I was never so happy to start a period as I was last night! You would've thought I found out right then and there that I was pregnant! I went downstairs and said to Jen "Looks like we've got one more thing to do Saturday". She looked all paniced. "Go get a blood test done." Her face lit up. Figures, we have to go to the EMMC campus for this one!
So, here begins the cycle...Day 1 (feeling like crap as most women do). Jen has sympathy pains already and decided this would be her day 1 as well. Saturday is Day 3...time to test the hormones. Day 14 falls on the day of my appointment. I'm totally taking an ovulation test that day!
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
Our 1st appointment
I promised myself I'd journal every moment of this experience so here it is...in blog form!
We had our first appointment Friday, March 18th, with Dr. B (I will abbreviate to protect her identity). From the moment she walked in the office, we felt at ease. Her conversation began with "Hi I'm Dr. B, nice to meet you...so, we're here to make a baby!" She talked us through the whole process and in 15 minutes a plan was in place.
If any of the following is too graphic, I apologize, this is my reproductive system we're talking about!
First step will be to get a blood test done to test some weird abbreviations! I have no clue what they are, has something to do with pituitary gland and because my cycle is not regular. That will occur on Day 3 of my cycle...which should be any day now!
On Day 14 of my cycle I need to take a home ovulation test to see if I ovulate at the normal time or when exactly my ovulation time is. We went right out and bought one...it even came with a pregnancy test! :-)
Next is my annual physical...all the fun with cold instruments and strange noises and we have no clue what's going on down there. After which I will be placed on Clomid for one cycle to stimulate egg production. Dr. B will perform an ultrasound to pinpoint my ovulation. After another cycle of Clomid, we can try the first insemenation.
I could be pregnant by May!!!
Did I mention with Clomid there is a 20% chance of multiples??? As Dr. B said, "One shot, instant family". Jen almost fell off her chair. I would love twins!!!
So we started "shopping" for the seed/sperm, whatever we are going to call it. Although we had been looking at a cryo bank in Boston, Dr. B gave us a brouchure for a place in California. I just hope the goods get to us on time! What I like about the CCB (California Cryo Bank) is that they compare the donor to a celebrity. We've marked 3-4 as favorites....a Paul Walker look-alike, a Joe Montana look-alike, a Mark Wahlberg look-alike and a Jake Gyllenhall look-alike. We're still shopping but they are all in good supply and ready for shipping.
Now we just wait for all the above to fall into place. We are excited and thrilled and excited and giddy...did I mention we were excited?
We had our first appointment Friday, March 18th, with Dr. B (I will abbreviate to protect her identity). From the moment she walked in the office, we felt at ease. Her conversation began with "Hi I'm Dr. B, nice to meet you...so, we're here to make a baby!" She talked us through the whole process and in 15 minutes a plan was in place.
If any of the following is too graphic, I apologize, this is my reproductive system we're talking about!
First step will be to get a blood test done to test some weird abbreviations! I have no clue what they are, has something to do with pituitary gland and because my cycle is not regular. That will occur on Day 3 of my cycle...which should be any day now!
On Day 14 of my cycle I need to take a home ovulation test to see if I ovulate at the normal time or when exactly my ovulation time is. We went right out and bought one...it even came with a pregnancy test! :-)
Next is my annual physical...all the fun with cold instruments and strange noises and we have no clue what's going on down there. After which I will be placed on Clomid for one cycle to stimulate egg production. Dr. B will perform an ultrasound to pinpoint my ovulation. After another cycle of Clomid, we can try the first insemenation.
I could be pregnant by May!!!
Did I mention with Clomid there is a 20% chance of multiples??? As Dr. B said, "One shot, instant family". Jen almost fell off her chair. I would love twins!!!
So we started "shopping" for the seed/sperm, whatever we are going to call it. Although we had been looking at a cryo bank in Boston, Dr. B gave us a brouchure for a place in California. I just hope the goods get to us on time! What I like about the CCB (California Cryo Bank) is that they compare the donor to a celebrity. We've marked 3-4 as favorites....a Paul Walker look-alike, a Joe Montana look-alike, a Mark Wahlberg look-alike and a Jake Gyllenhall look-alike. We're still shopping but they are all in good supply and ready for shipping.
Now we just wait for all the above to fall into place. We are excited and thrilled and excited and giddy...did I mention we were excited?
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