A real weekly update! Week 6

Let's see, I feel better about eating and the heartburn has died down a bit. Im still the gas queen, burping and farting =/ quite a bit. Not as tired either.

Let's take a look at what thebump.com says is goin on in the womb right about now.

Baby's now the size of a sweet pea!
Growing like crazy, baby is starting to sprout eyes, ears, nose, cheeks, and chin. Those little hands and feet -- still webbed like paddles -- might wiggle by week's end, the heart is beating (almost twice as fast as yours!), and blood is starting to circulate.

Online says

Im 6w today! Cant wait for our u/s on Monday!

O yea my blog, that thing I forgot about!

It deserves an update!

The week we found out
Was also christmas week. We were shocked, amazed, grateful, cautious, happy etc etc etc. After a first great beta of 319 @ 15dpIUI we decided we would tell our family. We know that the road is long and whatever may be may be and thought that IF anything happened to our precious baby bear, we wanted all the support we could get. So we told them.

My mom was first on X mas eve. She received a silver frame that said " When a child is born, so is a Grandmother" I also added my own little poem that said

Dear Grandma,
Roses are Red
Violets are Blue
In August 2011
Ill be seeing 
YOU!


Her initial response was a mirage of "O MY GOD O MY GOD O MY GOD" mixed in with tears.

Next C's family found out on Christmas. We purchased a frame that said Nana on it for C's grandmother and wrote on the paper inside

Great Grandchild #14 Coming in August 2011


As for C's parents, they got this little onsie.

At first they didn't get it. They thought it was for my sister in laws baby who was just born. Until C said it wasn't for him that they got it. We got a lot of hugs and congrats and that they would all like a girl. =)

I finally got my second beta back from yesterdays blood work. It came back as 2221! Whooo hoo!

Its time..

On Sunday night I told C that my plan had been to wait until Wednesday to test here at home and then get a beta done. Well I realized that IF AF was on her way, the progesterone was stopping her a bit and she would be late any way. So I said " Im going to test Monday morning and see what happens"..

Monday Morning
I get up out of bed, one eye open and grab the pee stick. I stumble into the bathroom, pee on it and set it on the back part of the counter and start my timer. I proceed to wash my face, do my hair and then look down at the timer. O its been 3 1/2 mins, I can look. Before I looked at the stick I braced my self for what I was so accustomed to, nothing. I took a few deep breathes and grabbed the stick.....

2.PINK.LINES.HOLY.SHIT.IM.PREGNANT!

I started to shake and cry. Who knew that a second pink line could do all that to a person. Who knew that the second pink line would make me feel like I never had before. I had no idea what to do. So I run to the room pick up the phone and call C. The convo went like this.

" Hi baby what are you doing?" Mind you I sound like im crying
"Nothing just throwing some stuff away"
"Umm..baby...we did it"
"What?"
"Im pregnant!"
"NICE!!!" She said something after that but for the life of me I can not remember.

So on my lunch on Monday I went in to have the blood work done. They were supposed to do an inital test and if it came back positive ( which it did) they were to run to get #'s. They didnt. So I had to go in on Wednesday for MORE blood work and got the numbers this morning.

319 baby! RN said numbers look great and I got the run down of what I can eat and drink. No tap water, no king swordfish, only some tuna and all the meat I want. (Yuck!) I go in tomorrow for another beta and get results on Monday. Also we should have our first ultrasound on either Thursday or Friday to hopefully see the baby bears heartbeat. We are still in disbelief.

** To My In real life friends. Please please please please please do not say anything on FB. You may text me if youd like. We are not out of the woods yet and will not be telling everyone until late Feb. Thanks!**

13 dpIUI

Snappy, Snarky, bitchy and Pissed Off. No apparent reason just feel annoyed with people. Everyday with no sign of AF is a good day though, even if I think this bitchyness is from PMS. I still have the sharp pain every once in a while and I have to wash my face 2x to get the oil off, thanks Progesterone I really appreciate it.

12 dpIUI

Cramping but feels different sort of in my cervix, semi sharp and only lasts for a quick second. I've also noticed that my face is so oily(yuck) and I have so much ear wax (double yuck!). Nausea this morning but I think its from all the OJ ive been drinking. I cant believe its already 13 dpIUI!

10 & 11 dpIUI

It was nothing new. Same random cramping and a bit of the SVP. Although the last 2 days I have noticed an increase in Watery CM and today EWCM. Not sure if that is a s/e of the prog sups. or not...

9 dpIUI and A new baby in the family

I dont even really remember yesterday. It was such a jumble of things and in the end we found our selves in the hospital waiting for our godson to be born. I do remember I had some cramping and started to get the SVP pain again but other then that, I cant remember.

I will post pictures of the little 7lb1oz 18in man in a few days. He is just precious...

8 dpIUI

I hate life. See below post. I have gas, my stomach has cramps and the million sit up pains, im tired and I noticed that I am breaking out like a teenager =(
 I hate Progesterone! Hate it Hate it Hate it!

Ive also noticed that last time I had weird pains, The SVP (Shooting Vagina Pain) and this time its the MSUP, Million Sit Up Pain.

I can't wait to go to sleep tonight.

Definition

Im not sure what it is or even where it started. Today, melancholy is how im feeling. My mind is being sent in so many different directions, im not sure it really knows how to feel.

Work-

Work is well work. Stressful but always fun. I spend my morning marveling over the children in my classroom who could play UNO for hours if I let them and who for the first time yesterday were given screws and screw drivers to investigate. They loved it. But so much of work is relationship based that when im having a sad day or an off day or a I-dont-feel-well-but-cant-really-tell-anyone-why kind of day, I wish I could stay home. 

Cycle-

The last IUI and now progesterone supps. have really sent me on a ride. The prog. sups. make me tired beyond belif and I sometimes think I may not make it though the day. The constant cramps ( ok not constant but they have yet to go away) and now the ijustdid1millionsitup's feeling to add to all of this. My back has been bothering me making it a bit hard to sleep and get comfortable. So there I am in bed, tired, cranky and cant fall asleep for the life of me. Feeling sad that C cant be there with me most of the time made me cry the other night, I feel asleep with tears streaming down my face. It was bad night. 

Godson-

I can not wait to meet this little bundle of joy in the next week. When I think about it, it makes my eyes well up with tears. Im not sure if the tears are happy tears or half happy half sad its not me. Either way, awaiting his entrence into the world is exciting but also taking an emotional toll on me. 

7 dpIUI

What a doozy! I called RE this morning to tell them that since my P4 levels were low I started the Progesterone Supps. but needed more. I was tired all day and could not wait to get home to rest! Some cramping but again mainly when I am in the car or just sitting. My back started hurting last night and it was a little uncomfortable. I think its from picking up the nephew, who is not light at all! Today also in my lower abdomen it feels like I have done a million sit ups! Not sure what that is about.

This 2ww feels short and honestly, I have not been thinking much about it. I try not to look into the phantom symptoms but my hope is still for a bfp

Never did I think

** Warning. This post contains the words vagina and dildo. Please note that you have been warned.**

Never in my life did I think I would be shoving huge pills up my vagina, inviting the dildo cam in with joy, having such a love/hate relationship with AF, popping more pills then I ever thought and caring about hormone levels. The joys of trying to make a baby!

5 & 6 dpIUI

5 dpIUI-Saturday Dec. 11
A bit of cramping, a bit of heartburn. Had my P4 levels taken.

6 dpIUI-Today
Had an easy day and got to sleep in, finally! Got the levels from yesterday and decided to take the Progesterone Supps. that I have until I talk to RE tomorrow. Im 99% sure they will want me on them until I get beta done.

Progesterone Levels back

7.8

Im not thrilled but its better then 5 or 2. I have a feeling that I am going to be going on Progesterone Supps. starting this week. I am going to take one tonight for good measure and then call RE office tomorrow morning.

Blood work this morning

The plan is to drop C off at G-Ma's house so she can start making tamales with the family. I on the other hand will be taking my happy self to Kaiser to get blood drawn. We are checking to make sure I O'd and want a number OVER 10! Numbers have never been so important to me in my life!

4 dpIUI

Heartburn man! All over the damn place and it sucks! Back ache but feeling like its due to the up and down at work ive been doing. Cramping on and off. I notice it more when im sitting down. Plus sort of gassy =/

3 dpIUI

Same cramping as before although at 11:30 this morning I got some sharp cramps that lasted a few minutes. Other then that feeling great!

Is that me

Making all that noise? My insides are not happy with the Met I took tonight!

2 dp IUI

Nothing to report. Some usual cramping, not as much as 1 dpIUI but still there a bit. Trying to eat better and drink lots and lots of water!

IUI Recap & 2dpIUI

IUI went well. Great Numbers and great grade! We can go in for beta on the 20th if AF has not shown by then. I am hoping to wait until the 22nd if AF doesn't arrive. But who knows how that will go.


1dpIUI-
Just some light cramping like I always get afterwards. =)

Shoot me up baby

Saturday night we were out of town. We stayed in Sacramento with C's aunt to celebrate a birthday. So here comes Saturday night and here comes the shot. I brought the bag o goodies out and C says " I want to mix it all" So she did

Stay Tuned

For a large post on

-Trigger Shot
-Dropping off Spermcicles
and an IUI recap!

IuI in 2 hours!

Spermcicle's Take 2

Getting ready for their car ride home ha ha! C text me this photo and said " This thing is huge!"

Follie Scan-Check!

Appointment went really well today! Usually the RN's have to search around for my left ovary, search and search and search. Today, was a different story. Dildo cam went in, found the left one. No issues. We saw a 17mm follie on the left and 12-13mm follie on the right. We trigger at home on Saturday Night and go in for IUI on Monday.

Beta will be on the 20th. O lord, please let this be our early christmas present!!

I also just looked back and this time of year 2 years ago we were doing our first IUI!