I got my fourth IUI yesterday. I had to take call off work, so I end up having five days off in a row. This is really nice. So, yesterday I rested the whole day after the IUI, and convinced DH to have sex before he left for his business trip. Today, however, I decided to clean my entire house. I even did the windows. If this cycle doesn't work, the Dr said that he wants to do more hormone tests at the beginning of my cycle. I didn't ask, but i'm sure it's the estrogen, progesterone, LH, FSH, etc. I didn't really pay tons of attention in my OB/GYN courses since I knew i wouldn't be doing that type of nursing.
The injects weren't too bad, the needles were really small and didn't hurt really at all. I gave myself 100units every day from day 3 to day 7. I only had one follicle at the u/s which was disappointing. I had expected more than one, but the Dr says that with the injects the uterine lining is usally better. So, I gave myself the trigger shot and got the IUI and now I get to wait and hope.
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Us & Nieces and Nephews
This is my space to catalog my long long trip towards becoming a mommy. I'm hoping that this will help me to deal with the long process of infertility and to get comments from others, and share my experiences with other people who may be headed down that road too.
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The Purpose of this Blog
I decided to start this blog because over Thanksgiving the whole baby thing started to be more than just difficult. It's always been difficult when people would announce their pregnancies or new babies, or ask when we were going to start trying. I used to be able to grin and bear it and say something cute like "who knows", or "whenever God gives us a baby". I guess that it's just that now all of our friends are starting to announce second babies (we have four friends pregnant wiith #2 and two who have already had #2, and all but two of them got married after us!). I had to go to DH's cousin's baby shower and was asked by his uncle if I thought that his daughter in law or I would be pregnant next. I've been reminded that I'm not getting any younger and if we wait too long it might be too late.
If a person isn't pregnant after several years of marriage, there are two reasons why. They aren't ready to have a baby, or they can't get pregnant. Either way, it's not anybody's business but theirs, including friends and family unless they choose to tell people on their own. Asking those questions can only cause hurt or irritation, and offering unsolicited advice cannot possibly help.
Who I Am
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- DH and I have known each other since we were 15. We dated for three years in high school and broke up during my freshman year of college. We started dating again after I graduated college and was living wiith my parents in Nashville while he was in law school in Pittsburgh. We got engaged in Dec 2000 and married in Aug 2001. We spent our first year of marriage in Europe while DH worked on a law project, then moved to San Francisco for two years. We moved to Washington D.C. so I could go to nursing school to get a second degree. After graduation we left D.C. (which we hated and was too expensive) and I took a job in the ICU at University Hospital, and DH is working on Real Estate for the Federal Gvt. We've been married for five years and I love him more than ever. He shows me what a wonderful husband and man he is every day, especially with his love, support, and understanding during our efforts to get pregnant.
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