Half way there!

Hey everyone. 

Life has been really crazy the last 6 weeks. 

I'm currently crashing on my Aunt's couch in Colorado doing some family stuff. 

Let's recap the last 6 weeks. 

Weeks 15-17 were pretty mild. Still felt great, no puking!! 

Week17 we found out we are having a boy. It was such a wonderful experience. We invited both sets of parents Jordan's grandparents and my grandma and well as our siblings. We have to face time a few people so they could be there because of illness but it worked out fabulously. 

Kid would not cooperate though he had his hand covering is crotch and his but was all the way at the top of my belly. Took us a while to get a good look! 

Weeks 18-20 weeks and 1day (aka today) have been great as well. I've had a lot a lot of sciatica pain and am now on work sitting restrictions. I still am below my pregnancy weight it amazing what happens when you eat less junk. 

We went and registered for some stuff, totally overwhelming!! Hopefully we got everything, if not we will figure it out along the way. 

We're still working on the nursery too. We will share some picture soon. 

Rounding out the first trimester

Yesterday day was the start of week 14. Hellooooo second trimester! 

I have been so lucky not to have been nauseous, I also have not thrown up. 

I've had what seems like a ton of doctors appointments, but I'm okay with that, it's nice to check up on baby. 

During the first trimester I was very tired. A lot of things around the house got neglected. 

Overall I am feeling great, I am starting to have more energy. So far we have picked out names and painted the nursery.We will be going with a travel theme for the nursery so it has been painted a light blue.  Keep your eye out for hot air balloons maps and globes! 

We will be posting more now that we are "out of the woods" so to say. 

Here are some pictures you may have missed on Facebook. 

11 weeks 6 days.

11weeks 3 days. Holy baby bloat.

14 weeks and 1 day. 

I don't know what to say.

When I took a test on a Tuesday morning 4 days early than I was supposed to. I didn't believe it. I sent this picture to a couple of friends who I knew were awake. 

They agreed they could see a light line. 

The next morning I took another test. It was definitely darker. I sent a picture of this test to Dr. Park asking if it was too early and if it could be the trigger shot still in my system. 

Her response was "No, it is not too early. =) I will have the nurse contact you regarding blood confirmation testing." I could barely contain my excitement, my coworkers probably thought I was nuts. Smiling to myself staring at her response at break.   I decided I would share the news with Jordan as soon as o got home. 

I bought him a Father's Day card, Father's Day was only a few days away. He read the card and said "aw how sweet let me give you a hug" clearly he didn't get it, I pulled out a pair of baby shoes from my purse and gave them to him. He said "those are cute, hopefully they get used soon. When do you get to test?" My response was "you're not getting it I'm pregnant!!!!" Celebrating in our kitchen ensued with Thor in our kitchen. Poor dog didn't know what the hell was going on but he loved the love. 

I had blood work done Thursday anything higher than a 4 mIU  is positive, mine came back at 124mIU.

A second blood test was done on Saturday to make sure the pregnancy was progressing my hcg level was 317 mIU it had more than doubled. (Enter dancing emoji here!) 

Sharing with our families was so special. We got to see my parents in person and were able to FaceTime his parents. Yay for modern technology! 

Friday we visited my grandpa and got to tell him the good news. He seemed to understand what we were saying and managed a "oh that's good". This was really special since he passed away only a few days later. 

As of today I am 7 weeks and the baby is the size of a blueberry.  I am so blown away that it worked on the first try. The odd of it working on the first time are low. We are so thankful for everyone's thoughts, prayers and support. 

The big day

IUI DAY

Cycle day 14 Jordan and I made the drive to Fontana again we had to be there super early.

Jordan needed to bet there at 8:30 to do his part because we live too far away he has to give his sample there.  Dr. Park said Jordan’s sample was the best she had seen all day. He was happy.

Jordan took some picture of the room for you guys. There were also some playboy's from 1991. 

VHS TAPES after some googling I found this movie was filmed in 2001. 

Yes this is a slide of "there was an old woman who lived in a shoe"

When Jordan was done we went to breakfast since we had a few hours to kill before the insemination. Parking at Fontana Kaiser is horrible so we walked across the street to a breakfast place. It was pretty good!

We got called back around 11:30. The procedure took about 5 minutes, the insert a catheter and then they use a long syringe like tool to inject the semen. It felt like a pap smear uncomfortable but not horrible. I had to lie on the table for 10 minutes after the procedure.

All done! 

At check out I was given MORE INSTRUCTIONS, making a baby is so complicated.

On cycle day 17 I  was told to start Endometrin  a form of  progesterone that is a vaginal suppository. (Wait, excuse me?) research shows that it both helps and does nothing so Kaiser has decided to prescribe it to everyone. If I get a negative pregnancy test I am supposed to stop the endometrin and if I get a positive test I will have to continue it for 10 weeks. this stuff is expensive, it was $130 for 42 capsules which is only 3 weeks of medication. 

Now we wait....... someone has asked me how much we have spent as of this day our grand total was $1,313.00. 

Follicle Scan and HCG trigger shot

Cycle day 12 I went in for a follicle scan.  I was so excited to see what the clomid did. I had one follicle. ONE REALLY? Okay one is way better than none. The PA did comment on my uterine lining, hey I'll take my compliments where I can get them. 

This appointment was super quick so not too much to report.

I was told to give myself the HCG trigger shot at 10pm that night and to come back on CD 14 for the insemination.

This video is long but I made a video of the HCG injection. *warning its long, you get to see my fat, and I didn't know if it was recording in the beginning.* 

My experience with Clomid

My experience with clomid was rather mild.  I chose to take the medication at night thinking that any side effects I had I would experience at night., turns out the half-life of the medication is long so the medication builds up in your system.

On a daily basis I did not have many side effects.  I was mostly exhausted and anxious.  Come cycle day 8 24 hours after I stopped the medication my anxiety was through the roof.

We were at a party with some friends and we were playing “One night ultimate werewolf” I could not handle the yelling lying and accusations involved in this game.  I ended up playing two rounds and watching another five. 

I mindlessly chewed the inside of my mouth good.

By the time we left I was so done I just passed out in the car on the way home.

This feeling continued for another 24 hours, by sunday cycle day 10 I was feeling much better. 

I had very few hot flashes and no mood swings however I was a little more emotional than normal.

Jordan was at work most of the time I was on this medication so he can't really comment on my state of mind. ;)

Here goes nothing....

This will be our first medicated cycle. How are we feeling? Nervous excited, and hopeful.

Day one was a Friday, this made cycle day 3 (aka baseline ultrasound day) a Sunday. On the weekends the infertility department is open on a first come first serve basis and only for a few hours. I had to be in Fontana at 7:30 am! 

This time I saw the same Dr. I saw for the horrible HSG test. She remembered me! She said everything looked great for day 3 of a cycle and I should start my clomid the same day and end on day 7.

Wow! I was not expecting to start the same day! I thought I had a couple more days to be synthetic hormone free. 

I was given specific instructions to return on cycle day 12 for a follicle scan and to bring with me my hcg trigger shot.

Once again hurry up and wait.