Been Busy

I know I haven’t updated in a little while. I have just been rather busy. The last artificial insemination did not take so on my day 3 (Oct 3^rd) I started another round of Chlomid. I called and set up my next appt for artificial insemination for Monday, October 15th. We have also gotten results from my husband’s semen analysis. We have a couple of questions about it but were pleased with the results. His concentration of sperm had gone down to less than 2 million and should be at least 20 million. Even though the concentration went down, the quality of the sperm went up. A manual motility test was run this time and it showed that he had 10% in the rapid progression motility category and 15% in the slow progression motility category. That means he has 25% that are swimming toward an egg! His first test he had 0%, 16.3% on the second, and 6.1% the third time. So this analysis has had the highest so far. Since we had a little improvement in quality, we decided to buy another month worth of supplements while we wait to talk back to his doctor and mine. We also got more defined morphology (their formation) on this test. It showed that he had 20% normal forms. So I guess our next step is to talk to my doctor about our chances if we continue with artificial insemination or if I should go ahead and schedule a consultation with a clinic that performs In Vitro Fertilization (IVF).

            We haven’t made a definite decision about which route we are taking…IVF versus Adoption. In the meantime, we are just raising money to fund either choice. I have had a few offers to do Pampered Chef parties and I got commission from two orders a couple weeks ago. I also have three starting next week. I started my Pampered Chef website back up and hope to net some orders online or do some Facebook online parties. I also sold some baked goods on Monday to some offices and did pretty well. My next adventure is the local flea market this weekend. I will make some contacts for Pampered Chef and hopefully sell some chances on some prizes like Ipads, yeti coolers, gun scopes, etc. I did the math the other day and if we want to pay for this within a year and not have to get a loan, we need to raise an extra $1800 a month, which is $60 a day. I am determined to start reaching this goal. I may be looking for a part time job but we will see what comes….

            I want to make sure I say that I am so thankful for the friends that have committed to helping me this way. They have helped me in such big ways. It felt so nice to enter a friends order and then drive straight to the pharmacy to get two medications and knowing that she just made me enough commission to pay for it! I am blessed to have some friends that are so selfless to give of their time. I know that some people feel uncomfortable asking people to buy something but they put their feelings aside and did it for me. I just hope that one day I am able to help return the favor to someone that is in this same position.  So, I say a big THANK YOU to everybody. Keep us in your thoughts and send up all the prayers you can spare!