Femara 5 mg. Starts tonight. I go back in 10 days/CD13 for the first ultrasound- a bit earlier than usual because I might respond differently than with the Clomid. I was told the Femara is more expensive but there is a possibility my insurance will cover it since technically it is a drug for breast cancer, not infertility.
Clomid gave me my 2 kids so it is bittersweet to be stopping it. On the other hand it did have some awful side effects… which are supposed to be milder with Femara. Hooray for that!
During the ultrasound this morning the dr found a 7 mm cyst/follicle in my right ovary. I asked him whether it is something leftover from last cycle or something new gearing up for this cycle and he said it was hard to tell. Never had that before.
And can I say it is positively RUDE to have someone undress, sit on an exam table and wait 20 minutes for the doctor when you know darn well the patient is on her period?!!!

CD#2. I just told the clinic that I’m ready to start a Femara cycle. I’m going to get a call back once the nurse speaks with the Dr about a dosage amount. I hope he doesn’t start me off too low. I’m already down to 2 eggs a cycle and 1 just isn’t where I want to go.
Here we go again.

BFN @ 13 dpo

If they just wouldn’t have fed them so much, this trip would have been perfect on all sides. Brendan gained *5.8 pounds* in 6 days away. How in the Hell is that even possible???!!! It’s going to take forever to lose that much. Waaaaah!

They are up with Mimi & Papa by themselves!


Considering Darrell told me last night that this was the best week of his life, we must be having a grand time alone as well. 😉

I believe this is my 10th round of clomid too!
CD19 IUI went pretty well… I had a new lady resident do it… and she sure bumped her way along. I bled a bit too. But if they went in as they should none of that should matter.
29 million sperm- and only 7 years old!!! Woot! Much newer than the 18 year old stuff we had been using!
I had two eggs both on the right. I am bummed that I’m down so far. Every month is worse. I started off making 6 at a time!
And I think I might just be past the point of jinxies… so I can announce with some bit of certainty that I am
*****KID FREE!!!!!!******
Darrell’s mom took the kids back home with her until Saturday! LOL, or perhaps only til the next train arrives to take me up there! We are rather uncertain how Andy is going to do without me.
So? What to do? I imagine my early morning festivities plus the soon to come horrid over-achieving ovulation will have me napping before long. How boring. But we have some friends coming over for homemade fajitas and salsa made with my garden tomatoes.
I have never been away from my kids overnight!!!

C5CD15
Right:
23×19= 21
19×15= 17
Left:
Fail
The IUI would have been Sunday but since they aren’t open then it’s set for Monday. I trigger Saturday night. I’m hoping the research on how women are more fertile after an HSG brings me the luck we need this cycle.

Why do doctors always give you blood test results while you are semi-naked on an exam table??? There was no way I could write the info down. Harumph.
My FSH test came back at 4.8 (should be less than 10). My thyroid & prolactin levels are normal. All good.
I had the hsg done as well. I had to lay on a table with my butt on a wedge to raise the bottom half of me up. Then, they lowered the xray machine over my abdomen and positioned it so that we could see my uterus on the screen (once again, my view was upside-down). Then they opened me up like a pap smear, inflated a balloon device near my cervix to stop the dye from coming out and then pumped in the contrast dye. We watched as my uterus slowly filled up on the screen, then through one tube… then I heard the dr say “there it goes” and we saw some spill out of the other tube. Excellent- both tubes clear! Very little discomfort.
The most interesting part of this was the shape of my uterus… not exactly the triangular shape we commonly see in pictures. Mine was more of an egg shape… and off centered. It was surprising to see how small my uterus was (compared to my spine which was visible) and how impossibly thin and long my fallopian tubes are- and they turn every which way! They were as thin as threads!
The OB alternated between “everything’s good” and the more serious “I want Dr. B to look at this… but I think your uterus is just tipped forward”. She also mentioned another procedure where they fill you with saline and do an ultrasound that he might want to do. We’ll see what he has to say. I walked out of there feeling a bit disconcerted though because she definitely was not relaxed at the end.

Darrell, in comparison…