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I don't really watch award shows live. I DVR the country music based shows and watch them later for the performances though

AF reared her head this week so we officially enter a new cycle... DH had something come up at work the day we made the consultation appointment with my doctor. So I rescheduled it for a week earlier. Yikes. One last try on our own in the meantime...

@Mrs. Polish: oh boy! How are your brothers with Zay?
@LindsayInNY: eee are you excited for your appt? When is it?
@MrsTal: glad your tubes are clear! I saw on the other thread that you're worried about your Dr not being aggressive enough. Definitely speak up for yourself and be as aggressive as you're comfortable with!

I love awards shows, but I love the pre-shows more... I flip back and forth between the official one and the E! one.

Updates: I had my ER on Monday and they got 16 eggs, and now we have 8 embryos. I got the call yesterday that they're letting them grow to blastocysts (day 5) so I'll have my transfer on Saturday.

@Mrs. Polish: sometimes just having family nearby kills the mood for me! How many brothers do you have?

@LindsayInNY: fingers crossed you won't have to visit the RE! So you're a country music fan? I go through phases where I really like it and listen to it all the time....I'm going to tune in to a country station on my ride home from work today.

@MrsTal: what other tests have you had done? For me, after all the testing, we discussed results and plan of action. She gave me info for all the different drugs, their success rates, etc. We decided to take a conservative approach, but she would have been willing to be more aggressive if we wanted. So it could be good to keep those things in mind when you go to meet again.

@Shutterbug: man, Saturday probably feels like a long way away! How long does the transfer usually take? I know basic IVF stuff, but not the details on stuff like that. How are you feeling?

@brownie: do you like your autoimmune doc? Are you guys putting TTC on hold until summer? I know @mrs. someone: has experience with these things and is taking lovenox herself.

No updates for me--going to test in a few days. Not feeling pregnant past sore boobs, but that is likely the progesterone doing it's job. I'll be disappointed, of course, but not as devastated last time b/c I can now say we did everything we could do since we got past the IUI struggle.

The other day, my husband told me he felt good about the plan: taking February off and then trying again up until June or so. I realized he was not clear on the plan! I'm not sure how many more IUIs/injectable cycles we'll do, but definitely not 4-5 more. He also surprised me by saying he wanted to be there when I take a pregnancy test. It could be nice to be together, but I also thought it would be fun to surprise him.

We watch award shows if nothing else is on the DVR line-up.

As far as updates... Today marks CD#3- 1st day of clomid again! I called Tuesday to schedule my CD12 u/s and of course it always falls on my long work days (13 hrs) so there is no way for me to sneak away to do it. ::boo:: I see my ob for this so they are not open on weekends. I don't think the nurse was very happy with me and almost made it sound like I should skip this month of clomid until I can be monitored. I am not about to be held back a month due I this, so I told her to put in my progesterone draw date and we can go from there. !! So- bring it on clomid!!

@LindsayInNY: yep, they'll put back one embryo on Saturday

@Shutterbug: And hold onto the others, right? Can't wait for updates!!

@LovelyPlum: It's with my usual ob/gyn since she told me to come back and see her at the one year mark. I think they refer out to REs though, not totally sure?

@mrs bunchy: I will say that is a major benefit of seeing an RE--they accommodate all schedules! Sometimes they tell me to bring a book, but they'll work me in the same day. The logistics of getting all the patients seen on specific days and times is mind boggling! What kind of work do you do? A 13 hour shift is so looonnnnng.

@LovelyPlum: thank you, and yes, it's the end of my first IUI cycle, and third injectable cycle. I hope you're doing well! I didn't read your thread about feeling like you're being shocked b/c it honestly scared me a little bit. Pregnancy seems to have lots of potential hardships!

@LindsayInNY: I can still sing country music songs from many years ago. Those songs can really get stuck in your head! I don't know if your OB will refer you out right away--there are people here who've done first steps with their OBs. I moved to a RE right away b/c I wanted to be able to do all the testing, including my husband's SA, and I knew my midwife couldn't handle all of that.

@TheSwissWifeStyle: It makes me really happy to see such a positive and hopeful update from you. What are usual symptoms of polyps? I don't know much about them--do share! I'm also jealous of your robe. I get just the half sheet across my lap.

Oh, and @LindsayInNY: I think I remember you asking about the SA before somewhere? They instructed my husband to abstain from sex for a few days, so there is a little planning involved.

@Happygal: @LovelyPlum: The auto immune guy is okay. It seems like I am weird but I think that by throwing everything at it we have the best chance of success.

So the MTHFR I don't know much about but aspirin or heparin is usually the treatment so I'm okay with that. It doesn't surprise me too much because blood clots are common in my family.

The auto immune panel had a low cross listing at .33 but the 19% was high. The DQ alpha we had a 75% chance of having a problem. And I had low natural killer activity but a high number of natural killer cells. So a little of everything.

The only concern I had was a home birth and heparin (we had a lot of blood loss with our first birth). But the autoimmune doctor promised me he can give me a shot that will reverse the heparin and a home birth would be safe for us. The other concern is definitely money.

We also don't have an RE right now (we have been interviewing). We have a few options a very well known auto immune RE that is 4 hours from us currently but if we move will be 7 hours away. He batches cycles and I'm not sure if they will work with my schedule. An RE trained by the well known guy who also batches cycles with NONE fitting my schedule. He would probably put me on intralipids. Or another place that would be significantly cheaper than any of those and would let the auto immune guy run that part of the show.

@Happygal: yeah, I agree with that- RE schedules are much more accommodating ! After this cycle we are going to reevaluate where we are at and take the next steps if necessary!!

For work- I am an xray tech at an urgent care. Monday and Wednesdays are my loonnngggg days!! But after those I do 3 half days (2 days being every other weekend). It's not a bad schedule after Wednesday!!

@LovelyPlum: Yes, he says it could have caused the miscarriages. Although I'm not sure about the first one, b/c that was so long ago...and it wasn't like there was a grapefruit sized one in there.

@TheSwissWifeStyle: have you seen the pictures? I would be intrigued and freaked out to see my insides.

@mrs bunchy: Ohhh, I'm betting you have seen some gnarly things in the urgent care! Bones sticking out where they shouldn't stick out?!

@LovelyPlum: that's wild! I've never heard of that. It sounds like you have a good doctor working closely with you.

@Mrs.Someone: What?! You got pregnant when you were stressed?! I thought that only happened when you were relaxed.

I'm being snarky of course, which I know isn't attractive, but I can't resist. Thank you for the encouragement and checking in--it's good to know you're doing well! Have you shared your news with family and friends?

@Happygal: I've actually been waiting for one of those threads to pop up to add my snarky response We've only shared the news with parents. I have a few friends on the early list, but I'm chicken. I kindof like it being our secret right now. My next appointment is on 2/4, so after that we'll start telling everyone.

@Mrs. Pinata: do your parents benefit from seeing a chiropractor? I really have no opinion on it b/c I haven't researched, but it seems people have strong feelings on both sides! Are you okay with continuing to wait, or are you feeling antsy?

@Mrs.Someone: I'll keep an eye out for that snarky response. I like the idea of having a big secret with just my husband. 2/4 sounds far away, but I guess it isn't that far off! I'll be watching for that update as well.

I subscribe to a couple of youtube channels. I just got an email update from them, and on the bottom it said, "We think you would like...." with video clips. It was a video of a musician, puppy training, and a diagram of an IUI. What a weird combo, and strangely representative of my life!

@Happygal: Great question(s)! My parents love their chiropractor. I actually go to one too and love him, but he doesn't really do anything with infertility. But, he sure helps me with my shoulder and neck tension/pain! Apparently my parents' chiropractor also does kinesiology/supplement stuff that a lot of DCs don't do, so we find it intriguing.
And you know, we were VERY antsy this fall, but after getting our last bad SA we decided we would pursue adoption again before IVF, so I think we're ok with continuing to try for biological kids through these various routes while starting the adoption process again, so I'm ok with it. We know that we definitely want to adopt again, for ourselves AND for Little P, so I guess it has taken some of the pressure off of wanting to desperately get pregnant for now. Although it's still hard to hear pregnancy announcements, etc.

And that's so funny about your email updates! I feel like my "internet profile" is also pretty random!