Fat and (un)happy

Well, on to round four...going to ask about injectables versus the med I've been taking. And also about the 8 pounds I've gained since this process began. I'm fine gaining weight if there's a baby in there, but if not, mama is NOT amused. Especially with summer coming...ugh.

Slow and steady wins the race?

Went in for my IUI on Saturday - an intimate affair with just the doctor and I. It went smoothly, although after checking out the donor sperm under the microscope, the doc wasn't thrilled with the motility. Which is weird/annoying because it's the same donor I used last month! Numbers were good, though, so basically I've got a lot of slowpokes. Here's hoping one of those bastards figures out where to go and what to do. Let the infamous two week wait begin!

Fertility treatments or drug addict - you be the judge

Well, I was right - I did have an LH surge (finally!), and my follicles grew overnight - 23mm on the left and 21mm on the right. I go in tomorrow for IUI #3, but asked my doctor if I needed to give myself the trigger shot. He said it couldn't hurt, it could only help, and since I want to do everything I can, I ordered it. He told me to give myself the shot as soon as I could, so I just went for it right there in the pharmacy parking lot. Nothing like sticking a needle in your body in broad daylight to really make a person feel like some sort of addict. Which I guess I am, when you think about it. Best not to.


FX!

Is my body trying to tell me something?

I went in for the second ultrasound on Wednesday, and had a big follicle (20mm) on the left and two decent sized ones on the right (16 and 15mm). Still hoping for the right side to dominate, we decided to wait a few more days before triggering (plus, the sperm isn't arriving until today anyway, so not much I could do before then!). I have another appointment today to see how they look, but yesterday my right side ached all day, and I am 95% sure I finally got a positive on the opk (ovulation test stick)! So I'm hoping today can actually be IUI #3, instead of just another check-up, because I feel like my right side is ovulating and it never does that. Fingers crossed for some sort of miracle. (and that the sperm actually arrives, because if not I'm SOL)

So you're saying there's a chance

I guess I shouldn't be concerned about trying for a third time if my doctor isn't. And he isn't. I'm taking double the Femara (Letrozole) - 5mg - and go back next week to see how the follicles are doing. He said he won't proceed with more than three, but I'm going to try to convince him (unless there are like 6 - that's craziness). I joked about changing donors to my doctor: "I feel kind of slutty - a different guy every month!" He and the nurse burst out laughing and he excused himself to go write that down. So I may not get a baby, but I might make the book.

Third time's a charm?

Another BFN over the weekend, so today it's back to the doctor for round 3 of IUI. I think I'm going to talk to him about a laparoscopy if this time doesn't work, just so we know what we're dealing with in there. Not thrilled about having unnecessary surgery, but it might save me money in the long run if the left side is blocked as I fear. I did check the sperm bank and thankfully (as of now) there are plenty of samples left from the donor I used last time, and according to my doctor his swimmers were great. So why fix it if it ain't broke. (Hopefully I'm not broke either...)