Got Meds For IVF #1

When I saw all the list of meds I would be using for IVF #1 I got a little overwhelmed. Well, today I got the actual box of meds....holy crap!! I had seen other girls on the message board talk about or even put pictures up of their meds but until now I never realized just how many there were! Thankfully this all won't require multipul injections, only one...at least I think only one for now. The nurse explained how I would reconstitute the Menopur and then add my Follistim to that vial and the mixed meds would be drawn into a syringe for one injection. She made it sound like quite a bit could be mixed into the vial so that is good. The less needles I have to stick myself with the better!

Fourth Time Is Not A Charm

So apparently the Christmas spirit didn't make any difference on our last IUI...it was negative. It's a very strange feeling to be sitting in a car dealership, waiting for you truck to get an oil change and getting you Beta results. Although I do have to say it forced me to keep it together, nothing like bursting into tears and having people wonder what the hell is going on! Now I am waiting for AF to get here and I go in for CD3 monitoring. We are also going in on the 18th for an appointment with the RE for a "Ok what do we do next" meeting, at which I'm pretty sure we are going to talk about going to IVF. It seems so strange, scarey, and exciting all at the same time to think that we are on our way to that. I just can't believe a year ago we knew nothing of all this, we just knew that we were waiting for February so we could tell the OBGYN that it had been a year off BCPs and get our next steps.

Nothing really planed for the day. We are going out later to look at phones for me, and I'm pretty sure I will be coming home with a new one. Yay! :) Other than that, we might go up to our friends' house, but we aren't sure.

I'm Eating Again!!

Yesterday was the big day...I got out of the house and started eating more than just toast and soup! Yay! It's been snowing every day since Thursday and today has been the worst. It's snowed all day ranging from teeny, tiny flakes to great big ones. For the most part though it's been pretty steady and I'd say we got about 2 inches or so. DH and I went out and tried to go to a fireplace store but they were closed so we tried another one that was also closed. Basically we went 20 minutes south, turned around drove 20 minutes back north, then went another 15 minutes farther north...all for nothing! lol After that we went shopping across the river at Gander Mountain, which is where I discovered I was missing my phone!! AHHHHH! DH tried calling it but we didn't hear anything, and I thought I might have knocked it out of my purse when we were still at home. Some how though I was convinced it was laying in the driveway. So when we got home I checked the driveway where I got in the truck and in the living room...nothing. I got DH's phone and called mine and still didn't hear anything. So I bundled back up, stepped out onto the porch and saw a glow in the snow!! My poor little phone was burried under about a 1/2 inch of snow and was soooo cold. After wiping it off, making sure the battery compartment didn't get wet and letting it warm up it still works just fine. Yay!! Although this was perfect timing because according to Verizone I'm eligible for an upgrade as of tomorrow! lol I know I am getting a new phone but I just have to figure out how much it's going to cost me...I really, really, REALLY want a Droid!

On the IF front not much is going on. We are (mostly) patiently waiting for Friday when I go in for my Beta. Once again I don't "feel pregnant", but I guess at the same time I don't "feel not pregnant". At least I know that we have our new insurance and authorization in place for IVF if/when it comes to that. It is such a relief to know we have that. Seriously I almost cried when the first lady gave me our ID number and then when the second gave me my auth numbers. So for now it's sit...and wait...and shove Prometrium in myself...and try to hold out for Friday.

2010 Is Almost Here

Well it's New Year's Eve and I'm sick! I caught the stomach bug that DH and FIL had last week and started puking last night. I took the day off from work to recuperate and I've alternated between playing online and napping. We had had plans to go up to our friends' house when DH got home from work, but obviously we had to cancel. So I guess it's a bum at home and watch the ball drop kind of night.

On that note...I can't believe another year has come and gone!! Where does the time go? Here is a list of big events from 2009 (at least the ones I can remember!):
January-Met with OBGYN to discuss why we weren't getting PG and what our options were
February-My BFF has her beautiful little girl and I was there for the whole thing!
May-I turned 28!!! Holy Cow!!
June-We have our first appt with our RE and face the fact that we are dealing with IF
August-Went to NH for a big family reunion with DH's side and met some awesome relatives.
August-Gave myself my first ever injection for IUI #1
August-Met a fabulous group of girls from the IF message board for a wonderful GTG in NYC!
September-My wonderful Aunt passed away and DH and I flew out to KS for the services. I'm going to miss her so much, she was my IF info go to person and a big source of support for us.
October-Celebrated our 6 year anniversary!!!
October-Another GTG in NYC with the girls!
November-Dad came to visit for Thankgiving and we went to see White Christmas on B'way in NYC. It was so much fun!
December-Switched insurance coverage to have better bennefits for IF...so freakin' relieved!!
December-Can't believe we are already to IUI #4 *crossing fingers for BFP*

Here's to hoping that 2010 brings us our rainbow and other wonderful things! Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas!

Today has been such a good day. I got some great gifts: two Wii games (one hunting, one fishing), a travel mug for my coffee, some dark chocolate hot chocolate. The best gift though was the digital camera I asked for! And the best part was it wasn't the one I thought I was getting, it was one better!!! I've been palying with it all day in between playing with the Wii games. We were supposed to go up to BIL and SIL's house but DH and FIL were both sick the last few days. So now we are going on Sunday and we will be having dinner up there also. Yay to extending Christmas! We may be going to MIL's house tomorrow, but not sure since we haven't heard from her.

Other than that DH and I are hoping for a Christmas miracle since we went for IUI #4 yesterday. I would be so awesome if this could be the one that works. I just keep hoping that the magic of the holiday will be the good luck that we need.

So Many Reasons To Be Excited

I found out today that IUI #4 will take place on Christmas Eve morning! We will also be doing TI on Christmas since the RE's office will be closed for the holiday. I'm really super excited and that alone is scaring me. Every one of our IUIs has fallen on some kinda of significant date, and now it's falling on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. How can you not have hope that this will be the one to work? How do you try to tell yourself to not get your hopes to high? And the worst part is knowing that if this one doesn't work out, it's going to be a really hard fall. But right now I'm not thinking about that, I'm enjoying the moment while it lasts and then we will deal with things when they come.

Otherwise we are pretty much ready for the holidays. All the gifts have been bought and the ones that needed to be mailed are on their way. The only real thing left to figure out is when we are going to BIL and SIL's house. It sounds like that will be in the afternoon since we might be eating an early dinner up there. Ahh the holidays...so stressful! lol

5 Days To Go...Let The Craziness Begin!

So today is officially 5 days until Christmas and the annual tradition of "Let's see how fast we can drive you crazy" has begun. BIL and SIL were just here and we were discussing the Christmas Eve/Christmas Day events timeline. It amazes me how many people it takes to plan a "simple" family gathering. Not only do we have to figure out when all the adults can be there, but we also have to figure out when all the kids will be present (BIL has a daughter from his first marriage that divides the day between two houses...been there...done that). Ahh the joy of the holidays! On a postive note: Our house looks awesome this year!
Hubby and BIL did a great job this year and we have gotten so many compliments by both the neighbors and just randome people driving by. One lady even told hubby, "For all of us who are too lazy, thank you very much!" LOL

On the IF front: We are gearing up for IUI #4 which will happen sometime this week. Hubby hopes it happens closer to Christmas so that we have to do TI (RE's is close Christmas Day) because he says that would be an awesome present. Boys. lol We went Saturday for monitoring, hubby went for the very first time. It was neat having him be there to see the u/s and what they are looking for and at. Since he's never been, he's also never seen my PCOS ovaries. The RE was so nice and took the time to point out what we were seeing when hubby asked where my ovary was after the RE mentioned it. The funniest thing was watching hubby's face as the RE started counting all the little cystic follies. Even after the RE explained that's what PCOS is, hubby says to me "We are so going to have multiples. Did you see all those things?!" lol Gotta love him!