Hello Beautiful

This weekend while vising my ILs, I was able to sneak away for a little bit to meet the most precious little girl in the world:

My best friend had her baby girl, Abney, on October 28th. I was so happy to get to finally meet her, and even more excited when DH and I were asked to be Abney's godparents. Of course, Abney and I hit it off right away:

I'm in love.

I'm On Fire

...Or at least that is how Clomid makes me feel. Yikes.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Happy Birhday Papa!

Yesterday my grandfather turned 90! We had a big Birthday Party over the weekend for him, which he loved. A ton of his nieces and nephews (he is 1 of 9) came in from all over the country, so it was really neat to meet a lot of them. On top of that all my cousins and one of my sisters came in town, which is always a lot of fun! All in all it was a great day!

DH and I have made our way to Atlanta to celebrate Thanksgiving with my in-laws. We drove up last night and arrived at 2am! I'm exhausted but we're here, and since there is a trip to Ikea in my future I'm pretty happy! I also get to see one of my best friends who recently had a baby girl, who I can't wait to meet! Overall, I am just so thankful to have a little time off work!

And to top it off, I take my first Clomid dosage tonight! YAY!

CD1 - Cycle 16 - IUI#1

YAY! I'm feeling very hopeful for this cycle. I really hope I will be getting a great Christmas miracle!

DH picked up my meds and it looks like my prescription coverage is going to be some help!
Dexamethason = Price: $4.09, Paid $4.09
Novarel (HCG) = Price: $104.74, Paid: $10.00
Clomiphene = Price: $12.76, Paid $10.00
So we only had to pay $24.09, which was a pleasant surprise.

Lots to write about this weekend, but I have to run and get some school work done! Hope everyone had a great weekend.

:-/ and :-)

Follow-up appt was today. I have mixed emotions.

So the cyst is not gone. It has shrunk a little (from 17mm to 14mm), but is generally "not responding" to the BCP treatment. Dr. D thinks is may be a endometriomas which is basically endometriosis which invades the ovary, producing blood filled cysts. (previously they thought this was a a Hemorrhagic cyst, which  occurs when a very small blood vessel in the wall of the functional cyst breaks, and the blood enters the cyst.) So basically the good news is we can try to get KU this cycle when I get AF (more on that in a sec). Bad news, I may have endometriosis. Dr. D said he would want to do a few cycles before he performs a Laproscopy. I guess my worry is that if I do have Endo which is preventing me from getting pregnant, I hate to be wasting all this money on treatment. Now I know the Dr. knows best, and from my limited research all signs indicate that endo may prevent you from getting pregnant, but its not definite at all. Anyway. It just leaves me feeling a little.... meh.

So onto medicated cycle #1. I'm going to stop my BCPs on Friday so I can get CD1 on sat or sun. Protocol for this cycle will be:
CD1 - OV = Dexamethason (to control the elevated Dhea Sulfate)
CD4 - CD8 = 100mg Clomid
CD13 = U/S + Labs
CD? = HCG Trigger Shot (day depends on what U/S shows)
CD? = IUI #1 after the trigger

Overall I am excited to be moving on  and actually starting treatment. But I am nervous about not being monitored until CD13. I have ovulated before that on my non-medicated cycles, so I am afraid this will be too late. I mentioned it to the nurse who preparing my calender and she seemed unconcerned, so I guess we'll just try this and adjust if we miss the mark this time. I may try OPKs this cycle just as a precautionary measure in case I do O early.

So....Let the OOP game begin!! I'm bringing my prescriptions to the pharmacy tomorrow, so we'll see what the meds are going to cost me. I also didn't ask how much the IUI is going to set me back, but I'll probably call tomorrow to ask. My insurance has been covering the B/W and U/S up to this point since they consider them all part of the "Diagnosis" process. The office manager said they should cover all monitoring up until the actually IUI as well. I guess I should be thankful for the little bit of insurance coverage I have, right?

Maggie Strikes Again x2

When ever I tell people about a Maggie incident, they always tell me that around 2 years old labs really start to calm down. I am beginning to think these people are lying to me.

This week, the week of her 2nd birthday, Maggie wanted to prove that she was not going to follow the norm. On Tuesday night, while DH and I slept comfortably in our bed, Maggie passed the evening eating one of my favorite pair of work shoes. Grrr. Then on Wednesday night, as I laid in bed watching the CMA awards, I suddenly smelled a strong bubble gum scent. I asked DH to look and see what Maggie had because I could hear messing around with something. He walked in and found his blackberry battery laying on the ground. He picked it up and it was scalding hot. He immediately ran into the bathroom and threw it in the sink. After examining the battery, he realized she had puncture the battery releasing the acid in it. Crap. Now I jumped out of bed and ran to Dr. Google to see what results I could find on "Dog Ate Battery". After a little research, I realized the the type of battery is important in what the appropriate protocol was. We looked at my blackberry and realized its a Lithium Ion. Back to Dr. Google. All signs point to call the vet. So then I call the emergency vet (which is hind sight I should have just done in the beginning), and he told us that as long as she didn't have an soars in her mouth, and wasn't acting sick she probably fine. Phew. But needless to say, I'm hoping she "calms down" soon!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!