Our TTC Journey

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Weekly Weigh-In


Week one: 184.0
Week two: 180.6
Week three: 179.6(AF week)
Week four: 178.2
Week five: 179.0 (Provera week)
Week six: 180.0 (AF week)
Week seven: 179.0 (Follistim week)
Week eight: didn't track (Follistim week)
Week nine: didn't track
Week ten: 177.4 (first myfitnesspal week)
Week eleven: 177.4 (AF week)
Week twelve: 174.2
Week thirteen: 175.2
Week fourteen: 173.6
Week fifteen: 174.0
Week sixteen: 173.4 (AF week)
Week seventeen: 172.4
Week eighteen: 171.6 (Provera week)
Week ninteen: 172.6 (Provera/AF week)
Week twenty: 170.6
Week twenty-one: 169.6
Week twenty-two: 171.2
Week twenty-three: 169.2

Total lost: 14.8 lbs

YAY! This past week I've been up and down, but this morning surprised me. I think it's because I spent 2.5 hours at the mall browsing and walked A TON! Although I ran a few miles at the end of the week last week. Wondering what my body will do next week? We will see!

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Good News, FINALLY!!!

I have fabulous news! Well, I had my post-op appointment yesterday. I totally thought I was going to have to take Provera because my body wasn't going to ovulate any time soon. Well, come to find out, I ovulated the night before my appointment. My RE took wandy, looked at my uterus where the polyp was (it was gone!) and then took a look at both ovaries and my lining. First of all, my lining was a whopping 13mm!!! He looked at my right ovary second. He asked me if I had any pain on my right side lately and I said yes. The night before, after DH and I BD'd, my uterus and right ovary felt like they were being stabbed with a huge needle. I thought something was super wrong, like I was going to die. I haven't felt that much pain down there in a while. Well, I decided to sleep it off and talk to my RE about it at my appointment. I was surprised when he asked if I had any pain. While he was looking at righty, he saw a corpus luteum which looked to have already popped (I guess). He then checked lefty and had a hard time finding it. There were a couple very small follies. I had my blood drawn for E2 and P4 and he called me back with my results after I left the office. He told me my P4 level was elevated and I was super stoked about this. He said I ovulated and if I don't get my period by the 14th then I could come in that morning to get a beta. AHHHH!!!! I didn't think I would be going through a TWW for a while!!! I praise God for giving us this chance! We BD the three days leading to O, then on O day, and the day after. 5 DAYS OF BD DURING O TIME! I am super duper excited. And I wont even have to think about testing out the trigger, if I see 2 lines I will know it's FOR REAL. I'm going to start testing on the 6th.

God really was looking out for us this cycle. We are so blessed, no matter how long it's going to take to make this baby of ours. God is guiding us and will always provide!!!

Monday, May 28, 2012

Looks like I'm gonna need Provera. :(

My post-op appointment is tomorrow. I haven't had a temp rise or positive OPK which is truly annoying. Oh well, though. I'm trying to just accept the fact that my body has not done what I want it to for the past few months anyway. I'm just ready to move on from this waiting crap. I'm read to start a PERFECT cycle!!!!!!! I am NOT ready for all the shots of follistim but I will do it because I know my follies need a bit of help. So AF should be here around the 8th of June. Seems like FOREVER away. Another crappy 2 week wait without the suspense of wondering if I am pregnant, how FUN! No really, it's so outstanding to have so much fun with the devil pill! (kidding) Just so ready to move on!

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Weekly Weigh In

Week one: 184.0
Week two: 180.6
Week three: 179.6(AF week)
Week four: 178.2
Week five: 179.0 (Provera week)
Week six: 180.0 (AF week)
Week seven: 179.0 (Follistim week)
Week eight: didn't track (Follistim week)
Week nine: didn't track
Week ten: 177.4 (first myfitnesspal week)
Week eleven: 177.4 (AF week)
Week twelve: 174.2
Week thirteen: 175.2
Week fourteen: 173.6
Week fifteen: 174.0
Week sixteen: 173.4 (AF week)
Week seventeen: 172.4
Week eighteen: 171.6 (Provera week)
Week ninteen: 172.6 (Provera/AF week)
Week twenty: 170.6
Week twenty-one: 169.6
Week twenty-two: 171.2

Total lost: 12.8 lbs




Ugh... I have no clue WHY I have gained this week. It really angers me!!!! And to add to the fact, I'm still waiting on a positive OPK. I just pray that I get one before my appointment so I don't have to take Provera AGAIN. :/

Sunday, May 20, 2012

WHEN will I become a mother?

It's not the question of if I will ever become a mother, but when. I was going through *creeping* on a friend's facebook pictures of her, her husband, and their son (4 months). I could not help but to stop and stare at a picture of their son and her husband. The picture was of daddy talking to baby and baby was totally into the "conversation" (or looked like it). It was at that moment when I got the butterflies in my stomach as if I were imagining it to be my husband and our baby. It made me feel bad for us. It brought me emotions that when I feel them, I just feel like crying. I can't wait to see my husband and our children with him. I can't wait to watch them play together. I can't wait to watch my husband bond with his son or daughter from the very day he or she is born. All of these thoughts are screaming through my head and I haven't had these feelings in a while. I guess I've just kind of pushed them away because I don't want to feel sad. I know that our time will come. We may just have to continue waiting. Oh, to make this little picture worse, my friend and her husbands 1 year wedding anniversary is on angel baby's due date. Sweet, huh? :/

We decided to BD last night, at 8 days passed surgery. I think we were supposed to wait 2 weeks, but oh well. My spotting stopped on Thursday. It felt soooo goood. I don't regret it. :) I am currently waiting on a positive digital OPK. I got 3 packs at Goodwill about 3 months ago for $5.99 each (a steal). I am also temping and taking all my meds. I am not really thinking anything will happen this cycle. I am just praying that I O at least by CD 24, so that when I see my RE on the 29th (CD 28) he will check me to see if I have ovulated. Well, usually you check the P4 at 7dpo. I'm praying that I O, and if I O after CD 24, I will bring my chart and show it to my DR to prove to him I have ovulated already so I wont have to take the evil Provera. My husband is totally AGAINST taking Provera for the 3rd time this year. I am, too. I think RE just has not given my ovaries enough time to produce a nice follicle. Of course there wont be a huge dominant follie on day 13 of my cycle if I ovulate on day 20ish, DUH! I'm really praying that I ovulate between CD 20-25. But, my body just may be a little screwed up from surgery. I don't know if I will accept taking Provera if my body doesn't work correctly this month. But I REALLY don't want to have to deal with waiting longer for AF. It will be interesting to see how it works out.
 
The first time I took Provera, I got AF after 2 days of stopping the pill. That was the month of Follistim injections. Well, I only had an 18mm follie on day 18 and ovulated on day 20. Which, my body has done by itself in the past. I also had spotting the few days before ovulation (quite a bit!!). So this makes me question if Provera was the reason why my body decided to O late even WITH injections. Yeah, it was a small dose, but clomid made me ovulate on day 16. So I just don't get it. A part of me makes me think that taking Provera is making me O later. But I guess we wont know until this month is up because I took it at the end of April to induce AF.... so having a late O this month may tell me that Provera is the culprit of my late O, but I just don't know!!! My late O this month could very well be from the hysteroscopy/polypectomy. Who knows?

I'm trying to relax and not worry about all of these things. I just want to get pregnant without even thinking about it. But, as we know, that won't happen. I am fine, I will be okay. God just has some crazy stuff planned for us... and I know His timing will be peftect.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Weekly weigh in! :)

Week one: 184.0
Week two: 180.6
Week three: 179.6(AF week)
Week four: 178.2
Week five: 179.0 (Provera week)
Week six: 180.0 (AF week)
Week seven: 179.0 (Follistim week)
Week eight: didn't track (Follistim week)
Week nine: didn't track
Week ten: 177.4 (first myfitnesspal week)
Week eleven: 177.4 (AF week)
Week twelve: 174.2
Week thirteen: 175.2
Week fourteen: 173.6
Week fifteen: 174.0
Week sixteen: 173.4 (AF week)
Week seventeen: 172.4
Week eighteen: 171.6 (Provera week)
Week ninteen: 172.6 (Provera/AF week)
Week twenty: 170.6
Week twenty-one: 169.6

Total lost: 14.4 lbs

Yahooo!!!!!

Still spotting from the surgery. Started temping this morning.... Waiting on O and excited for Next month!

Tomorrow is our 4th wedding anniversary! I am excited ~ 6 years together! I love my hubby so much!

Sunday, May 13, 2012

You may not want to read...

I had not had a bowel movement since Thursday, the day before the surgery. Okay, so my RE told me to take milk of magnesia the day after surgery. I took it like the good girl I am. Well, today I am feeling the effects of taking this lovely bowel moving liquid. Ugh. I have had toilet time about 8 times today and it's not a pretty sight or sound (sorry to be so gross). I am having the WORST indigestion feeling in the world and it feels like my intestines are playing a game of checkers. I feel hungry but also feel like I'll be sick if I eat. It's annoying more than anything. 

I have not spotted at all today so that is a good thing. My throat stopped hurting from the breathing tube they inserted. That's another plus. :) I just wish this crazy stomach part would go away so I can stop running marathon to the bathroom. lol

My pre-op appointment is Tuesday the 29th where he will probably give me before and after pictures of my uterus and then take my P4 to tell me if I ovulated or not. I plan to start temping on Wednesday so that I can know if I ovulate before that and what DPO I will be so I can know when to expect AF and get ready for my baseline ultrasound and injections. I am so excited for this next cycle it is unreal. All these questions are being answered and hopefully it turns out for the best.... without any bleeding at all before ovulation. God is guiding us. I know He has extravagant plans for us and we will having our miracle soon.

By the way, happy mothers day to all mothers and mothers to be as well a those mothers to little angels lost too soon. <3

Friday, May 11, 2012

Hysteroscopy & Polypectomy SUCCESS!

I am proud to announce that the surgery was a success. The pesky "polyp" we were unsure of was INDEED a uterine polyp. I am a bit loopy still and my throat hurts from the breathing tube they put in for the general anesthesia. I'm also a bit nauseous if I sit up for too long and try to do too much. Even when I start eating I get the sick feeling. So I'm keeping this short and am proud to say that this hurdle we had to jump over was very successful. I am so thrilled! Can't wait for next month to HOPEFULLY get our natural BFP with Follistim injections! Keep praying for us.... this journey has been one heck of a ride!

Friday, May 4, 2012

hysteroscopy & polypectomy

AF came on the 2nd. I called my RE on the 3rd and he has my hysteroscopy/polypectomy scheduled for the 11th. Yippie! What sucks about this cycle is that it's a break cycle. BOOOO!! Hopefully this all works and cleans out my uterus so that we are able to do some baby making! :)

My plan for June's cycle is to either do Follistim with BD or use this donated expired Menopur with IUI and hope for the best. I still have to ask my RE if the expired Menopur is ok to use. I'm on edge about asking....

Anyway, this is super short and I really don't feel like adding anything else. Will update after the 11th!

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Weigh In and Update

Week one: 184.0
Week two: 180.6
Week three: 179.6(AF week)
Week four: 178.2
Week five: 179.0 (Provera week)
Week six: 180.0 (AF week)
Week seven: 179.0 (Follistim week)
Week eight: didn't track (Follistim week)
Week nine: didn't track
Week ten: 177.4 (first myfitnesspal week)
Week eleven: 177.4 (AF week)
Week twelve: 174.2
Week thirteen: 175.2
Week fourteen: 173.6
Week fifteen: 174.0
Week sixteen: 173.4 (AF week)
Week seventeen: 172.4
Week eighteen: 171.6 (Provera week)
Week ninteen: 172.6 (Provera/AF week)

Total lost: 11.4 lbs

Same thing happened the last time I took Provera. I gained one pound but still ate my calories and exercised. Oh well....

Anyway, AF is here now. I will be calling my RE tomorrow to get a date for the Hysteroscopy as well as to know if we will be on a break this month due to the procedure. I'll update again soon...