Almost There

I'm getting to leave work, but wanted to post my numbers and information before I loose my post it :).

As of today, CD 9 I have 4 follicles. I have one follicle on my right (dominant one) measuring 17 MM....soooo close to 18MM. If I would of had an 18MM follicle I would of triggered tonight, oh well. On my left I have 3 measuring 14MM, 12MM, & 8MM. The nurse said that the 14MM might be mature by the time I ovulate....wooohooo so I might have 2 eggs for ovulation. My E2 levels were measuring at 419, which is pretty good and she said my lining looked great.

I pray that this IUI will be a successful one and that our dreams of becoming parents will come true. I'm off to go home, take my meds, walk with my hubby and cook.

Bloodwork & Monitor Take 1

So I went to do my CD 7 blood work (to check my E2) and monitor on how my follicles are growing. It's 3:21pm and I'm still waiting on my blood work results...this is soooo nerve wrecking. If I don't hear anything by 4pm, I'm calling the Dr.'s office to follow up. As I'm patiently waiting, let me write down my follicles so far; 1 on my right measuring 14MM (the dominant one) and 2 on my left measuring 11MM & 10MM. Not bad last time my cycle day 7 I had 5 follicles and all of them were like 8MM or so. I rather have less follicles that are large size then a lot of follicles, but small in size. My lining is not as thick, but starting tonight I'm going on a POM juice & Pineapple core binge. I did that the last time and it worked, by the time I did my first IUI my lining was at 14MM. 3:37pm, wow they are killing me, lol, I can't hardly focus at work right waiting for this call. I hope and pray my E2 is at least 100.

On another note, work has been crazy. I got to my office this morning and as soon as I settled in (I haven't been there a week), my boss emails me to head over to the other office.....grrrrr I hate when that happens. The craziness is calming down and I can't wait to 5pm to rush outta here, lol. After procrastinating (not just me, my husband too) we are finally doing our taxes. I hate it because we ALWAYS owe no matter what. I'll be happy if we don't owe anything, we break even. Oh well, maybe 2009 taxes will be the year we don't owe.


UPDATE: K, I gave in and called, my E2 was 106 which is good, so continue with 450 IUI today and tomorrow and go back Thurs. at 8:30AM for another monitoring woohooo last time I had to wait til Saturday. I hope everything goes well and that this IUI will be successful. I leave everything in God's hands.

Day 2 of Stimming

Woke up this morning with very bad cramps which I thought was strange for CD 4. I didn't get any headaches which was a plus. So far no symptoms and I'm drank some Gatorade just in case. Off to take my dosage for the day.... 450 iui. After that heading out to some friends house for dinner, yummy.

CD 3

Well a brief update last month we decided to do injectables. I started taking 150iui follistims on March 5th. On March 9th I went back for monitoring and had 2 follicles on my right side and 3 on my left measuring around 8 MM each. My lining was great and it seemed to be working. Well, I got the call in the afternoon about my bloodwork, my E2 was low.....very low 36. I was devastated they said it's because of my ovaries/FSH problem. The Dr. tripled my dosage to 450iui and back to monitoring for Saturday March 13th. During those days of stimming I felt complelty bloated, my pants were not fitting right. Saturday came and everthing looked perfect, I had 9 follicles, 4 on my right and 5 on my left. I had one dominating egg measuring 18mm and we got great news on my E2, it was 533....excellent. We went back on Sunday one more time for monitoring and the dominating one was measuring 21mm and my lining was 14mm, perfect. That Sunday I took my last 450iui of follistim at 4pm and the ovidrel shot at 10pm in order to prep for the IUI. Tuesday, March 16th at 8:30 was my first IUI. 23 million post wash sperms, everything looked great. I went back on Wednesday for the second IUI, 5.37 million post wash sperms, not bad. I felt very, very positive about this. March 31st, we found out that it was unsuccessful :(. The Dr. felt positive about trying it at least one more time. After a long talk, we decided to do it and see.

Today CD 3 I went to the dr.'s office for baseline to prep me for my second injectable cycle. So far so good, lining is good and I have tiny follicles forming on each side. I'm starting at 450 iui tonight and I will go back for monitoring on Tuesday, April 6th. I'm praying that this cycle will work.

TGIF

It's all I gotta say. Another week has passed by and it's been kind of rough.

My dad is moving today to his new apartment. I never thought it would affect me especially me being 3,000 miles away. November 1987, we moved into that apartment....My mom, my grandmother, my dad and me (I was only 10 years old). Lots of memories many good, some bad. Laughter, jokes, tears, drama, arguments, good news, bad news, that what the walls in that apartment keeps. Now 23 years later, my dad says good bye to the apartment alone. My mom is up in heaven, my grandmother, well, mentally is gone, but physically is in my aunt's house in Massachusetts. Me, I left back in 2001, I was the first to leave that house, but it was always home. It was the place that always welcomed me with open arms no matter what. When I would go home from time to time, my mom will always open that door with the biggest smile ready to give me a hug and a kiss. I miss those days, I miss my mom's kiss, her hug, her telling me "I love you" every time we said good bye.

Today, I sit here reminiscing my life in that 3 bedroom apt. That apartment helped me become the woman I'm today. It was there my mom and mama will talk to me about life, advice, etc. I wish for a day I could go back to that time, I know I wouldn't wanted to end, but to see my mom, talk to her and my grandmother before she got Alzheimer's. I feel that the people that has influenced me the most in my life are gone. My uncle in 2004, My mom in 2009 and My cousin who was like a brother in 2010. My grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2000 and right now she does not recognize anyone, it breaks my heart 'cause her and I had such a strong bond. Time will help heal this wound. Sometimes I wish I could fast forward.

Happy New Year

It's the new year and new decade. I just finished watching Julie/Julia project and it was quite inspiring. I felt a little unmotivated today, but after seeing the movie I got up and finished a scarf I was working on earlier. I must post a pic of it along with a dog fleece sweater I made for Guinness (we match, lol). Back to work tomorrow.....I wish I was on vacation.

After long thought here are my 2010 New Year resolutions:
Loose at least 20lbs.
Start up my ETSY shop
Craft more (at least one project a day)
Take more pics
Call my friends and family more often....I'm soooooo bad at that
Eat healthy

Let's see what 2010 will bring us. I'm looking forward to it, it can't be worse than 2009, right?