Hurdle.... passed!

Got the results of my blood work and although it's not high... it's fine! 1023 where I needed over 1000. Whew.

No more shots (just ovidrel tonight to trigger) and retrieval on Wednesday.
Think happy fertile thoughts... :)

PS: Anyone who has passed this hurdle in the past... what sort of numbers did you have? I'm concerned about the "just over 1000" even though I've been told not to... but you all know how THAT goes.

Prayin for good Blood Work!

Quick note on my lunch hour...

The u/s this morning went really well and I have a pretty big party in Ms Right. Ms Left, however, has some heavy hitters but not nearly as many. Party all you want ladies, you're doing good things! All in all I feel bloated and crampy across the midsection as well as low back. Fun!

I'm currently waiting for the phone call regarding my estrogen levels. We're aiming for 1000 and last friday it was 389. If it comes back in the 700-800 range they are talking about cancelling just going with fertilization ... I need to be in that 1000 range to continue with the harvest on Wednesday (yup, date has been set!)

Good news today:
I get to STOP Follistim injections, Lupron injection and the Repronex injection! I get to add the Ovidrel tonight (both shots) at 11pm which are tiny little things and would mean things are moving along. *BIG OL HAPPY BOOTIE DANCE!

So now I wait for the nurse to call with my estrogen levels... fingers crossed!

Bloating, Numbers and IUI #4

Taking a moment to touch base. Following my Ovidrel injection last Saturday I have been BEYOND bloated. I mean it has been crazy. I'm hoping that this goes away soon as my jeans have been tight and I just feel like crap. Argh.

Our numbers were good this cycle:
30million and 61% motility

The IUI today was really painful. My nurse was awesome and helped me breathe through it and it took a long time to complete the procedure but I appreciated the extra time she gave me to breathe and relax. The first three weren't the most painfree procedures ever... but this one, wow. I cried.

Now we step back and pray for patience, strength and blessings.

Friday, Time to catch up

First of all, a special thank you to the two of you who sent me emails asking if things were ok as you hadn't seen me posting in awhile. I'm doing ok, just have been really emotional lately and haven't wanted to blog about it. Feeling a bit better now but still struggling with the whole "nothing seems to be working" side of things.

Today I went for my u/s as I was CD14 and usually have one on CD15, but that would fall tomorrow, Saturday. So I went in today and found out that I have two small follies on my right side and a bigger (17) on the left... along with a big ol bully of a cyst. *sigh* Not enough to cancel this month's IUI but something to watch.

So here's the timeline:
Tomorrow, Saturday: 9:30pm Ovidrel trigger shot
Monday Morning, IUI

Should things not work and AF shows, then on CD3 we'll check to see if the cyst is gone via another u/s. IF gone we will continue on ... but if it is still there we'll have to stop and take care of it with a month on Birth Control Pills and try to flush it out. Argh. So I'm prayin that things will work out and we get lucky with a blessing THIS month and not have to worry about things... or at least the cyst will give up ship and move along.

It's always something.

CD14

Well, this morning there was no hint of a second line on the OPK and as I'll be out of town tomorrow I called today to ask what I should do as my CD15 is out of town and CD16-17 will be over the weekend. They called back and I will have an u/s today over my lunch hour to see how we are progressing and plan from there.

I'm also excited to see what the ladies have been upto and I'm pretty sure this month's activity is in Ms Left's corner. She's been cranky the last two days. So I'll know more this afternoon and will try to update then.

Update:
The u/s went really well and I have 2 follies (20 and 20.5) on the left side ready to go. The only "problem" is I'm out of town tomorrow. So I've been given 250 MCG / .5ml of Ovidrel that I get to inject into my tummy tonight and then go in for the IUI first thing Saturday morning. Exciting and scary at the same time. I'm thinking "don't release yet" happy thoughts.