So it has been almost a full month since hurting my back and except for some aching in the morning and in the evening it feels sooo much better.
I go back to the chiro tomorrow and hopefully she will be done with me. I hope! Puh-lease Dr Stacy no more visits okay???
Anyway a month ago I was going to start the Couch to 5K program (C25K) and downloaded the app on my phone and everything... Cue breaking myself!
Well I have ridden my bike a couple times with some discomfort, and gone for a couple walks feeling meh...
Today at lunch I walked a mile and felt pretty darn good after! So when I got home I decided Week 1 Day 1 was happening today!!!!!!!! And I did the whole thing, made it just about 2 miles, I know where 1 mile from my house is on the trail behind it and turned around like 100 feet short (the lady in the app told me too!)
Back is a bit sore now I am icing and them and going to stretch really good.
I am registered for 5 more 5ks this year. I would like to be able to run the entire race at the very least the last one, but I would really like to run all of the last 3 of them if I can keep up the training, we will see!
I am super excited for my next upcoming race... The Glow Run! Like the Color run but at night! Going to kick ass!!! http://www.glowintheparkrun.com/
I am boring... I am trying to check off things from my to do list for this week while I am home alone, I ended up adding more things to the list just so I can cross a few off!! :) but I am getting things done that need to be done, they just didn't make my original list!
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Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Sunday, July 28, 2013
All alone all week!! :)
Dropped E off today to go teach little high schoolers how to march! Yep he is off to band camp for a week. My annual week of doing whatever I want all week!! :)
I am not excited about it or anything!!!
So I did a bunch of running around and then went to get a massage... Not with my normal chick but will some new german or russian chick... Nope... Won't be going back to her... It was an okay massage, but it was shorter than it was supposed to be and she kept just stopping and doing I don't know what then starting to rub again... I feel relaxed and my back feels a little better, i told her it had been bothering me so she did a little extra on my low back but I was not really comfortable with her.
Oh well I should sleep good tonight from it! And she told me to take a bath before bed to help relax even more... Well twist my arm... who cares that I already took one today because it was 60 outside and 60 inside.... I will totally take a second bath!! :)
Hmm tomorrow I guess I will go buy some groceries and maybe do Day one of the Couch to 5k program if my back feels up to it.
What else should I do this week?? I have more running around to do, need to get my rings cleaned and think of a 5 year anniversary gift. I don't know what else quite yet!
I am not excited about it or anything!!!
So I did a bunch of running around and then went to get a massage... Not with my normal chick but will some new german or russian chick... Nope... Won't be going back to her... It was an okay massage, but it was shorter than it was supposed to be and she kept just stopping and doing I don't know what then starting to rub again... I feel relaxed and my back feels a little better, i told her it had been bothering me so she did a little extra on my low back but I was not really comfortable with her.
Oh well I should sleep good tonight from it! And she told me to take a bath before bed to help relax even more... Well twist my arm... who cares that I already took one today because it was 60 outside and 60 inside.... I will totally take a second bath!! :)
Hmm tomorrow I guess I will go buy some groceries and maybe do Day one of the Couch to 5k program if my back feels up to it.
What else should I do this week?? I have more running around to do, need to get my rings cleaned and think of a 5 year anniversary gift. I don't know what else quite yet!
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
IVF Consult= Information Overload!
Wow. I spent almost 2 hours at the REs office today. Holy crap my brain is swimming!
The med student that was with my Dr kept saying, this is a lot of information are you sure you don't have questions? I kept saying I don't think so I need to process and will call when I do!
My Dr is the sweetest she was so bummed that last cycle didn't work said that with the way everything looked on paper it was a perfect cycle, 2 good follies, really good lining and really good post wash numbers (for us). So we started to talk about IVF. She walked through everything step by step and seemed to be leaning toward us doing IVF with ICSI because we hadn't had luck with a couple good cycles but if we got enough follicles from me we could try to split and do half with ICSI and half to see if they can/will fertilize on their own so we know in the future if we should even try on our own or if we should just do IVF if we want more children.
So after she talked to me for like 45 mins she sent in the IVF nurse coordinator who went through everything again and went through all of my previous test to make sure they were up to date and what I would have to have updated and new tests prior to doing a cycle. I have quite a to-do list!
I need to redo some of my CD3 bloodwork and then do a Mock Transfer, Antral Follicle count, Office Hysteroscopy and something else before CD11. Full infectious disease panel, CF testing. Hubs also needs the Infectious disease panel done and another SA since it will have been 3 months since his last one by the time it comes to our ER.
So we went with the assumption that my period should start the weekend before we go to Hawaii. I have an appt scheduled to have the Mock transfer and everything else done prior to us leaving and to have all my bloodwork done. She also called me in a script for BCP to start that same time. Which means when we get back from Hawaii things will go in fast forward and start meds, meeting with the IVF coordinator and shot training, and a potential ER the end of Sept... But this is my body so we also assumed that things won't go according to that plan so we scheduled a backup date for all that stuff to happen in Sept and then ER would be in October.
Then I met with the financial person with the office. She went over the costs I about passed out! With ICSI we are looking at $9,500 or so prepaid for the cycle not including meds. But since I have met my lifetime max for infertility we also assumed that none of the tests etc would be covered, that is another $3,500 or so. Then meds on top of that. OMG... she told me once everything was rejected by insurance etc that I could call the billing coordinator and say I am out of pocket and that I should be offered a 20% discount. So I fully plan on doing that, and also doing that when I receive the bill from the past failed cycle. Then she gave me some coupon things for Freedom Fertility to save some money on my meds. Not a ton but a little.
I have a whole packet of info for me and E to read and keep my fingers crossed that my body works the way we think it will and I can get all the testing done before we go to Hawaii!
The med student that was with my Dr kept saying, this is a lot of information are you sure you don't have questions? I kept saying I don't think so I need to process and will call when I do!
My Dr is the sweetest she was so bummed that last cycle didn't work said that with the way everything looked on paper it was a perfect cycle, 2 good follies, really good lining and really good post wash numbers (for us). So we started to talk about IVF. She walked through everything step by step and seemed to be leaning toward us doing IVF with ICSI because we hadn't had luck with a couple good cycles but if we got enough follicles from me we could try to split and do half with ICSI and half to see if they can/will fertilize on their own so we know in the future if we should even try on our own or if we should just do IVF if we want more children.
So after she talked to me for like 45 mins she sent in the IVF nurse coordinator who went through everything again and went through all of my previous test to make sure they were up to date and what I would have to have updated and new tests prior to doing a cycle. I have quite a to-do list!
I need to redo some of my CD3 bloodwork and then do a Mock Transfer, Antral Follicle count, Office Hysteroscopy and something else before CD11. Full infectious disease panel, CF testing. Hubs also needs the Infectious disease panel done and another SA since it will have been 3 months since his last one by the time it comes to our ER.
So we went with the assumption that my period should start the weekend before we go to Hawaii. I have an appt scheduled to have the Mock transfer and everything else done prior to us leaving and to have all my bloodwork done. She also called me in a script for BCP to start that same time. Which means when we get back from Hawaii things will go in fast forward and start meds, meeting with the IVF coordinator and shot training, and a potential ER the end of Sept... But this is my body so we also assumed that things won't go according to that plan so we scheduled a backup date for all that stuff to happen in Sept and then ER would be in October.
Then I met with the financial person with the office. She went over the costs I about passed out! With ICSI we are looking at $9,500 or so prepaid for the cycle not including meds. But since I have met my lifetime max for infertility we also assumed that none of the tests etc would be covered, that is another $3,500 or so. Then meds on top of that. OMG... she told me once everything was rejected by insurance etc that I could call the billing coordinator and say I am out of pocket and that I should be offered a 20% discount. So I fully plan on doing that, and also doing that when I receive the bill from the past failed cycle. Then she gave me some coupon things for Freedom Fertility to save some money on my meds. Not a ton but a little.
I have a whole packet of info for me and E to read and keep my fingers crossed that my body works the way we think it will and I can get all the testing done before we go to Hawaii!
Sunday, July 21, 2013
I don't like sunday evenings...
because it means I have to get up and go to work tomorrow! :(
My back had been doing better but since I went on Friday I have been sore. And yesterday sitting at a family reunion all day it got a bit worse. But regardless I attempted a bit of yardwork today, dumb! And I tried to go for a bike ride. I did 2 miles... feeling a little tight, but plan on getting on the floor and trying to stretch it out. I go back to the chiro tomorrow after work, she said there was a lot of improvement, but I want instant results!
IVF consult is on Wednesday. I wish they had a buy 5 IUIs get one free program or something... that would be nice! Dreading seeing how much this IVF thing is going to cost. But, it will all be worth it if we get a little one out of it, and we will know we have exhausted all options if it doesn't work.
It was just hard cuz I am the one cousin from the family reunion that didn't get the UBERfertile gene! a younger cousin has 6 kids with 2 guys and has had her tubes tied at 32, 3 others have unplanned kids with various people. So all the cousins of child having/making age have kids most of them unplanned. Of course my mom and dad had problems all I know is it took them 7 years for my brother and then me right after. But my mom never told me why or what they did. I suppose I should ask but I don't need her asking every other day how things are going.
My back had been doing better but since I went on Friday I have been sore. And yesterday sitting at a family reunion all day it got a bit worse. But regardless I attempted a bit of yardwork today, dumb! And I tried to go for a bike ride. I did 2 miles... feeling a little tight, but plan on getting on the floor and trying to stretch it out. I go back to the chiro tomorrow after work, she said there was a lot of improvement, but I want instant results!
IVF consult is on Wednesday. I wish they had a buy 5 IUIs get one free program or something... that would be nice! Dreading seeing how much this IVF thing is going to cost. But, it will all be worth it if we get a little one out of it, and we will know we have exhausted all options if it doesn't work.
It was just hard cuz I am the one cousin from the family reunion that didn't get the UBERfertile gene! a younger cousin has 6 kids with 2 guys and has had her tubes tied at 32, 3 others have unplanned kids with various people. So all the cousins of child having/making age have kids most of them unplanned. Of course my mom and dad had problems all I know is it took them 7 years for my brother and then me right after. But my mom never told me why or what they did. I suppose I should ask but I don't need her asking every other day how things are going.
Thursday, July 18, 2013
July 24th.... IVF consult
So I go next Wednesday to see my RE again and discuss IVF. I don't know if E will be able to come but I will ask if he wants too, it is in the middle of the day and he will be off work the whole following week so I don't know if he can miss a day next week.
I did pretty good today, after my meltdown at 4am I managed pretty good the rest of the day. I have not told E yet since was still sleeping when I left for work and didn't want to wake him for that shitty news.
BUT ONLY 35 DAYS UNTIL I AM ON A BEACH IN HAWAII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And my back was way better today I was actually able to do like 10 minutes of yard work today! OOHHH... but it has been 2 weeks since I hurt it so dang it, it better be better!! Hoping tomorrow is my last or 2nd to last Chiro appt.
So a couple positives to go against the huge negative!
I did pretty good today, after my meltdown at 4am I managed pretty good the rest of the day. I have not told E yet since was still sleeping when I left for work and didn't want to wake him for that shitty news.
BUT ONLY 35 DAYS UNTIL I AM ON A BEACH IN HAWAII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And my back was way better today I was actually able to do like 10 minutes of yard work today! OOHHH... but it has been 2 weeks since I hurt it so dang it, it better be better!! Hoping tomorrow is my last or 2nd to last Chiro appt.
So a couple positives to go against the huge negative!
Cd mother fluckin 1
I am so devastated right now. Just woke up to full on AF and cant fall back asleep. IUI5 was a waste of time, money, eggs, sperm, meds, my drs time...
I am going to call my RE today to see when I can come in to discuss what to do next and how much that is going to cost me.
IF sucks, no insurance sucks, being a woman sucks, cramps suck. Insomnia sucks.
I guess I wish I had just moved on to IVF instead of asking for one more IUI cycle. Now it will be at least sept til we can do anything. E is gone all week not next week but the week after and then in 31 days we go on our trip. Which means AF will show her bitchy face for our wonderful anniversary trip.
If I knew 5 years ago when we got married it would take this long I would have pushed to start sooner and not accepted having it pushed back from waiting 1 year to waiting 3, yes there were other circumstances that came intomplay for a while of E losing his job for a while but still, maybe just maybe we would have a kid by now. I guess i wont have an outside baby before I turn 37, this was my last cycle with a chance of that happening.
Well going to try to sleep. Good luck self.
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
12dpiui and still spotting
AHHHHHHHH
brown spotting still today... a little more today than yesterday along with cramps and headache, pretty sure it is over soon. it hasn't turned to pink yet so I am debating on testing but think it is a waste of a test.
I hate the mindfuck this all is.
Thats about it. just needed to get that off my chest
brown spotting still today... a little more today than yesterday along with cramps and headache, pretty sure it is over soon. it hasn't turned to pink yet so I am debating on testing but think it is a waste of a test.
I hate the mindfuck this all is.
Thats about it. just needed to get that off my chest
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
F my life... spotting already????
Wow... so 11dpiui today and I am spotting... lots of cramping, headache, sore boobs... all PMS stuff...
So pretty sure we just wasted $5,000 since we used our lifetime Infertility insurance. $1,000 in injects and then I saw on my pending from the RE $4,000, which will be reduced a bit because of some magic insurance shit even though it isn't covered.
Son of a Bitch.... I am so mad and upset right now I can't stop crying... I wish we had saved our money to put towards IVF.
Let's top that off with attempting to refinance the house. I will admit I have put it off for way too long but I finally talked to someone today and she was a royal bitch to me because I didn't know the worth of our house. I am sorry I am not a realtor, and it says that they do an appraisal so why do I need to know? and then after I got off the phone with her I got a call from the same number again so i let it go to voicemail. And get a sweet as pie message since she obviously didn't realize it was the same person about how she would be more than happy to help me get financing for the purchase of my home. So obviously she can't read since everything I filled out said refinance.
So I filled out paperwork through a different bank and will see how that goes! But it looks like we owe way more on our house than it is worth right now, by about $30,000... so..... refinancing and IVF in the future... there goes all of our savings............ Good thing we already booked and paid for Hawaii.... because that SO would not be happening if I knew all this first.
So pretty sure we just wasted $5,000 since we used our lifetime Infertility insurance. $1,000 in injects and then I saw on my pending from the RE $4,000, which will be reduced a bit because of some magic insurance shit even though it isn't covered.
Son of a Bitch.... I am so mad and upset right now I can't stop crying... I wish we had saved our money to put towards IVF.
Let's top that off with attempting to refinance the house. I will admit I have put it off for way too long but I finally talked to someone today and she was a royal bitch to me because I didn't know the worth of our house. I am sorry I am not a realtor, and it says that they do an appraisal so why do I need to know? and then after I got off the phone with her I got a call from the same number again so i let it go to voicemail. And get a sweet as pie message since she obviously didn't realize it was the same person about how she would be more than happy to help me get financing for the purchase of my home. So obviously she can't read since everything I filled out said refinance.
So I filled out paperwork through a different bank and will see how that goes! But it looks like we owe way more on our house than it is worth right now, by about $30,000... so..... refinancing and IVF in the future... there goes all of our savings............ Good thing we already booked and paid for Hawaii.... because that SO would not be happening if I knew all this first.
Monday, July 15, 2013
Saturday, July 13, 2013
40 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh yeah baby!!!!!!!! So excited to go to Hawaii for our 5 year anniversary!!!!!! Flying to Honolulu 2 days before our cruise leaves to hang out on the beach and then a 7 day cruise of 4 islands!! Just need to book 1 more excursion after calling the cruise-line to ask for their recommendations and we are all set to go!!!!!!!! It cannot come soon enough!!!!
It will either be awesome because we will be KU from this cycle or waiting to start IVF. I obviously am hoping for the former rather than the later, but only next week will tell!
Either way I will be enjoying this!!!!
Friday, July 12, 2013
2nd Chiro visit
She said I am better but still out of whack a little bit.
This afternoon before my appt I felt something shift in there an a lot of the pain was gone so I knew that was a good thing.
I am sore now after she adjusted me again.
7dpiui today. My boobs are so sore and swollen. OUCH... probably 7 more days at least of that... and the bloating.... my pants are so tight....
Boring today... going to play at the lake tomorrow, yay!
This afternoon before my appt I felt something shift in there an a lot of the pain was gone so I knew that was a good thing.
I am sore now after she adjusted me again.
7dpiui today. My boobs are so sore and swollen. OUCH... probably 7 more days at least of that... and the bloating.... my pants are so tight....
Boring today... going to play at the lake tomorrow, yay!
Thursday, July 11, 2013
6dpiui
I am hanging out 6dpiui and wishing I had decided to test out my trigger shot. I know it has been gone by 8dpt in the past which would be tomorrow, so I guess I could test tomorrow to see. But I really should be good and just wait until 14dpt. I know I should wait but I just want to pee on something... Even if it is to see the false 2 lines from the trigger shot.
I guess I will be good and wait until next Thursday and if no AF I will test then. But Tuesday is so much closer...... :)
I am so so so bloated it isn't even funny. All my pants feel tight, I might have to wear dresses until we figure out what is going on (in other words + or -)
My back is doing better. I called a chiropractor on Monday and she got me in first thing Tuesday morning. My Sacroiliac Joint was totally pulled over to the right and as a result my whole pelvis was out of whack. So she did some adjusting and then I had to sit at my desk all freaking day which about killed me. I had to get up every 20 mins.
Wednesday I woke up and got out of bed easier but the muscles were sooooo sore it wasn't funny. Sitting at work still sucked but it was better. That brings us to today... I got out of bed so much easier than any day in the past. Muscles are still sore but not as bad. Sitting in the desk chair still sucks but way better.
So I treated myself to a pedicure tonight and then made myself go grocery shopping, since E never actually does a big shopping trip. Now sitting on the couch I feel my back tightening up I need to go get some ice. I go back to the chiropractor tomorrow evening I hope it is my last visit, all depends on if things stayed where she adjusted them too!
I guess I will be good and wait until next Thursday and if no AF I will test then. But Tuesday is so much closer...... :)
I am so so so bloated it isn't even funny. All my pants feel tight, I might have to wear dresses until we figure out what is going on (in other words + or -)
My back is doing better. I called a chiropractor on Monday and she got me in first thing Tuesday morning. My Sacroiliac Joint was totally pulled over to the right and as a result my whole pelvis was out of whack. So she did some adjusting and then I had to sit at my desk all freaking day which about killed me. I had to get up every 20 mins.
Wednesday I woke up and got out of bed easier but the muscles were sooooo sore it wasn't funny. Sitting at work still sucked but it was better. That brings us to today... I got out of bed so much easier than any day in the past. Muscles are still sore but not as bad. Sitting in the desk chair still sucks but way better.
So I treated myself to a pedicure tonight and then made myself go grocery shopping, since E never actually does a big shopping trip. Now sitting on the couch I feel my back tightening up I need to go get some ice. I go back to the chiropractor tomorrow evening I hope it is my last visit, all depends on if things stayed where she adjusted them too!
Friday, July 5, 2013
IUI#5 is in the books!!
I slept horrible last night between my back and the fireworks, maybe the 5k wasn't such a good idea! and maybe I should have gone to the dr... but shhhh don't tell anyone I said that!!
I was up when E left for the dr but couldn't move to get out of bed. Eventually I made it to the tub and decided maybe a soak would help. NOPE! but I didn't get stuck in the tub so that was a good thing! I was beginning to wonder if I would even be able to lay down and scooch for the IUI. I even wore a dress so there was less bending to put pants back on.
E got home right before I was leaving and was all amped up and lovey, I wish I hadn't been in pain, I have been a bitch since I hurt myself.
So I headed down to the Dr. and managed to get up on the table and wait, there was no foot rest pulled out and I couldn't bend to do it myself so it started hurting about the time the Dr came in. She is the same one who has done all my IUIs and had a new Dr with her so she was more friendly and informative than normal. But she said we had really really good sperm counts. Post wash 86 million with 90% motility. That is like 3 times what we have had for other IUIs!!!!!!!! She was very happy with how this cycle was looking, so FX that it all works out and we add another March birthday to this family!!!
Other than that I have been suffering most of the day with my back. It is better than Wednesday when I hurt it but getting up, changing positions and sitting for too long all hurt pretty bad. Laying and standing/walking are not bad at all. I think I might need to look into a chiropractor or something, but now it is the weekend and I will have to wait until Monday. Really hoping whatever it is pops back into place on its own/the muscles stop spasming.;
I was up when E left for the dr but couldn't move to get out of bed. Eventually I made it to the tub and decided maybe a soak would help. NOPE! but I didn't get stuck in the tub so that was a good thing! I was beginning to wonder if I would even be able to lay down and scooch for the IUI. I even wore a dress so there was less bending to put pants back on.
E got home right before I was leaving and was all amped up and lovey, I wish I hadn't been in pain, I have been a bitch since I hurt myself.
So I headed down to the Dr. and managed to get up on the table and wait, there was no foot rest pulled out and I couldn't bend to do it myself so it started hurting about the time the Dr came in. She is the same one who has done all my IUIs and had a new Dr with her so she was more friendly and informative than normal. But she said we had really really good sperm counts. Post wash 86 million with 90% motility. That is like 3 times what we have had for other IUIs!!!!!!!! She was very happy with how this cycle was looking, so FX that it all works out and we add another March birthday to this family!!!
Other than that I have been suffering most of the day with my back. It is better than Wednesday when I hurt it but getting up, changing positions and sitting for too long all hurt pretty bad. Laying and standing/walking are not bad at all. I think I might need to look into a chiropractor or something, but now it is the weekend and I will have to wait until Monday. Really hoping whatever it is pops back into place on its own/the muscles stop spasming.;
Thursday, July 4, 2013
Happy 4th of July!
So i decided my back was crappy but I was still going to go to Frankenmuth to do the 5k. I know I am crazy but I can decide last minute not to do it!
So we made it up there by 715 cuz there was no traffic and our race wasn't until 10! So we got our numbers and stuff and hung out in the car to rest my back. Which while walking wasn't too bad.
We headed down to the start and I had decided I was only going to walk no jogging to make it worse. But then decided I wanted to jog at the start which was all uphill, what is wrong with me, I wasn't going to jog let alone on a hill.
Well that about did me in! So we walked and walked! 53:10 I think was what my watch said. So 5k #5 was7 minutes slower but with a messed up back I don't think that is really all that bad.
We wandered a bit after the race and hit the outlet mall and came back home. My back started to seize back up once I stopped moving around.
Hope I can get a good nights sleep with all the fireworks going off. IUI #5 in the morning!!!! :)
So we made it up there by 715 cuz there was no traffic and our race wasn't until 10! So we got our numbers and stuff and hung out in the car to rest my back. Which while walking wasn't too bad.
We headed down to the start and I had decided I was only going to walk no jogging to make it worse. But then decided I wanted to jog at the start which was all uphill, what is wrong with me, I wasn't going to jog let alone on a hill.
Well that about did me in! So we walked and walked! 53:10 I think was what my watch said. So 5k #5 was7 minutes slower but with a messed up back I don't think that is really all that bad.
We wandered a bit after the race and hit the outlet mall and came back home. My back started to seize back up once I stopped moving around.
Hope I can get a good nights sleep with all the fireworks going off. IUI #5 in the morning!!!! :)
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Ahhhh my freakin back
So mad right now. It has happened a couple times before but not this bad where it just starts to spasm and I can't move.
Went to go kayak today and bent a little funny to pull my kayak out of the shed and felt a tweak and didn't think much of it. It hurt a bit to get in the kayak but I went anyway. Halfway around the lake was in mega pain. So I got back to the dock and could barely get out of the kayak.
I eventually got out and got the boat back in the shed, made it up the stairs and into the kitchen before I was halted dead in my tracks with pain.
Then silly me thought laying on the floor would help it all relax. That ended up with me being stuck on the floor for almost an hour before I could suck it up enough to get back up. Mom laughed and laughed at me!
I made it home and showered and moved to the couch with ice and then heat etc... so much pain.
E got home and wanted me to go to dr but I said no cuz they would probably just do a muscle relaxer and I don't handle those well.
Got stuck on our floor for a bit, then the couch. Now am sorta propped up on the couch but have not tried to get up recently.
Sure hope it feels better for the 5k. and it means no TI before the IUI since I triggered tonight.
Went to go kayak today and bent a little funny to pull my kayak out of the shed and felt a tweak and didn't think much of it. It hurt a bit to get in the kayak but I went anyway. Halfway around the lake was in mega pain. So I got back to the dock and could barely get out of the kayak.
I eventually got out and got the boat back in the shed, made it up the stairs and into the kitchen before I was halted dead in my tracks with pain.
Then silly me thought laying on the floor would help it all relax. That ended up with me being stuck on the floor for almost an hour before I could suck it up enough to get back up. Mom laughed and laughed at me!
I made it home and showered and moved to the couch with ice and then heat etc... so much pain.
E got home and wanted me to go to dr but I said no cuz they would probably just do a muscle relaxer and I don't handle those well.
Got stuck on our floor for a bit, then the couch. Now am sorta propped up on the couch but have not tried to get up recently.
Sure hope it feels better for the 5k. and it means no TI before the IUI since I triggered tonight.
CD12 get to trigger tonight!!!!!!!!!!!
yay!!! only one jab to get the blood drawn today! Thank you Bianca! You know what you are doing to draw blood!!
Had my ultrasound, was a little bummed he didn't give me the measurements but they must have been (or at least one) over 18 cuz he smiled huge and said today is the day!!!!!!!!!!
I only have to give myself my trigger shot tonight and I am done with jabbing myself for a while! That makes me so happy!
I think all the grow follie grow juju from the TTGP girls helped!
IUI is scheduled for Friday morning. E has to be there at 8:10 and I am up for 9:40. I really really hope this is it finally!!!
But for now I am off to go kayaking at moms even though it is kinda cool and cloudy out it should be a nice morning for a paddle.
Had my ultrasound, was a little bummed he didn't give me the measurements but they must have been (or at least one) over 18 cuz he smiled huge and said today is the day!!!!!!!!!!
I only have to give myself my trigger shot tonight and I am done with jabbing myself for a while! That makes me so happy!
I think all the grow follie grow juju from the TTGP girls helped!
IUI is scheduled for Friday morning. E has to be there at 8:10 and I am up for 9:40. I really really hope this is it finally!!!
But for now I am off to go kayaking at moms even though it is kinda cool and cloudy out it should be a nice morning for a paddle.
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
CD11 More pokes and jabs
Today was my CD11 ultrasound. She wanted me to come back today instead of tomorrow because of how much my 2 follicles grew over the weekend.
So first stop was for them to attempt to draw my blood again. Both my arms are super bruised up from the last 2 days of digging around for veins. I wish they would just send me to the regular lab where the ladies do it all day every day. But they want to be able to process it in their own lab. I have never had a problem with anyone getting blood until this past Friday.
Sooooo she digs and digs on my right arm since my left is really bruised from the day before. She gets nothing. So she got a smaller needle and went fishing on the left arm and finally got a vein.
Back to the room I go. Wait on the table and the Dr who normally does my ultrasounds comes in with one of the other doctors. And they check my lining which was 9mm I think and then go to check my follies. They measured the ones on the right 4 times! On the left there were a couple small ones and on the right are the two dominant ones. The two of them chatted and chatted and checked the measurements like 3 times and the male dr (wish I remembered his name) turns around and goes "you missed by 1mm" So they were both 17mm they want them over 18mm for me to trigger.
I am slightly bummed cuz that means more blood tomorrow and another ultrasound and man are those pricey when your insurance stops covering this crap. But timing wise for the IUI it works out great because the IUI would be Friday this way instead of me having to cancel my 5k on the 4th of July.
So first stop was for them to attempt to draw my blood again. Both my arms are super bruised up from the last 2 days of digging around for veins. I wish they would just send me to the regular lab where the ladies do it all day every day. But they want to be able to process it in their own lab. I have never had a problem with anyone getting blood until this past Friday.
Sooooo she digs and digs on my right arm since my left is really bruised from the day before. She gets nothing. So she got a smaller needle and went fishing on the left arm and finally got a vein.
Back to the room I go. Wait on the table and the Dr who normally does my ultrasounds comes in with one of the other doctors. And they check my lining which was 9mm I think and then go to check my follies. They measured the ones on the right 4 times! On the left there were a couple small ones and on the right are the two dominant ones. The two of them chatted and chatted and checked the measurements like 3 times and the male dr (wish I remembered his name) turns around and goes "you missed by 1mm" So they were both 17mm they want them over 18mm for me to trigger.
I am slightly bummed cuz that means more blood tomorrow and another ultrasound and man are those pricey when your insurance stops covering this crap. But timing wise for the IUI it works out great because the IUI would be Friday this way instead of me having to cancel my 5k on the 4th of July.
First post! :)
My first attempt at blogging....
Here goes nothing!
Hopefully this will save my had from writing everything! Cuz man am I behind at journaling in the journal I bought for this purpose!
I am going to go back in time and put everything here from my journal. Or maybe just this cycle... Don't know, depends on how much I feel like typing!
Here goes nothing!
Hopefully this will save my had from writing everything! Cuz man am I behind at journaling in the journal I bought for this purpose!
I am going to go back in time and put everything here from my journal. Or maybe just this cycle... Don't know, depends on how much I feel like typing!
Monday, July 1, 2013
CD10
CD 10 ultrasound day. More digging around for veins. The nurse tried twice before giving up and telling me she would try again after the ultrasound. The sad thing is that I didn't even bleed after she stopped digging around so she must not have been close to anything. The nurse who couldn't get it on Friday was standing there and said she felt better that she wasn't the only one that had a problem with me.
So after 9 days of 75IU Gonal-F I had a few small follies on the left and a couple small ones and 2 larger on the right. The ones on the right were 16.5mm and 15.5mm. She looked at the measurements from Friday and went "wow those grew fast" so she wants me to do another 75IU of Gonal-F and come back Tuesday instead of Wednesday so we "don't miss it".
So I pull my clothes back on go into the hallway and smile at the nurse and say "you ready to stab me again?" at which point another nurse Bianca said she would try. She sat me down, cranked the tourniquet on my arm and grabbed the needle and first try got it. Thank god!
By the time I got home I had bled through the cotton ball and almost the bandaid, so she really got me good. It had stopped but now I have a decent bruise.
So after 9 days of 75IU Gonal-F I had a few small follies on the left and a couple small ones and 2 larger on the right. The ones on the right were 16.5mm and 15.5mm. She looked at the measurements from Friday and went "wow those grew fast" so she wants me to do another 75IU of Gonal-F and come back Tuesday instead of Wednesday so we "don't miss it".
So I pull my clothes back on go into the hallway and smile at the nurse and say "you ready to stab me again?" at which point another nurse Bianca said she would try. She sat me down, cranked the tourniquet on my arm and grabbed the needle and first try got it. Thank god!
By the time I got home I had bled through the cotton ball and almost the bandaid, so she really got me good. It had stopped but now I have a decent bruise.