...since the last post! Not only did I receive my meds, but I completed taking them, went for an ultrasound and countless bloodworks, and as of about 11:20 yesterday morning...our 2nd IUI is complete!
Rewinding a bit - Thankfully my RE understood my fear of missing that "perfect window" of pre-ovulation again, so he agreed to have me monitored more closely this time. They asked that I come in for an ultrasound and bloodwork on CD10. Amazingly, that fell on a Saturday (Hubby was very happy about the not missing work part...), but unfortunately our appt was at 7:30am! Yup...it was a very early Saturday appt. I pretty much showered, threw my hair up, grabs some sweats and we were out the door!
I was a little worried when I realized that the same doctor we had for our first IUI (the doctor that never really even introduced herself...) would be performing my ultrasound. Thankfully she seemed to have a bit more personality to her this time...though she didn't seem to know how to read a chart. Her first question - Is this your first IUI? Uhhh...nooo. You actually performed our first. Within seconds of starting the ultrasound she found two follicles on my left. (Or was it my right? Not sure...Hubby would remember.) According to my dear friend M, "target size" for follicles are 18mm. (Seriously, what would I do without her??) These two were 16.5mm and 18mm. The doctor seemed pleased. She then moved onto the other side where she said, "Wow...there's a big one!" This one measured 26mm.
I was thrilled to know that the meds had worked and that there wasn't too many in there to safely perform the IUI. She did discuss with us (and by discuss, I mean mention for about 30 seconds) the risk of multiples in this specific case. She said that we'd have approx. a less than 1% chance of triplets, less than 10% of twins, but mostly likely a "singleton"...and that's if I even become pregnant. She said that we'd need to decide if we wanted to proceed; but then immediately stated, "Women in your situation always do though". Haha I thought it was hysterical. It was like she legally had to give us that "speech"...but then assured us that we're not crazy for going forward. I wanted to hug her!
When my bloodwork came back that day, they called me and said that my levels were a little more elevated than they would have expected at that point in my cycle. They decided to have me come in again on Sunday morning for more bloodwork. (Take note future child...your parents were up at the crack of dawn on both Sat and Sun...drove for about 40-45 mins...to then be done with the appt and turn back around after 5-10 mins. That's love.) When I got back Sunday's bloowork, they said I'd need more bloodwork on Monday morning. Seriously, my arms make me look like a heroin addict. Thank goodness the weather has been cooler and I can wear 3/4 length sleeves.
Finally we got the long awaited call on Monday that our IUI was scheduled for the next day. Thankfully, my cooperating teacher at school has been amazing. She seemed just as nervous for me, waiting for the "big day". She told me to come in for the couple hours in the morning, but to take the rest of the day off and rest. Thank God I did...it was a rough afternoon/evening.
My mom went with me to the appt. (We're trying to save as many of Hubby's vacation days as possible...hopefully there'll be a good reason to use them soon!) Overall the appt when pretty smoothly. One of the nurses at the clinic performed the IUI and was a little thrown my the fact that apparently my uterus/cervix is tipped pretty far. If she asked me once, she asked me 10 times if the doctor had trouble getting the catheter in the last time. I explained that though the IUI went fine last time, when I had an HSG, it took the doctor almost 20 mins to get it in. Not. Fun. Apparently last time must've been a fluke because she had a lot of trouble getting it in this time. She had me cough a few times and move back and forth.
Not sure if that's the reason that I was in so much pain last night...or if it's just because you react differently each time. Either way, I'm very secure now in my decision. This was our last IUI attempt. Last night was so painful. I had come home around 12:30 and laid on the bed watching shows on the DVR. A couple hours later when I got up, I almost fell right back down. The pain/pressure caught me so off guard. Still, it was tolerable. By the time Hubby got home and I attempted to get up again to eat dinner...I was literally in tears. I was double over and everytime I tried to stand up straight...I cried harder. The poor man didn't know what to do with me. The only way I was half-way comfortable was laying on my side, pillow between my knees and my knees curled up. Soo that's how I stayed. All night.
Thankfully I woke up this morning and it was tolerable again. Don't get me wrong...I feel like I was kick in the abdomen all night and I'm verysore... but at least I could standup straight and walk. It would have been a little difficult to teach, hunched over like I was!
Beta is on October 7th. I'm sure I will become a raging lunatic before then and take multiple HPT's. I think it's just the non-IF part of me really wants to experience that shocking moment when those two lines appear. Who knows. Maybe it's not that exciting anyway? (haha...)
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