The Upcoming Months

Today is day six of taking Clomid and I'm proud to announce that I feel amazing. This is the last cycle I'll be taking Clomid and I've experienced no side effects. I can only hope this cycle is going to be a breeze.

My next appointment with Wandy is on Monday. I hope to get good news that my ovaries are doing their job and producing lots of follies. Our IUI should take place sometime next week. Wouldn't that be something if this one worked! Last times a charm (I hope).

We will be taking the month of October off because of our much needed vacation. We will be flying into St. Louis, MO. My DH is from Missouri and we are excited to spend a whole week with friends and family. Oh yeah and DH is standing up in his good friend B's wedding. Oh how I'm looking forward to a week away and off of work. Where my DH is from is out in the sticks. There is nothing but land, cattle, a church, and a bar but it's a good ole time. When we return I will begin my injections two weeks later (ouch!).

I'm looking forward to the month of November. Our egg retrieval will be on the 14th, 15th or16th. Then our transfer will be on the 17th, 18th or 19th. My RE wants me to take off work from the 14th to the 30th and 10 of those days will be bed rest. Let me just say right now... that's not going to happen. I'm work in retail management so my big boss will not be happy if I take those days off. The reason why my RE wants me on bed rest for 10 days is because of the work I'm in. I'm going to talk with him on Monday and see if we can do just five days of bed rest, that way I'll be up and running by Black Friday. My boss is very supportive with my IVF and is willing to work around appointments and bed rest, it's my big boss I'm worried about.

One of the biggest decisions we have to make regarding IVF is how many embabies to put back in my uterus. Two or three? My RE suggests three but let's keep in mind they can split and reduction is out of the question. I've prayed long and hard for a baby and if God blesses me with babies I'm not going to give some back because it was too many. My DH and I are leaning towards two but I know I will be so heart broken if it's unsuccessful and will regret not doing three. I'm just so unsure on what to do and what's right.

I'm filled with all kinds of emotions regarding IVF. I'm anxious, nervous, scared and happy but most of all hopeful. We want so bad to have a baby! We want to be able to fill the extra bedroom with baby furniture. I want to be able to take all the baby clothes out of our hope chest and use them. I envision my DH teaching our son to throw a spiral in the front yard and watching our daughter's dance recitals. I pray every night God will bless us with our "miracle baby". I have so much hope for the future and will continue to have hope until our dreams come true.