CD 5. Symptoms

Today is CD 5 and 3 days on Gonal F. I have been experiencing period like cramps in my lower abdomen. I am hoping its my ovaries working!

CD 2

I start my medications on CD 3! Super excited! Dose is at 75 to begin with and I have another ultrasound to monitor my follicles. I asked how many follicles I can grow to maturity and they told me up to 4. I have a real good feeling about this!

Halloween/All holidays

For the past two years we had my step daughter for Halloween but not this year. It's hard to go through any holiday or comminity event without a child. Kevin and I want to be a part of things but we often feel like we stick out because we don't have children with us. We try to volunteer in our town so we can at least help and feel a part of the comminity. And we feel like we have really been embraced by our new community but we can't help but feel like outsiders and our heart strings pull when we see families and children. We just want a child of our own. 24/7 not just on our "weekend". We are so ready to be parents it sometimes hurts. Until then...we will continue being a part of events and try to smile through the holidays even though we feel a part of our hearts are missing. Happy Holiday Season!

Prepped and ready to start!

Well, in less then a week I go in and get blood work done to make sure I am ammune to Rubella and then I can proceed with treatment!  I have plenty of ovulation tests,  cheap pregnancy tests and the more reliable pregnancy tests. I also have a new bottle of prenatal vitamins and all my medications have been received and in the fridge! I am not naive this could take up to 3 months and it may not work at all...but I have hope and I am going to do whatever I can to keep my dream of being a mom alive. We are currently saving all our extra money just in case we have to resort to IVF in a few months but...keep me in your thoughts! Thank you all! I will keep you informed every step of the way!

Odd dreams

This morning I woke up from dreams of pregnancy tests and bfp! I woke up with a pit in my stomach remembering my reality and the fact I have NEVER gotten a bfp!!! Meds are on their way and will be here Friday. I am so hoping round 1 is a success but if not I hope round 2 or 3 is! I just want to be a mommy.

Meds

Meds are being processed and right now (I don't want to jinx it) it appears they will be apporved and we can start tx as soon as I get confirmed I am immune to rubella (blood test end of this month) and I start my next menstrual cycle. I do have to get a ultrasound completed to make sure my lining is the right size but...it appears we might get somewhere in November/ Dec!

Insurance talk

So, the other day I had a long drawn out conversation with my insurance comapny/billing dept at Dr. G's office. At work we had a slight change in plans and it confused the billing dept because they got approvals/ denials around the same time. Finally we got approved for IUI but we are still confused about injectable meds so we put an order in and fingers crossed...it will be approved. If not we will try Femara and IUI. Its a effective drug just not as aggressive as injectables. We still have until the end of the month to get this all figured out. Progress...progress!