are good and then can take a pregnancy test on the 29th. We are just hoping everything goes great and my body decides to cooperate this time.
In the meantime, we are still waiting to hear back from Joe's job opportunity in Kansas City and we have Servolution next weekend at our church. We are super pumped for the week ahead, so hopefully that will help the time go by because neither one of us are looking forward to the 2 week wait!
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Sunday, April 17, 2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Where to start?
So I gave in and decided to start a blog. My best friend has one and I love reading all about her life and what her daughter, Olivia, is up to, so I figured my family would like to be able to read about what's going on in our neck of the woods too.
Most everyone knows, Joe and I have been trying to conceive for almost three years now and have suffered through two losses. We have been seeing fertility specialistS for almost two years now and have gotten no answers, not even a "you're too fat lose some weight". Nothing. Just nothing. We have done it all, ultrasounds, clomid, ovulation tets, basal body temperature, I have had my tubes checked, Joe has been checked, everything comes back A Ok. Not such a great answer for someone who wants a REAL answer. So we decided about a year ago we would just leave it up to God. About that time we were moving to Republic for Joe's job and we had hope with a new city would come new doctors and new opinions. I had an appointment with a regular OB/GYN to see what he thought. He said all my tests looked fine and recommended us to the Reproductive Resource Center in Kansas City. We went, they did an ultrasound and found I have polycystic ovaries, not the full blown syndrome, my ovaries just produce a lot of little eggs, never big enough to rupture and be fertilized. They have a rigorous plan including letozole, ovidrel shots, ultrasounds, and IUI. We have done IUI twice before, this is our third attempt, however we are confident it will work this time, the doctor is too.
I have lost a totalof 41 pounds in 4 months, per the doctor's request an we are now about to embark on the journey of our 3rd attempted IUI. I have been on my letrozole for two days now, and feel crampy after taking the meds. Joe and I are both on Z-packs to rid any infection there may be, he has gotten his blood drawn for the final tests for infection and I get mine drawn tomorrow. I have an appointment next Wednesday for my ultrasound to see if my eggs are large enough to get my shot of ovidrel to trigger ovulation. We will then go to Kansas City to get the IUI. Cross your fingers this works, for REAL this time, so we can have a blessing in our arms, at last!
In other news: Joe has a 2nd job interview this Thursday in KANSAS CITY, MO! He was contacted by the Exeutive Producer at KMBC asking him to apply for the mornig show producer position they have available. He sent in his resume and a show he recently produced. The EP called him and said his stuff is being sent to the morning show EP and that she would be in contact with him. Monday, the morning show EP called and wanted to see him ASAP for an interview and to meet the staff. If it all goes well, we will be packing up, leavig Republic and my best friend, and embarking on our new life. The financials of this new job are amazing and his salary would nearly double. I already contacted my old boss at Millsap & Singer and she may have a position for me in their Leawood, Kansas office, which would be awesome.
SOOO....fingers crossed! This month is huge to us. We could potentially be moving 300 miles away and be expecting our first child all in one month! The thought of being able to pay off almost all of our debt by the end of the year and be deliverying our child at the end of the year is amazing and scary all at the same time.
WISH.US.LUCK.
Most everyone knows, Joe and I have been trying to conceive for almost three years now and have suffered through two losses. We have been seeing fertility specialistS for almost two years now and have gotten no answers, not even a "you're too fat lose some weight". Nothing. Just nothing. We have done it all, ultrasounds, clomid, ovulation tets, basal body temperature, I have had my tubes checked, Joe has been checked, everything comes back A Ok. Not such a great answer for someone who wants a REAL answer. So we decided about a year ago we would just leave it up to God. About that time we were moving to Republic for Joe's job and we had hope with a new city would come new doctors and new opinions. I had an appointment with a regular OB/GYN to see what he thought. He said all my tests looked fine and recommended us to the Reproductive Resource Center in Kansas City. We went, they did an ultrasound and found I have polycystic ovaries, not the full blown syndrome, my ovaries just produce a lot of little eggs, never big enough to rupture and be fertilized. They have a rigorous plan including letozole, ovidrel shots, ultrasounds, and IUI. We have done IUI twice before, this is our third attempt, however we are confident it will work this time, the doctor is too.
I have lost a totalof 41 pounds in 4 months, per the doctor's request an we are now about to embark on the journey of our 3rd attempted IUI. I have been on my letrozole for two days now, and feel crampy after taking the meds. Joe and I are both on Z-packs to rid any infection there may be, he has gotten his blood drawn for the final tests for infection and I get mine drawn tomorrow. I have an appointment next Wednesday for my ultrasound to see if my eggs are large enough to get my shot of ovidrel to trigger ovulation. We will then go to Kansas City to get the IUI. Cross your fingers this works, for REAL this time, so we can have a blessing in our arms, at last!
In other news: Joe has a 2nd job interview this Thursday in KANSAS CITY, MO! He was contacted by the Exeutive Producer at KMBC asking him to apply for the mornig show producer position they have available. He sent in his resume and a show he recently produced. The EP called him and said his stuff is being sent to the morning show EP and that she would be in contact with him. Monday, the morning show EP called and wanted to see him ASAP for an interview and to meet the staff. If it all goes well, we will be packing up, leavig Republic and my best friend, and embarking on our new life. The financials of this new job are amazing and his salary would nearly double. I already contacted my old boss at Millsap & Singer and she may have a position for me in their Leawood, Kansas office, which would be awesome.
SOOO....fingers crossed! This month is huge to us. We could potentially be moving 300 miles away and be expecting our first child all in one month! The thought of being able to pay off almost all of our debt by the end of the year and be deliverying our child at the end of the year is amazing and scary all at the same time.
WISH.US.LUCK.
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