I am such a horrible correspondent. No wonder I never kept a diary. Writing is very cathartic, but I often find that my writing is uninspired and boring. So to continue that trend I am writing a brief update about my progress.
On Valentine's Day had the IUI. I had Dr. M, my favorite fellow do the IUI. It hurt a little more with her, but she has such a positive attitude and I don't feel she makes things up as she goes along. Two of the other fellows are constantly feeding me BS and I really despise that. Inspired by one of the other posters, I wore Valentine's Day socks. It was fun, but P forgot the camera so there is no documentation. I am not even thinkng about the 2WW. I am just going to get the stuff I need done. I have grant due on Friday and I am traveling to Vancouver the following week. That should keep me occupied for the remaining time.
Today, my temperature rose so I definitely ovulated. Had 3 mature follicles, one smaller one, and one filled with debris. Whatever that means.
As I keep teasing my husband we had a weekend celebration of love. To be honest, the sex was great. I don't even care what the results are from this round of IUI. For the first time in a very long time, I had sexual desire. I was hot and bothered and had incredible egg whitey mucus. Everything feels right. And if this doesn't work I still believe I have a chance.
We will only probably do one more round with IVF/IUI. But after looking over our past cycles I am ok to be resigned to the old fashioned method. We will also pursue a DE cycle, but there are just too many other things to worry about now. For example, my clinic does not do DE so we will have to find yet another clinic. Also the donor profiles in the area aren't that great. I think we might have better chances in a college town. I know intelligence is not only genetic, but why not start off on the best foot? We want to have a donor with college grades better than a 3.5 and SAT scores of over 1250. Is this unreasonable? Our other main criteria is a healthy family history. Few allergies, cancers, and heart disease. We would also like our donor to be athletic. Just meaning that they find physical activity fun and healthy.
Thanks to everyone for your comments. They really mean a lot to me.
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Wishing you all the best no matter what path you take from here.
it is absolutely not unreasonable to want those qualities from a donor and if you pursue that route you should definitely make sure you get what you want.
fingers crossed though that "love is all you need." sorry to be so cheesy, i'm feelin the beatles today.
Good for you for going with an IUI-- and it sure sounds like you capitalized on the opportunity in every way and that is wonderful.
And I admit, I really loved the physical changes that the stim drugs brought on in terms of mucus ( oh, said i, so THIS is what it is supposed to look like...-- it's been a long time since i was 20...)
so-- congratulations on many things-- on the IUI, the mature follicles, the decision, the good fellow, the wonderful weekend with your sweetie, and so glad the next few weeks are full- I'll be thinking of you.
Hi, I really hope this cycle works out and you don't have to consider the DE route; but since you commented on my blog asking about my decision, here are some thoughts (fwiw)!
We felt we didn't have any other options than DE, since my DH was opposed to adoption. So if this doesn't work, we will just not have another child. But it wan't something I agonized over, it was the only viable way to get what I wanted. So.
The genetic thing rears it's ugly head sometimes, but mostly I'm just fine with it (see my blog today). The worst is feeling left out of the process up to the ET. Of course the millions of fun shots I still get to partake in help me feel like I'm participating.
But I think once we have a viable pg it won't matter to me at all. Of course I already have one bio-child, made with what was apparently my last good egg! So my situation is very different from someone desperate to have a first child. Good luck with your decision, and hopefully you will not have to make it!
We are almost on the same dates!! Maybe this will be our month!! Im praying so so hard for you!!
Hope you got your grant application wrapped up and shipped off. I don't think those donor characteristics are unreasonable at all!
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