I am finally updating! I know it has been
a long time! I hope I don’t forget something and leave anything out. Since I
last posted there have been little specks of hope and lots of disappointment
but as of this morning I am in a good place mentally. At least a lot better
place then the two weeks before Thanksgiving. The depression that comes along
with this journey was at an all time high. I felt so stressed and wanted to
take off work for at least a week. I felt like I was on the verge of a nervous break
down and was just sitting there watching myself get more stressed, sad, and
overwhelmed. Thankfully, I made it to Thanksgiving and once I got past the
stomach virus, I enjoyed my week. It was such a nice needed break and totally
helped me get to a better place. Being with family and having time to rest
worked such wonders! Anyway, I will break all the news into three different
post to keep the length down.
Since I last posted I took another round
of medicine and I added the 17 days of Decadron to my program. I also took the
regular 500 mg Metformin three times daily, Folic Acid, Prenatal Vitamin,
Vitamin B, and (2) 50mg Chlomid daily. The Decadron was added at night. I’m a
little curious why I was told to take it at bed time. I went back to my doctor
on November 8th, which was day 11 of my cycle. This is earlier than I have been
going lately since my most fertile days have been falling on the weekend. When
the appointment was made, I was told that I might have to come back on Monday
if Thursday was too early but Monday might be too late. So I tried to stay
positive and we went on to our appointment.
My husband and I had discussed asking for
a consultation with and Reproductive Endocrinologist (RE), so when we got
called back I spoke to the nurse to put it in my chart for the doctor to talk
to us about it. We got moved to the room with the sonogram and checked my
follicles. I had 2 but one was dominant and had developed to a good size. We
went ahead with another IUI (insemination). He used the longer catheter that
day. I had more pain then ever afterward. Normally you never feel much. I had
some jittery cramping one time before but usually its nothing.
My doctor never spoke to me about the
referral, so I spoke to the nurse before I left and came to the decision to see
if this insemination worked and if not I would call back and make an
appointment to talk about it. So I left and we started the two week
wait…Needless to say, It did not work. No positive test here. So, I repeat the
cycle again. My day 1 was on Nov. 27th. I started the same medicine
regimen as last month and my next appointment is scheduled for Dec. 10th.
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