Happy Halfway to 50 Birthday!

It's my birthday! And the day I had to give up my skinny jeans for elastic. I made it 15 weeks with my zippers, not too bad in my opinion. We got up and had lunch at Lambert's with my parents and in-laws. After being stuffed we went back to my parents for cake and ice cream and presents! My parents got me the WII game by Food Network, "Cook or Be Cooked". Love it!!! Chad got me my very own nightstand that matches our bedroom furniture. This was a great birthday!

Turkey Day

What's the best part about being pregnant? Eating! Especially on Thanksgiving! We had lunch at my parents this year and I had a great time. Now off to bed early for Black Friday!

And the ultrasound showed...

I'm pregnant! I am actually pregnant with a 6w1d old fetus! When the tech said that I was in disbelief! How's was that possible? After laying there thinking that might explain why I've been so tired, my boobs hurt and I was getting up in the middle of the night to pee.

The Plan: Care for our unborn child for the next 44 weeks!

On a side note we are leaving today to go to Fort Worth, TX to visit my aunt and uncle. Shhh...got to keep this a secret!

Follicle Re-Scan

Speaking directly to my ovaries..."Why do you not work like you're supposed to? You need to work once a month and produce one follicle."

Needless to say, there are still follicles on my left ovaries so I'll be continuing with BCP.

Disappearing follicles?

The ultrasound today still showed follicles so we will re-scan in 2 weeks.

Labor Day Weekend

The weekend started off great. My parents and us went to the casino just to do something fun. The casino was having a drawing every 30 minutes so hey we put our names in the pot of hundreds of others. We hadn't been there 15 minutes and they called my name. They actually called Kayla Porter! I won $1000 on my players card! Holy smokes, I never win anything. It only took us 1 1/2 hour to spend it all but I walked out the door with $500 in my pocket!

On the actually day of Labor Day when most offices are closed my doctor opened his office just for us. I had to have an ultrasound to check for follicles and they were there. This first off amazed the heck out of me that they cared that much for their patients. Well, the ultrasound showed about 12 follicles which is way too many to trigger since the risk of multiples would be through the roof. So I left the office with a months supply of birth control pills and scheduled another ultrasound in a week to check to make sure the follicles were going away.

The Plan: Take BCPs for a month to clear up everything then try an experiment of Clomid and Dexamthasone.

Summer 2009

Well, my summer was spent working and going to doctor appointments. I have decided that my body might as well be a pin cushion for all the shots I've had to suffer through. I am able to mix the shots but not give them to myself so Chad had to step up and do that. You would have thought he was killing me since every time I hid my head with a pillow! Once again I can go on and on about how nice this new doctor is. He and his staff have been nothing but wonderful to us! I absolutely LOVE the ultrasound tech which is a little odd since it's a male and the particular kind of ultrasound I have been having but hey he is great! The lady that draws my blood is also amazing, you never know when she actually sticks you!

We're keeping our heads up and hoping for the best!

Hello Dr. Wonderful

My new doctor is wonderful so from now I will refer to him as Dr. Wonderful! He and his staff spent time talking to us and explaining different options we have. He didn't agree with what Dr. Snotty had told us. We shared stories about the weird, unusual things that the Dr. Snotty did or said. I told him about taking Femara without being monitored so he immediately ordered bloodwork to check progesterone levels.

The Plan: Wait for the results of the bloodwork. If negative then start Provera. Once AF arrives CD 3-7 take Femara and CD 4 and 6 a FSH injections (Fostimon).

Here we go again

So the plan this cycle was to take Femara CD 3-7. Okay, well my wonderful RE decided not to monitor me this month and just hope that Chad and I can time things right and finally get our BFP. Sounds good, right? WRONG! When the RE wasn't going to monitor I started looking for a new doctor. And I found one! In Springfield! My first appointment is scheduled for July 14th. I cannot begin to describe how excited I am. This doctor is out-of-network so it will cost us a lot but we will not have all the time invested in travel and hotel costs.

Scan #2

Since it was short notice Chad wasn't able to go to KC with me so my mom rode with me instead. This was a new experience for Mom, she has an idea of what everything is and why we have to do things but she had never seen this kind of ultrasound before. The scan still didn't show anything so this cycle was a waste. Disappointed but still hopeful for the next cycle. Also I got the wonderful chat about losing weight. Later my mom made a comment about hitting me while I was down. Yes, this is what this RE does. Let's tell you the bad news then gripe about your weight, how rude!

The Plan: Wait for my period and then try Femara/Letrozole again.