5 more sleeps!

We're just over one week in and five sleeps till our test!!! So far I have experiencing lower back pain and my lower abdomen has felt weird since the IUI, my boobs hurt a bit and can be itchy at times, and I've been very forgetful lately.  The other day I made soup and it was horrible, then I threw in a frozen pizza and cooked it with the cardboard on the bottom, and today I swore I took DW's cell out of her coat and apparently I didn't. I had to call her cell five times in order to find it in her pocket! Lol I have also been out of breath a lot too which is not like me. DW even commented although I think she things I'm exaggerating.  haha I'm sure all these are due to the progesterone at this point. But I'm obviously hoping and praying for a BFP! I've been thinking about POAS soon just to see if the trigger is out and then again on the morning of our blood work, I have always dreamed of DW and I finding out that way together. She's too afraid of a false positive so I guess I won't be POAS's till after the blood work. haha We're off to watch Elf now and eat Tostitos and cheese dip which I sent DW to get just now. I've been craving it since I saw it in a flyer yesterday. Yum yum yum! Hope everyone is having a lovely Saturday :)

8 days till testing

I've been so busy at work and home lately! Happy to be busy but I'm a bit stressed and overwhelmed. There actually have been a few moments in a day that I almost forget we inseminated and that I, god willing could be with child. One minute I have a good feeling about getting a BFP, the next I'm in disbelief that I could actually have a one hit wonder. I keep having BFP dreams and dreams about our baby AND the day after our IUI my sister texts asking if DW and I are pregnant, she had a dream we were having twins! Btw she doesn't even know that we were going to try, so it was totally random. I fluffed it off and joked about her imagining DW and I with twins and how crazy we would be. lol Now I'm all paro about twins. Our donor has twin brothers and my Grandma had a set of twins and I was on femera. lol I'm pretty sure I only had one follie in the lead tho. haha

I have been feeling a little strange in the lower abdomen off and on since the IUI. Tonight I had some twinges and slight cramping. Maybe implantation? I have also been having headaches off and on for the last few days and some itchy boobies and lower back pain too. Ps. The progesterone suppositories are starting to build up if you know what I mean. Lol That's all for now. 

*~*~* Baby dust to all and to all a good night *~*~*

Post IUI Update

I have felt a little weird in my lower abdomen since the iui. It doesn't hurt or anything just feels weird. Hopefully it's not my body rejecting the sperm lol Tonight I had the pleasure of shoving two progesterone pills up my whoha. I'm armed with a liner! Yay! 

1st IUI - 1st TWW

I am still praying that our timing was right. It's soooooo tricky! But from what I have been told apparently once your LH levels are 20 or above you are surging on your own already. So  this means ovulation should happen between 24-36 hrs after that. My bloodwork was taken at 6:30am on Thursday and showed my LH was 22.78, my IUI was just after 9am today, which is about 27 hrs after my bloodwork. I'm not sure why they made me trigger tho, maybe that speeds things up or something. Beats me, but I'm really hoping this is good timing for my body! 

The IUI went well, DW and I arrived a bit early so we had to wait. Then we called and escorted to the room, the nurse showed us our sample and confirmed the donor number. DW was in shock that the sample was so small! lol She also had lots of questions about what sperm looked like as the liquid in the vial was very watery and pinkish. I explained to her that sperm does not look like that, and I'm not sure why the heck it was pink but we should ask the nurse. I took a couple pix of DW with our vial, undressed and plopped my butt on the table and we waited for the nurse. Once the nurse came back she double checked the donor number with us and we asked why it was pink. She explained that it's the solution that they put the washed sperm in or something to that effect. The actual IUI hurt a bit but I didn't die on the table or anything. lol And DW held my hand while I made faces as the nurse did her thing down there. Our donors count was 15.9Million, I think that's pretty good considering the sperm bank guarantees only 10Mil. I laid on the table for a bit and we chatted and laughed and DW took some pix of me posing on the table with my ass draped with that large paper towel they give you and in that moment we were happy, we may have just made a baby. I got dressed and we went upstairs to book our pregnancy test. I'm booked for bloodwork on December 13th at 8:30am. After that we went out for breakfast and now we're home relaxing. I'm still in shock and so thrilled to finally be in our first TWW! 

**Sticky baby dust for all**

Trigger

Trigger shot is done and DW gave it to me. Totally shocked that she did it! She is squimish as hell and hates getting needles, did not think she would actually be able to go through with it. So glad she did tho. I don't think I could have done it by myself. Yay bring on our 1st IUI tomorrow :)

CD14 - Big update

6:30 am clinic appt, sixth day in a row and looks like we're finally ready!!!! I am a bit concerned cause they told me to trigger tonight at 8 pm and come in tomorrow at 9 am for the iui. The nurse said if I don't hear from her tonight just to come in tomorrow am. So there is a chance she may call tonight to change iui day to Saturday depending on my bloodwork from today. My bloodwork came back with Estrogen at 1517.0, LH at 22.78 and Progesterone at 0.43.  No call yet so it looks like tomorrow is the day. I was really freaking out earlier about the timing, everything I have read suggests to iui 24-36hrs after the trigger.  But I got a second opinion from another nurse and advice and reassurance from some lovely ladies on Babycentre. I think the timing will be ok, right? After all it is their job to time everything for me, this is the reason I have been going every bloody day for monitoring, right? Yup! So I just have to relax, trust the professionals and my body, be positive and keep happy. 

CD 12&13

Back to the clinic I went. CD12 showed the follie is still 19mm. Lining is 8.something, E2 is 512, LH 8.09 and progesterone 0.35. Not sure if those number were good but I had to go back the next day for more monitoring. Joy! I did't even know which arm to give them. Both have been poked to death! CD13 showed a 20mm'er and the nurse said it all depended on my bloodwork now. I told the receptionist that they should have beds there for clients lol booked my 6:30 am appt for the next day and went on my merry way. The bloodwork later showed E2 is 793, LH 10.55 and progesterone 0.42. The nurse said this was good.