peeing, peeing, and more peeing....

I am peeing a LOT!!!! But I am very proud of the healthy way I have been eating. I went shopping and bought a ton of healthy pregnancy food :) I have also been drinking more water. That is something I didn't do during my last pregnancy because I was working so much and always forgot to bring a water bottle.
Other than the peeing, I am also getting little crampies off and on, and can really feel my uterus stretching!!! My ligaments are also sore right now too, whenever i get up from sitting down they pinch at me!! I'm completley exhausted allll the time and gag really easily. No morning sickness yet though *crosses fingers* I took another test this morning, because it is still just sinking in... the test line popped up even before the control line :)
Snuggle in baby!!

God has really given me a peace about this pregnancy, and that ALMOST scares me more. I know Satan would love for me to give in to that feeling though. The fear of loosing another child is in the back of my mind. I just don't want to be blind sided again. That was so hard. Thinking everything was fine, only to be horribly suprised.
I'm trusting God, and accepting his peace. I know he only wants good things for my life and I'm choosing to be hopeful! I'm choosing to hope that this pregnancy will be perfect and uneventful!!

So please if you remember me, pray for this little one. That his or her body is forming correctly, that their health is good, and their heart is strong!!!
Thank you sooo much for your prayers :)

2nd blood draw

WOOO HOOOOOO!!!!! I got the numbers back!! They MORE than doubled!!! Since my numbers were 77 last time they wanted to see them somewhere between 115-154, my numbers were 190.7!!!! and my progesterone is at 60! The nurse said that the numbers were progressing extremely well and that she looks forward to seeing the ultrasound in two weeks!!!
So we scheduled our first ultrasound for monday the 13th, at 10:00am. She said we should get to see the heart beat and all that fun stuff :)
I know that i'm going to be a little scared, but inside i am just screaming and jumping for joy!!! I couldn't ask for better numbers reassurance at this point! God is good!!! WOO HOOOO!!!!

SUPRISE!!!! I'M PREGNANT!!!!!

WOW, I did NOT think I would be posting THIS!!!! That night I took another test and saw a very VERY faint line. I didn't believe it though, so I went to the store after work the next night and took two more tests including a digital pregnancy test.... They all came back BLARING POSITIVE!!!!!

This morning I had my bloodwork to confirm. They said that they wanted to see my HCG between 25- 100, and mine was 77.5 "you're deffinatly pregnant", she said. AHHHHHH

PRAISE GOD!!!!! All the glory to HIS NAME!!!!! WOW!!! Thank you THANK YOU LORD!!!!

I will go back on Friday to make sure that my numbers are rising properly then have an ultrasound in about 2 weeks!!! It's still sinking in... wow....

Here are my tests...

Not feeling so hopeful...

Sure I have all the symptoms that any pregnant woman would have, but I don't let that fool me anymore. The progesterone suppositories alone give me enough pregnancy symptoms to fool anyone. I took a pregnancy test today at 10 days past ovulation, some might say that it still too early, but, i don't know... It was ofcourse negative. I have a blood test on wednesday to be 100% sure.

Brian and I have been praying and discussing IVF more and more latley. We so want and desire this trial in our lives to be over soon. It is becoming more and more of a reality that IVF is deffinatly do-able. It would be a lot of money, but I know God would provide and there is no way that we would be able to complain as we held our miracle baby in our arms. If this cycle is negative as well, we are going to push for more aggressive treatment, or testing. If the IUI's are not going to do the trick we don't want to continue throwing away our money. I would rather spend it on IVF.
Anyways, we will find out more when we discuss these things with our doctor and find out what he thinks is the best course of action.

IUI #6

WOW, I totally forgot to update you all!! So, i had my IUI on Friday. My RE said that it went very smoothly, cervix cooperated very well ;) hehe, and Brian had an excellent count. Today I started taking my progesterone suppositories... blech. And have entered the glorious two week wait.

Brian and I are heading out to our couples Bible study tonight, and will be meeting a lot of new couples that go to the new church we have started attending. I'm really excited!!

Well, That is all for now! I'm staying positive and focusing on all the great and wonderful things God has blessed me with, and am looking forward with anticipation to see what THIS cycle will bring :)

CD 14 Ultrasound/ blood tests

The ultrasound concluded a lot of little follies once again, two dominant follies 16.5 and 14.5, and two medium follies 12.5, and 12. We're not sure if the medium follies will catch up yet, but the Estrodial results might indicate a possible third dominant follie. The Estodial levels were 670!!!! and if you consider 200 for each dominant follie, then that would deffinatly give us 3 follicles, since they aren't even mature yet.
I will take my 2 amps one more time tonight, then trigger wednesday and have an IUI on friday... the 13th..... dun dun DUN!!!
Hopefully this is the cycle God blesses us with a miracle. If not i will keep the faith and continue truckin' along!
Thanks for everyone's prayers :)

CD 11 U/S and bloodwork

Well last night CD 10, I SPILLED my medicine. I picked it up really fast before it all fell out. There was about 1/2 of it in the needle. I didn't want to waste it, so i injected it.... then ALSO injected my regular dose. I figured it couldn't hurt, they had already been discussing an increase in my dose.

So Today, CD 11, i go in for my U/S. There were a LOT of follies, but still around the 8-9 mm range. They took my blood and told me they would call me in a few hours with the results, and then we would discuss the options. On one hand, if my estrodial was still in the 70's they would def. bump it up to three amps. If my estrodial was increasing though, they would keep it at two because I am at higher risk for ovarian hyperstimulation.

I got the results... 171! WHOA! That's even higher than last cycle when my egg was fully mature! And I don't even have a mature follie yet! I hope that means i have a higher chance for multiple follicles this time!

I will continue with the 2 amps and then go in on tuesday to see what's up. This will be an important U/S because the follicles should have jumped up in size dramatically. And I should be able to see how many will end up being mature, and hopefully fertilized, GO GOD GO!!! FERTILIZE THEM EGGIES!!!!

CD 8 ultrasound after 5 injections

Today I had an ultrasound to see how my follicles are growing. There wasn't a whole lot going on yet. Just a lot of little ones making their appearance, so that is a good sign. He was talking about possibly upping my dose to THREE AMPS if there is no growth by saturday on two amps, so they did a blood draw to check my estrodial and see if there was any raise which would indicate follicular growth.
On my baseline u/s it was 37 i believe, and today it was 71! So deffinatly some improvement, I am just hoping for atleast two follicles this time.
ALSO, my cyst was gone! HORRAY!!! I felt it burst the other day, not painful at all, but wanted to make sure, so i looked for it on the ultrasound and saw nothing!! YAY! So that was fantastic news! I am about to give myself my shot tonight, then kick back and relax. I really want to try and enjoy this time in my life. It really does suck waiting. But I know that my dreams are in God's hands, and I trust him. So I'm going to try to look toward this cycle with anticipation of what may be :)

Baseline U/S for second Injection IUI cycle

So we went in last friday to make sure there were no cysts... but LO and Behold! on my right ovary there was a 27mm cyst. I mean, huge!! I had a feeling it was there because my right side felt slightly uncomfortable when going to the bathroom. They did a blood draw to see if it was a functional cyst (producing estrogen) and if it WAS functional, then we would have to wait the cycle out and pray it goes away soon before we can do injections again.
We got the blood test results, Estrodial was low at 37, like it should be, and my FSH was 5.5, which is excellent for a cd 3 blood draw. Meaning that my eggs are healthy and fresh ;) The nurse told me the cyst was harmless and was likely the corpus luteam sticking around and should be gone soon. So Brian and I headed out for our weekend getaway with our injectables stored in a lunch box :)
It was a blast! I can't wait to post some pictures. We hiked, went dune buggy riding, told scary stories by the campfire lol. It was awesome. For some reason giving myself the injections was much harder this time around. I was petrified!!! i have NO idea why. I have given myself probably 20 + injections, why am I freaking out now? I get scared about pushing the needle in fast, so i want to do it slow, but that hurts really really bad... lol, I don't know I think Im thinking about it too much.
Anyways, we are home now and a little exhausted. My next appointment is on wednesday the 4th, to see how i'm progressing with the TWO vials a day instead of only one.