Tag: TTC

I’ve written this post in my head for a few days. Usually while driving, or in the shower, or in those .5 seconds right before you fall asleep so I couldn’t type or even write it out.

Monday I chose to not do an emo, dramatic, woah is me post & y’all can thank me for it. That’s not me & probably not what you come here to read. Instead I posted what was making me smile.

But to be fair to myself and so that I can look back {hopefully with a wee babe in my arms} to remember all the steps I went through fighting IF, here’s where I am. I started getting my period Sunday. Yes, 9 days after I O’d. Dr.P had advised us that my LP problems would be solved by the trigger shot & its hormones. They weren’t.

I gave myself Sunday night to be kinda sad {& get an extra scoop of Ben & Jerry’s}. Monday, I was kinda quiet & a little mopey. Jason was awesome kick starting me back to myself {my small group girls helped too}. Tuesday, I was ready to get this cycle started & called the RE. Off I went to their office Wednesday morning for another Wandy appointment. Everything looked good, so they called it day 3 of a new cycle {16 if you’re keeping track}.

The U/S tech recommended vitamin B6. Which if you remember, online {turned IRL} nurse friends had told me about months ago. I didn’t think it was working so I’d stopped {looking at my LPs though I think it actually had}, but I started taking those again Wednesday. Dr. P also prescribed progesterone supplements starting three days after this upcoming trigger shot {something I brought up last time & am very happy to be starting}.

So the meds I now take: start morning with thyroid pill, after lunch I take 100mg B6 & prenatal vitamin & with dinner I’m taking Femara {through Sunday}. Hopefully next Friday will be the trigger shot then I’ll add in the progesterone possibly the following Monday until I get my period or the long awaited BFP.

Do I wish our first medicated cycle had worked?! Hells yes. Am I shocked it didn’t? No, not really. But there’s comfort in knowing what to expect. I’m happy that I now know what to expect with Femara & Ovidrel. I’ve got my leggings washed & ready for the bloat. You know I’ll keep y’all updated.

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I mentioned last week that I our first round of infertility drugs. I didn’t find that I really had any side effects of the Femara other than some uncomfortable pressure which I attributed to growing follicles.

I went Wednesday {day 12} for the follow-up ultrasound {hello again Wandy}. As I’d thought, I had two mature follicles on the right side & one on the left. As a IF newbie, I realized after I left that I didn’t really find out what they measured, but I think the two right ones were 16 & 18 maybe. She gave me another copy of the Ovidrel user guide, told me to do the shot Wednesday night, & sent me on my way with a good luck, see you after BFP or Day 1.

I don’t like shots. I don’t do needles. My least favorite part of a regular gyno appt is the finger prick. To say I was nervous about the shot is an understatement. But as Jason reminded me, I was more excited that the Femara worked {giddy really} & for the possibility to be pregnant this cycle, than I was scared for a not-so little needle. I cleaned the chubby left side of my tummy, clicked on the glass, pushed a tiny bit of medicine out, grabbed the chub, stuck the needle all the way in, let go of the chubs & pressed down shooting the meds in my body. The crazy blogger part of me wanted to photo all this but I needed both hands {sorry but y’all dont really wanna see the chub anyways}. I did photo the before {I need a cider for liquid courage} & after to share.

Afterwards I laid on the couch spent & Jason picked up dinner from Wendy’s {hello yummy Apple Pecan Chicken Salad!}. I felt a little itchy on the site but it wasn’t red. Later that night I started feeling more pressure and pulled on my comfiest pj pants before bed. TI went great that night!

I woke up Thursday morning on my stomach in pain. Like holy crap the pressure. I realized the extent of the bloat when I tried to re-wear pants I’d worn to work last week. They were very uncomfortable to button because of the bloat but I was running late & optimistic that it’d go down. The pressure did get a little better and maybe the bloat went down a tiny bit, but I still ended up sitting at my desk with the two top buttons undone for most of the day! I was going to have Jason take a photo before I met girls out for dinner & drinks last night {I changed into leggings & a empire-waisted dress} before I seriously felt huge so I didn’t even ask him.

We were a little late on the TI Friday morning as I’m not a morning person & there was some pain I wasn’t prepared for. The bloat was better Friday & a lot less pressure. I was more prepared outfit-wise with leggings and a long sweater for work. While there have been 15 cycles before now, I feel like our first real 2WW has began! Since I suck at secrets and am pretty much a semi-open book at this point, I’m sure y’all will learn how this cycle ends up soon after we do. Fingers, toes, teeth, hair, whatever you got, cross it for us!!

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with the help of 8 more over the next 5 nights will hopefully help get us pregnant!

I went this morning & had my first {& hopefully only} baseline ultrasound. To be honest, it wasn’t as bad as I thought it’d be. They definitley have the walk-in crowd down to a science. I signed in, opened Lucky magazine, & before I knew it my name was being called. I was put into a room, told to strip from the weight down & sit on the table. The dr {ultrasound tech I guess} went over what she’d do then showed me “wandy”. Y’all is was definitely a strange falliac looking ultrasound wand. Quickly after, she turned the screen so I could “see” & walked me through what she was looking at. To me it was all fuzzy, but she saw two clear ovaries & lining what it should look like at Day 3. That meant I was clear to go with those pills!

I’ll be going back next Wednesday for a follow up ultrasound to see if the Femera has worked. Fingers crossed y’all!

I mentioned in my hsg post that we had our follow up appointed with our RE on 3/1. I haven’t been trying to hold out on y’all if anyone’s been wondering. I’ve just had a crazy busy week {ex: small group Mon, appt Tues, haircut & highlights Wed, book club & selling a car Thurs, packing & going OOT Fri}. I’m exhausted just typing all that out. So forgive me that I just got the chance to type & schedule this post.

Our RE, I’ll call him DrP, went over our test results. As I had thought/prayed/hoped, everything came back within the normal range. My bloodwork showed my thyroid levels are on the higher side of normal, so he prescribed a very low dose of a medicine to get that lowered. DrP advised my levels weren’t so high that they’ve been affecting our TTC, but when pregnant your levels get higher and he wanted my pre-pregnacy base line as safely low as possible.

DrP advised us to try as we have been doing for the rest of this cycle {TMI TMI alert, pretty sure I O’d this week on top of everything else on the to-do list}. If.when I get my next period, I will go in for monitoring day 1 then if that’s clear start Femera on day 3-7, have another round of monitoring day 12 and then do the Ovadril shot when they tell me. He thinks Femera & Ovadril should do enough to actually give me a 2WW that I won’t need to also do progesterone supposatories.

It’d be AMAZING if this {cycle 14 if you’re keeping track} worked. But if not, I’m happily/hopefully exctied to begin the treatments that I truly believe will help us make a baby!

I know a good number of women who’ve dealt with IF.  A good friend at work, a college friend, & a few internet turned IRL friends.  I am so thankful that I spoke with them all before my HSG.  They told me their thoughts, experiences & recommendations.  Because I got so much out of being prepared, I’m putting this out here in case it can help anyone else be ready for an HSG.

The poor woman in line in front of me at the RE had no clue.  She was by herself, annoyed that she had to fill out paperwork & wait, and told the receptionist she had to go pick up her kid 30 mins away soon after.  That lady, she needed some of my friends.  I, on the other hand, felt very prepared.  I was ready for worst case senaro.  Jason was there to drive me, I’d taken the rest of the day off work, changed into yoga pants, socks & a Tshirt, and taken 4 Advil.

They had me empty my bladder before I went back {do people pee on the doctor? I didn’t wanna find out} then undress from the waist down {I kept on my socks}.  Dr C came in & I met her for the first time {Hi I’m half naked Suz, welcome to my lady parts}.  She was awesome though!  So nice & explained everything before she did it.  Dr C had a hard time getting the spaghetti noodle sized tube {her words} up & said might need to dilate me but since it’s very painful, she’d try just releasing the dye.  Thankfully enough dye was able to get though, into the ute & up & over & out both sides.  Awesomely it worked!  Clear tubes!  Successful test! I have to say I yelped as it was going through & the nurse held my hand.  It was about as painful as I expected {thanks to my friends explanations}.  A tear or two might have also escaped.  But it was kinda cool to see my ute on the ray machine.  I stayed on the table for a minute after to recover.  Then cleaned myself up, got dressed, & paid my $50 copay.  I hobbled to the car {the pain & megapad made it a little difficult to walk normally}.  I had a little gift medicine {thanks Speed!}waiting for me in the car.  I swallowed that with a Wendy’s Frosty on the way home.  I was able to curl up on the couch for the rest of the night.

I woke up Wednesday still a little crampy, slept in then took some more advil and went into work.  By yesterday afternoon, I was feeling pretty normal.  Today I feel 99% fine.  So long story short, it was painful, but it’s totally worth it to know that my ute/tubes are clear!  We go back next Tuesday for the results for all three tests & to see what Dr P recommends for us.  Thanks to all who were thinking/praying for us with this test.  I really appreciate it.