Happy Valentine’s Day! I get to have timed intercourse

Hope everyone is having a great day!  While everyone else is getting flowers and chocolates and being romanced by their partner, this is what we get to do: Chris and I started out this morning waking up at 5:00 am because of the snow and traffic and drove separately out…

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CD 10 ultrasound for IUI #2

Today’s ultrasound showed two follicles in the left ovary and two in the right ovary.  Two 17 mm ones, a 15 mm, and an 11 mm. I had a great tech and nurse.  The tech actually explained what she was seeing on the screen to me, rather than just let…

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My Aunt Jane knows more than my RE

This is hysterical!  I’m sure some of you have seen this before, but I just had to share it.  It is SO TRUE! (And because I am on Clomid, it even made me cry a little.) And judging from the comments I got yesterday about the Girl Scout cookies, I…

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Insurance coverage for IUI #2

Chris and I were talking the other day about our insurance coverage for all of this.  He told me he had called the insurance company and told me that we have a $150 deductible for procedures, but our last IUIs were $138 each out of pocket.  They were billed at…

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In Which I Call Myself Fat

Guess what guys?  I’m fat.  I can blame it on the Clomid, or the progesterone, or the stress of infertility, or sitting on the couch watching WAY too many episodes of Honey Boo Boo Grey’s Anatomy, eating ice cream sandwiches carrot sticks and celery.  But the fact is, I’ve gotten…

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