CD11 - What a Day

Just another manic Monday! (wohhhh ohhhhh)

Today was just a whirl. Like I said earlier, today is CD11. I NEVER have ripe follies by now, but we decided to do an earlier u/s since I upped my Femara dosage.

The day got a little crazy after my RE appt. Here's how the last 11 hours have been:

9:30am - RE appt. HUGE follie. She tells me to immediately find a drugstore and buy a digital OPK. Tells me to hold my urine until 1pm.

10:00am - I get a digital OPK ($45!), and hold my pee. I had to pee SO bad at 10am, and holding it was so stressful. I was counting each minute.

1pm: Pee on a stick. waiting for results in the bathroom - people outside waiting for me to leave, so they could use the restroom. (stressful) Smiley face on OPK!

1:10pm - Call RE, schedule IUI for 11:30am Tuesday. She tells me to trigger between 5-6pm. My Ovidrel is at home in the fridge!

1:15pm - call acupuncturist, to tell her I will be late for my 6pm appt.

4:45pm - I leave work early (ugh-it looks really bad to leave early where I work), and race home. Becky is supposed to leave at the same time, but she spends 20 min trying to find her phone. I get home 30 minutes before she does. She has to give me the shot, because I'm a wuss.

6:10pm - Becky finally gets home to give me Ovidrel. She literally walked in the door, got the syringe, stabbed me in the belly, and I ran out the door to acupuncture.

6:20pm - acupuncture. She works on my fertility. She also gives me some calming points. I am stressed out the ENTIRE time, thinking about work, TTC. I couldn't unwind at all, which bummed me out.

So tomorrow I go in for IUI#6. I'm trying not to worry that my follie is massive, which may mean unfertilizable. WTF - let's just do the stupid IUI and see what happens. I was hoping to have a better layup for this round - perfect sized follie, etc. But Mother Nature never seems to give us ideal conditions, does she? :)

Step Right Up, Boys! We Have a Lovely Egg for the Taking!

The deed is done. Had my IUI yesterday at 4pm. I felt a little rattled getting to the RE's office. I'd had the most stressed week at work, and was so stressed before I left that my stomach was in knots. I know that can't be good for my IUI.
You know how I get my usual IBS-like symptoms when I get to the RE's office? (My gut does somersaults and I end up in the restroom for 20 minutes before feet go in stirrups) This time it wasn't as bad. Becky couldn't be there, as she had an important meeting at work.
The doc did the IUI, and it hurt, but was bearable. I hung out for 30 minutes reading magazines, and had my dog's favorite toy on my tummy. (For good luck) Becky even showed up, to my surprise! I'm really envisioning I'm pregnant this time. I imagined the swimmers reaching the egg and fertilizing it. I'm imagining myself pregnant now. In an odd way, I really do feel pregnant. I feel like it definitely worked this time. (We'll find out in 2 weeks) :)
The only downer was that the RE said the sperm count was only 6MM. She said my chances are OK, but not too good. I didn't let that get me down. (altho deep inside, I'm livid that all 3 vials have been below 10MM, the guaranteed amount from my bank)
If this IUI didn't take, she recommends 2 vials next time. I'm afraid to use Clomid, because I just KNOW I will be the next Jon & Kate Plus Eight. We tried to make a plan, though. If there's a next time, we'll use two vials, trigger shot, one IUI, and no clomid. If that doesn't take, then we'll do trigger shot, two vials, one IUI, and Clomid. (If that doesn't work, new donor time)
Well, now I'm back in the 2WW. This time I am not going to let myself obsess about every symptom, and drive myself crazy. I'm just going to live each day with positivity, and try my darndest to stay zen.
Ok, now onto reading all your blogs!