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Day 3 on Femara and I'm feeling good! No crappy side effects like I got on Clomid, I have been feeling a little tired but that probably has nothing to do with the medication. I start my injections tomorrow night and I'm a little nervous, at least the needle is small.

So far so good and feeling great about everything.

an exciting day...

Today I started my medication for this next cycle, feels great since I had a 2.5 month unexpected delay to starting this cycle.

Hopefully things will go smoothly and in a few weeks I will have good news to report.

one of these days I will learn.

One of these days I will learn that I cannot plan ANYTHING or count on ANYTHING to go the way I want it to in regards to my treatment.  One day I will learn this and therefore avoid the surprise, frustration, resentment and disappointment that comes with being ill prepared.

A little back story.... those of you who read this know that about a month ago we switched to an RE from my OB/GYN. On my last cycle with my OB/GYN I developed a cyst on my right ovary as a side effect of Clomid. She said it should be a one time thing since I had never had a problem with cysts before. The cyst went away later that month. Shortly after switching Dr's my husband and I went on vacation (before we could do a cycle) my RE suggested that I start birth control pills while on vacation so that I was ready to go when we get back and pretty much guaranteed to not have a cyst. I said no because I have never been on bc before and the idea of regulating my already very regular cycles scared me.

back to present time...

yesterday I had my cd3 baseline scan to make sure I was ready to start all of my meds and do our 5th insemination. My right ovary looked great, in a resting state just as my Dr. wanted..... then there was my left.... I have a fluid filled cyst measuring 28x19mm. Almost twice the size that is safe to begin treatment with. So as if in an "I told you so" moment I am now on bc pills for 2 weeks to get the cyst to at least shrink but hopefully go away entirely. Hopefully in two weeks I will be able to start my meds and get this train rolling out of the station but I'm trying not to let myself get too confident about that happening so that the universe doesn't feel the need to remind me again.

It's been a while...

wow, I haven't been on here in a while... Not to much has been going on. We went on vacation which was nice and now we are finally getting ready to begin our 5th cycle, our 1st cycle with our RE. I called today and ordered all of my meds so now it's really starting to feel real.

I'm really hoping that this is it and we will get the healthy little bundle of joy that we have been wanting so badly.

Lot's going on.

I had my first appointment today with the RE that we chose, went in for some blood tests and a follicle scan. He said that I had poly cycstic ovaries but NOT PCOS Thank god! Just that my ovaries produce more follicles than the average woman so he is going to have be a little more conservative with the stimulation so that I don't create too many follicles. We won't be going forward with this cycle because we are getting ready to go on vacation but it's on in August!

In other news... Our niece was born on Wed. night, she is 5lbs 12 ounces but totally healthy which we were concerned about. We are going to meet her next weekend. We also found out that 3 other people that we are fairly close to are pregnant. Hopefully it's in the water and I can get some of it LOL.

Other than that we haven't had a whole lot going on just enjoying the time that I had not counting my cycle days.

another one...

yesterday another one of our couple friends told us that they were 13 weeks pregnant. I'm so excited and happy for them because they have been wanting this for a long time but it's still hard to see so many people around us getting pregnant. I know it will happen for us and I have been in a much more positive state lately.

Also, pending our insurance coverage, we have decided to go the injectable route with single IUI's. The Dr. wants to do a double but since we don't have the luxury of free sperm we just can't afford it and all of the reading i have done has said that a well timed single IUI is just as effective as a double.

2nd RE consultation

On Wed. we had our 2nd RE consultation, it was really nice to have the two appointments only a day apart so that we could compare the two with fresh minds.The people at the second place were super nice and very welcoming, which I liked. They had really high tech exam rooms with plasmas on the ceiling so that I could watch my ultrasound while just laying back and relaxing. They wanted to basically continue on with the same protocol as my OB/GYN (clomid and single IUI). Both of these appointments couldn't be more different which makes this decision that much harder. The one thing that i really did not like about the second place is that their main office is based about 1.5hrs south of us and the one in our city is just a satellite office where the Dr's are only there 1-2 days a week, also because they have 3 different Dr's you don't know who will be at the office when so it's typical that you don't really ever see the same Dr. two times in a row. I think for that reason we are taking them out of the running. Now the decision is whether to go with the first guy or to search out a 3rd opinion.

Lots to think about, mainly how aggressive we want to get right now. I'm also waiting on a call back from the mail order pharmacy to see how much the arsenal of drugs will cost us each month if we go the injectable route.