Next Steps

I haven't written much at all since November. I feel bad, but a break has been good. Plus, there hasn't been much to write about since then. We took the month of December off and then my body thought I was taking the month of January off as well because AF just wouldn't come. Then February I was forced to take a month off because of a cyst. Now it's March and I still have to take a month off to let my body heal from the laparoscopy. It's been nice to have a little mental break from all that comes with trying to get pregnant. But I hate having to wait.

The laparoscopy went really well. I don't feel like my recovery was that bad. Sure the day or two after wasn't fun but I expected that. My biggest complaint was the gas pains in my shoulder and not being able to wear anything but stretchy pants because my lower incision was tender.

Last week we had our post-op appointment and it went really well. My doctor is really hopeful for us. He got rid of my endometriosis, got rid of a few cysts, and fixed my uterus. He had given me a dvd of the surgery and it was really cool! He showed me my uterus, what was wrong with it, and then showed how he fixed it. It really helped me to understand what was going on. Basically, I had a section of my uterus that had a septum which has no blood flow. So he used scissors to snip away at it until he could see the blood start to flow. The reason why this is important is if a baby tried to implant there, it wouldn't get any blood flow and it would die. Thank goodness he was able to fix it!

When we were given our options back in January, he told us either IVF or a laparoscopy and injectibles. This time he told us that he really wants to give Clomid and Ovidrel with IUIs a couple more tries. He doesn't want to use injectibles because of the risk of multiples for my body. So that's the plan. Once AF comes we will proceed!

As much as I want a baby, I'm nervous about getting started ttc again. I'm not sure that I'm ready for the emotional (and hormonal) roller-coaster that goes along with it. But oh well, this time I'm going in with a little more hope. We'll see what happens!

Relaxing - or Trying To

I've been a really bad blogger lately.

I know it helps a lot of people to write about what's going on. But for me, I'm trying to think of ttc stuff a little less. I'm trying to "relax" as much as possible.

I quit my job a couple of weeks ago. You may think I'd think of ttc stuff more now with all my free time. Instead, it's giving me more time to focus on the things I enjoy so I've spent less time dwelling on infertility.

Here's a quick update, I took 25mg Clomid this month instead of Femara. I had a MUCH better experience - no migraines! I took my Ovidrel shot yesterday so right now my ovaries feel like they're about to explode!

I'm not really looking forward to the 2 week wait but I'm trying to be hopeful of the outcome. We'll see! Hopefully this is our month!!!!