Lucky Socks Day

MY LUCKY SOCKS

Spermination #4 is complete!  Mike's count and motility, as usual, was well above normal and totally awesome--the nurse said it was one of the highest all week. Whether that's actually true or not, I don't know, but it made him feel good so that's all that matters. The actual insemination was more painful than usual today and the nurse was unable to get the catheter all the way through my cervix. I had very intense twinges of pain and I am still cramping three hours later.  The position was still good but just not quite where the little soldiers needed to go. Great, another thing for me to analyze and worry over!

She mentioned that I had, "very healthy cervical mucous" to which Mike made a disgusted face.  We had a good laugh over that when I said, "What, that doesn't turn you on?"  When I was texting this story to my friend, my phone's auto-correct wrote "The nurse said I had very healthy cervical music."  My friend said, "Music? Hahaha. It's so awesome it's musical!"  A good sense of humor is essential to surviving infertility. My nurse loved my lucky socks today. I hope the sparkly shamrocks bring us lots of good luck! Now, we wait......


Have you SEEN this commercial? Talk about a tear jerker. I thought I even saw Mike's eyes glistening a little bit when we saw it last week....

IUI #3

Well, it's done! I have been sperminated.  We had to drive up to Seattle for the procedure since the satellite clinic in Tacoma isn't open on the weekends. It was a beautiful day though and we were able to have lunch on Lake Union, in the harbor, while they were doing the semen washing.

Mike was a rock star again---completely blowing the normal ranges out of the water. His count was lower than the previous two IUIs but still very good. I joked with him and said that his count last month was super high because of all the fortification from the English beer.

I had some cramping and spotting last night but nothing too terrible. Today my right side is definitely feeling twinges and fullness so I know I must be O'ing today. So begins the two week wait. I hope it goes by quickly for me and all of you as well.

On the drive home yesterday I was talking to Mike about how last summer the doctors told us he might have a motility problem and how upset I was thinking that we'd have to do IUI to get pregnant. I never thought we'd be where we are now.  A year ago the idea of needing medical help to conceive was unfathomable and now look at us! IUI #3 done and moving onto surgery and IVF. For anyone at the beginning of your infertility journey, my suggestion to you is to keep an open mind about treatments. Never say, "I'll never do that" because you won't really know the decision you'll make until you're ready to cross that bridge. I still can't believe that we are going to need the help of IVF to grow our family or that we even had to make a decision like this!

Yesterday we bought Seattle Sounders vs Man UTD tickets for the 20th. Super excited as I've never been to a professional football/soccer game and after seeing all the crazed football fans in London we can't wait! The girl I bought the tickets from is an Army wife as well. A new Army Wife. Class of 2010 and almost halfway through her pregnancy.  The thoughts running through my head weren't so nice and I'm pretty sure I'd get in a hellofalot of trouble for throat punching a pregnant lady, right?  Infertility is so unfair.