Ultrasound #3 AND IUI!

Well, I probably should have made this into two posts, but I just didn't want to blog the other day and I was busy. 

Friday I was scheduled to go into the clinic for my third ultrasound at 10:15.  They were actually squeezing me in so even though I was to get there at 10:15 my appointment was at 10:40.  I was also apparently going to see Dr. Collins because Dr. Jeffers didn't have appointments.  We'd had a recommendation for Dr. Jefffers from a couple of friends who have a little boy.  She was who we made the very first appointment with to get our ducks in a row, but we've not seen her again.  We saw Dr. Collins after the other two ultrasounds.  Now I like them both, but there is just something about the way I connect more with Dr. Jeffers.  She's so bubbly and excited about things! Dr. Collins is really sweet too, but she's so much more reserved.  Funny enough I have a better connection to Jeffers and Brenda to Collins.  It doesn't surprise us! ANYWAY I thought I'd be meeting with Dr. Collins after the third ultrasound because I needed a morning appointment.  Back to the morning of the ultrasound.  Imagine my surprise when I heard the door unlock at home at 9:40.  Brenda (who wasn't going to take the day off) left work, telling her boss she was sick, to come to the ultrasound with me.  I was So happy and SOOOOOOOO relieved.  I knew that the follicle would be bigger and if there needed to be planning I wanted her there.  OR I wanted her there if they decided to do the IUI then.  I would have been completely bummed if she missed the first IUI we had! Sooo I was reallllly relieved that she was home and we were going in together.   We got there at 10:15 and actually I was called back by 10:25ish.  It was nice we were there early.  It looked like the follicle was bigger, but hey who knows really...those ultrasound images are just goofy.   After the U/S we went back to the waiting room and waited to be called back.  Once in the room we just chatted until the doctor (I assumed Collins) came in.  Imagine my surprise AGAIN when Dr. Jeffers walked in.  I was so happy to see her.  I'd forgotten about that positive energy she oozed and was so happy to see her.  I was, however, slightly nervous that she only had my file, and not the usual laptop that the staff carry.  But it ended up being good news because she said that the follicle was 18 which was a good size, but it meant that I'd ovulate on the weekend. She also said that the lining of my uterus looked perfect.  I think that's encouraging!  Of course things can't just happen during the week! She offered us two options.  The first was to trigger Friday night and have the IUI on Sunday morning, and the second to trigger Saturday night and have the IUI on Monday morning.  She was afraid though that if we waited until Monday we'd miss the ovulation.  We all agreed that we'd do the Sunday IUI and hope to have better timing.  So off we went from the clinic with a prescription for Ovidrel and a plan that would be told to us by the nurse once she called the weekend place.  We went to the pharmacy to drop off the script and told them we'd come back.  After some errands we stopped by to pick up the shot.  It was a prefilled syringe (sadly I thought it would have been fun to draw up the med myself!) that needed to be in the fridge.  Then I got a call that the IUI would be at 10:30 Sunday morning.  Soooo the shot would be given at 10:30pm Friday.  We didn't really do much on Friday, and since I had to work on Saturday morning I dozed.  I did however set an alarm to make sure I didn't miss the 10:30 time.  well once the time came I gave myself the shot while Brenda took pictures.  Wow.  I've given a lot of SubQ shots, but never on myself.  It didn't really hurt, it was just strange.  I am glad I don't need to do that daily! I mean even if this time doesn't work it will just be ONE shot a month! So after the shot I went to bed!

Saturday was uneventful.  I worked, but felt strange all day.  Almost like I had food stuck in my throat.  I am convinced it was just nerves.  But anyway, then we went to my sister and brother-in-law's for my niece's birthday. The party was fun, although the girls were a bit excitable.  Funny thing is as Ross (brother-in-law) was escorting the kids to bed he looked at us and said "One...One is perfect!".  We both laughed and I was thinking to myself "One's all I'm asking for right now".  :-)  Driving home on Saturday I was feeling crampy on my left side and was thinking I was ovulating.  I hoped that it wouldn't be too early.

This morning I woke up early and called into work.  Since I was scheduled but I needed to have the IUI today I had no choice.  Now...lets be realistic i wasn't too bummed to skip work. (tee hee).  (Oh on a side note my sister was teasing me about being "So sick" on Sunday). We decided we wanted to go to church and I was so glad we did.  Church always gives me such a sense of peace and a refreshing renewal.  It was a nice distraction this morning. Especially since Church was all about kids and babies. (Moses in the basket).  I did have a slight scare at 8 this morning when I got a call from the clinic.  I was supposed to call them at 8:30 to confirm that I wanted to have the IUI.  Once the sperm is defrosted it cannot be refrozen.  So at 8 when the phone rang I was a little afraid.  Basically somehow the time got mixed up and I was supposed to call at 7:30.  Now I had 8:30 written down and even confirmed it.  BUT Oh well no harm done. From church we went right to the clinic.  I had to sign some paperwork and then we waited.   Wow was the waiting room nice.  It looked like something out of a magazine. And it was BUSY.  Apparently I wasn't the only one ovulating on the weekend.  The procedure itself wasn't a big deal at all.  The nurse had me sign something else and then she said she'd be back and I just needed to get undressed from the waist down.  I did and when she came back in she had me confirm my name and the donor number and initial something else (goodness more people should go through this check list before having kids).  She said that the sample contained 25million (really? I only need one...but umm how do they count them?) Then I basically laid there while she told me what she was doing. I won't get into details (unless someone really wants to know they can ask) but when all was said and done I had to lay there for 10 mins with my feet on the table.  Oh and she said "well you can check IUI off of your bucket list".  LOL! Brenda and I just sat and chatted and laughed about how funny the whole process was.  Oh and I shivered.  BRRR that place could use a space heater in the room!  (OH also it was funny that while we were waiting for our 10 mins we heard two other timers go off).  Soooo I got up, got dressed and we went home.  I laid on the couch and ended up napping for a while and have been trying to convince Brenda that I don't feel different.  Cuz, well I don't.  Ummm yeah apparently it can take a while for the "M-M's" (mini-Michael's as in Phelps) to get to their  destination. 

That's it.  That's the story.  Now I wait.  I will know sometime in early October.  And well if it doesn't work then I am taking October off to have the HSG test done and we'll try again in November.