Middle of Injectables Cycle #1

Well we had our base line u/s and bw(ultrasound & bloodwork) as soon as we came home from holiday vacation. We received the wonderful news that the horrible cyst was gone and the birth control had done its job. That evening our journey began with the starting of Femera, I took two 2.5 tablets every night for 5 days. The following Monday Jan.10, 2011 Jeremy gave me my first shot of Follistim, and it suddenly all became very real. Up until then I knew I struggled with infertility and knew my body didn't do the one true purpose of a women, but for some reason I guess I in denial. (even if it did take almost 2.5 to conceive Zack) For some strange reason when that needle pierced my skin it was yet another VERY blunt reminder that my girly parts were broken.We continued our shots for another four night each night it got a little bit better. After administering my shot Jeremy would kiss my boo boo and say "okay now you go and help zacky's brother and sisters grow big so they can be born". He has truly made this as less stressful as possible, he totally takes all the angst out of it and treats it like its no big deal and surprisingly it helps.

Finally on Friday Jan.14, 2011 we went in for my mid cycle u/s and b.w. to check on my progress, typically this would be the day I would take my trigger shot Ovidrel to cause ovulation. We started with checking my uterus like always the lining was starting to thicken up and was 7.9mm, he said they like to see it 7+, so I was doing okay there. Dr.Moghadam then checked my ovaries next to see how my follicles were doing, like he thought they were growing but not very fast. I had about 4 different follicles that were around 10mm and one 13mm, he was a bit concerned that I had many that were all trying to grow and all at the same speed.The follicles need to be between 17-20ish mm for me to take my trigger shot. He said it would be completely up to us if we wanted to continue with the cycle. Dr.Moghadam contiued saying "we've figured out the problem and have found the answer to fix it so now its just what we want to do". Jeremy and I have talked this over many times and gladly welcome the idea of twins! We know without our insurance there is no way we could logically go threw with all of this, for just this months medications we have racked up over $3,000!!!!! Thats not even including all the ultrasounds, bloodwork, office visits, or the sperm check.

We have been very positive this month and are so thankful for all our family and friends being there for us. We truly appreciate all the prays and positive thoughts our way. THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts.

My next appointment is Monday Jan.17 2011 at 8:30am to see how much our beautiful futur children have grown!