POSITIVE!!!!!

Well, it finally happened...I got a positive pregnancy test! I woke up this morning somewhat eager to pee on my stick. I was thinking it was going to be negative and I would go on about my day and go to work......boy was I shocked and almost choked on my toothpaste when it came up instantly with 2 LINES! Every other time I had peed on a stick I would want it to be positive soo bad that I would see 2 lines there even when there wasn't. So I double/triple/quadruple checked it and even sent a picture to Matt from my cell phone to see what he thought!

This is what it looked like. The white one is the first one I peed on, then drank some water and peed on the second little blue on for verification (all the while hyperventilating)

I could not wait to get to work and wait for 8 am to roll around so I could call Dr. Carnovale's office and tell them! They always know it is me when I call from work due to caller ID, Carrie answered the phone and I think she could tell by my voice (which has been a few octaves higher lately) that it was good news. She instantly faxed me over a order for me to get my blood drawn to confirm. I walked around our unit to find someone to draw my blood (usually this isn't a problem, but for some reason everyone was busy), finally I found Betsy...she drew it and I sent it off to lab and waited (somewhat impatiently) for Carrie to call me back! When she called me back and told me my HCG level (hormone in your blood that you produce when you are pregnant) was 220 (which is good)....I nearly cried. I screamed and probably scared a few patients in their rooms! I instantly called Matt and he was just as excited as I was.

Now we wait (yet again), but not for long this time. I have my blood drawn again on Thursday to see how that same level is doing. The goal is for that number to double or come really close.
Now I am also worrying about how many are in there........

So far I have been feeling fine. I have been very crampy the last couple of days (hence why I thought my test would be negative), but everyone assures me this is normal. I also feel quite bloated :(

Well, I am off of here for now...couldn't really sleep last night and work today was rough....I need some rest for me and my growing baby!
I will post more on Thursday!!!

Third Times a Charm!

Today was the IUI. I was not looking forward to this day for a few reasons. A week ago, I couldn't wait for this day to arrive because it meant we would be having our egg retrieval today. Since last Thursday and finding out that I would not be doing that, but instead doing an IUI, made me sad/mad/etc. Once it was set in my mind that it was going to be yet another IUI, I then started dreading it because I knew it was going to cause so much pain...AGAIN!
However, this time went smoothly. Dr. Carnovale decided to use the abdominal ultrasound while doing the IUI to kind of watch what he was doing while he was doing it. This wasn't the most comfortable thing, but it was far better than previous IUI's.  It worked, the little tube went in without any problems! So now comes the dreaded 2 week wait.....Matt is holding me to it this time :(  I know from previous IUI's how long it takes my HCG shot to get out of my body for me to not get a false positive so I may slip while he is at work :)  Matt is very optimistic about this....me not so much. I have am really tired of getting excited only to get my heart smashed. He made me say at the doctors office today, "this is going to work"....
Meanwhile, I think I am developing a nasty urinary tract infection...my bladder feels like it is very mad at me. I am hoping the discomfort is just from my ovaries being a little bigger than normal and it isn't an infection. I will just have to wait and see.....

Sad Day...

I will make this short, as I really don't feel like typing.

Ultrasound today: I don't have as many follicles as he would like to see. He wants 10-12, I have 3 and not even good ones at that. He gives me the, "meet me in my office so we can talk" line after finishing my ultrasound....
He tells me that he doesn't think it is wise to continue to do IVF with this cycle since I am not stimulating like I should. He says we can convert to an IUI (with Matt's sperm issue the success rate of that is now low too).

We decided to switch to an IUI and see what happens...probably nothing.

Thats it.

The Stimulation Continues...

Today was my first ultrasound since starting the stimulation medications. I wasn't expecting much, and that is what I got! I had 2 follicles (eggs) in my right ovary and 6 in my left. I had my blood drawn after my appointment and they called me to tell me what to do next.
Currently, I take my Follistim in the morning at 50 units and that won't change. I take my Menopure in the evening, which is 1 vial. They increased that to 2 vials tonight and 1 1/2 vials tomorrow. This bummed me, because that medication hurts soo bad and the idea that I have to put more in just freaks me out!
So, the next two nights are going to suck......My next ultrasound is on Thursday morning. Will post more then!

Baseline

All is going well. The Lupron shots aren't really giving me any side effects, I can barely tell that I am taking anything! The shot part does hurt..it burns. I will be glad to decrease that one tomorrow :)

Today was my baseline ultrasound...and for once, it went well! No cysts at all! I had my blood drawn too. They called me a little later today to tell me all was a go and I could start my other meds (Follistim and Menopure) tomorrow as planned! I am so excited.....not about the 2 more shots per day but just getting going. We are near the finish line.........

Just a look at what my day now consists of..... Follistim (left) in the morning, and Lupron (middle) and Menopur (right) in the evening!

I have another ultrasound on Tuesday 6/7. I will post more then....maybe I will have some pictures of follicles (eggs) to show you!

One down, lots to go....

Today is the start!! I am soo excited. However, my day did not start off well. This morning, I just needed to start taking my Doxycycline (antibiotic). I took it at 6 am, since that would be the time I would normally take it when I work and then went back to sleep. About 45 mins later I woke up and ran to the bathroom and threw it (and my dinner from last night) up! BUMMER....

I had an appointment with Dr. Carnovale today anyway to go over my surgery stuff. So I told him what happened and he said to try and eat with it tonight (I take it twice a day) and see how it goes. If I throw it up then he wrote me a prescription for a new drug. 

In the evening I needed to take the Lupron (shot in the belly) and Aspirin and try the Doxycycline again. 

Here is how the Lupron went....

 The shot goes in.....

 That hurt worse than I thought!

And the Lupron BURNS!!!

Aspirin went fine (it is a pill :) and I took the Doxycycline about 30 mins ago and it is still in me....so far so good!

So this will be my routine until June 4th and then I will add more belly shots!! I have an ultrasound on June 3rd, I will post more then!

Have a good Memorial Day!

There was something in there!

My hysteroscopy yesterday went well. We arrived at the surgery center at 6 am, they started my IV and I got visits from Dr. Carnovale and the anesthesiologist (Dr. Kiley) and then they took me back to the OR. I laid down with my arms out to the side (felt weird doing this and not being the one working around the pt.) I then felt this intense burning in my arm all the way up to my shoulder....it was the Propofol (knock out med) I just kept thinking I wanted to go to sleep so I couldn't feel it anymore! The next think I knew I was waking up to those stupid SCD's (things on my legs that puff up every so often)....oh how I hate those! The nurse asked if I was cramping and I was...badly! She gave me some Fentanyl...didn't help. They then took me back to the room I started in and there was Matt! The brought me a warm blanket to put on my belly (didn't work) while the nurse went to see if I could get some Toradol through my IV. She came back and said that I bled a little too much so I couldn't have any Toradol or Ibuprofen! Wonderful! That is all that works for me and my cramps!! I asked Matt what Dr. Carnovale said and he said that there was some polyp in my uterus and he had to do a D&C to get it out. For those of you that do not know, a D&C is a procedure they do mostly after a miscarriage. I don't meet with Dr. Carnovale until the 24th, so I won't know the exact details until then. We got home and I slept most of the day. I think they gave me a million liters of fluid because I kept waking up to pee! I never do that! Today was better, cramps still there but better...more like period cramps.

The next step starts in t-minus 10 days....I begin taking these....

They arrived the other day..I went through all of them and made sure I know what was what. I love that they sent me a sharps container, I was wondering what to do with all those needles!

More to update soon!