Ready for IUI #2

After our canceled IUI cycle in December, I felt hopeful coming back to our baseline ultrasound for our first successful IUI.  We’ll show infertility who’s boss THIS TIME! we said.  But even though it was a medicated cycle with Clomid, hCG trigger shot, and progesterone, it was still sex.  And…

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IUI #1 Beta Results

It didn’t work.  We had an ovulation, a great sperm count injected into my uterus, with a little progesterone in there to maintain my lining.  And it didn’t work.  I was SO sure it would work. I started spotting last night and thought that was weird.  This morning I woke…

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What I have cried about this week

I realize the title of this post sounds like I am sitting alone in my room, with a razor in one hand, a bottle of wine in the other, listening to The Used, but it’s not like that. I really tried to put together a post that made it seem…

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10dpo8dpiui

Be jealous of my infertility lingo. It means I am 10 days post ovulation, 8 days post-IUI.  A little tidbit I forgot to share.  Remember how I said I was looking forward to giving myself a shot in the peace and quiet of my own bathroom?  Sheee-yeah.  Well what really…

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How I’m surviving my two-week-wait

1. I didn’t give up coffee this cycle.  The progesterone makes me constipated enough. 2. Reading my comments.  Seriously, I don’t know how I would make it without you guys.  To my infertiles as well as my fertiles, you guys have shown amazing support throughout this. 3. Cleaning my house. …

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