8DP-IUI

Today was not such a great positive day.

I don't know what happened but all of a sudden I woke up with a panicky feeling. I couldn't shake the fact that what happenes if this cycle doesnt work? What's next? This made me really nervous all day and my mind has been going all over the place.

I was very positive threw all of this up to today. Today I feel like all the "what if's" have fallen on me all at once.

The Infertile Mrs.White 

7DP-IUI

I got my scheduled bloodwork done today and if all goes according to plan Id have another bloodwork to do February 5th (15DP-IUI) to confirm pregnancy.

Okay.. So I'm totally guilty of poas this morning... I know better and I know it's only 7days post iui but I couldn't help it I wanted to know/make sure the trigger shot was out of my system... Sure enough there was the faintest line on the stick!!! I kinda freaked out by myself this morning... But convinced myself it must be the ending of trigger shot lingering in my body.. The trigger dosage was extremely high...  Although... I triggered 9 days ago... I thought it would be out of my system around this time. And technically my "hoping" fertilized egg wouldn't implant till day 6-8 so I'd be right in that period but it shouldn't show up yet... I wish I would have taken a picture of it.. Will try when I get home from work if the line is even still there! 

So... The weirdest thing happened to me Saturday night.. I was laying in bed, it was really late and I wanted to relax and empty my mind so I put on my Cycle and Bloom Cd on my iPod and put my earphones on (hubby had been sleeping for hours he worked early next day and I had been up all night making crafts haha) So I'm completely relaxed my mind is empty and suddenly I feel this weird pinch feeling in my uterus (pretty sure it was uterus because it wasn't pain in my ovaries that I know all to well and it wasn't my stomach area) but ya.. It was quick and sudden then nothing. It totally got me out of my zen I looked at the time and it was 1:03am. Could this have been implantation?? Wouldn't it be way too early being it was the night of 5DP-IUI?? Since then I couldn't shake the feeling that maybe it was a sign that this time will be our time.. I don't know.. Can't help but have a little bit of hope. 

Symptoms:

- still extremely sore breast.. They still feel very swollen, full, heavy and hurt just slightly touching them. 

- random very mild cramping today. I was driving in my car and suddenly could feel weird cramping but nothing serious.

- no headaches lately witch is awesome for someone like me who gets chronic migraines! Feeling pretty good about that. 

- my jeans are suddenly too tight :( either I'm bloated or gaining weight from not exercising. (Have been in too much pain and extremely tired from work to think about going to the gym plus way too scared and wouldn't risk it during this super important 2ww!! Wouldn't want it to not implant properly but def feeling the pounds :( Wondering if it's also my body reacting to all the hormones I've been pumping it with the past couple weeks... Not too happy about the weight gain tho :( I feel so bloated. 

- my gluten-free diet is still going strong.. Only cheated 2 times once for our wedding anniversary dinner and the next day I eat my leftovers because I was too exhausted from work to eat it all that night. 

The Infertile Mrs.White

5DP-IUI

Prometrium day 5

Click here --> Prometrium Side Effects to check out the website where I got the information below from.

What side effects are possible with Prometrium?

Many medications can cause side effects. A side effect is an unwanted response to a medication when it is taken in normal doses. Side effects can be mild or severe, temporary or permanent.

The side effects listed below are not experienced by everyone who takes this medication. If you are concerned about side effects, discuss the risks and benefits of this medication with your doctor.

The following side effects have been reported by at least 1% of people taking this medication. Many of these side effects can be managed, and some may go away on their own over time.

Contact your doctor if you experience these side effects and they are severe or bothersome. Your pharmacist may be able to advise you on managing side effects.

abdominal pain or cramping acne bloating or swelling of ankles or feet blood pressure increase (mild) breast pain or tenderness brown spots on exposed skin, possibly long-lasting dizziness drowsiness

headache (mild) hot flashes loss of sexual desire loss or gain of body, facial, or scalp hair mood changes nervousness swelling of face, ankles, or feet trouble sleeping unusual or rapid weight gain

The Infertile Mrs.White

3DP-IUI

Prometrium day 3 , 2 times a day.

OMG my boobs are sooo sore!!!!! Like no matter what I do their extremely sore and swollen. Even just having a bra on hurt but without one hurts more. I can't even cuddle and hug my husband I want nothing near them their so sore!!!! Ughhhh I wonder what it's from?? I'm guessing the ridiculously high dosage of trigger shot and most likely the progesterone. Either way I feel very uncomfortable for the past couple days. When I walk around I actually hold them so they don't move and hurt.. but the fact of touching them hurts so it's a loose loose situation.

The Infertile Mrs.White 

CD17 1DP-IUI Prometrium D1

Today was my first time taking the Prometrium tablets 100mg each. I am to insert 2 capsules every morning and 2 every night. So far it went good today. Not sure if any of my side effects were due to that though. Never took that much progesterone in my life!








Symptoms... (most likely left over side effects from trigger shot)

- My breast are extremely sore, swollen and hurt to touch. Just my bra hurts them.
- Everywhere below my bellybutton hurts like crazy, feels incredibly sore and swollen
- When I walk, my lower abdominal area hurt and makes me walk funny
- When I sit, I have to slough uncomfortably to avoid pressure on my lower abdomen area
- My face boils up and becomes all red and my chest also gets really red and hot at random times of the day
- Headache
- Gassy for no reason
- Emotional
- Tired

Last night we had sex as the nurse advised us to. She said it ups our chances. So we did and OMG I was in soooo much pain during and after :( I woke up this morning in even more pain. My whole lower area below my belly button hurt like crazy, everything felt sore to the touch and even if I was just laying/sitting/standing there it would hurt . It made me grumpy all day and I was soo uncomfortable and miserable but I had to work today so it really didn't help.

The Infertile Mrs.White

IUI#3

I poas at 5:30am (I was up early to shower and stuff) We left house at 7am and check it out, my beautiful FALSE bfp.. Hahaha wish I could reproduce this exact test in two weeks!!! 

Here's how my day went... IUI#3!!!!!!!!!!

Got to the clinic for 9:25..  Hubby went into the small men's room and produced a nice looking sample of sperm. Then we waited patiently in the waiting room while they took good care of washing them and all that fun stuff. Here were his lab results.. 

  

Here we go!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Gosh I'm so excited, finally all done with those harsh Menopur injections, strong trigger shot out of the way and definitely feeling it in my body still... and finally here we go.. sperm gets to meet my egg!!!! The next two weeks are gonna be the longest weeks ever!!

Gross tools. Bah.

This is how babies are made when your an infertile woman.. haha.. Had to add a little bit of comedy to all the stress and pressure we've been under..

After the IUI I get to stay laying down for 10 minutes.. they put a timer on for us and everything.. wish it was longer but I'll take what I can.














My good luck charm! I've had this clear elephant since I was really young and I keep it safe in my treasure box :P Pulled it out for this 3rd IUI.. Really hoping third times a charm!






























Me laying down during the 10 minutes.. imagining the swimmers swimming real fast to get to the prize!! Really hoping for the best and can't help but feel happy at this point. My body cooperated this time around and it did all it could up to this point.. It's out of my hands now.

My husband giving me looks.. I was trying to get a good picture of him sitting there haha and he kept giving me funny looks...


















There we go! That's the shot I wanted!!!!



















There we go! IUI is officially done...
Eeeek!!!!



















It's all out of our hands now!!

Now on to the longest 2ww EVER!









My legs look so deformed here hahaha.. I like this picture though because I was admiring all the success stories up on the board in the hallway of baby fame :) Hoping I'll have my little miracle(s) up there soon!!!



The Infertile Mrs.White

CD15 Hcg shot is working it's magic & False bfp

Check it out... my FALSE BFP test haha.. I like peeing on a stick the morning after taking the trigger shot because it will always show that it's positive and the ovulation test always shows that your fully ovulating haha. I get a kick out of it and it's the only time I get to see a test that I produced being positive. So.. there it is :)

Man oh man.. I think I ginx myself when I woke up this morning. I went to the kitchen to make myself some breakfast and said to myself "yeah this is pretty great, I thought I'd be in pain today from the trigger shot" and was all smiles that I wasn't in pain for once.

Sure enough in the afternoon the pain kicked in. We were at the grocery store and I leaned up again the table that held the apples to reach that perfect one way in the back (haha) and when I leaned over my stomach puched against the table and it hurt really bad.. sure enough I got home and looked at my injection area.. I had a purple bruise what looks like a small burst vein and the area was a bit swollen and definitly really sore to the touch. In the late afternoon my ovaries area were really hot to the touch and I could definitly feel something was working it's magic in there.

My husband and I were watching a movie on Netflix when all of a sudden out of no where I got this weird shooting pain in my right ovary... Something I had never felt before and it only lasted a couple seconds. That's when I was like YES!!! It's so messed up to say but I actually felt my follicle leave my ovary!! It was the coolest thing ever and my husband was laughing at me because I was trying to explain to him how it felt and I couldn't stop smiling.. I kept telling him "here we go!!" It also felt really good to know the trigger shot was definitly working because about 2 hours later my left ovary kinda kicked in.. I could feel alot of weird pressure and discomfort in there.. It's really hard to explain.

We are soooooo excited and anxious for tomorrow!!!
I will feel 100 times better tomorrow AFTER the IUI is done.. I want his swimmers inside me fighting for that one big perfect looking follicle.. We want this sooo bad and we're like little kids on their birthday haha. I have a feeling we wont be sleeping much tonight.. too excited!!!!!!

IUI is tomorrow at 10am!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Happy Infertile Mrs.White