This year I feel like my favorite holiday flew by. One day I was cleaning my house and making pumpkin rolls and the next day, I was fast asleep on the couch, nursing a migraine bc all the hustle and bustle was over for that day. I LOVE hosting dinner parties at our house, so it brings me joy to see my favorite faces walk through our front door to give thanks. We feasted on all sorts of Thanksgiving treats, enjoyed some football, and even sorted through the sales papers planning our attack route for Black Friday!!
Black Friday is a tradition with my sister and mom. Every year we do this and every year, we get out earlier and earlier. This year, we hit up Kohls at 4, Lowes, and Cracker Barrel. Then we made a pit-stop by the REACH Clinic on our way through Charlotte to Northlake Mall. My side of the family is completed, but now we just have to work on Charlie's side.
Charlie and I had our pictures made yesterday afternoon at Glencairn Gardens in Rock Hill. We took the dogs (which didn't last long) with their fresh hair cuts and coordinated outfits, and off we went. Charlie was NOT a fan, and informed me that I owed him a Chinese Buffet outing (VOMIT at the thought of all the bacteria) bc he was taking these pictures.
So, YES, I did mention the REACH Clinic above. With the IUI just over a week away, I find myself excited, nervous, hopeful, all at the same time I am trying to keep my emotions in check and not get my hopes up. I started taking Clomid again this month and well I am one CrAzY woman. Let's just put it this way, I slept with the window open in our bedroom for the last 2 nights. I am comfortable and Charlie freezes. My prescriptions are filled and my ultrasound appointment is this coming Sunday morning at 7:30 am. I am excited that we are taking this new route, and even more excited to hear for myself how this is all going to go down. AHHH, the anticipation of it all.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Friday, November 12, 2010
We Now Have a Plan
Happy Friday. I hope everyone enjoyed their Veteran's Day holiday. We spent our Veteran's Day morning at the REACH Clinic where we spoke with our doctor about our plan of action. He informed us that my bloodwork came back normal, I just seem to have hyperactive ovaries, a luteal phase defect, and NO PCOS!!
He recommended that if we wanted to take the most basic route toward achieving a pregnancy, we could do ovulation induction aka Clomid or similar drugs. Or, we could take the fast track toward pregnancy, we could do IVF (70-75% of pregnancy for a female like me). My eyes were immediately overtaken by tears bc we strongly feel that we are spinning our wheels on Clomid. We informed the doctor that the Clomid route was not enough, and we were taking Clomid before we came to the clinic. He then suggested IVF, which has great chances of achieving a pregnancy, but it also comes with a price tag, for us, of $11k. OUCH!
Charlie asked about IUI. The doctor told him, in most of his cases, he uses IUI only when the male has a bolder line "swimmer" analysis. Charlie does not seem to have any problems in this area, therefore, it would only increase our normal chance of pregnancy from 20% to 25%. He stated that he would do IUI for us, but he wanted us to take time to decide. Apparently this doctor does not know who he is talking to...bc we have wanted to pursue this route for quite some time. I explained to the doctor that I would LOVE to have all the stress of conceiving taken away from us and that I would give almost anything to be able to spend time with Charlie without the constant thought of baby baby baby. This would allow us to get back to being just US....the way it should be.
Sooo, with that said, we are going to pursue IUI in December, and we could not be more excited. We are going to go through 4 cycles and see what happens; if not, IVF here come The Cagle's. On day 1 of my next cycle, I am supposed to call the clinic and set up a day 3 appointment for bloodwork and an ultrasound. Please continue to pray for us on our journey, and I will keep you updated.
He recommended that if we wanted to take the most basic route toward achieving a pregnancy, we could do ovulation induction aka Clomid or similar drugs. Or, we could take the fast track toward pregnancy, we could do IVF (70-75% of pregnancy for a female like me). My eyes were immediately overtaken by tears bc we strongly feel that we are spinning our wheels on Clomid. We informed the doctor that the Clomid route was not enough, and we were taking Clomid before we came to the clinic. He then suggested IVF, which has great chances of achieving a pregnancy, but it also comes with a price tag, for us, of $11k. OUCH!
Charlie asked about IUI. The doctor told him, in most of his cases, he uses IUI only when the male has a bolder line "swimmer" analysis. Charlie does not seem to have any problems in this area, therefore, it would only increase our normal chance of pregnancy from 20% to 25%. He stated that he would do IUI for us, but he wanted us to take time to decide. Apparently this doctor does not know who he is talking to...bc we have wanted to pursue this route for quite some time. I explained to the doctor that I would LOVE to have all the stress of conceiving taken away from us and that I would give almost anything to be able to spend time with Charlie without the constant thought of baby baby baby. This would allow us to get back to being just US....the way it should be.
Sooo, with that said, we are going to pursue IUI in December, and we could not be more excited. We are going to go through 4 cycles and see what happens; if not, IVF here come The Cagle's. On day 1 of my next cycle, I am supposed to call the clinic and set up a day 3 appointment for bloodwork and an ultrasound. Please continue to pray for us on our journey, and I will keep you updated.
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