The story of our infertile lives...!

A couple of months after firing Dr. Untalented and taking a little break from TTC (trying to conceive) I decided it was time to fire up the baby making engines and go full throttle!  Several friends referred us to one particular doctor, we felt our path was leading towards him.  On our 1st appointment, my husband and I sat in his office discussing what we have done so far in our TTC journey, concerns and many other things.  Dr. Wonderful was very easy to talk to and I felt really good about him being our new doctor, but it was also very emotional meeting for me.  Conjuring up those old, bitter feelings towards the last doctor were still very much present.  But it was water under the bridge and we had to move forward!
 

So the new chapter of our infertile lives was about to begin! 

One thing about this Doctor and his office is they have their act together!  Best of all I actually was seen by the Doctor EVERY time...who knew that Doctors are supposed to take care of their patients and see that they get the care they deserve :-)

Dr. Wonderful is not as conservative in his approach, which suited my personality very well!!!  After the first appointment I was sent on my way with a prescription to fill and meds on the way to being our first IUI!!!

Throughout the 1st medicated cycle I was monitored a lot, which never happened at the old place.  I could actually see the potential eggs and they would measure the sizes of each follicle to determine when the proper time for administering the HCG trigger shot should take place...they probably thought I was crazy when I asked what exactly they were looking at.  And the best part was the cost of 4 IUI's were covered by my insurance...do you think I knew this at the last doctors office; nope I paid out of pocket for that worthless cycle! 

This first IUI cycle just happened to fall on the week of our 2nd wedding anniversary, which was an interesting situation nightmare...not only did the meds make me a little coo-coo, but traveling with them made me even more psychotic!  My poor husband...every 5 minutes I would ask if I remembered to grab the meds and double check the cooler to make sure they were properly iced ;0)  After settling in and loading up on some Follistim I was much less of a basket case!  Husbands beware...this will make us crazy and in turn we will make you crazy...after the first cycle my husband finally understood...or just ignored me! LOL!  Although the first IUI resulted in a negative I felt much more confident and comfortable in moving forward with the future IUI(s). 

The 2nd medicated cycle we were heading to Napa for my birthday and take it from me...airlining with meds was way worse than the car trip was!  Make sure the hotel you are in offers a refrigerator in the room and if they do make sure it actually gets COLD!!  At this point I was over traveling while attempting to get pregnant!  After this cycle my cysts had remained from "feeding" them with all of the meds.  I had gone back for 2 months to see if they were shrinking, which they weren't, so I waited one more month.  But during this time my doctor didn't immediately jump to surgery to remove them...he said that he could aspirate them without surgery...I could of kissed him right there!!!  I knew at this moment he was the doctor that we would eventually do IVF with!  

Our 3rd and final IUI my husband had to fly out privately to NY and he was to airline commercially home as soon as he had landed...well just as our shitty luck would have it he was snowed in...no airlines were flying EXCEPT we found out that Spirit airlines was the only ones who had the balls to fly in the snow!!!  I joked with my husband and told him if we actually got pregnant this time I would name the baby Spirit!!  Talk about a hot mess...I was literally and figuratively.  While taking Follistim my hormones were obviously all over the place, but I felt like I was going through menopause at the age of 28!!  He actually made it home in the nick of time to play his part in this spectacle in baby making.

Of course as our luck has it we were unsuccessful on all 3 IUI's...but onward to IVF in the near future...hopefully!!!