I am sorry I have been such a horrible blogger this past week. On Friday (CD9) I had a disappointing visit at Dr T’s for my follie scan. I had a U/S a.k.a. the vag cam and found out that my uterine lining was only a 6 (needs to be an 8 or higher to proceed with IUI) and my two follies were 16&17mm. Therefore I needed to continue my estrogen suppositories until Monday for yet another follie scan. Needless to say I was confused and let down – last time on CD12 it was too late I couldn’t have an IUI, My husband I were so worried that if we waited until CD12 we would be in the same boat as last cycle plus we would have to pay for another ultrasound out of pocket. However what could we do we are not doctors and we sure couldn’t do an IUI ourselves. So we waited… On Monday Dr. T wasn’t in so they had a RN do my follie scan. My lining was an ELEVEN! I couldn’t believe that it had almost doubled since Friday it had only been three days. I am not sure if it was the estrogen suppositories, the red raspberry leaf tea or all of the prayers but it didn’t matter whatever it was it worked and I was relieved. My follies were 22.5 & 23mm I was able to trigger that morning and get the IUI. I was so ecstatic. I was so excited to call Tom and let him know that it was on for Tuesday we could finally get the IUI! I really wanted Tom to be there for the transfer so we both decided to take the day off and be bums on the couch for the rest of the day, I knew that it wasn’t necessary to take the day off of work but with all of the time, energy and money invested into ever cycle I wanted to make sure I was doing everything in my power to get pregnant. So Tuesday came, after Tom gave his sample at 8 we went to breakfast – it seemed like it took forever, but we were even able to return earlier then our scheduled time for the insemination at 9:30. After we were led back into our room, Tom sat next to me and looked at me with a nervous grin. I knew he felt the same way that I did – we couldn’t believe our lives have brought us here having to have meds and an insemination to be able to get pregnant. Dr. T came in and said that everything looked fantastic with Tom’s sperm – 73million pre wash and 39million post wash with 96% mobility. Dr. T told us to have nothing but positive thoughts and that he would see me back in two weeks for my beta (blood test to see if I am pregnant). I laid there for a good 15 minutes before getting up and dressed– the beginning of my two week wait had officially started.
A great informative slide show relating to a women’s cycle with ovulation induced meds: http://www.fertilitylifelines.com/advancedtreatments/ovulationinduction/cycle.jsp
All human wisdom is summed up into two words – wait and hope. ~ Alexandre Dumas Pere
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