1 dpiui and planning for next round

Yep, 1 dpiui...and I am already planning for next round if need be.

Let me back up for a sec. We had our iui yesterday, CD 14 for me. DH had his best sample to date and 75.25 million, 95% mobility were inseminated. I told the doc that I had some spotting the night before, as well as prior to the last iui and she prescribed estrace as well as prometrium (instead of Crinone). No bleeding at all today. Anyway, I am in the dreaded tww and plan on testing out the trigger shot. I have a ton of hpt's to use.

And now for the planning part. DH was truly shocked that I didn't get my BFP last iui as it happened our first shot last time. That got me thinking about what was different. I stopped taking the metformin because it made me nauseous, and I stopped taking the DHEA when our cycle was cancelled 2 months ago. So, 3 days ago I started the Met and today I am starting the DHEA. That way it will be in my system if we have to go for round 3.

I did go for acupuncture today, and my ND gave me some literature about how effective DHEA is...and some info on Myo-Isotol and Melanonin.

Anyway, my morning cocktail of pills has grown, and now I have added on the knowing of and swallowing of the pineapple core. Uggh.
And 2 new pills to push up into never never land. Double uggh.

The exhaustive list:
Metformin
Vit. D
Vit E
Folic Acid
baby aspirin
DHEA
Fish Oil
CoQ10
Estrace
Prometrium
Pineapple Core (1-5 dpiui)
red raspberry Leaf tea (for the 2 weeks prior to iui)

IUI Round 2

So here I am, CD 12. I started over this cycle with Femara 5 mg from CD 3-7. I went for a follie scan on CD10, and had 2 on the left (14 & 11) and none on the right. The RE told me to trigger tonight and we will have our IUI on Friday morning (CD14.
I don't know if it's too late to help, but I got back into the red raspberry leaf tea yesterday and am drinking 4 cups a day.
I think this cycle I will eat the pineapple core from 1 to 5 dpiui too.
Anything to help!

Ding Dong the witch is here...11 dpiui

Yep, AF is here, early. CD24 to be exact. On to the next cycle. Feeling super bummed.

9 dpiui and about to lose my mind

It is very early in the morning...I have been up since 5 AM! As I sit here checking email, playing with my new Blackberry Z10, sipping my one coffee I allow myself per day - I SWEAR i had a few waves of nausea! Please God don't let me be getting the flu!!! Please let it really be nausea! Yesterday I broke down like a crappy old car and tested. It of course was negative. It was negative when I peed, it was negative 2, 10, 20, 30 and 60 minutes later. It was negative 3 hrs later, in the bathroom light, in the natural light from the window, and under the glare of a flashlight. Like I said, I am losing my mind!

I had ordered 20 hpt's from cheappregnancytests online, oh about two weeks ago now and they haven't arrived yet! Super annoying! So today I will go see my ND as she sells them in her clinic for about $1.50. I will get enough to test twice a day until Monday (when AF would be due).
I did have one more hot flash yesterday afternoon around 3 o'clock...but that's it. Nada. Zilch. I actually think I was a bit depressed yesterday, but resolve to not let it get to me today. I am going to get my hair done today - which always makes me feel good :)

So that's my rant - much ado about nothing!

7 dpiui

Okay so today is 7 dpiui, and I don't know if it's the progesterone or what, but I am in such a BAD mood! I seriously could rip someone a new one right now, and I really don't know why. I had a pretty normal day. I did have one serious hot flash, but it was right after eating a monstrous poutine so it could have been food sweats! Other than that, I had some mild cramping today. That's about it. Lack of symptoms really. My boobs are slightly tender, but nothing crazy. I think the TWW is getting to me!

Symptoms by dpiui

So I have been searching through previous posts I made on various community groups in search of my symptoms from last time...and no luck. So I am going to start logging my symptoms by day:
Day of IUI - cramping, spotting
1dpiui - cramping and spotting
2dpiui - cramping, +opk test(I didn't have any hpt's)
3dpiui - not much...slightly tender bbs, + opk test
4dpiui - slight cramping/twinges of pain, sore lower back, sore bbs - no more tests to pee on :(
5dpiui - peeing lots, but it's the weekend and I have no hpt's to keep testing out my trigger
6dpiui - negative hpt test, trigger is out. No symptoms really...just irritated by the Crinone
7dpiui - cranky!!! slight cramps, hot flash
8dpiui - not much, runny nose
9dpiui - nausea in morning, boobs slightly sore, runny nose, neg hpt in afternoon
10 dpiui - BFN on cheapie hpt with FMU :( sore boobs, runny nose
I will edit and update as the days go by. This tww is really a hard time on the ol' nerves!

In the Two Week Wait

So my follie scan went okay...I had two - one each side; both around 14.6mm. I triggered on Saturday night and we had our IUI on Monday morning (January 6th). DH's counts were amazing! 100 million, 90% mobility post wash. Yes, he has supersperm and he knows it ;) So now I am 2 dpiui, and will test out my trigger shot. Of course I had a positive on an OPK today. I went for acupuncture yesterday and started Crinone the night of the IUI. Good grief that is nasty stuff! Anyway, so far I have had some mild cramping and I had spotting the day of the IUI. My boobs are slightly tender today. That's about it for now...FXFXFX!

Okay so I dropped off the face of the earth...life with two boys does that to you. Yes - Two BOYS!!!!!!! Callan Duncan was born on October 2, 2012, via C-Section (second one) because he too was breach. I am embarking on TTC #3. Tomorrow I go to the clinic in Montreal for my follicle scan and we will see where things are at... I did Femara 5 mg from CD 3-7. We hope to do IUI if the timing works out. I will update tomorrow.