Here we go! Insem. on Sunday

We are moving forward. It is scary and exciting and… ack! I mean, whooo hoooo!

Yesterdays US revealed that we have two follicles vying for the lead, measuring 15.8 and 15.9. We have one straggler at 13.7…. and everyone else (the remaining TONS of follicles that my body produced) are measuring at a 10 or below – which is beautiful.

I took one more dose of Menopur last night to help those two biggin’ get a wee bit bigger. Tonight we will do the trigger shot and Sunday we will go in for insemination. What if it doesn’t work? What if it DOES? Holy heck! I know this is what we were trying to accomplish all these months, but I still can’t believe that we are here. And really “here" is just the half way point.. I still need to actually get pregnant.

I am sooooo bloated, headachy, and uncomfortable. I feel like I am already waddling today and I’m not even pregnant yet. I wanted to call off work today but I have too much stuff on today’s plate to do that. I have training, project work, and a well-wish hug to give my manager - who is having WLS on Monday. She has been talking with me about it for a long time now. Two weeks ago she confided in me that she has a date and we have been talking almost daily about her preparation/fears/plans/process. Monday is her day. I remember how I felt when I was so close to my day. holy smokes. So, she was the real deciding factor in coming in to work. Everything else, I technically could have rescheduled.

I am excited... yet I know even though we have come so far just to get to insemination, we still have to get pregnant and that could be a problem too - we just dont know. Ive never tried to get pregnant before. I am trying to stay positive and actively re-write those bad tapes that play in my head when i am excited.. you know the ones "Dont get excited, you might not get pregnant". "Dont get excited, even if you do get pregnant, it might not stick". "Dont get excited, you dont want to be disappointed." Really? Nobody needs these types of tapes.

I am excited. I am scared. I am excited. I cannot stop smiling even though I am so uncomfortable with bloat and headache. I woke up this morning at 4 am thinking about this whole process... how far we have come.. the incredible amount of fund raising and money spent thus far... the mountain we still have to climb.. I finally got out of bed and started my day - It was better to get busy than to lay there and worry. 

Its been a good day and I am looking forward to getting this party started with that trigger shot tonight. Wish me luck!  

Good luck to you! I got pregnant with injects and IUI as well. :)

Thank you for the luck and congratulations! I can't wait till I can say the same thing.

Good luck to you!!!   This pregnancy was a big post wls surprise, but I conceived twins, and a singleton that are are all happy and healthy by doing injectibles with IUI...   Lots of baby dust coming your way!   Good luck!!!!  Amy

Thanks! I am very excited!

I just noticed Dr Baggs is your surgeon -- I go to the Richmond support group!  I did my inf treatments at kaiser Park Shadelands (Walnut Creek)...  Good luck tomorrow!!!    :-)  Amy

Thanks Amy. Yes, I had surgery in Richmond with Dr. Baggs. I live in Sacramento. My treatments have been through Kaiser Sacramento (Point West).... I am excited and nervous for tomorrow. thanks for the luck.

Good luck to you and I know what your going through. I just did a cycle of clomid and an IUI on January 31st and I am almost 10 weeks pregnant. It does seem to go very fast where your going step by step and then its down to the final test.