Donor Chosen!

Im not sure why I waited so long to post an update about the donor information. Any way it came the day after my last post ( So, Sept. 10, 09). It had 1 baby photo and 2- 20 page medical information on 2 donors. C and I sat in our room and read them of to each-other. After each section we talked about what we liked and disliked about the information and moved on. At the end it was clear who our choice would be. The donor we did not pick had various serious medical conditions in his family. Thanks, but no thanks. So we marveled over the baby photo ( it is more like a toddler photo) of the donor we chose. We were happy, content and excited!

So now weeks after we have chosen we have begun to look at various baby items. We went to a toy store to look for a game and ended up in the baby section looking at car seats and strollers(!!). We have looked at cribs on line ( and one in the store on accident!). C asked the other day if when im pregnant if I will be able to help paint the room. So i looked into it and as long as the paint has low to no VOC'S its safe. Lucky for us the paint C wants to use is the Arm and Hammer paint which has NO VOC'S! The room that will be the baby room currently has red trim so we will primer it and then paint it and the ceiling.

Not much to think about in the next 2 months- except for keeping healthy and keeping the weight off slowly and in a healthy manner.

Sick & Waiting

I stayed home yesterday and today due to flu like symptoms. It was pretty bad yesterday but thankfully I feel better today and will return to work tomorrow.

This past weekend was C and my 4 year anniversary of being together. We were at her Aunts house out near Sacramento, house and dog sitting. She made me breakfast ( eggs and ham, plus blueberry pancakes!!!) It was nice to have a quiet weekend.

On Friday I paid the registration fee to the SB($100) plus ordered medical forms for 2 donors and the one baby photo the 1 donor had ($55). I was hoping it would come yesterday being that we are only 30 mins away from the SB but it didn't, so im in the living room waiting for todays mail to come, although i have a feeling it wont come today either! That is what I hate about ordering things, I can not wait for it to come but it never comes on time or when I want it to!

The other night I had gone to the bathroom and when i came back into the room C was on the computer. As i climb back into bed she says " so..." I thought for sure she was going to say something about the Beetles Rock Band that she has been wanting (which i finally let her get) but she said " I was looking at these cribs..." What! your looking at what! Now dont get be wrong she is so excited to start trying for our little one but I never thought she would say that. So we laid in bed and looked at cribs for a bit. I would much rather buy one in the store being that I hate waiting!

C's grandmother called this morning to see where she has been. C goes over every day and takes her places etc. C told her I was sick and so she was staying home with me " Are we pregnant?" Her grandmother asked C told her No to which her grandmother replied " I thought i was going to get to go to the store and buy blankets and pajamas and bottles and onsies"

See Baby, you have not even been conceived and already people are awaiting your arrival.

A dream is a wish your heart makes..

So I sent in our SB registration papers on Monday and called the SB today to pay for the fee. Plus I ordered the 2 donor history papers and one of the donors has a baby photo, so we ordered that too! They come in the mail ( bummer!) so they should be here early next week. Lucky us the SB is about 30 minutes up the freeway.

I had a baby dream last night. C and I were in our room packing baby clothes to go to the hospital, im guessing that we didn't know what we were having so i was packing 2 of everything. I packed these terry cloth footy pajamas, one in blue and white and the other in pink and grey, diapers, 2 pairs of socks, hats, blankets. The funny this is i was packing this all in

this very large duffle bag we own. It was very real, with my very big belly in the dream..

Papers sent-Check!

So a few months ago C and I decided not to send in the papers to the SB quite yet. Since we will not be TTC in November now I feel like we are behind track! But its okay...I sent the papers in this morning and will call on Friday to pay the registration fee of $100!

On another note our RE emailed me and said it would be fine to start in November instead of Sept. for baby.

Next step.. buy our first vile from SB!

Movin it up

We had our follow up appointment on Wednesday morning. It was only 30 mins. long and we got tons of information.

The first good thing is that i've lost 7.5 pounds!!!!! I was telling C that I didn't think I had lost any weight at all and in fact thought I may have gained some, but to my surprise I didn't! Dr. A. explained that all of my labs came back good and the only thing to keep working on was the weight a bit. He made our plan which will consist of

3 cycles with Metformin & Clomid

If im not pregnant within those 3 months then

3 more cycles with Metformin & injections

IF im still not pregnant after that then we will re-discuss an HSG..

O and did I mention that we will no longer wait until Jan. 2010 but now we will start in NOVEMBER!!!!!!

C and I are both very excited and cant wait.

We many time talk about our un-conceived unborn child as if they are already here.

We love you already little baby, there are so many people who anticipate you already.

Drained

I dont know what it is but im feeling very drained. We have not even started TTC but already I feel stressed. Maybe it is due to the fact that my classroom at work is in shambles as we start to move to a new classroom. Things are all over the room, rugs are not in there etc etc. Nothing is on the walls and it doesn't feel like my classroom at all. Hopefully after the move things will get better.

It could also be the hormonal switch from CD 1-11 and on, who knows.

HSG

When I called the RE on Monday to schedule my HSG she told me that as long as I was not having a heavy flow on the day of my HSG they would do it.

So C and I go in yesterday and I go to have it done. The Dr. who did the procedure did not explain any thing to me, I had no idea what was going on and when I asked the nurse she said " He is getting you ready", They then called in another Dr to take the x-rays and I was still not informed of what or when they were doing. They injected the dye without telling me and I flinched from the cramping. The catheter came out at the Dr said we would need to reschedule because there was still blood in my uterus. After I get off of the table the Dr looks at me and says " Well i hope you didn't pay to much for this" to which I reply " yes I did, it was almost $200!" I got a refund at the end. DW and i talked on the way home and she expressed that she was unsure as to why I needed one done in the first place. We read that HSG's are usually a common things for women undergoing fertility treatment to rule out complication in the uterus and tubes or women who have had miscarriages. We personally dont feel that it is necessary for us at this time and e-mailed our Dr last night.

When our Dr emailed back he said that it was not necessary and that we could speak more at our follow up apt.

I am relieved at this point but still know that it may be looming again in the future..and it hurt!