Schools out for summer!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I made it! Here’s to a relaxing, but getting busier by the minute, 2 months…

A little sex ed…

Okay, not really, but though this was pretty funny! Where was YouTube when we were in school? I found this on a fellow infertile’s blog and thought I’d share!

This is what I hope is happening right now! Settle in little ones!

I have certainly learned more than I ever thought I would about the female reproductive system through this process!

Hang on little tomato(s)…

The 2ww (2 week wait) has officially begun! I believe this is the hardest part…looking for any sign that I might be pregnant, wanting so desperately to pee on a stick and knowing it is way too early, trying to relax and let them settle in, and hoping that AF has taken a leave of absence.

I had my “hang on little tomato” acupuncture treatment today. She thought that a treatment to help them through the fallopian tube was the way to go today. And gosh, I am not a napper but every time I go in for a treatment, I end up drifting off…it is THAT relaxing!

I start progesterone tonight (not the shots)…many of you know, but it is not a pleasant experience!

Hoping for the best!

Memorial Day festivities.

Sarah and Brant were gracious hosts for this year’s Memorial Festivities. We grilled out and played with Blakeley! It was a great family fun day!

Uncle Ryan and Blakeley…blue eyed buddies!

The cooks!

Our entertainment…

Happy Birthday, Dad!

Happy birthday to my incredibly wonderful dad! I love you!

Blakeley is really becoming quite the foodie!

We celebrated with a superlicious dinner at Z-Tejas!

It’s a BOY!!!

I can’t wait to meet this little boy! Ashley, one of my best friends in New Orleans is pregnant and due mid July. This week they shared these amazing 4D images of their little angel!!

In this image, I think he looks like his momma!

Visitors from Birmingham….

Allison, Laine and Keat came in town this weekend and we got to visit over a yummy Maudies Dinner!

It was great to see them and Laine kept impressing us with her words and pure cuteness!

Happy Birthday, Gary!!!!!!!!!

Thank you for being so wonderful! I love you so much!

We celebrated Gary’s birthday with a great dinner at FINO. He is always the one surprising me with new restaurants and dinner choices, and tonight it was my turn! It was pretty fun, and I think it was a great choice!

My night off…

I get a night off from the shots! Went to the doc today and follies look good…right ovary there is a 16, 14, 14 and on the left ovary(15.15,15.5, 13, 7).   Still hoping a few will break away from the pack. Although he cut back the dosage, my estrogen level still went up a bit…1200ish.

Just one night off, as I will shoot up again tomorrow! So now I am thinking that the trigger will be on Thursday and IUIs will be Friday and Saturday (of course, hey had to get that extra 20% from me for weekend hours!).

This would actually work out nicely as I could schedule it Friday afternoon and go home and relax for a nice long weekend! We shall see!

Oh, and my ovaries got a breath of fresh air yesterday at acupuncture with the “jumper cable” back treatment!!

Slow down, follies!

I guess it is a good thing, but I am very responsive to the Gonadotropin medication. For this cycle I have been on a very low dose, but many follicles are growing rapidly.

For those who are not familiar…Gonadotropins are medications used to stimulate the ovaries to help produce follicles. This medication is potent and can cause overstimulation of the ovaries which can produce multiple births which is why they monitor you so closely (every 2-3 days).

So I went in on Thursday for the stats…and right ovary follies 9,9,8,7 and left ovary follies 9,8 and estrogen level approx 450. He kept my dose low at 75IUs.

This morning I went in and right ovary follies 14.5,14,12.5,12,10 and left ovary follies 14,13,12.5 and estrogen level approx 750. What we are hoping for is a few follicles to break away from the pack and leave the others behind. If there are too many strong follicles, we will not continue with the cycle due to possibility of multiples. So my dose tonight is 37.5 and 75 on monday, then check stats again on tuesday.

I seem to be surprising the doc because I continue to be responding extremely well to the medication at such a low dose. What an over achiever I am, but I really don’t want to be in this situation!

I want this to work, please slow down follies!

*I know this is a lot of info, but wanted to explain in a little more detail in hopes that it may help someone out there!