My Cinderella Life: My cycle in review...this is a doozy

Guess I'll begin at the...well, beginning.

First doc app was on Thursday 12/12. Everything checked out and I was ok'ed to start my Follistim injections that night.

My first appt to check follicles and hormones was on Sunday 12/15. I also had appts on Tuesday 12/17, Thursday 12/19, Friday 12/20, Saturday 12/21 and Sunday 12/22. That's a hell of a lot of appointments right? All the appointments during the week were for ultrasounds and blood work to try and pinpoint when it would be optimal time to trigger ovulation.

During Thursday and Friday's appointments we were following 4 follicles...one of those mature while the other 3 slightly behind. Also, the nurse found a blockage right behind my cervix on these days and I had to have the blockage aspirated during my visit both days. OUCH.

After Friday's appointment the nurse called and said it was go time and I was to trigger that night. The trigger is a shot filled with hcg. HCG is the pregnancy hormone but it closely mimics LH, the ovulation hormone. So when taken, the hcg will trigger your body to ovulate...usually around 36ish hours after the shot. I triggered around 6:00 pm on Friday and for some reason, my body did not like this one. While the Follistim injections stung every night the hcg actually didn't but it instantly made me dizzy. Mike was right next to me when I did it and said he'd never seen my face the way it was when I did the shot. Yuck. ::shudders::

Anyway, with the trigger shot done, I was to be back at the office 8am on Saturday and Sunday for my back to back IUIs.

Well after having the aspirations done on Thursday and Friday lets just say that the IUI's were a bit...uncomfortable. But whatever...they are done now and its the big waiting game. I'm back on progesterone suppositories until further notice and those are fun...said no one ever but I'll deal with those for the great good of possibly getting pregnant.

And now...without further ado...here is some of my weekend in pictures....

TRIGGER TIME!!!

WOOHOO! The trigger worked. If you remember, back at the other office I was given a trigger shot that didn't work and the dumb doctor tried to argue with me that just bc I didn't get a positive pregnancy test doesn't mean the trigger didn't work. He just couldn't admit he was wrong. So looks like this trigger shot worked bc there is hcg in my system. Yay for a fake positive pregnancy test.

Waiting around to be called back for IUI #1. Just doing a little reading...something I have't done enough of this year...HAHAHAHA

And the embarrassing moment when you realize you are about 6 months past due on a pedicure. No shame, no gain right? Showing you the good and the bad...lol.