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My husband and I have been doing the Bible study on Daniel (Daniel: Lives of Integrity, Words of Prophecy
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by Beth Moore the past nine weeks. It's been great and it's fun to watch him watch her :) Going at our own pace has been fun because sometimes we've watched a video after five days (but sometimes it takes us 8!) Our small group started back tonight and we are doing the study of Esther by Beth Moore(Esther: It's Tough Being a Woman : Member
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. If you have ever done one of her studies, you know how important (and sometimes very long) the homework is sometimes. For the next two weeks I'll be doing both studies (whew!)
No news on the fertility front. Taking Progesterone and trying not to be a total crazy woman. I'm hoping that this week will be calm and pass very quickly.
It was so great to see all my girls tonight! We even had a guest (JSho) that stopped by :) Looking forward to getting back in my Monday night groove!
My appointment on Tuesday had me with 4 small follicles, so I had to do one more shot last night. I went back to ART this morning (5:45 - Thanks Ashley! You deserve more than Starbucks!!) and two of the follicles had REALLY grown!! My nurse gave me a high five (it was so cute). Tonight, Mama Dana gave me my "trigger" shot and I should ovulate some time in the next 12-24 hours.
It is just now becoming clear to me that I really may have some hope this month. I'm excited to see what is in store for us. It has been a long journey. I realized the other day that all of the blogs I read (and there's a lot of them out there) all do a recap of what they've tried, etc. Well, here's ours....
September 2007 - Started trying
February 2008 - Asked OB/GYN to do tests, she ignored us
October 2008 - Changed OB/GYN and started tests.
November 2008 - Discovered I had high Prolactin and started Bromocriptine
February 2009 - Femara - Negative
March 2009 - Femara- Negative
April 2009 - Femara- Negative
May 2009 - Clomid- Negative
June 2009 - Clomid- Negative
July 2009 - Started with RE
August 2009 - Follistim 100 IU for 6 days, HCG Shot , 8/24 Positive Pregnancy Test,8/27 Negative Pregnancy Test
September 2009 - Started meds, SIS on 9/2/09 showed polyps, started Birth Control Pills 9/23/09 surgery for polyps and endometriosis removed
October 2009 - Loestrin 24 (Birth Control Pills)
November 2009 - Follistim 150, Menopur 75 for eight days, HCG, 11/14 IUI - Negative
December 2009 - Loestrin 24, SIS on 12/7 showed pseudopolyps and cysts
January 2010 - Bravelle 150, Menopur 75 for seven days, HCG
There's my Infertility History and Physical :) If only I had room to put all the tears, laughter, joy, anger, prayers, phone calls, sleepless nights, exciting stories, encouragement, disappointments, car rides, waiting rooms, questions, and answers in between those dates. What a long journey it has been.
Thank you for traveling it with me.
My soul finds rest in God alone; My salvation comes from Him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress, I will never be shaken. Psalm 62: 1-2
What on Earth would I do without this woman? (and her dog, too...I guess) My Mom is my riding buddy for those early morning trips to the doctor. We leave town at around 5:45 in the morning, drive over an hour, stay for 20 minutes, and drive back. I love my time with her in the morning. We drink our coffee (unless I'm NPO for a test, of course) and talk about everything. She never complains about how early it is or how long it takes to get there. She brings her magazine or newspaper and waits patiently in the waiting room. I'm sure all the hormonal women and their nervous husbands in the waiting room give her a little entertainment, too :) We will be on our way tomorrow morning to have my follicles measured and blood work done. Tonight I take my last shots.
Thanks for riding with me, Mommy. ILYTBATMITWWW!"Her children arise and call her blessed..." Proverbs 31: 28
I went to Market in Atlanta with Mom, Trenia, and Jan this weekend. We had a GREAT time! We ate our way through the gourmet food temporaries, visited mom's vendors (aka: tissue paper, bags, and baskets: boring), and touched about 50 million scarves. I bought five. I also had Starbucks....a lot. It takes caffeine to fuel these trips!It's weird that the fertility stuff doesn't pause just because you leave town. I had to pack my drugs in a lunch box with an ice pack to inject last night. Two more nights to go.Happy Sunday!
It looks from the picture that we had a snow day, but don't let this dusting fool you. It was business as usual here. I worked at the hospital (Thanks, Ash!) and at the nursing home today. The best accomplishment of the day: I got most of my Christmas decorations down! I still need to take the trees apart, but the rest is packed up!
I started my shots last night, so I still have 4 more nights of shots. Hopefully the rest will arrive tomorrow. I am trying to stay positive this month, but as usual, I don't want to get my hopes up.
I'm watching the rest of the BCS National Championship game right now. I know that I should be glad that Alabama won, but as an Auburn grad and season ticket holder: it is impossible. This is going to be a hard year to be a tiger :(
War Eagle, anyway!
My appointment with Dr. Long on Tuesday went pretty well. Even with 3 cysts on each side, he still thinks that we should go ahead with the Ovulation Induction (OI). I actually got to see him and ask questions. I told him about our insurance not paying for the drugs anymore. (Our insurance paid for some of our injectable drugs for 3 months then sent us a letter stating that they "accidentally" paid for them and they would no longer be paying for them...thanks Caremark!) The nurse then brought all of the Bravelle that I needed and said, "We thought we also may have some Menopur, but we don't....here ya go!" I nearly passed out. That just knocked about a grand off of our fertility tab for the month!
Instead of calling Caremark, I ended up ordering from Freedom Fertility. (sidenote: If you are a person on fertility drugs reading this and know of a great place to buy and pay out of pocket...email me!) That turned into..."oops, the FedEx truck just left, lets see if someone could courier a vial to you then the rest can come on Thursday." To which I said, "I know you live in Boston and life continues like normal if it snows, but it may snow on Thursday and my town is going to shut down if it does."
She sent me 3 vials. :)
So the door opened. I can't worry about paying for drugs because they were literally dropped into my lap. So, the door that was closed.... Follow this connection: A patient that I have has a mother whose cousin is pregnant and due in April. DHR is going to take the baby. A couple of weeks ago she asked if I wanted the baby. What?!? You're offering me a baby?? Spoke to my husband and he said we would pray about it. On the way home from the doctor's office I got a call that the baby's daddy's parents want the baby. Door closed.
So a new month begins. I'm guarding my heart for sure, but I'm excited to see what God has in store for this month.
I'm going to go to the window to see if it's snowing yet :)
A hermit crab. Starting the day before new year's eve I feel like I shut down. I know it was because every new year's you kinda of do a self evaluation. There are some things I'm proud of from this year: growing in my faith, starting a new business, etc. But when it comes down to it: I'm 30. And childless. I guess I was in the mood for a pity party. I go to Dr. Long tomorrow. I'm supposed to have my baseline done as well as a check-up with him. After last month's SIS/infection, he wanted to see me. I'm going by myself, but I am expecting the worse (with the pain I've had) so if there's even slightly encouraging news,it will be a good day.
I did some PRN work at a nursing home tonight. I'm always thoroughly entertained when I go there. Tonight was no different. The best was a lady who told me she didn't want anything to do with me and my "associate"....then pointed behind me. Of course there was nothing there, but she was convinced that I was someone else and unfortunately she did not like them (or the imaginary person behind me).
Happy New Year and I'll come out of my shell soon :)
