part 2

yesterday we did the second (and last) IUI attempt for this cycle. it went totally fine, after a tiny bit of difficulty, uh... collecting the specimen. the hubby's brain is SO WEIRD under pressure. but anyway, we got through that just fine and got the stuff to the doctor's office, where we had a wait a bit longer than the first day because we weren't the first in line. no biggie, though.

first, like the previous day, the doc did a sonogram to see how my follicles were doing. she sounded a bit disappointed to see that i hadn't ovulated yet. she didn't say that out loud, but we could hear it in her voice. she said the trigger shot that i gave myself on wednesday night typically insures ovulation within 24-36 hours. obviously i was running much closer to the 36-hour mark. which doesn't mean that thursday's IUI wasn't useful, because the sperms can live in there for a couple of days (especially the girl sperms, which are hardier and live longer!). but it would have been more bang for our buck had i ovulated in between the two inseminations. but anyway, the sonogram still showed the three follicles in my right ovary, ready to go. (the ones that were developing in my left ovary had already dissipated, but we already knew those ones wouldn't be viable.) she said ovulation should happen sometime in the few hours after the insemination.

then we just went through the same process as the first day. the only slight difference was that the "cleaning" out of my innards prior to the insemination took a bit longer because i had some spotting on the afternoon of first procedure and she had to get rid of all of that. of course i was a bit alarmed by the bleeding when i saw it on thursday, but i called the office and was told it's completely normal. so anyway, they took care of that, did the IUI the same as the first day, and that was that.

they told me that i need to come back on monday for a blood test to confirm that i ovulated and then they'll give me instructions for next steps. but she said i won't have to do any injections for the rest of this cycle. i'm done with the follicle stimulating hormone, obviously, and the other two injection meds that i have she said not even to worry about yet. she said if we have to do another cycle of IUI i may use them then, but for now it will just be the progesterone suppositories. and, of course, the vitamins and other awful metformin pill, which i had been doing much better on by taking it at night until i forgot to take it thursday evening and had a miserable nauseated day yesterday. i won't make that mistake again.

my ovulation monitor said i would ovulate yesterday or today, so it seems like all signs point to the same conclusion. the hubby and i gave it another try this morning, the natural and much more fun way, so we've definitely covered all of our bases. now it's just the usual wait-and-see. and so we shall!